Wetherspoon ( J.d.) Share Discussion Threads

[gozzie2] 05/11/2020 19:41

Heres my mate died recently he drank a lot .Great singer Johnny. hTTps://youtu.be/a8sHwjqeRrM

[eeza] 05/11/2020 19:38

Trading is more like gambling, where you need a quick result and on to the next. Investing doesn't suit a gambler, imo. Where you may buy, but then hold for 6 mths or a year.

[gozzie2] 05/11/2020 19:30

Yes I think it will be a worthwhile thing to do .Would you class shares as gambling though .I would .

[gozzie2] 05/11/2020 19:29

I have know a few alcoholic friends that have died recently .Landlady Prince of orange ashton 52 and a lady friend her mate 51.A few others as well didnt get past 55.Carol the landlady sat there all night with a glass under the bar .The pub killed her and the bookies nearly did similar with me I was there all day .

[ignoble] 05/11/2020 19:27

Must be rewarding for you to be able to mentor people who are struggling.
My admiration, Sir

[ignoble] 05/11/2020 19:25

The effect it had on my life was immense.
It scared me half to death.
I stopped drinking maybe 20 years ago as a result of watching someone destroyed by something he had no control of.
Probably, as well, as a respect to my friend's memory.

As you are to gambling, I am to alcohol.
Destroys, lives and families.

Respect, Dear Sir, in your ability to move on.
It is not easy...

[ignoble] 05/11/2020 19:18

Respect your honesty, Gozzie.
I have lost 5 incredible friends to alcoholism.
Addiction is such a destructive disease.
To watch my very closest friend die of Alcoholism.
Soul destroying.
At 29, both he and his wife went to "a rest home in The Country" to address the addiction
15 years without a drink but thought he could have just a Beer or two was his destruction.
Within weeks his body had totally shut down, mentally he was destroyed.
Did go back into Rehab as we now now it.
Things went well but had a massive Heart Attack and passed away.
To watch the destruction of a close friend was heartbreaking.
Sadly, his wife was riddled with cancer at about 50 years old and died a year or so later.

So, I very much understand addiction problems.
As my friend once said, when he was not drinking, He was a drinker, that didn't drink...
Always in recovery. Sadly, he died too soon

[gozzie2] 05/11/2020 19:13

I agree Eeza but there are some I felt safe in .Some I certainly didn't. I said the same as yourself at the start .

[gozzie2] 05/11/2020 19:11

I worked for a bookies 25 years he called the customers mugs .He sold out for 28 million he now owns racehorses .Paul Dean .What a lovely business calling your customers mugs .

[eeza] 05/11/2020 19:10

Gozzie, Where are you most likely to catch Covid.

In your own home, where it wafts in through the window.
In a shop, wearing your mask.
In the park, wearing your mask.
In the pub, no mask, no social distancing, all your mates elephants, yawping at the Footie and kissing everyone.




Oh. Yes. Well, that's a hard one.


Can I ring a friend.

[gozzie2] 05/11/2020 19:09

Buy shares in gambling firms if you haven't much morals .You make a fortune Flutter 888 and the rest .Bet 365 founder gave herself 323 million wages last year .Greedy git .Taking money off kids in Africa that sign up no checks on age etc.

[gozzie2] 05/11/2020 19:06

Discipline is what people need they are happier .Gambling has gone through the roof .I'm an ex addict I would ban it .Does nobody any good .Maybe I should live in Saudi Arabia lol

[gozzie2] 05/11/2020 19:04

I'm the fun police lol .I just don't like these rulebreakers that don't give a monkeys about anyone else .There's 1000s.Starts with Trump .I'm not getting started on that one lol.

[guitarhaggis] 05/11/2020 19:03

To be fair I wouldn't mind a modern day Guy Fawkes making an appearance.

[guitarhaggis] 05/11/2020 19:01

Ha yeah, think those days are long gone.

[gozzie2] 05/11/2020 18:59

Well we agree guitar if it was all like that .Like an Enid Blyton novel lol .

[gozzie2] 05/11/2020 18:57

I suspect many of you live in Nice villages towns where people obey the rules and the pubs are nice and safe .Then you get these where they all play pool and watch football .You cant get a pin between them .They all get tarred with the same brush as I mentioned weeks ago .

[guitarhaggis] 05/11/2020 18:57

Yeah but was just pointing out how silly the rule is. Surely they could just have it the same as meals but that you've got a slot say for 2 hours so you don't have the time to get too rowdy. Can't see the problem?

[guitarhaggis] 05/11/2020 18:46

Gozzie- Why do you think it's safe to sit down for a meal but dangerous to sit down for a drink?

[gozzie2] 05/11/2020 18:43

Wetherspoons have been letting them in near me not having a meal .And that's responsible is it.

[gozzie2] 05/11/2020 18:41

You will know you have Covid badly when you cant breathe .Don't bother the Nhs though .

[guitarhaggis] 05/11/2020 18:41

Yeah younger people are generally ok with it. My niece caught it in Cyprus a few weeks back with her boyfriend while visiting his family. She lost her sense of smell but apart from that was fine.