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Title: Pete's eats closed down
Post by: Alex Smurthwaite on September 29, 2017, 10:08:52 am: Saw this on facebook this morning. Gutted
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Post by: SA Chris on September 29, 2017, 10:18:28 am: Noooo. Seriously?
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Post by: 36chambers on September 29, 2017, 10:34:03 am: Going there, tired and achey, for a huge meal at the end of a weekend in Wales was always an essential part of my trip :(
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Post by: Will Hunt on September 29, 2017, 10:34:31 am: https://twitter.com/JBMtnSkills/status/913690805604376576
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Post by: Monolith on September 29, 2017, 10:41:12 am: Absolutely bollocks news. Really sorry to learn of the stress forcing it in to closure. Like many others, I'll be sincerely hoping something can be done to change this fate.
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Post by: galpinos on September 29, 2017, 10:50:31 am: Quote from: Will Hunt on September 29, 2017, 10:34:31 am
https://twitter.com/JBMtnSkills/status/913690805604376576

Hold your horses.....

https://twitter.com/JBMtnSkills/status/913701652699451392
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Post by: galpinos on September 29, 2017, 10:50:52 am: Quote from: Will Hunt on September 29, 2017, 10:34:31 am
https://twitter.com/JBMtnSkills/status/913690805604376576
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Post by: dave on September 29, 2017, 10:59:32 am: ANyone link to the original post.announcement?
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Post by: Will Hunt on September 29, 2017, 11:04:16 am: This is Llanberis' greatest ever marketing stunt.
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Post by: tomtom on September 29, 2017, 11:22:44 am: FAKE NEWS!
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Post by: shark on September 29, 2017, 11:51:26 am: Bizarre :shrug:
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Post by: Alex Smurthwaite on September 29, 2017, 12:24:40 pm: Apparently it's only closed for today. There's even a daily post article about it.
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Post by: petejh on September 29, 2017, 12:30:25 pm: I like how this is posted in 'Diet, training and injuries'!

Chips n grease :sick:
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Post by: Alex Smurthwaite on September 29, 2017, 02:04:55 pm: Quote from: petejh on September 29, 2017, 12:30:25 pm
I like how this is posted in 'Diet, training and injuries'!

Chips n grease :sick:

Diet, training and injuries' doesn't specify that it has to be a healthy diet.
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Post by: tomtom on September 29, 2017, 02:52:24 pm: Quote from: shark on September 29, 2017, 11:51:26 am
Bizarre :shrug:

Maybe Pete's gone off climbing with Mina...
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Post by: Monolith on September 29, 2017, 03:22:32 pm: I'm calling fake news. The business would surely be put up for sale rather than instantly wrapped up.

Look at the chaos it's caused!
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Post by: shark on September 29, 2017, 03:28:48 pm: Quote from: Monolith on September 29, 2017, 03:22:32 pm
The business would surely be put up for sale rather than instantly wrapped up.

Am I right in thinking it has been up for sale for years?
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Post by: tomtom on September 29, 2017, 03:29:47 pm: Quote from: shark on September 29, 2017, 03:28:48 pm
Quote from: Monolith on September 29, 2017, 03:22:32 pm
The business would surely be put up for sale rather than instantly wrapped up.

Am I right in thinking it has been up for sale for years?

I thought that was toast
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Post by: Will Hunt on September 29, 2017, 03:51:54 pm: Quote from: tomtom on September 29, 2017, 03:29:47 pm
Quote from: shark on September 29, 2017, 03:28:48 pm
Quote from: Monolith on September 29, 2017, 03:22:32 pm
The business would surely be put up for sale rather than instantly wrapped up.

Am I right in thinking it has been up for sale for years?

I thought that was toast

No buyer sufficiently full of beans was found.
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Post by: dave on September 29, 2017, 04:01:38 pm: You'd be a mug to close that place.
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Post by: SamT on September 29, 2017, 04:12:29 pm: Come on guys, less of the cheesy buns.... I mean puns.
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Post by: tomtom on September 29, 2017, 04:20:08 pm: Well, when the chips are down...

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Post by: petejh on September 29, 2017, 04:27:15 pm: Cake news
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Post by: dave on September 29, 2017, 07:55:24 pm: For forks sake.
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Post by: tomtom on September 29, 2017, 08:17:11 pm: wheres this thread going to wash up?
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Post by: Andy F on September 29, 2017, 09:36:35 pm: I guess we'll have to Big Jim and bear it...
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Post by: SamT on September 29, 2017, 10:31:05 pm: You must take us all for Mugs..
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Post by: dave on September 29, 2017, 10:38:21 pm: ***BUZZ*** Repetition!!

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Quote from: dave on September 29, 2017, 04:01:38 pm

You'd be a mug to close that place.
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Post by: SamT on September 30, 2017, 08:13:34 am: Dammit! .. over to Giles then..

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Post by: Obi-Wan is lost... on September 30, 2017, 08:51:24 am: Sounds like Pete has a lot on his plate.
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Post by: SamT on September 30, 2017, 09:25:15 am: Well lets not stick the knife in then.

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Post by: tomtom on September 30, 2017, 01:39:37 pm: Better to butter him up.

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Post by: SamT on September 30, 2017, 05:15:54 pm: yes.. over a good old ketchup

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Post by: Oldmanmatt on September 30, 2017, 05:39:57 pm: Christ! You lot take the biscuit.
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Post by: twoshoes on September 30, 2017, 06:25:44 pm: Storm in a teacup.
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Post by: tomtom on September 30, 2017, 06:54:29 pm: Quote from: twoshoes on September 30, 2017, 06:25:44 pm
Storm in a teacup.

Best so far.

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Post by: Alex Smurthwaite on September 30, 2017, 08:31:42 pm: Anyone in beris been today? Is it definitely still open?
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Post by: petejh on October 01, 2017, 10:40:37 am: Drove past yesterday, it's still open. My plans for the yuppification of Llanberis with a fashionable coffee-shop / pizza restaurant will have to wait...
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Post by: Pantontino on October 01, 2017, 12:43:42 pm: You should go for it Pete, Llanberis has been busier this year than I have ever seen it.
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Post by: danm on October 01, 2017, 01:06:50 pm: Open a decent pub as well while you're about it!
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Post by: tomtom on October 01, 2017, 02:09:06 pm: I'm sure Pete has taken stock of the situation
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Post by: Oldmanmatt on October 01, 2017, 03:28:45 pm: Go for it Pete, running a cafe is a piece of cake...

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Post by: tomtom on October 01, 2017, 04:22:50 pm: Quote from: petejh on October 01, 2017, 10:40:37 am
Drove past yesterday, it's still open. My plans for the yuppification of Llanberis with a fashionable coffee-shop / pizza restaurant will have to wait...

Shit Pete - this is PERFECT. you wouldnt even have to spend much on marketing/re-branding.

Just go around with a marker pen and add a 'Tr' in front of every 'eats'.

#genius
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Post by: Doylo on October 01, 2017, 04:30:37 pm: Quote from: petejh on October 01, 2017, 10:40:37 am
Drove past yesterday, it's still open. My plans for the yuppification of Llanberis with a fashionable coffee-shop / pizza restaurant will have to wait...

You still planning on putting a strip club upstairs?
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Post by: Oldmanmatt on October 01, 2017, 05:20:01 pm: Quote from: Doylo on October 01, 2017, 04:30:37 pm
Quote from: petejh on October 01, 2017, 10:40:37 am
Drove past yesterday, it's still open. My plans for the yuppification of Llanberis with a fashionable coffee-shop / pizza restaurant will have to wait...

You still planning on putting a strip club upstairs?
Isn’t that what they call a sheep sheering shed in Llanberis?

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Post by: tomtom on October 01, 2017, 06:47:38 pm: Quote from: Doylo on October 01, 2017, 04:30:37 pm
Quote from: petejh on October 01, 2017, 10:40:37 am
Drove past yesterday, it's still open. My plans for the yuppification of Llanberis with a fashionable coffee-shop / pizza restaurant will have to wait...

You still planning on putting a strip club upstairs?

Petes Peeks?
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Post by: dave on October 01, 2017, 09:51:47 pm: Someone should open a furniture shop in Beris and call it Pete's Seats.

Or a Spanish car dealers.
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Post by: tomtom on October 01, 2017, 10:15:56 pm: Or a niche shop specialising in baby feeding called Petes Teats. [emoji480]

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Post by: nai on October 02, 2017, 09:01:02 am: I just had a check on Twitter, fairly disappointed to find there's no @petestweets. How you gonna run a successful business missing tricks like that.

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Post by: Obi-Wan is lost... on October 02, 2017, 09:32:14 am: Quote from: tomtom on October 01, 2017, 10:15:56 pm
Or a niche shop specialising in baby feeding called Petes Teats. [emoji480]
Open a chiropodists...
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Post by: tomtom on October 02, 2017, 09:43:46 am: Quote from: Obi-Wan is lost... on October 02, 2017, 09:32:14 am
Quote from: tomtom on October 01, 2017, 10:15:56 pm
Or a niche shop specialising in baby feeding called Petes Teats. [emoji480]
Open a chiropodists...

Or a micro-hydro power specialists.

Petes Leats.
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Post by: andy_e on October 02, 2017, 09:45:41 am: Have we had a bedding retailer yet?
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Post by: dave on October 02, 2017, 09:50:17 am: Quote from: andy_e on October 02, 2017, 09:45:41 am
Have we had a bedding retailer yet?

Eider thought so.
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Post by: tomtom on October 02, 2017, 09:53:22 am: Quote from: dave on October 02, 2017, 09:50:17 am
Quote from: andy_e on October 02, 2017, 09:45:41 am
Have we had a bedding retailer yet?

Eider thought so.

I'm down with that.
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Post by: 36chambers on October 02, 2017, 09:54:36 am: or a specialist farm shop,

Pete's Leeks.
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Post by: SamT on October 02, 2017, 10:14:42 am: Quote from: 36chambers on October 02, 2017, 09:54:36 am
or a specialist farm shop,

Pete's Leeks.

Thought that was the plumbers ?
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Post by: webbo on October 02, 2017, 12:49:28 pm: Or incontinence supplies
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Post by: Wil on October 02, 2017, 01:08:46 pm: SPDs
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Post by: dave on October 02, 2017, 01:10:57 pm: Or a shop advocating use of traditional moorland fuels sources in place of your combi boiler.

Peat's Heats
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Post by: mr chaz on October 02, 2017, 01:28:55 pm: or a new record shop specializing in techno vinyl

Pete's Beats
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Post by: Will Hunt on October 02, 2017, 01:48:55 pm: There's too many good business opportunities here to close up shop.

Pete's Yeats n' Keats poetry café

Pete's Pleats tailoring

Pete's Feats circus
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Post by: steveri on October 02, 2017, 01:58:30 pm: Former 80s 'Wah! Heat' supremo Pete Wylie is currently crowdfunding his new album ...Pete Sounds
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Post by: petejh on October 02, 2017, 02:09:09 pm: Quote from: Doylo on October 01, 2017, 04:30:37 pm
Quote from: petejh on October 01, 2017, 10:40:37 am
Drove past yesterday, it's still open. My plans for the yuppification of Llanberis with a fashionable coffee-shop / pizza restaurant will have to wait...

You still planning on putting a strip club upstairs?

Of course. You're my star performer! I could call it Pete's alternative 'Free Peeks challenge'.

A sausage sandwich with every show...
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Post by: tommytwotone on October 02, 2017, 02:10:35 pm: Gastro rebrand specialising in offal, with an jukebox comprising a range of Jackie Wilson classics...

Pete's Reet Petite Sweetmeats

[gets coat]
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Post by: Wil on October 02, 2017, 02:26:51 pm: There's also his over-caffeinated sugary drink company sponsored stuntman business, Pete's Feats.
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Post by: Will Hunt on October 02, 2017, 02:31:09 pm: Quote from: Will Hunt on October 02, 2017, 01:48:55 pm
Pete's Feats circus

Quote from: Wil on October 02, 2017, 02:26:51 pm
There's also his over-caffeinated sugary drink company sponsored stuntman business, Pete's Feats.

And it's over to you, Paul.

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Post by: SamT on October 02, 2017, 04:15:55 pm: are we done yet??
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Post by: andy_e on October 02, 2017, 04:40:40 pm: Root vegetable shop
Cereal crop shop
Furniture (more specifically, matching armchairs and sofas) shop
Shop selling organic sediments for heating/making whisky
Shop selling those CDs you put in your playstation whilst a game is loading to give you infinite lives/more ammo etc.
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Post by: Will Hunt on October 02, 2017, 04:54:05 pm: Quote from: andy_e on October 02, 2017, 04:40:40 pm
Shop selling organic sediments for heating/making whisky

You're scraping the barrel there.
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Post by: SamT on October 02, 2017, 05:49:24 pm: perhaps he could branch out into french holiday lets.
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Post by: Obi-Wan is lost... on October 02, 2017, 05:56:24 pm: Confectioners - Pete's Sweets
Butchers - Pete's Meats
Van hire - Pete's Fleets
Dating agency - Pete's Meets.
Alternative dating agency - Pete's Cheats
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Post by: tomtom on October 02, 2017, 06:03:40 pm: Petes Beats is the winner imho [emoji106]

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Post by: dr_botnik on October 02, 2017, 06:04:04 pm: Artisanal bakery, Pete's Wheats?
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Post by: nai on October 02, 2017, 06:37:02 pm: Car parking service for climbers in a hurry

Pete and Greet.
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Post by: webbo on October 02, 2017, 08:46:44 pm: If it's for sale and Si O'Conner bought it.
It could be Pete's cheats.
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Post by: andy_e on October 03, 2017, 10:53:13 am: Quote from: andy_e on October 02, 2017, 04:40:40 pm
Cereal crop shop

Quote from: dr_botnik on October 02, 2017, 06:04:04 pm
Artisanal bakery, Pete's Wheats?