tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post4648639230235501314..comments2024-03-29T07:17:26.082+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Belated Thoughts on IndyManUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-51171693801039190372016-10-31T08:39:09.214+00:002016-10-31T08:39:09.214+00:00Also missed this last week. You mention it being a...Also missed this last week. You mention it being a particular session, but unless I'm dim, not which particular session.<br /><br />In any event, an event I'd cheerfully avoid if I were in town that weekend.Erlangernickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564871714656285737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-5777975510840574292016-10-25T15:53:05.948+01:002016-10-25T15:53:05.948+01:00The word originates from the Anglo-Saxon term, &qu...The word originates from the Anglo-Saxon term, "crack" meaning fun.<br /><br />It possibly dates back as far as Old English or the older Scots dialect and is still used today by Ulster-Scots in Northern Ireland.<br /><br />Borrowed by the Gaelic Irish and spelt "craic", the term has been picked up by UK journalists in recent years and has re-entered the use of the word (Hiberno-English) in mainland UK.<br /><br />Dublin journalists in the 1970s frequently spelt the word as "crack" in written articles. <br /><br />I rest my case.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-29266530021178859082016-10-25T15:50:26.923+01:002016-10-25T15:50:26.923+01:00I know what I enjoyed you daft Mick.I know what I enjoyed you daft Mick.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-36720893596281371142016-10-25T07:27:55.687+01:002016-10-25T07:27:55.687+01:00Legends of the pop.Legends of the pop.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-17613824605343837892016-10-21T11:41:20.452+01:002016-10-21T11:41:20.452+01:00It sounds utterly awful.It sounds utterly awful.RedNevhttp://rednev-rearm.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-13465577213009150192016-10-20T19:47:54.226+01:002016-10-20T19:47:54.226+01:00If you're going to play the Plastic Paddy/Shin...If you're going to play the Plastic Paddy/Shiny Seamus it's craic not crack.Top of the morning/Begorrahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-8344922964870274372016-10-20T07:33:17.881+01:002016-10-20T07:33:17.881+01:00The advert for #TANDCON17 could be "Not £7.50...The advert for #TANDCON17 could be "Not £7.50 a pint"<br /><br />You can have that one.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-17541928612951893122016-10-19T17:51:11.299+01:002016-10-19T17:51:11.299+01:00It did. Awesome? Nah.It did. Awesome? Nah.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-43460104631941721332016-10-19T17:48:36.666+01:002016-10-19T17:48:36.666+01:00It did. Awesome? Nah.It did. Awesome? Nah.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-87384870218926237942016-10-19T16:12:08.502+01:002016-10-19T16:12:08.502+01:00So, quite enjoyable, but some way short of totally...So, quite enjoyable, but some way short of totally awesome.<br /><br />And I assume your £10 bought you precisely one and a third pints ;-)Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com