yeah - i think this is a case of "what happens in other countries" and "what happens in the UK"
I'll try one last time (for Tree)
My Parents recently decided to book into a hostel because - well - they were up in Scotland and it was dirt cheap and they were like "fuck it - how bad could it be?" The Hostel chain has a name - i'll get it from my mother later - but it at least sounded inviting.... and it's exactly the horror shit show i'd expect . Parents in a room with no toilet on fucking bunkbeds with -nothing- in the room other than a small washlet.
Mothers exact words : "WISH WE'D STAYED AT A BnB" <-------- this this this this this this this this.
At this point i mentioned Bebpo was thinking about coming to the UK and was going to dorm/hostel it
"Well, if he's under 21 then i guess it's probably doable - but you aren't saving much cash by doing that over a BnB" <------------------------------------- THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
In other news - huzzah - new hilarity. Turns out a whole host of products sold in the UK as "containing/this is Beef" are actually horse. I swear to god this country is one meta-comedy. I've started openly laughing at half this stuff now. It's AMAZING.
My parents upgraded thier shitty dial up modem a year ago - to a 16Mbps line.... and now they get 0.41Mbps ! Looool. BT : "well, it's 16Mbps -best effort- so....."
I am going to call them and have a Malcolm Tucker style sweary shout. I'm excited!
Fabric and Ministry of Sound in London...
oh - great to know that Fabric is still going - easily the best night out in London by a massive massive distance (or... um.... was in 1997-2000). Ministry i found to be a complete posers nightmare: any place that has a dress code that says "no ordinary jeans, no ordinary trainers" is run by wankers. That said, once inside i usually had a lot of fun, but again - didn't care for the clients in there.
Where as Fabric was just one big fecking love in and the people in there were universally awesome with no attitude. There was a regular guy in there in his 50s who would be going crazy on the dance floor, no attitude to him from anyone - everyone was just there to have a good time. Ministry? not so much