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.

Moscow mules and vodka red bull were my nineties favs and gave me heart palpitations which would kill me now!

Am now deeply nostalgic for Smirnoff Ice
Off to rummage in the fridge for booze

Can't knit but think I could use a nit comb if needed. Are u all scratching your heads now 😂😂😂

The bar I worked in during the early 00's had every flavour of Bacardi Breeze you can imagine. I never did try all the flavours. I do remember the watermelon one being a weird purple colour.

I've made myself want a Midori and lemonade now.

Oh joy! Can I have some of that Pimms please - provided you buggers haven't drained the bowl. Is there a ranting and swearing corner or are all the corners used up with people sitting quietly and being no trouble to anyone?

And cheers to absent friends - including Badger (unless she's lurking in the shrubbery?)

Finishing off some wine and feeling a bit Withnail in my search for someone else to make me dinner while I ransack the house for fine wines!

No sitting quietly in a corner after a few Breezers! I could murder an orange one right now

I’d forgotten about Barcadi Breezers! I liked the green one.

I’ve got some cheap rosé wine on the go now. Clearly gone up on the world since the 90s Cheers all

Oooo, you've just reminded me of Hooch. I loved that stuff.... I'm going to have to bring the cat. She's being very clingy. Hopefully she'll make friends with camel and/or goats.

I must say, I'm enjoying the virtual booze very much, since I'm on a pre-holiday health kick and am off the stuff in rl. Almost caved this evening, only to find there's no white wine and no tonic in the house , so have stuck to my regime in spite of myself. Ah well - much easier to knit sober. I've also got a cryptic crossword if anyone's still sober enough to pull up a chair and assist me with it. Mine's a virtual rosé. Actually that sounds like a crossword clue.

*are all the corners used up with people sitting quietly and being no trouble to anyone?•

I probably wouldn't be here if I was able to sit quietly being no trouble to anyone

Glad to see knitting is in full swing I'll have a large Pinot Grigio and a packet of ready-salted, please.

Errol I'd like to have met your regimental sergeant-major. I've known a couple of men who knitted, including my late brother-in-law who grew up in a fishing community on the east coast of Scotland, where the men traditionally knitted their own guernseys when the weather was too bad for fishing.

I'm having a silent disco where I'm listening to

Hooch! That brings back memories. Hazy ones with a few gaps in, mind.

Come on in NotAt. Welcome back.

I’m not in the knitting club but talk of Scottish knitting - I do love a Fair Isle jumper.

You're very welcome in my swearing and grumping corner Older, and I've freshened the giant jug of Pimms so more than plenty to go round...Chin-chin once again!

Excellent Turned - there's a spare stool but I'm keeping the chairs for my (slightly scary) mates...

Oh thank you Terry - a woman after my own heart. Can my mates come too? And my new best friend Turner. Going to be quite a night...

Thank you olderbadger, that's the bedtime earworm sorted (goes off singing...)

In solidarity with the brave women at the Pride marches in France and Spain, I've just set out some croissants, pan de higo, bread and that extraordinarily thick dipping chocolate drink.

Help yourselves, it's a sort of buffet thing.

@EmbarrassingAdmissions

In solidarity with the brave women at the Pride marches in France and Spain, I've just set out some croissants, pan de higo, bread and that extraordinarily thick dipping chocolate drink.

Help yourselves, it's a sort of buffet thing.

Thank you. All delish. I want to raise the hot chocolate to all the women on this board - you are on fire 🔥 today.

I've just seen the Wi Spa LA item - I'm taking ideas for brunch.

Virgin Mary (with a remarkable similarity to the always at hand gazpacho)?

Omelettes? In deference to already expressed preferences, absolutely no waffles?

Delicious buffet, Embarrassing - can I contribute some sugary churros to dip in the chocolate and a potato tortilla? And muchísima/beaucoup de solidarity for our French and Spanish sisters.

What about some really lovely chewy French bread with some really good salted butter, a selection of cured meats and a big bowl of olives?

And some stinky cheese.