Midnight Pub

Hail fellow well met

~mouse

(The stranger ambles to the bar and quietly asks if they serve Tea?)

Good evening all, I hope you are well.

Nice to find an old public house, especially by accident. Somewhere to forget the stresses and worries of the *other place* for a while.

How did I find it?

I was looking for text only news sites. I am having trouble with anxiety but need to be informed. Found a fascianting niche of text only sites, and the alley way to this very bar. A welcome distraction.

Manners

I recall some advice that when meeting new acquaintances 'to avoid money, religion or politics'. Sound advice.

But what's left? Sports? The Weather?

Forgive me while I learn the ropes.

Any sugar bartender?

ns

Welcome, fellow stopped-reading-the-news-to-ease-anxiety!

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mouse

Thank you kindly!

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johano

Croeso a noswaith dda! (Welcome and good evening!) It's a fairly cozy place around here and ~bartender will be happy to brew you a cuppa, I'm sure :)

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mouse

Thanks ~johano

That language is?

Tea is a semi-universal language, can help most situations.

Now does the ~bartender use a kettle or some other fangled contraption?

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johano

Yr iaith 'na yw Cymraeg (That language is Cymraeg/Welsh, which I'm learning because I've kinda fallen in love with it...)

Tea is indeed a semi-universal language!

~bartender walks a line between tradition and modernity by using an electric kettle for tea.

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socktopus

I am curious what other news text based sites you have found?

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mouse

~socktopus

News sites, mostly text

NPR National Public Radio (US)
CBC Lite (Canadian)
CNN Lite (US)
Post Online (US, Business)
Google News Lite

I may add a few of these to my pub page, and some of the other text sites I've found.

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socktopus

awesome thank you!

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ew

Hello, good you found the door. Have you seen the beast in the back? Or that unbelievable computer/gadget store round the corner? Got me a box of very old controllers the other day ;-) Are you into soldering irons and stuff like that?

~bartender? I'll go for a stout, if you would please be so kind as to ...

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mouse

Beast out back? So that's where Tiddles got too? Just wait till the next new moon and put some cold custard down...

Ah, soldering irons. Alas been a couple of decades since I brandished one. A launch control box for model rockets, more style over substance: Arming key switch, large metal toggle switch, and the predictable big button. Worked a treat until the day the cables stayed attached to the rocket...

What else is further down the alley?

And ~bartender, let me get this one.

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