Still Blue, Still Stocking: The Bluestocking remains open in 2021

[ErrolTheDragon]

I've nicked a title, opened the door, dusted off the bar.

Come in and drown your sorrows, celebrate or just hang out in good company.

@ArtemesiaK oh dear, is tea strong enough? There's plenty of space here.

Coo, ta, Self, more salt would be most welcome. And happy anniversary.

Artemesia, I reckon a margarita might help. Not that I have anything against tea, not at all.

@Iwasonlytryingtohelp and @theThreeofWeevils I've already had alcohol, so winding down with a lovely cuppa! Cocktails some other time, definitely! Cheers!

Fanfuckingtastic, Grumpy. I'll swap you for a Camel and a Malboro Red bodged together. Or two at once!

Artemesia, social media commiserations.

You are all welcome!

Can I wander in for a swift one (or two)? I've been listening to the audio book version of Invisible Women this week, and getting more and more angry at just... well... all of it! I need to be in a place with women that understand. I'm terrible at pool and darts though, but am now blaming the fact that the pool table and dart board are clearly designed for men

Yep, Invisible Women is an eye opening book. Will make you angry and quite right too.

Oh my it is absolutely heaving in hear tonight!

I have spent the entire evening ferrying children around the county to various activities with a brief respite to stretch my legs for a half hour dog walk in the midst of it all. ErrolTheDragon I saw a frolicking fox cub in the woods again, so cute!

Red wine and salted peanuts will do me nicely. Lovely to be in such fine company

Here not hear! I may have had a couple of glasses already

As I said, not smoked in years.
I'll have another g&t, please, and will fall asleep on the pool table in a disreputable manner.

Former fairly regular poster, now more a lurker due to the Not So Great Schism.

For me, I think it's a ice cold Fidra Gin and Fevertree tonic in a big glass, with loads of ice. For eats, I've got my eye on the olives and the gazpacho. I'll add a big bag of sweet and salty popcorn.

I haven't smoked since 2014 but I'll have a big nostalgic sniff of the Marlboro Lights smoke.

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And for her next trick, Grumpy will be not straining at a gnat

I was thinking, we might have a llama or two in the paddock by the beer garden with the goats and donkeys, but I didn't remember us acquiring a camel.

I can't provide large animals but definitely a cat 😁 I missed opening night, I just want a latte 😬

Maybe there's a nice cafe open near the bar we can have coffees and bacon rolls in? (Vegetarian/vegan options also available I hear)

Ooh, classy Biblical references. Someone is more awake than I am.

The Camel was vair nice once I stopped choking. Made a good pillow on the pool table overnight.

One of my dogs is a certified therapy animal. I can go and get her if you like, and fetch the bacon rolls at the same time.

I read the RA students response to the RA's apology to JDW and will need another large gin at lunchtime.

Coffee and bacon rolls available here. I'm just in to clean up the pig sty after you lot trashed it last night.

Any fags left. I've given up but a virtual fag whilst I'm flicking a duster round will do nicely. Btw I don't do housework in my own home but virtual housework I quite like

< passes crumpled Marlboro Red and the lighter>

just swinging by for a morning coffee.

I felt I could do with popping in here, The blue stocking seems even more relevant a place now.

I can put out some nice bristow tables in the garden for the cafe part?

Some things are much improved by being virtual, and housekeeping is one of them.

As far as I know, the only things we don't stock in the cellars and larders are kool-aid and oversweetened waffles.

A nice pan roll with some mushrooms, please. And keep the coffee coming, there's a lot to work on today. I'll be DND and taking up a table somewhere quiet but it will be relaxing to be in this cosy space.

@ErrolTheDragon

Some things are much improved by being virtual, and housekeeping is one of them.

As far as I know, the only things we don't stock in the cellars and larders are kool-aid and oversweetened waffles.

No woke cookies either, I trust?

I believe there are some bigoted biscuits under the counter…

I’ll have a coffee please, with lots of milk! I’ll pass on the woke cookies.