Beers you never see anymore
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Topic: Beers you never see anymore
Posted By: Trap junior
Subject: Beers you never see anymore
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 1:54am
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Holsten Pils McEwans Lager Labatts ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 7:18am
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Furstenburg Kaliber N/A ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 7:52am
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Kilkenny ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: Roberto_Carlow
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 7:53am
| Skol |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 7:54am
------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Roberto_Carlow wrote:Posted By: Roberto_Carlow
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 8:11am
Brazil good at football, terrible at drinking good beer.
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Posted By: Badgersboys9
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 8:12am
| Cans of Steiger. |
Posted By: theheff1989
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 8:19am
| I know it’s still around. But miller was popular in 2000s. Couldn’t tell ya last time I saw someone drink it. |
Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 8:29am
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LCL pils. ------------- It was far across the sea, When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
Posted By: Roberto_Carlow
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 8:51am
Was a quality beer for day 2 drinking when you were hungover.
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 8:59am
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Grolsch was big in the local at one stage. Dont see Rolling Rock beer bottles these days.
------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:00am
------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:01am
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Danish Gold. ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:04am
Was grand stuff. Cheap as hell. Yer wan in Mare of Easttown loved guzzling them ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: ChesterCopperpot
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:05am
| Miller on draught |
Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:17am
Still big outside of Ireland.
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Posted By: Roberto_Carlow
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:21am
| Kilkenny always seems to be avaliable in Spanish bars. |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:38am
------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: Devrozex
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:39am
| Harp. |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:42am
------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:50am
| Harp seems to be even less available than before. Even in cans in supermarkets it is becoming harder and harder to get. |
Posted By: oldbilly
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 10:21am
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no harm ------------- No Pasaran! |
Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 10:40am
I had a flagon of it in Tbilisi last couple of times we were over. No idea why. ------------- Bimbos Burgers - "Official Sponsor of the Irish Squad" |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 10:44am
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Castlemaine XXXX Is Dutch Gold still sround? Breo That piss Rockshore should be gone within a few years ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 10:54am
Breo was ahead of its time. ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 10:56am
| Have a Breo pint glass at home, eBay leads me to believe it’s worth a few quid |
Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 10:57am
A flagon of Harp
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Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 11:07am
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One of the first beers I ever drank was in a field near my school after finishing my exams in 5th year i think - Michelob Gold Don't think i've seen it since |
Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 11:29am
Me and my mates went through a phase of drinking it before we went out around 2008-2011 because it was so cheap around that time. At one stage, you could get 24 bottles for 15e. In hindsight, it was a rotten beer. ------------- Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic." |
Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 11:30am
It was everywhere over there...Proudly brewed in Tbilisi on it!
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Posted By: Fruice
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 11:30am
Seen it in pint bottles in few bars recently.
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Posted By: theheff1989
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 11:33am
| When I Was living in New Ross, would have Swithwicks on tap and any bar in South Kilkenny would have it on tap as well as large bottles. Wouldn't see it that much in Waterford. |
Posted By: Slow & Blind
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 11:40am
A social club near me still sells it in bottles. I had a bottle of it once, fairly basic stuff.
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Posted By: drog addict
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 11:44am
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McArdles, it's still out there but hard to find. Had it on draught in a pub in donegal Town a few years ago. Auld lad loves the stuff. ------------- Chips don't bounce |
Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 12:25pm
was reared on pint bottles of harp ( used to drink in a Bass pub so the only lager was Tennants  )------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 12:35pm
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Bass ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: irelandfan
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 12:38pm
The Bertie Beverage. ------------- I'm the gaffer whatever I say goes. |
Posted By: oldbilly
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 1:10pm
Seen it in cans in a couple of obriens offies here , nice ale. ------------- No Pasaran! |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 1:23pm
------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 1:30pm
I recall about 20 years ago everybody seemed to drink Miller. If you were at a house party everybody had a bottle of it in hand. I actually dont think I have ever tried it.
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Posted By: Claret Murph
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 2:08pm
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Funny can think of good few English ones ------------- Lansdowne Road debut aged 52 and 201 days . |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 2:13pm
| Not necessarily a beer but does anyone remember about 20 years ago when they had Smirnoff Ice on draught. Didn't last long obviously, no idea who they were aiming for with that marketing |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 2:16pm
I dont recall the draught? How any could drink a pint let alone pints of that stuff is beyond me. I remember for a while about 25 years ago they had a pre mixed Moscow Mule in a copper coloured bottle. It was when also-pops were the rage and there was a big moral panic in the UK.
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 2:27pm
Remember it well. Nicked a few of the frosted glasses they were poured into back in the day. ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Artie Ziff
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 3:42pm
That's funny I came across their office last week. It's in Toronto. Did you know Labatt's was set up by Irish man John Kinder Labatt? His grandson was the creator of the Kinder Surprise too ------------- It would damage this forums' reputation |
Posted By: reddladd
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 3:59pm
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Hoffmans Kronenburg 1664 Beamish ------------- I could agree with you but then we'd both be wrong. |
Posted By: Jackal
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 6:11pm
| I have never seen Harp around Munster. Can you get it in Dublin? |
Posted By: irelandfan
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 6:27pm
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Clonmel 1650 ------------- I'm the gaffer whatever I say goes. |
Posted By: kevincronin2000
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 6:58pm
Plenty of places sell Harp in Kerry for some reason. ------------- time is the stuff that life is made of, don't waste it. |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 7:03pm
City centre pubs would be your best bet. But most pubs dont carry it. Even in the same market you have Hop House 13, and Rockshore.
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 7:03pm
There's no way he could be Irish with that name Guv  ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 7:42pm
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ones bought by Newryrep ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Artie Ziff
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 8:38pm
Read his ma's name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kinder_Labatt" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kinder_Labatt ------------- It would damage this forums' reputation |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 8:46pm
His aul boys name is far more interesting ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 8:57pm
FFS Valentine Knightley Chetwode Labat How come his ma only had one 't' at the end of Labat? Pretend nobility unlike true nobility like myself Lord Trap Junior IV of Corribside ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:00pm
 Kinder means 'Children' in German. I always thought Kinder was German???? ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:03pm
Read it again That's his Da ffs. ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 9:05pm
Oops. What's so funny about his ma's name? ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Hotlips_Hoolahan
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 10:08pm
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Sean Lemass had the same background, French Huguenot. ------------- You know Spider, you're a f**kin' mumbling stuttering little f**k. You know that? |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 10:54pm
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The six bottles of Red Stripe that were in my fridge a couple of hours ago....you wont see them anymore ------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 12:37am
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Is the alco pops market still a thing? I remember around 2000 they were a big thing. Smirnoff Ice etc.. Haven't seen anyone drink that in years ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: JUICEBOMB
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 1:17am
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tennents lager ------------- hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard |
Posted By: Artie Ziff
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 3:35am
Thought it was the mother's name, doh ------------- It would damage this forums' reputation |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 7:00am
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Hooch Tennents cans with scantily clad women on them
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Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 8:03am
Still popular in donegal...had a 6 pack of it for BYOB thing in Dublin last weekend!
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Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 9:34am
| Tennants is actually decent by the can. All 3 offos beside me sell it. |
Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 9:56am
kicked off long before Smirnoff Ice from what I remember. Woodys and MugShot being the big two. ------------- Bimbos Burgers - "Official Sponsor of the Irish Squad" |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 9:58am
Archers & Ritz ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 10:23am
Ritz perry was a very popular drink for the ladies when I started working in pubs c. 1999. But times were different then and some people not only drank, but paid for a pint of Budweiser. Don't know the last time I've seen or heard someone asking for a pint of Bud. ------------- Bimbos Burgers - "Official Sponsor of the Irish Squad" |
Posted By: Flanno7hi
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 10:25am
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Not a beer but does anyone remember Bulmers Ice? They had it in one of the bars in UL for a few months. Was a pint of bulmers but like a slushie. Ice came out of the tap. ------------- Our City. Our Community. Our Club IG @flanno_7hi |
Posted By: Donegalman
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 11:15am
On tap think it’s as good a pint as coors or any of the others really.
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Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 12:39pm
Most generic lagers are much of a muchness. Bar Carlsburg. It's muck
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Posted By: theheff1989
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 12:48pm
| Not a beer. But alcopops died a death. First time getting drunk was off Smirnoff ice. Could have been a sugar rush looking back. |
Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 1:01pm
Carlsberg is lovely. You know nothing. ------------- Bimbos Burgers - "Official Sponsor of the Irish Squad" |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 1:49pm
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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 1:50pm
| Carlsberg is definitely something you need to be in the mood for. |
Posted By: kevincronin2000
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 1:54pm
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Satzenbrau Stag (Ritz) mentioned all ready All very popular 20 years ago with women. Also Hudson Blue cider
------------- time is the stuff that life is made of, don't waste it. |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 2:39pm
| Moosehead Lager. |
Posted By: drog addict
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 2:57pm
Never seen it on tap, can defo buy bottles in O'briens. ------------- Chips don't bounce |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 2:59pm
Yeah plus wan. Never had it on tap but have had plenty of buideals. ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: drog addict
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 3:25pm
Not a big lager drinker these days but it's one of the best ------------- Chips don't bounce |
Posted By: Hotlips_Hoolahan
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 4:26pm
Why? ------------- You know Spider, you're a f**kin' mumbling stuttering little f**k. You know that? |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 4:32pm
------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 4:33pm
Better alternatives in the commercial market. I think going for a big standard lager has its place. Like Budweiser or Heineken.
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Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 4:57pm
------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 5:05pm
Bohs aren’t the only ones with notions in Cabra!
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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 5:05pm
| Can you even get a pint of Budweiser easily anymore? |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 5:08pm
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Were they selling those Chinese beers like Chang there for a while around the time they were sponsoring Everton? ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 5:20pm
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Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 5:56pm
If your mood is one of self loathing maybe
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Posted By: Bandwagon
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 6:11pm
Draught was dropped late 00s, I remember working in a hotel at the time and nobody was touching the stuff. Alcopops were big sellers in the 90s / 00s you rarely see anymore Woodies, V.K, WKD, Bacardi Breezer, Smirnoff Ice, Fat Frogg. Went out of fashion when niteclubs did. Most young wans seem to drink Rose, Prosecco, Gin instead these days.
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 6:12pm
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I never see Murphy's Irish Stout anywhere ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 6:24pm
------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |
Posted By: Artie Ziff
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 6:28pm
------------- It would damage this forums' reputation |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 6:29pm
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Buckler was around in the 90s at a time when people would give you a quare look for drinking a non-alcoholic beer. Haven't seen it in 20 odd years. ------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |
Posted By: Hotlips_Hoolahan
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 6:34pm
Bought the crate of 24 in Lidl for 15 euro. ------------- You know Spider, you're a f**kin' mumbling stuttering little f**k. You know that? |
Posted By: Claret Murph
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 6:55pm
------------- Lansdowne Road debut aged 52 and 201 days . |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 6:59pm
Maybe it is. ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 9:44pm
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Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2021 at 9:47pm
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