Some weeks, I'll be driving one of these...

Other weeks, I'll be driving one of these...

......but most weeks, I'll be driving these...

Researcher for the now defunct Audit Commission. Now they've got rid of us its me you can thank for the tax rebate . Waiting for my notice letter

If there was ever a venue for a FISO meet.....

Brownhills (Birmingham-ish)

Brownhills casts a shadow over my garden.

Head Chef/Catering Manager at an all Girls School. (hence the need for some male interaction on FISO)

alas, you don't know where it is....

That could be in any station in the whole of the UK

And I do apologise for repeatedly forgetting to refer to you as 'boss'

Sounds grim

It's like living by Mordor.

Mordor!!

How rude

Brownhills is the perfect mix of Birmingham and yam yam folk! A perfect fiso meet venue!!

To be fair I only know the area between the A5, the giant metal miner, the main shopping street and Streets Corner as that is the way the bus takes me to work. I'm sure that there are nicer bits.

[/quote]To be fair I only know the area between the A5, the giant metal miner, the main shopping street and Streets Corner as that is the way the bus takes me to work. I'm sure that there are nicer bits. [/quote]

My pub is right by the 'iron man' on the island. It's nice (apart from the drugs, raids, fights and scutty clientele!!)

To be fair I've sorted a lot of the trouble out with my 'soft' approach!! Like I said, a perfect fiso meet venue!!

So is it the big pub by the bus shelter?

Yep. Smithys Forge.

Set it up!

Sounds a bit dodgy if it's Spiny's neck of the woods I hear that even the wheelie bins are on bricks and the dogs have to hang round in pairs

So, Ton, you not at the boozer in Smethwick anymore

No got a much nicer one now!! It's not easy running a pub next to Winson Green prison, I can tell ya!! Most of the regulars were either on their way in, or had just been released!! Plenty of trouble to keep a ruffian like me occupied!! I got out of there with my life and all limbs in tact so I think it was a job well done!!

Glad for ya - that place was rough.

Horses for courses though bluenoseyparker, that previous one could be perfect for Fiso's Sun forum meet !

Horses for courses though bluenoseyparker, that previous one could be perfect for Fiso's Sun forum meet ! [/quote]

Ton's old pub used to be my lunch time boozer when I worked in Smethwick. It was OK lunchtime for food and a game of pool. Then one of the lads had a leaving do and about four of us walked in wearing suits late(ish) on a Friday night. It was very intimidating and our pints were rapidly downed. They wanted to turn it into a casino but the residents objected because it may attract the wrong sort .

Could be quite an adventure for a FISO meet - my office was next door to a brothel. You could always tell when the punters got them mixed up - they would squirm in embarrasment if they entered our reception. All the working girls drove really flash cars and the punters were well off too, not that I paid too much attention to the seedy side of life . The house opposite was used as a cannabis farm and the just up the top of was a massage parlour which got shut down due to people trafficking from Eastern Europe. Oh, and there's a Greggs too

'Oh, and there's a Greggs too'
Shocking.