Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@Th3solution I didn't realise that EA Sports FC 24 was the 24th game game in series. It only seems that they took over the licence from Fifa recently...

@sorteddan The next Doom has been titled as Doom Year Zero I believe. After that they start going backwards into negative figures.

@Th3solution me and the other 86 Kyle Forrester’s had a good laugh about that one

@kyleforrester87 I've managed to kill off all of the other JohnnyShoulder's around the world wide Web.

There was someone else with a surname of Shoulder at work, which I found a bit disconcerting. But they only lasted about a year before they left, which was a relief

@JohnnyShoulder I’m pretty familiar with a couple of Shoulders

@kyleforrester87 To get rid of dandruff?

Into the Shoulder-Verse

@Jimmer-jammer Hey man. Hope all is well. Have you read any of the Witcher graphic novels by Dark Horse? I remember you said you liked Sweet Tooth a while ago, I just picked up volumes one & two of the Witcher omnibuses and they seem pretty legit so far.

@ralphdibny 🤣

So the hype I have felt for the Spider-Man game have varied a lot over the last couple weeks.

@AgentCooper Maybe they think there is a market that they can cut into?

@RogerRoger I've heard it can be a cut throat business.

@AgentCooper
I was wondering, while wandering through the town, if you lumped together all the barbers, hair salons, beauticians, nail salons etc. would they outnumber all the cafes, takeaways and coffee shops? It really seemed that two out of every three businesses on most of the main roads was in one of those categories

@AgentCooper @sorteddan Vap, betting and card shops seems to be popping up everywhere in the town I live.

I recall this coming up recently as I remember saying this, but there are 4 places where you can get your hair cut in the mini High Street round the corner where I live. 3 of them are all bunched together, with the fourth one taking over a florist that was there a bit further along.

@AgentCooper @JohnnyShoulder Don’t forget about the coffee shops and café’s too! They’re everywhere!

It’s hardly surprising, is it, when the high street is flooded with industry that the internet can’t compete with. Amazon hasn’t taught its drones how to hold a razor blade and pair of scissors just yet. As for shops closing and reopening, perhaps offering the same services, this can be down to landlords negotiating higher rents. Perhaps one business owner got a great rate during the pandemic, built a business and lifestyle around that rate and couldn’t afford the increase despite there still being a viable business there for somebody else. Of course, sometimes landlords are unrealistic, too, and it takes a vacant unit to bring them back down to earth where they will be more likely to accept an offer.

@kyleforrester87 Where are all the jam shops when we need them?

@JohnnyShoulder you can order jam online you div

We're really lucky as our high street is mostly independent places which seem to all keep themselves going. A few come and go but they're mostly pretty nice places.

How the town manages to sustain three separate butchers on the same short stretch of road does baffle me slightly though.

It's something I've appreciated so much since moving here though, and even more so now I have a kid, is that it's great to have all of those things plus the supermarket all in walking distance. We live somewhere with loads of amazing outdoor space really close by too so for the most part I only have to use the car to commute to work for the most part.

@Falcon94 This post is Johnny Jam Approved.