Good to see your getting better, George looks like one happy dog, ball throwing, water to swim in and his humans to play with. Agree with you that beer reviews won't work with you , but the first was so funny. Take it easy xx
My first tour at RAF Lakenheath (1977 - 1980) was dreary and I told everyone in the US the sun never shines here. When I returned to RAF Upper Heyford (1987 - 1990), the sun was out more than rain - go figure!
Are you sure you do not have a camera/microphone on George, as we hear him all through your blog. and you are really discovering why people like living on Narrowboats, on the Canals. Life only moves as fast as you really want, which means less than 2 miles an hour or 2 miles in two weeks, it really does not matter, does it. you guys are a hoot1
A good idea to get the ball throwing stick. Easier on your arm and goes much farther so George gets to run farther. I loved seeing him come out of the canal then shake himself off. He may be panting but he is having a good time. To parody a beer ad "I do not drink soda often, but when I do I prefer my soda to be fermented." Get well soon. I can appreciate the frustration of good weather but not being healthy enough to install the solar panels. Dave.
+LV_Woodturner It is very frustrating! They're just waiting there, taking up the front half of the boat, and I can barely move my whole left side. Grr. As for the Dos Equis dude ... when I met him, he asked for my autograph. M
Jo drinks the beer and looks at the camera with a little smile and a shrug. Michael says 'I really hate beer". I was almost wetting myself with laughter!
I'd didn't realize that George was magical. He just pops in at 3:10 and then pops out at 3:19. I wonder if he could teach me that trick. I love the videos and am glad to see that you are making a good recovery.
Your Aussie Accent Was Great! I Know....I'm an Aussie! Glad you're Ok and doing fine after fall....even tho it's from the future. You see, I've just discovered you and I've been Binge Watching to catch up. Love You Guys! I Agree....I think you're the best Narrow boat TH-camrs out there! When I'm Rich...I'll send something to Patreon....until then I will watch every advert to make sure you get some money. Some of those Ad's are tedious...but it's worth it. Keep us Laughing and entertained with your candid ease...So Glad I found You Guys XXX
Well thank you very much! Very glad you’re enjoying the videos, and really sorry we can’t make the ads better (or unnecessary, I’d absolutely prefer to be independently wealthy), but I do wish there wasn’t so much tedium! M
Beer is an acquired taste, like gin and tonic, olives and narrowboats. You have to persevere and then you suddenly find that you actually want the taste. Don't give up, you are going to have the opportunity to try lots of really great local ales on your travels.
Hello from New Zealand, thanks for your very entertaining vlogs, we love them all. We spent two weeks on the canals a few years ago, and absolutely loved it. I was very tempted to sell up and move to the UK to buy a boat. We are coming back in August but will only be gongoozlers unfortunately. Anyway, binge watching to catch up, thanks again.
Well kia ora! We spent a year and a half in New Zealand and loved it (meeting a Kakapo will always be a highlight), so always nice to see a Kiwi around! Glad you like the videos, and if you ever get a chance highly recommend some time living aboard! M
Don't worry Michael. I think you've bypassed the beer phase and just gone straight to cider. It took me a little longer but I'm there now. Youre heading (slowly) towards the South West, home of some great ciders. MinimalList Cider Review perhaps?
I have to say I am interested in hearing how the batteries work out. I don't live on a boat, but my home is off grid, powered primarily with solar (except when the horrible winter overcast of south west Ohio intervenes). I am using about 1400 pounds of lead acid batteries, 1100 amp hours sized to be able to run the house for a 2 or 3 days with no sun, before I have to run the generator. Hoping when I replace the batteries I will be able to go to something with less weight and less maintenance concerns. Agree, George view with some sort of stabilized camera would be fun.
+Brian Knowlton The lithiums are performing very well, though this winter will determine if we should have gone with 300Ah instead of 200. Also the battery monitor needs to be set up right for them, as it "thinks" in terms of Lead Acid's characteristics. Definitely feel like LiFePO4 is the way to go, but still need more time and experience to bear that out. M
When I heard that you are a teetotaler, I wondered,"why the desire to go to Belgium?" Then you mentioned the Trappistes beer and it made sense. You only occasionally have sensational, high-quality beers! Good man.
Good to see that Michael is in better shape now, but because you've not moved yet, there hasn't been any chance for Jo to learn how to handle the boat on her own, which is important. George seems to be very happy, and doesn't let you get out of his eye sight, you're a good team together. Don't worry about not liking beer, and that you've had only about 17 in your entire life (so far), if all is well, I'll be 70 next year and never even had my first beer, and that while I've been in the military (Nato) during the cold war, where you had to drink to belong to the "real man", and while tax-free hard liquor was cheaper than freshly pressed orange juice, I still prefered to pay the price and stay sober. Just seeing the stupid behaviour of the "real man" was enough to know that I'd made the right decision. I'm living in France since the last 38 years and never even tasted the French Burgundy wine of the area where I've been living most of these years.
+Peter Mastenbroek To tell you the truth I wish I'd made it past 70 before trying my first beer. A mashed up bitter weed and some barley in tepid water allowed to go off ... never made a lick of sense to me once they explained it! Now food, food I can get into! But not fruit juice that's gone all moldy! :-) M
That was SO Very funny... Loved the beer review and I am totally with you on people who drink beer... Never figured out why people drink the stuff. Hope you are getting over your fall... Take care and Cheers. -- Mark
Love your beer review. I buy about once a year 6 cans of Guinness which is an Irish dark Stout. Very Typical Bitter Dark Stout. It will take me an entire year to drink the 6 cans. Sometimes I end up using it as a base in a Pot Roast, which I put in the oven for 8 hours. So tender it just falls apart delicious. My thing is apple juice or an espresso based coffee. I agree with Michael on his beer review, there thumbs up Michael.
I've never seen such a strapping chap shudder so much at a mere sip of ale! The bemusement of his lovely lady was mesmerising to watch. Truly that was so entertaining and probably the most honest review I've ever seen of anything anywhere on the internet! Subbed! Also my GSD decided to bark rather loudly (gone midnight with two young kids asleep!!)at the dog she could neither see nor comprehend where the panting was from!
Glad you are feeling better...hang in there! Love your videos, your gorgeous boat, your super dog! However, I didn't enjoy the dog cam...motion made me a bit queasy. LOL Keep up the good work and stay safe!
LOL...it's a shame though because he definitely has a unique point of view! Keep up the great work. I am so jealous of your wonderful life style. Here in Texas, we don't have many canals! :D
Guys absolutely fantastic vid the beer review was hilarious I had tears rolling down my face. This could be a new feature. I have sent you guys a message on here as I have now put a deposit on a boat now deciding weather to become a youtuber !!!
+Peter Rutter I think we have decided the audience over the beer review! Congratulations on the boat. Haven't read the message yet, not sure how to find it on the app but will have a look now. Would love to see you doing videos, honestly it is a great community to be part of and I love watching back where we were three months ago!
I am also a big guy. I have a breard and a bad back, but I love traditional beers. How anybody drink those chemical coloured sugar laden alcopops boggles my mind. So.... we're not different. Absolutely cried watching the review, you have to do more :0
+Sirlurk Calot haha, thank you. It was a fruit cider so pretty close to an alcopop I guess. I think we will just steer clear of the alcohol all together, we'll call it a bank holiday binge!
Your review of the English beer was very much the same as mine when I first arrived in the USA. Why do they drink ice cold urine. Then I found 151 on the rocks. . Anyway time goes on and taste changes. Some say that I too am t total. not so I still have the odd one now and then. Any way loved watching George in the back ground, he is so hyper. Tell him to watch out or he'll wag that tail right off. On other videos he still has a touch of sep I've had Odie over11 years and he still has a touch every now and then just love and reassure and it gets less and less. Stay safe
Fantastic concept! A teetotaller doing beer reviews! Absolutely hilarious! xx. To be honest, I suspect the principle reason people drink beer is for the effect rather than the taste! ....
Heh... we sort of stopped doing these because of the pain it gave me - it takes a LOT to give me any effect, so basically I’m just stuck drinking something that smells and tastes like horse urine filtered through moldy bread - but we might have to try it again as the weather heats up! M
I like the dripping dog tongue shot. In fact, you guys need to open a pub: The Dripping Dog Tongue, seeing how you love beer and all. (I can't stand the stuff, either)
If you have the proper fish variety, another idea might be the Crappie Canal Cuisine. If not, even better ;) Either way, hello from Kentucky. If you're going to continue banging heads, find some local heavy metal.
Oh Michael! Now...I love cider AS WELL as beer, and I'm sure if you had attended the Peterborough Beer Festival this last week where there were 400 beers on offer, I'm sure I'd have found you some beers you would have liked :) I think you would have have liked Felix and the Fruit Machine and Parsons did a very nice Plum Porter. However, calling yourself a manly man when you need some articial aid to through a ball for a dog...geeze...anyone would think you were American! (I know you're not, but maybe being brought up that close has rubbed off! :) )
+Ronnie Lloyd The artificial aid is due to having taken a canal to the head last week and walked away from it! And I might have liked one of the 400, but 399 wouldn't have made the last one worth it! I have -- well I wouldn't say liked, but not hated -- one beer in my life, some Belgian Trappist thing that tastes of cherries and chocolate and they only make like 500 bottles a year while under a vow of silence. The problem is I can't afford my taste buds! M
Ahhhh....yes, I suppose that dive onto the towpath not only hurt the head but probably bruised a few ribs too! I hope you're recovering well from that now. There were quite a few fruity beers, and there were even some Belgian bottled beers there too, but you're right, they tend to be pricey!
Then get an exercise ball an just bounce lightly a few inches 1/2 hr a day. Retrains nerves for posture and makes more resistant to injury in spine. I can send u an easy packet to follow if u want.
+Doc Alaska I'm in a physio program that leads to exactly that. Right now it's hydrotherapy in a pool, cause the ball or pretty much any sitting/bending exercise under gravity just aggravates it. The problem is, if it's the congenital thing, it will ultimately need surgical stabilization. M
well good luck with it and do exactly what they say. If they assign you things to do at home make sure u do them. Sounds like you are very acute and critical stage.
+Doc Alaska It's acutely painful right now, but it's a very long term chronic issue, started when I was 14. When it goes it tends to go for years, but when it comes back it's pretty bad. With the rest of my family it gets worse with age until they eventually get the MRI followed by doctors suddenly changing course and recommending surgery, so we'll see if I goes that far with me. M
+darren slater if you sent it via TH-cam we may have gotten it, they don't seems to appear on the mobile apps. I'll have Jo sign in on the laptop and take a look! M
omg how funny i wanna see Michael drink beer again lol,,, hahahaha,,, his face LOL. he tasted piss and moldy bread hahahaha. Sorry Michael but this is funny as hell hahaha.
Thankfully never tasted like Fish bladders=(brewers call it isinglass) which they used to use to filter yeast or solids from their ales. Generally the darker the brew in ales/stout the less pissy the taste. Reason most enjoy Chimay or any good Trappist ales.
+John Caron Wait, hold on ... people, voluntarily, drink things that have been sieved through a fish's urinary tract? Albeit one with a fancy name? Ugh. M
I actually liked the beer review, I only wish you had done a little more on the food, and Pub. Also as an American I would like to know how using the National Health works for non British Citizens, I assume that you have to pay but how does that work? This may be worth a video of its own. Thanks for the videos and FYI I was going to recommend those ball tossers when you did the video mentioning George and his slobber covered tennis balls, you can toss snowballs with those as well, that might be fun.
+Ted Gallucci The pub was nice, the food too expensive to sample more than the chips (wedge-cut fries to my fellow Americans), especially as we'd had a nice lunch not too long before. Interesting idea on the NHS system video ... basically I'm on an immigrant visa track, so I had to pre-pay for my NHS coverage when we came for the 2.5 year duration of the visa ... the actual process is quite complicated, but it was £750 I think for 2.5 years of coverage. I was paying roughly half that per month just for minimal insurance with a ludicrously high deductible in the States. Having experienced healthcare now in several countries with single-payer systems, it is a VASTLY superior system, like on every single level of interaction. Cannot emphasize that point enough, the entire experience of healthcare in the US is just so much worse, from bedside manner to cost. Not to say there aren't issues with the NHS, but if you actually experience both as a patient it's like night and day. Cheers. M
That looked like VF Beer, VF= Very Flat , No Head, and yeah cant stand the stuff either, but Soda, FFS No Way, thats more nastier than Beer, want something refreshing ly good then Water with sliced Cucumber, Lemon and Fresh Mint, Now thats a Drink of the Day 👍😎👌
I was thinking, it's good that the blooper posts have been up so we would know the bump to the head wasn't causing bloopers =-D I don't get what people get out of beer either ... I agree, they all taste like piss (and I don't mean the UK drunk piss either) I go with ciders too ...
But i still say consult a sports medicine chiropractor. They are even better than just MD and Physiotherapists for this type of injury. I am very serious on this point. They can be the difference between having problems the rest of your life with this and getting this resolved. The sooner you see one the the more likely you are to get a complete resolution. The longer you wait the LESS likely that is. Contact me if I can help with any questions. This is critical time and you have to be proactive for your health. Other than that I love your videos and hope you keep them up. ;-)
+Doc Alaska Appreciate it, but I've seen lots of specialists and all sorts of people over the years. This isn't an injury so much as an ongoing issue since puberty, when I grew twice as fast as most everyone else. It recurs every couple of years, usually with no association to any form of injury or exercise. Like I say, most of my close male relatives have pretty much the same issue, always in the same area, but my bouncing around from country to country and health system to health system makes it hard to get it truly taken care of, as that seems to always involve an MRI and long wait for a finicky surgery, followed by never having the problem again. Between us we've tried literally everything short of voodoo, though I am a bit more prone than the others to the occasional head injury. Appreciate the concern, but I am working on it and working through the rather long and convoluted process here to have it seen to properly. Cheers. M
if u have never seen a chiropractor then i strongly urge you to see one. I urge you as if you were my own father. If you have consulted one then I will shut up about it. I wish you good fortune in all things. :-)
But have you ever seen a chiropractor? If not then I urge you to see one who specializes in chiropractic sports medicine. I have met many a patient who had given up hope till they consulted one.
+Doc Alaska I do appreciate the concern and advice. The problem is that the chiropractic isn't particularly common in the UK, not at all like it is in the States and Canada, and it isn't one of the alternative or complementary care methods covered by the NHS (well, it is sometimes in some regions when referred by a GP, but not in the borough I'm registered in). So firstly I don't really have access to one without paying out of pocket, and the fees are not really affordable. Secondly, considering that my family's history with chiropractic care for this particular issue has been that it's been, at best, ineffective, I'm leary of going down an expensive route that will probably lead to the same conclusion. If it were a covered option like the hydrotherapy then I'd try it, but I just can't afford to go the private route here in England. Thanks though. M
My God; What a way to run medicine of any kind. Though I reckon you still get some kind of care. Well all I can say to that is good luck and God keep ye. :-o
Firstly Micheal hope you are firing on all cylinders soon, forget the beer reviews, the nutshell reviews were crap so don't try to emulate them, you don't need to, your vlogs are better than theirs, just concentrate on what you have done up till now. You have a fantastically beautiful wife and George so keep going as you are and I wish you all well.
+Kevin Smith She is a real hottie, isn't she? I keep trying to explain to the world just how fantastically lucky I am. I rather like Nutshells' videos, and find the beer reviews fascinating -- if only because I find it interesting to see people express such enjoyment of something that to me is absolutely horrible -- but I don't think we'll make it a regular feature! I can't afford to keep spending £5 on a half-pint of yuck! M
I am with you Michael, I have never liked beer, I was given a drink of it by my father when I was about eleven, and thought that is bloody awful, it is worse than medicine! I never touched it again until I was twenty I am happy to report that at that juncture it still had not improved, but I discovered a fantastic drinking substitute, in Baileys Irish Cream, I told the guys at work and with some derision they told me that's a girls drink! I replied Yes! and I like girls too! Don't you, or are you homosexual? Regards a Fan from Aus.
+Doc Alaska Thanks, but my particular problem doesn't appear to be very amenable to chiropractic treatment. We're still trying to sort out if it's the same defect that runs in the males in my family. It's definitely pain in the same location, and seems to have the same effect on my long nerves. They tried lots of chiropractic treatments, ultimately it always seems to require surgery. M
Your utter contempt for beer reviews is exactly why you need to do it more often. It's boring watch people who like beer drink, it is much more entertaining to watch your look of disgust before then pouring out what look and probably smells and tastes like liquid bubblegum.
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Good to see your getting better, George looks like one happy dog, ball throwing, water to swim in and his humans to play with. Agree with you that beer reviews won't work with you , but the first was so funny. Take it easy xx
+Lynne Evans we hope he is happy, we love having him on the boat! Luckily that will be our only attempt at a beer review!
My first tour at RAF Lakenheath (1977 - 1980) was dreary and I told everyone in the US the sun never shines here. When I returned to RAF Upper Heyford (1987 - 1990), the sun was out more than rain - go figure!
+Marshall Poe I personally think climate change will make the UK pretty much ideal in 20-100 years! M
Are you sure you do not have a camera/microphone on George, as we hear him all through your blog. and you are really discovering why people like living on Narrowboats, on the Canals. Life only moves as fast as you really want, which means less than 2 miles an hour or 2 miles in two weeks, it really does not matter, does it. you guys are a hoot1
My boat solar is ace.... You won't regret it...1000watts of electronic joy..thanks for your contributions..
+chevyimp We're itching to get it done! Now if only the weather and a mooring where we can actually do the work would coincide! M
A good idea to get the ball throwing stick. Easier on your arm and goes much farther so George gets to run farther. I loved seeing him come out of the canal then shake himself off. He may be panting but he is having a good time.
To parody a beer ad "I do not drink soda often, but when I do I prefer my soda to be fermented."
Get well soon. I can appreciate the frustration of good weather but not being healthy enough to install the solar panels.
Dave.
+LV_Woodturner It is very frustrating! They're just waiting there, taking up the front half of the boat, and I can barely move my whole left side. Grr.
As for the Dos Equis dude ... when I met him, he asked for my autograph.
M
Good description of beer
Jo drinks the beer and looks at the camera with a little smile and a shrug. Michael says 'I really hate beer". I was almost wetting myself with laughter!
Be careful with that, very bad for the pants! ;-) M
@@MinimalList Is that the voice of experience talking there? 😂
Enjoying your work. Looking forward to seeing more of the K&A and how you get on in the autumn (fall) and winter.
+Mark Slater thank you, we are looking forward to moving down the K&A too. Not sure about autumn and winter though! Jo
I'd didn't realize that George was magical. He just pops in at 3:10 and then pops out at 3:19. I wonder if he could teach me that trick. I love the videos and am glad to see that you are making a good recovery.
+Bob McAuley I don't think he even knows how he does it! M
Just back after four days with a longer list of works to do than we have done. Great sun tan weather. I hate beer as well!
+Vivienne Brooks Good! I'm not alone! M
Your Aussie Accent Was Great! I Know....I'm an Aussie! Glad you're Ok and doing fine after fall....even tho it's from the future. You see, I've just discovered you and I've been Binge Watching to catch up. Love You Guys! I Agree....I think you're the best Narrow boat TH-camrs out there! When I'm Rich...I'll send something to Patreon....until then I will watch every advert to make sure you get some money. Some of those Ad's are tedious...but it's worth it. Keep us Laughing and entertained with your candid ease...So Glad I found You Guys XXX
Well thank you very much! Very glad you’re enjoying the videos, and really sorry we can’t make the ads better (or unnecessary, I’d absolutely prefer to be independently wealthy), but I do wish there wasn’t so much tedium! M
Beer is an acquired taste, like gin and tonic, olives and narrowboats. You have to persevere and then you suddenly find that you actually want the taste. Don't give up, you are going to have the opportunity to try lots of really great local ales on your travels.
+Justin C I think you have a point about the perseverance, it's just I'm not sure if it's a taste michael wants to acquire! Jo
Hello from New Zealand, thanks for your very entertaining vlogs, we love them all. We spent two weeks on the canals a few years ago, and absolutely loved it. I was very tempted to sell up and move to the UK to buy a boat. We are coming back in August but will only be gongoozlers unfortunately.
Anyway, binge watching to catch up, thanks again.
Well kia ora! We spent a year and a half in New Zealand and loved it (meeting a Kakapo will always be a highlight), so always nice to see a Kiwi around! Glad you like the videos, and if you ever get a chance highly recommend some time living aboard! M
Don't worry Michael. I think you've bypassed the beer phase and just gone straight to cider. It took me a little longer but I'm there now. Youre heading (slowly) towards the South West, home of some great ciders.
MinimalList Cider Review perhaps?
Lol😂🤣🤣 you look like a modern day Viking and you take a sip of beer and turn into a 6 year old 🤣🤣 love your channel you 2 are Fantastic
Thanks! Us Vikings tend to prefer mead to cider! M
I have to say I am interested in hearing how the batteries work out. I don't live on a boat, but my home is off grid, powered primarily with solar (except when the horrible winter overcast of south west Ohio intervenes). I am using about 1400 pounds of lead acid batteries, 1100 amp hours sized to be able to run the house for a 2 or 3 days with no sun, before I have to run the generator. Hoping when I replace the batteries I will be able to go to something with less weight and less maintenance concerns. Agree, George view with some sort of stabilized camera would be fun.
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+Brian Knowlton The lithiums are performing very well, though this winter will determine if we should have gone with 300Ah instead of 200. Also the battery monitor needs to be set up right for them, as it "thinks" in terms of Lead Acid's characteristics. Definitely feel like LiFePO4 is the way to go, but still need more time and experience to bear that out. M
When I heard that you are a teetotaler, I wondered,"why the desire to go to Belgium?" Then you mentioned the Trappistes beer and it made sense. You only occasionally have sensational, high-quality beers! Good man.
Extremely occasionally and very high quality, yes... everything else tastes terrible to me! M
Good to see that Michael is in better shape now, but because you've not moved yet, there hasn't been any chance for Jo to learn how to handle the boat on her own, which is important. George seems to be very happy, and doesn't let you get out of his eye sight, you're a good team together. Don't worry about not liking beer, and that you've had only about 17 in your entire life (so far), if all is well, I'll be 70 next year and never even had my first beer, and that while I've been in the military (Nato) during the cold war, where you had to drink to belong to the "real man", and while tax-free hard liquor was cheaper than freshly pressed orange juice, I still prefered to pay the price and stay sober. Just seeing the stupid behaviour of the "real man" was enough to know that I'd made the right decision. I'm living in France since the last 38 years and never even tasted the French Burgundy wine of the area where I've been living most of these years.
+Peter Mastenbroek To tell you the truth I wish I'd made it past 70 before trying my first beer. A mashed up bitter weed and some barley in tepid water allowed to go off ... never made a lick of sense to me once they explained it! Now food, food I can get into! But not fruit juice that's gone all moldy! :-) M
That was SO Very funny... Loved the beer review and I am totally with you on people who drink beer... Never figured out why people drink the stuff. Hope you are getting over your fall... Take care and Cheers. -- Mark
+Mark Patty think that will be Michael's last beer, he is on the mend and itching to get in with the solar panel install! Jo
Thank you guys for this.....wife and I getting an idea for a holiday on the Basingstoke.
+Ian Gorner do it! In case you haven't noticed we loved the Basingstoke canal! Jo
Love your beer review. I buy about once a year 6 cans of Guinness which is an Irish dark Stout. Very Typical Bitter Dark Stout. It will take me an entire year to drink the 6 cans. Sometimes I end up using it as a base in a Pot Roast, which I put in the oven for 8 hours. So tender it just falls apart delicious. My thing is apple juice or an espresso based coffee. I agree with Michael on his beer review, there thumbs up Michael.
Thanks! M
Great video guys the new Oz Clark of the canal system hope you feel better soon and keep up the great vids
+David Clark haha, I will explain the reference to Michael! Thanks for the well wishes! Jo
I've never seen such a strapping chap shudder so much at a mere sip of ale! The bemusement of his lovely lady was mesmerising to watch. Truly that was so entertaining and probably the most honest review I've ever seen of anything anywhere on the internet!
Subbed!
Also my GSD decided to bark rather loudly (gone midnight with two young kids asleep!!)at the dog she could neither see nor comprehend where the panting was from!
+Matt Allen Glad you enjoyed my suffering! Also sorry if George woke the little ones! M
Finally someone that describes beer like me.
I like to think of us as a silent minority! M
Ok I love your wife and your videos! They're not only realistic but entertaining
+windstorm 01 She is pretty realistic! She's also the one making them, I'm just a great lumbering prop! M
Cant see a Nutters reply! but loved the beer review did actually LOL at work, ear phones in! more please!!
+Ade People watch these at WORK????? ;-) M
Yep that's what floating You Tube was built for! passes the day ..
Glad your a little better keep up the interesting vlogs guys
+adrianuwant3 will do thanks! M
oh you should come to belgium if you hate beer....I'm started few days with the begining from the adventure....
Tanner's face lit up when you mentioned him. Thanks for that 😊
+Steven Morehouse we hope he had a magical birthday! Michael was quite envious of the science party! Jo x
I wish I'd seen it light up! Such an adorable kid! M
You look like such a beer swilling Viking.....hilarious to see you loving the beer!
The beer review was great!
+jean405 Ugh! Thanks! M
Glad you are feeling better...hang in there! Love your videos, your gorgeous boat, your super dog! However, I didn't enjoy the dog cam...motion made me a bit queasy. LOL Keep up the good work and stay safe!
+Luann Crownover yes, the doggy cam will not be repeated unless we find a way to stabilise it!
LOL...it's a shame though because he definitely has a unique point of view! Keep up the great work. I am so jealous of your wonderful life style. Here in Texas, we don't have many canals! :D
Guys absolutely fantastic vid the beer review was hilarious I had tears rolling down my face. This could be a new feature. I have sent you guys a message on here as I have now put a deposit on a boat now deciding weather to become a youtuber !!!
+Peter Rutter I think we have decided the audience over the beer review! Congratulations on the boat. Haven't read the message yet, not sure how to find it on the app but will have a look now. Would love to see you doing videos, honestly it is a great community to be part of and I love watching back where we were three months ago!
Hi Guys, love the dog cam. Can you try a longer one, maybe away from water as I see he likes a dip.
+Mark White thanks, will see if we can find a way of stabilising it first! And yes, he loves the water!!
I am also a big guy. I have a breard and a bad back, but I love traditional beers. How anybody drink those chemical coloured sugar laden alcopops boggles my mind.
So.... we're not different. Absolutely cried watching the review, you have to do more :0
+Sirlurk Calot haha, thank you. It was a fruit cider so pretty close to an alcopop I guess. I think we will just steer clear of the alcohol all together, we'll call it a bank holiday binge!
loved the beer tasting.
+Derek Clarke Hah. Everyone seems to enjoy my pain! M
Your review of the English beer was very much the same as mine when I first arrived in the USA. Why do they drink ice cold urine. Then I found 151 on the rocks. . Anyway time goes on and taste changes. Some say that I too am t total. not so I still have the odd one now and then. Any way loved watching George in the back ground, he is so hyper. Tell him to watch out or he'll wag that tail right off. On other videos he still has a touch of sep I've had Odie over11 years and he still has a touch every now and then just love and reassure and it gets less and less. Stay safe
We give him all the love he reassurance he can handle! But apparently not enough treats! He's very clear on that. M
Minimal List . LOL Have not met a 🐕 who will disagree with that.
Fantastic concept! A teetotaller doing beer reviews! Absolutely hilarious! xx. To be honest, I suspect the principle reason people drink beer is for the effect rather than the taste! ....
Heh... we sort of stopped doing these because of the pain it gave me - it takes a LOT to give me any effect, so basically I’m just stuck drinking something that smells and tastes like horse urine filtered through moldy bread - but we might have to try it again as the weather heats up! M
I like the dripping dog tongue shot. In fact, you guys need to open a pub: The Dripping Dog Tongue, seeing how you love beer and all. (I can't stand the stuff, either)
+Lee Bruner That's probably better than my idea for a floating Vietnamese restaurant called Pho Canal! M
If you have the proper fish variety, another idea might be the Crappie Canal Cuisine. If not, even better ;) Either way, hello from Kentucky. If you're going to continue banging heads, find some local heavy metal.
The both of you are so funny. Awesome
Thanks! M
More beer reviews please. That was funny. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
DreamJourney 😂🇩🇰🍻
+DreamJourney it was very silly!
That is one happy dog!
Every time I start watching you my dog keeps barking at your dog on the screen :) x
+Jules Robinson GOOD DOG! SIT!! M
Best beer review ever!
+amigiac silliest beer review ever! Jo
Ha, I agree with you on beer. Yucko! Gloria
Good! Terrible stuff! M
Wooooow you just described the perfect beer!!! J&B I'll have that one. Plus why didn't you make chip butties. Thats perfect with a perfect beer.
Cause they wanted £3.25 for a buttered bit of bread! M
Loved the beer review, perhaps a whisky tasting next? On second thoughts ....... perhaps not. :-)
+Desmond's Donders I actually don't mind whisky, though I can't say I've got much of a palate for it. M
Oh Michael! Now...I love cider AS WELL as beer, and I'm sure if you had attended the Peterborough Beer Festival this last week where there were 400 beers on offer, I'm sure I'd have found you some beers you would have liked :) I think you would have have liked Felix and the Fruit Machine and Parsons did a very nice Plum Porter. However, calling yourself a manly man when you need some articial aid to through a ball for a dog...geeze...anyone would think you were American! (I know you're not, but maybe being brought up that close has rubbed off! :) )
+Ronnie Lloyd The artificial aid is due to having taken a canal to the head last week and walked away from it! And I might have liked one of the 400, but 399 wouldn't have made the last one worth it! I have -- well I wouldn't say liked, but not hated -- one beer in my life, some Belgian Trappist thing that tastes of cherries and chocolate and they only make like 500 bottles a year while under a vow of silence. The problem is I can't afford my taste buds! M
Ahhhh....yes, I suppose that dive onto the towpath not only hurt the head but probably bruised a few ribs too! I hope you're recovering well from that now. There were quite a few fruity beers, and there were even some Belgian bottled beers there too, but you're right, they tend to be pricey!
+Ronnie Lloyd That's why I don't drink much! Too expensive to experiment! M
Well you are looking better! Good!!! On the beer.... I am sooo with you! It is the most nasty tasting stuff... I don't get it either!! Stay well!
+Meg Callea thank you!
Let's just say I was pissing myself laughing with the beer review 😂😂
+Peter Brooks which is why it will also be the last beer review! 😂
Then get an exercise ball an just bounce lightly a few inches 1/2 hr a day. Retrains nerves for posture and makes more resistant to injury in spine. I can send u an easy packet to follow if u want.
+Doc Alaska I'm in a physio program that leads to exactly that. Right now it's hydrotherapy in a pool, cause the ball or pretty much any sitting/bending exercise under gravity just aggravates it. The problem is, if it's the congenital thing, it will ultimately need surgical stabilization. M
well good luck with it and do exactly what they say. If they assign you things to do at home make sure u do them. Sounds like you are very acute and critical stage.
+Doc Alaska It's acutely painful right now, but it's a very long term chronic issue, started when I was 14. When it goes it tends to go for years, but when it comes back it's pretty bad. With the rest of my family it gets worse with age until they eventually get the MRI followed by doctors suddenly changing course and recommending surgery, so we'll see if I goes that far with me. M
Please keep up the beer reviews your naturals 😋🍺🍻
+Dave Prince We will try to include a few in the future! I can only suffer so much for the camera! M
in the same as others who have commented. laughing out loud at the beer review. did you check the mssg's re: tools?
+darren slater if you sent it via TH-cam we may have gotten it, they don't seems to appear on the mobile apps. I'll have Jo sign in on the laptop and take a look! M
Review hilarious. It is an acquired taste but once acquired, Nectar :-) Fantastic
+Michael and Max thanks foe watch I got! Not sure Michael will persevere to acquire the taste! Jo
omg how funny i wanna see Michael drink beer again lol,,, hahahaha,,, his face LOL.
he tasted piss and moldy bread hahahaha.
Sorry Michael but this is funny as hell hahaha.
+Maxboon Boon We just did out second beer review! I'm now worried I'll be made to do more! M
ooh wow hahahaha im looking forward to that video :D
Try a nice fish bladder Guiness, or stick with with the Trappist Ales.
+John Caron So... does Guinness taste like it's been through a fish's bladder?? M
Thankfully never tasted like Fish bladders=(brewers call it isinglass) which they used to use to filter yeast or solids from their ales. Generally the darker the brew in ales/stout the less pissy the taste. Reason most enjoy Chimay or any good Trappist ales.
+John Caron Wait, hold on ... people, voluntarily, drink things that have been sieved through a fish's urinary tract? Albeit one with a fancy name?
Ugh.
M
Minimal List Theoretically, Guinness is now Vegan! Chimay is happiness🤣, something has kept the monks cheerful .
+John Caron Well it wasn't the fish bladders! M
I actually liked the beer review, I only wish you had done a little more on the food, and Pub. Also as an American I would like to know how using the National Health works for non British Citizens, I assume that you have to pay but how does that work? This may be worth a video of its own. Thanks for the videos and FYI I was going to recommend those ball tossers when you did the video mentioning George and his slobber covered tennis balls, you can toss snowballs with those as well, that might be fun.
+Ted Gallucci The pub was nice, the food too expensive to sample more than the chips (wedge-cut fries to my fellow Americans), especially as we'd had a nice lunch not too long before.
Interesting idea on the NHS system video ... basically I'm on an immigrant visa track, so I had to pre-pay for my NHS coverage when we came for the 2.5 year duration of the visa ... the actual process is quite complicated, but it was £750 I think for 2.5 years of coverage. I was paying roughly half that per month just for minimal insurance with a ludicrously high deductible in the States. Having experienced healthcare now in several countries with single-payer systems, it is a VASTLY superior system, like on every single level of interaction. Cannot emphasize that point enough, the entire experience of healthcare in the US is just so much worse, from bedside manner to cost. Not to say there aren't issues with the NHS, but if you actually experience both as a patient it's like night and day.
Cheers.
M
It will be a long, long time before Magnus and Wendy get the (new) 1979 "Nutshell" seaworthy. It'll probably take them a better part of a year.
+kmurray96 Well I look forward to more of their videos as they do! M
i love home made sodas. Cheers!
Michael, you have to continue beer tasting, it was hilarious. Great vlogs keep em coming.
Take care looking after yourself.
+Ian Harriman i am not sure if I will persuade Michael to ever taste another beer! Thanks Jo
That looked like VF Beer, VF= Very Flat , No Head, and yeah cant stand the stuff either, but Soda, FFS No Way, thats more nastier than Beer, want something refreshing ly good then Water with sliced Cucumber, Lemon and Fresh Mint, Now thats a Drink of the Day 👍😎👌
+George Stephen yum, and healthy too!
LOL Great Beer Review Guys :)
+Destination Unknown haha, thank you!
How about Porter
I was thinking, it's good that the blooper posts have been up so we would know the bump to the head wasn't causing bloopers =-D I don't get what people get out of beer either ... I agree, they all taste like piss (and I don't mean the UK drunk piss either) I go with ciders too ...
+baritonejp1 strangely less bloopers after the bump to the head!
Peasants. Hahahah. There's nothing quite like an icey cold beer after a hot day. And the chips taste better after a couple of pints!
+Nick So would the cardboard they came in! M
But i still say consult a sports medicine chiropractor. They are even better than just MD and Physiotherapists for this type of injury. I am very serious on this point. They can be the difference between having problems the rest of your life with this and getting this resolved. The sooner you see one the the more likely you are to get a complete resolution. The longer you wait the LESS likely that is. Contact me if I can help with any questions. This is critical time and you have to be proactive for your health.
Other than that I love your videos and hope you keep them up. ;-)
+Doc Alaska Appreciate it, but I've seen lots of specialists and all sorts of people over the years. This isn't an injury so much as an ongoing issue since puberty, when I grew twice as fast as most everyone else. It recurs every couple of years, usually with no association to any form of injury or exercise. Like I say, most of my close male relatives have pretty much the same issue, always in the same area, but my bouncing around from country to country and health system to health system makes it hard to get it truly taken care of, as that seems to always involve an MRI and long wait for a finicky surgery, followed by never having the problem again. Between us we've tried literally everything short of voodoo, though I am a bit more prone than the others to the occasional head injury. Appreciate the concern, but I am working on it and working through the rather long and convoluted process here to have it seen to properly. Cheers. M
if u have never seen a chiropractor then i strongly urge you to see one. I urge you as if you were my own father. If you have consulted one then I will shut up about it. I wish you good fortune in all things. :-)
But have you ever seen a chiropractor? If not then I urge you to see one who specializes in chiropractic sports medicine. I have met many a patient who had given up hope till they consulted one.
+Doc Alaska I do appreciate the concern and advice. The problem is that the chiropractic isn't particularly common in the UK, not at all like it is in the States and Canada, and it isn't one of the alternative or complementary care methods covered by the NHS (well, it is sometimes in some regions when referred by a GP, but not in the borough I'm registered in). So firstly I don't really have access to one without paying out of pocket, and the fees are not really affordable. Secondly, considering that my family's history with chiropractic care for this particular issue has been that it's been, at best, ineffective, I'm leary of going down an expensive route that will probably lead to the same conclusion. If it were a covered option like the hydrotherapy then I'd try it, but I just can't afford to go the private route here in England.
Thanks though.
M
My God; What a way to run medicine of any kind. Though I reckon you still get some kind of care. Well all I can say to that is good luck and God keep ye. :-o
Firstly Micheal hope you are firing on all cylinders soon, forget the beer reviews, the nutshell reviews were crap so don't try to emulate them, you don't need to, your vlogs are better than theirs, just concentrate on what you have done up till now. You have a fantastically beautiful wife and George so keep going as you are and I wish you all well.
+Kevin Smith She is a real hottie, isn't she? I keep trying to explain to the world just how fantastically lucky I am. I rather like Nutshells' videos, and find the beer reviews fascinating -- if only because I find it interesting to see people express such enjoyment of something that to me is absolutely horrible -- but I don't think we'll make it a regular feature! I can't afford to keep spending £5 on a half-pint of yuck! M
Your over analyzing it dude (The beer). Hmm if your like an example of poor bear try anything from CUB
I am with you Michael, I have never liked beer, I was given a drink of it by my father when I was about eleven, and thought that is bloody awful, it is worse than medicine! I never touched it again until I was twenty I am happy to report that at that juncture it still had not improved, but I discovered a fantastic drinking substitute, in Baileys Irish Cream, I told the guys at work and with some derision they told me that's a girls drink! I replied Yes! and I like girls too! Don't you, or are you homosexual? Regards a Fan from Aus.
Can’t stand Baileys either... why ruin a good milkshake? Nope, it’s pink and fruity for me! M
I drink beer, I don't drink soda pop.
Shame... the soda pop’s much nicer! M
I think beer has more to do with mood.
+Doc Alaska I've never been in a foul enough mood for beer! ;-) M
;-)
If you don't like beer don't drink it!
+Kirks Karaoke I don't unless I'm forced to out of basically a dare! M
Hey, no worries, nobody is going to pay attention to an American reviewing beer 😂
Haha! True!
OMG what a girl!!! lol
+Bob Ahlberg She's mine and I'm proud of her! And if you mean me, I dare you to match me beard to beard! M
Saaaf Lundan.
Had to laugh Im the same give me a coke any day
take it from a chiropractor. See a chiropractor for your back.
+Doc Alaska Thanks, but my particular problem doesn't appear to be very amenable to chiropractic treatment. We're still trying to sort out if it's the same defect that runs in the males in my family. It's definitely pain in the same location, and seems to have the same effect on my long nerves. They tried lots of chiropractic treatments, ultimately it always seems to require surgery. M
Your utter contempt for beer reviews is exactly why you need to do it more often. It's boring watch people who like beer drink, it is much more entertaining to watch your look of disgust before then pouring out what look and probably smells and tastes like liquid bubblegum.
+caskwith I'd love liquid bubblegum!! We might have to do more, but that sounds horrible! M