Buy me a pint

Pint Number 31

2006-02-19T21:02:00.000-08:00

In today's inbox:

Hi Paul!

I was checking out your 'buy me a pint' site and I thought it was quite cool! Anyways, I was wondering - if you could link to a site I'm working on with the words "Cheap flight" on your blog I'd definitely buy you a pint!?! I figure lots of people view your site so why not I thought! ...Let me know if this is possible and I'll get reach into my wallet and look for a couple of quid (I'm a student myself so I know the value of a pint or 5)!

Cheers!

Gav

Of course that's possible, Gav... your wish is my command. Cheap flight.

Curry Number 3

2006-01-27T20:58:00.000-08:00

That's another ten pints notched up, so time for another curry. Kisan chicken, vegetable pilau rice, chicken korma and a peshwari naan, all ordered at the New Eastern Balti. Yum!

Pint Number 30

2006-01-25T11:53:00.000-08:00

Chris and Barb Jackson of Ellesmere Port (UK) kindly invested some of their hard-earned cash into the purchase of Pint Number 30. The least they deserve is a mention of their website - 1st Florida Home - in return.

Pint Number 29

2006-01-06T16:47:00.000-08:00

Another pint in recognition of recent events comes from Bruce at Finance Choices. Cheers, Bruce... that's got to be one of the soundest investments you've ever made!

Pint Number 28

2006-01-04T21:39:00.000-08:00

Word's got out that my wife and I have had another wonderful baby boy. You know the expression "I wasn't born yesterday"...? Well, he was! Thank you to my friend Chris Binnie of Below Zero up in Edinburgh who recognised the occasion by buying me Pint Number 28.

Pint Number 27

2005-12-16T21:32:00.000-08:00

This refreshing gesture comes from John Allison. I don't know where this kind fellow is from but, rather curiously, his email address begins michael@... anyway, thank you, Michael... errr, I mean John... thank you, whatever your name is! And Merry Christmas too.

Pint Number 26

2005-11-21T16:26:00.000-08:00

A big "cheers" to John Williams from Chester! John has his own travel website called Eurapart which he runs as a hobby. It's very much written with the budget traveller in mind and well worth a look if you have a few minutes to spare.

Pint Number 25

2005-10-25T22:25:00.000-07:00

I was starting to think I'd never reach the quarter century, but today it finally happened.

It's been a while since I've been to Blighty to enjoy a pint, but it's my birthday and I enjoy making others happy. There's nothing more appreciated on the planet than a pint bought for an Englishman..

My, what a nice guy!

Here's to you on your birthday, Bryan from Arkansas!

Pint Number 23

2005-07-06T15:18:00.000-07:00

It's another pint from Canada! (The last one was pint number 10.) Thank you to Josee Bull of Calgary for the latest offering, enjoyed in the Union Tavern after a hard day in the office.

Pint Number 24

2005-07-06T15:19:00.000-07:00

Josee (buyer of pint number 23) has bought another pint, but hasn't quite fully grasped the concept of this site. Here's what she sent after her latest impulse purchase:

I think you work with Trev - so I bought you 2 pints, would appreciate if you would share with Trev.

Now, as you may have noticed, this site is called "Buy me a pint" not "Buy Trev a pint"... ah well, I suppose he's worked hard today as well, so maybe he deserves one. He's not going to be allowed to 'cash in' on my pint blog without having to hold up a silly sign, though.

Pint Number 22

2005-06-03T14:39:00.000-07:00

Raise your glass to Emmanuel Mendonca! He wrote to me after buying me a round and said "I would be really grateful if you could give my web site a mention and a link on your site - it's "Athens Room" at http://www.athensroom.com". A shameless plug, but it worked. Cheers, Emmanuel.

Pint Number 21

2005-05-06T04:36:00.000-07:00

Aaron Wall from State College, Pennsylvania, invested some of his own hard-earned money into my 21st pint. Aaron is author of SEO Book. If you don't already own a copy of his ebook, then you might like to drop by. He has a search engine optimization blog there, too.

Curry Number 2

2005-05-05T19:05:00.000-07:00

Another ten pints; another milestone; another curry.

You see before you a combination of chicken korma, keema pilau rice, chicken sag with extra garlic, massala dahl and peshwari naan. Yum!

Pint Number 20

2005-04-28T20:54:00.000-07:00

Cheers and thank you to Chris Binnie for making it a score of pints. Chris runs Below Zero. No... that's not a night club or some new ice-cold drink... it's actually a rather fine hosting company up in Edinburgh.

Sorry, I was a bit lazy and resorted to using a mirror for this pic.

Pint Number 19

2005-03-14T18:50:00.000-08:00

'Bottoms up' this time around go to Jon-Paul Wheatley from Poole in Dorset (UK). Your contribution has been wisely spent, thank you.

Pint Number 18

2005-03-09T18:39:00.000-08:00

Thank you to George Paulussen from Sweden. George shares similar interests to me - travel and photography - and has his own website here.

Skål! (That's Swedish for "cheers" in case you're wondering.)

Pint Number 17

2005-02-19T20:14:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately Chris Jones wasn't able to join us when myself and a number of the other moderators on the Aardvark Travel Forums went out in Leeds this evening. Flying from Seattle to Leeds just for a curry would have been a little excessive, but he did seriously consider it.

Not wishing to miss out, he managed to be there in spirit by kindly getting a round in for me. Here I am enjoying it at Akbars curry house. Cheers, Chris!

Pint Number 14

2004-12-24T01:17:00.000-08:00

You can tell it's the season of goodwill... thanks and Merry Christmas to Michelle Harmer (aka Mish) for purchasing the latest pint all the way from Victoria, Down Under. Michelle has her own site where her New Year's resolution is to be debt-free by 2006. You might like to go and make a donation - after you've bought me a pint, of course.

Pint Number 15

2004-12-29T17:25:00.000-08:00

Thank you and "cheers" to Lawrence Biren from London, UK. Lawrence works in a similar field to me (the travel industry), but I don't mind giving his site - Hotel Expert - a little plug. That link offers a reasonable return on his £2.40 investment, I hope. Interesting fact of the day... I think this is the first pint to be bought for me from a capital city. May it be the first of many.

Pint Number 16

2005-01-19T10:47:00.000-08:00

Matthew Williams heard about my pint blog on the Sitepoint Forums and couldn't resist the temptation of quenching my thirst. And some thirst it was, too... my first pint for three weeks!

Pint Number 13

2004-12-22T16:33:00.000-08:00

Pint number 13... unlucky for some, but not me because I get a free round. And this one has arrived just in time for Christmas!

Thanks go to Caroline Gardner of Cheltenham for the latest beverage. I shall enjoy supping this one with a mince pie or three.

Curry Number 1

2004-11-03T16:56:00.000-08:00

After every ten pints, I reward myself with a curry. And I don't even ask for you to buy it. I spend my own hard-earned cash on this. You can't say fairer than that now... can you?

Pint Number 12

2004-11-16T02:14:00.000-08:00

Is buying me a pint too much to ask?

Obviously for Helen (buyer of pint number 8), it's just not enough! Helen has kindly got another round in for me... she's clearly got the bug for this now. Let's hope it's the second of many. Cheers, Helen!

Pint Number 11

2004-11-08T23:09:00.000-08:00

Thank you to Darren Cronian from Pudsey, Leeds, UK for the latest pint. Darren runs Worldwide Holiday Homes, a useful little website if you're ever looking for self-catering accommodation anywhere in the world. Cheers, Darren!

Pint Number 10

2004-11-03T16:55:00.000-08:00

Thank you to Liz Dungan of Montreal, Canada, for taking me to double figures!