We have parts of Dallas and Fort Worth that look like that. If you notice, most of the folks walking from bar to bar aren't really the problem unless they are overserved. It's the people that go there without money to drink in the bar, or are too young to get into the bars (that's more common here with a 21 year old drinking age). These guys stand around and cause trouble. Because of our driving culture we also have men or boys that just cruise the area somehow thinking women are going to be interested in meeting guys like that..
The Stockyards aren't nearly as crazy, but it's also a better mix of people. Not a huge crush of just young people.
No doubt there are drunken idiots but not as many.
It's a lot more civilised than the video of kids in Manchester.
But....your man with the video wasn't overtly looking for trouble, the one in Manchester was. And where you seek, you find. We often used to go or walk through the gay village, I never saw any trouble there, and tbf, one drunken girl kicked all that fracas off, which was often the case in club fights here.
Maddog said
Nov 3 6:52 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Digger wrote:
Manchester on a Friday night....
We have parts of Dallas and Fort Worth that look like that. If you notice, most of the folks walking from bar to bar aren't really the problem unless they are overserved. It's the people that go there without money to drink in the bar, or are too young to get into the bars (that's more common here with a 21 year old drinking age). These guys stand around and cause trouble. Because of our driving culture we also have men or boys that just cruise the area somehow thinking women are going to be interested in meeting guys like that..
The Stockyards aren't nearly as crazy, but it's also a better mix of people. Not a huge crush of just young people.
No doubt there are drunken idiots but not as many.
It's a lot more civilised than the video of kids in Manchester.
But....your man with the video wasn't overtly looking for trouble, the one in Manchester was. And where you seek, you find. We often used to go or walk through the gay village, I never saw any trouble there, and tbf, one drunken girl kicked all that fracas off, which was often the case in club fights here.
Yeah, he was trying to show mostly the positive side.
I think our drinking age has something to do with it too..When I was 18, the drinking age was 18 and things were quite a bit more "lit" as they say..
It's also illegal to serve an intoxicated person here. Obviously that's hard to determine but if your staggering and slurring you will get cut off by many bartenders.
I've seen more than one Brit get upset by being cut off..
Syl said
Nov 3 6:57 PM, 2025
I worked behind bars in some great clubs in Manchester. (not the Manchester I recognise nowadays judging by that video) Several times I have refused to serve people...usually men, because they had had more than enough. I never had a problem, but the bouncers were always on hand just in case.
Maddog said
Nov 3 7:06 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
I worked behind bars in some great clubs in Manchester. (not the Manchester I recognise nowadays judging by that video) Several times I have refused to serve people...usually men, because they had had more than enough. I never had a problem, but the bouncers were always on hand just in case.
Yeah, but I doubt you could have been ticketed or arrested if you did serve them..
On another note, is there something unique about the accent from Birmingham? I was talking to a guy Saturday night from there, and I called him an Aussie, much to his displeasure..
That's the second time someone from there threw me off..
Syl said
Nov 3 7:12 PM, 2025
The Birmingham accent is (imo) the ugliest accent in GB. Sorry if anyone hails from there, but it really is horrible.
Incidentally, it's a criminal offence here to knowingly serve drunks, anyone who does and is reported, charged and convicted, can face up to £1000 fine.
Maddog said
Nov 3 8:36 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
The Birmingham accent is (imo) the ugliest accent in GB. Sorry if anyone hails from there, but it really is horrible.
Incidentally, it's a criminal offence here to knowingly serve drunks, anyone who does and is reported, charged and convicted, can face up to £1000 fine.
Does it remind you of an Australian accent? I usually don't have any problems telling Brits from Aussies..
Vam said
Nov 3 9:17 PM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
The Birmingham accent is (imo) the ugliest accent in GB. Sorry if anyone hails from there, but it really is horrible.
Incidentally, it's a criminal offence here to knowingly serve drunks, anyone who does and is reported, charged and convicted, can face up to £1000 fine.
Does it remind you of an Australian accent? I usually don't have any problems telling Brits from Aussies..
😳 Eh? You’re kidding, right? A Brummie accent is nothing like an Aussie accent (not to my ears, anyway).
This girl’s good (Brummie accent’s at around 2.20 in). Enjoy trying to keep up with it all.
My favourite Brit accents are Scouse/Lancashire and, especially, the West Country accent which cracks me up every time I hear it 🤣
-- Edited by Vam on Monday 3rd of November 2025 09:39:53 PM
Maddog said
Nov 3 10:13 PM, 2025
Vam wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
The Birmingham accent is (imo) the ugliest accent in GB. Sorry if anyone hails from there, but it really is horrible.
Incidentally, it's a criminal offence here to knowingly serve drunks, anyone who does and is reported, charged and convicted, can face up to £1000 fine.
Does it remind you of an Australian accent? I usually don't have any problems telling Brits from Aussies..
😳 Eh? You’re kidding, right? A Brummie accent is nothing like an Aussie accent (not to my ears, anyway).
This girl’s good (Brummie accent’s at around 2.20 in). Enjoy trying to keep up with it all.
My favourite Brit accents are Scouse/Lancashire and, especially, the West Country accent which cracks me up every time I hear it 🤣
-- Edited by Vam on Monday 3rd of November 2025 09:39:53 PM
I'll play it later. I only heard him order a drink in a loud bar so I didn't have much to work with. 🤷
I knew it just sounded like some sort of weird accent not of the UK, but in the family tree.
Syl said
Nov 3 11:14 PM, 2025
Vam is right, a Brummie accent is nothing like an Australian accent....it's all flat vowels and monotone.
Maddog said
Nov 3 11:26 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Vam is right, a Brummie accent is nothing like an Australian accent....it's all flat vowels and monotone.
Well, that's what I get for guessing where he's from. 🤷
His daughter was beautiful. Couldn't dance but I make exceptions for pretty girls from the UK.
Or anywhere else..😉
Danced with a girl from Belfast a few months ago. She was a natural who had some sort of dance training back in NI..
Syl said
Nov 4 12:38 AM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Vam is right, a Brummie accent is nothing like an Australian accent....it's all flat vowels and monotone.
Well, that's what I get for guessing where he's from. 🤷
His daughter was beautiful. Couldn't dance but I make exceptions for pretty girls from the UK.
Or anywhere else..😉
Danced with a girl from Belfast a few months ago. She was a natural who had some sort of dance training back in NI..
What's happened to the lovely Hayley Mills lookalike?
Maddog said
Nov 4 1:27 AM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Vam is right, a Brummie accent is nothing like an Australian accent....it's all flat vowels and monotone.
Well, that's what I get for guessing where he's from. 🤷
His daughter was beautiful. Couldn't dance but I make exceptions for pretty girls from the UK.
Or anywhere else..😉
Danced with a girl from Belfast a few months ago. She was a natural who had some sort of dance training back in NI..
What's happened to the lovely Hayley Mills lookalike?
Things evolve. 🤷
I turned her loose. We are still friends and chat when we see each other at the gym..
Syl said
Nov 4 11:40 AM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Vam is right, a Brummie accent is nothing like an Australian accent....it's all flat vowels and monotone.
Well, that's what I get for guessing where he's from. 🤷
His daughter was beautiful. Couldn't dance but I make exceptions for pretty girls from the UK.
Or anywhere else..😉
Danced with a girl from Belfast a few months ago. She was a natural who had some sort of dance training back in NI..
What's happened to the lovely Hayley Mills lookalike?
Things evolve. 🤷
I turned her loose. We are still friends and chat when we see each other at the gym..
That's a shame, but some things are not meant to last. It's good you still remain friends.
Anonymous said
Nov 4 11:50 AM, 2025
“A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has been named as Samir Zitouni.
The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening were described as "nothing short of heroic".
Mr Zitouni remains "critically unwell" but stable in hospital, British Transport Police said.
Anthony Williams, 32, from Peterborough, was charged on Monday with 10 counts of attempted murder.
Ten people on board the LNER train, which stopped at Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, were taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
It goes without saying that I hope all, particularly the 5 still in hospital, recover soon.
Syl said
Nov 4 12:14 PM, 2025
"The remarkable courage displayed by the LNER staff member who sustained serious injuries during Saturday's incident at Huntingdon station has been praised. Samir Zitouni, aged 48 and commonly known as Sam, has served as a dedicated member of the LNER workforce for more than two decades, fulfilling his duties aboard trains as a Customer Experience Host. His position focuses on assisting passengers.
During the evening of the incident, Sam was on duty aboard the 18:25 service from Doncaster to London King's Cross when passengers faced danger. Witnesses have commended his brave intervention, with British Transport Police characterising his actions as "nothing short of heroic," attributing to him the saving of numerous lives, reports the Daily Star."
Digger said
Nov 4 2:08 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
"The remarkable courage displayed by the LNER staff member who sustained serious injuries during Saturday's incident at Huntingdon station has been praised. Samir Zitouni, aged 48 and commonly known as Sam, has served as a dedicated member of the LNER workforce for more than two decades, fulfilling his duties aboard trains as a Customer Experience Host. His position focuses on assisting passengers.
During the evening of the incident, Sam was on duty aboard the 18:25 service from Doncaster to London King's Cross when passengers faced danger. Witnesses have commended his brave intervention, with British Transport Police characterising his actions as "nothing short of heroic," attributing to him the saving of numerous lives, reports the Daily Star."
A real man not some pussy filming it all with his iphone
Anonymous said
Nov 4 4:37 PM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Vam is right, a Brummie accent is nothing like an Australian accent....it's all flat vowels and monotone.
Well, that's what I get for guessing where he's from. 🤷
His daughter was beautiful. Couldn't dance but I make exceptions for pretty girls from the UK.
Or anywhere else..😉
Danced with a girl from Belfast a few months ago. She was a natural who had some sort of dance training back in NI..
I for one what to know what you’re doing in all the bars at 65. Talk about the oldest swinger in town.
Vam said
Nov 4 4:53 PM, 2025
If ever a person deserved a crowdsourcing fundraiser…
I checked, but couldn’t see any fundraising sites that include him 🤷🏻♀️
Maddog said
Nov 4 6:49 PM, 2025
Vam wrote:
If ever a person deserved a crowdsourcing fundraiser…
I checked, but couldn’t see any fundraising sites that include him 🤷🏻♀️
Who me?
Syl said
Nov 4 7:10 PM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
Vam wrote:
If ever a person deserved a crowdsourcing fundraiser…
I checked, but couldn’t see any fundraising sites that include him 🤷🏻♀️
Who me?
I think Vam meant the heroic train worker....not you.
It's a lot more civilised than the video of kids in Manchester.
But....your man with the video wasn't overtly looking for trouble, the one in Manchester was. And where you seek, you find. We often used to go or walk through the gay village, I never saw any trouble there, and tbf, one drunken girl kicked all that fracas off, which was often the case in club fights here.
Yeah, he was trying to show mostly the positive side.
I think our drinking age has something to do with it too..When I was 18, the drinking age was 18 and things were quite a bit more "lit" as they say..
It's also illegal to serve an intoxicated person here. Obviously that's hard to determine but if your staggering and slurring you will get cut off by many bartenders.
I've seen more than one Brit get upset by being cut off..
Yeah, but I doubt you could have been ticketed or arrested if you did serve them..
On another note, is there something unique about the accent from Birmingham? I was talking to a guy Saturday night from there, and I called him an Aussie, much to his displeasure..
That's the second time someone from there threw me off..
Incidentally, it's a criminal offence here to knowingly serve drunks, anyone who does and is reported, charged and convicted, can face up to £1000 fine.
Does it remind you of an Australian accent? I usually don't have any problems telling Brits from Aussies..
😳 Eh? You’re kidding, right? A Brummie accent is nothing like an Aussie accent (not to my ears, anyway).
This girl’s good (Brummie accent’s at around 2.20 in). Enjoy trying to keep up with it all.
My favourite Brit accents are Scouse/Lancashire and, especially, the West Country accent which cracks me up every time I hear it 🤣
-- Edited by Vam on Monday 3rd of November 2025 09:39:53 PM
I'll play it later. I only heard him order a drink in a loud bar so I didn't have much to work with. 🤷
I knew it just sounded like some sort of weird accent not of the UK, but in the family tree.
Well, that's what I get for guessing where he's from. 🤷
His daughter was beautiful. Couldn't dance but I make exceptions for pretty girls from the UK.
Or anywhere else..😉
Danced with a girl from Belfast a few months ago. She was a natural who had some sort of dance training back in NI..
What's happened to the lovely Hayley Mills lookalike?
Things evolve. 🤷
I turned her loose. We are still friends and chat when we see each other at the gym..
That's a shame, but some things are not meant to last. It's good you still remain friends.
“A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has been named as Samir Zitouni.
The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening were described as "nothing short of heroic".
Mr Zitouni remains "critically unwell" but stable in hospital, British Transport Police said.
Anthony Williams, 32, from Peterborough, was charged on Monday with 10 counts of attempted murder.
Ten people on board the LNER train, which stopped at Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, were taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
An eleventh person went to the hospital later.
Six of those have been discharged, four remain in a stable condition.” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxr4qn6d66o
It goes without saying that I hope all, particularly the 5 still in hospital, recover soon.
"The remarkable courage displayed by the LNER staff member who sustained serious injuries during Saturday's incident at Huntingdon station has been praised. Samir Zitouni, aged 48 and commonly known as Sam, has served as a dedicated member of the LNER workforce for more than two decades, fulfilling his duties aboard trains as a Customer Experience Host. His position focuses on assisting passengers.
During the evening of the incident, Sam was on duty aboard the 18:25 service from Doncaster to London King's Cross when passengers faced danger. Witnesses have commended his brave intervention, with British Transport Police characterising his actions as "nothing short of heroic," attributing to him the saving of numerous lives, reports the Daily Star."
A real man not some pussy filming it all with his iphone
I for one what to know what you’re doing in all the bars at 65. Talk about the oldest swinger in town.
If ever a person deserved a crowdsourcing fundraiser…
I checked, but couldn’t see any fundraising sites that include him 🤷🏻♀️
Who me?
I think Vam meant the heroic train worker....not you.