David Bridges-Fine

Co-owner of @OscarsBarMCR, active member of Manchester's LGBTQ+ community, PC gamer, musical theatre goer, home cook.

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

@CrossCountryUK is the 1500 from BRI to MAN running today please? The 1300, 1400 and 1600 are all showing as cancelled. I have tickets for the 1500, and it's showing as running on Trainline, but it's disappeared entirely from National Rail's and your own website.

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

@oliviamcc19 @jen_cli09 @jarvysandersen Can confirm this is the case :-( and still no email, of course

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

@AvantiWestCoast Sure - why did the First Class Lounge close 20 minutes early as a result though? That doesn't make any sense when there's stranded passengers waiting for updates.

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

@michellelincoln @SkyCinema I've had the same problem this morning. Live chat advised me to call them on 03300412525. They reset something at their end, got me to uninstall and reinstall the app (you need your password to reinstall!), and I've got my codes now.

[Nik Scott @scott_nik]

Always love going to the open mic at Oscars bar Mcr. So much fun and it’s full of musical songs to sing! #evermore #beautyandthebeast

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

Disgusting that @Microsoft @Outlook silently implemented a change that resulted in emails not being delivered and simply being deleted instead.
I paid for attraction tickets this morning, before knowing this happened, that I'll never receive. No idea what other emails are gone.

[Mel the Fratton Ender @FrattonEndMel]

@Microsoft @Outlook Did you really just reduce storage overnight without warning meaning that we now can't receive or send emails and with threat of our @onedrive files being deleted?! Honestly, as a paying customer this feels pretty unacceptable!

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

@FrattonEndMel @Microsoft @Outlook @onedrive Sorry Mel, I hijacked your thread a little - I was just surprised there's very few people posting anything about this or anything in the news. Was relieved to see it wasn't just me. It's messed up my morning!

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

@Outlook @FrattonEndMel This is totally unacceptable @Outlook. My storage has also halved overnight, like Mel's, with no warning/notification. I'm a paying customer, & am spending today removing 500GB of data to clear room. Invoices, emails, receipts sent to me today since midnight are 'unrecoverable'.

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

@Outfoxthemarket think the letter saying gas standing charge is getting a 50% discount from January needs some work?
Same letter says it's going from 14.805p to 14.795p = 0.06% discount, not 50% discount, bit of a difference there.

[Oscars @OscarsBarMCR]

It’s time to launch the CHRISTMAS MENU! 🍹🎄

EIGHT new drinks, from shots to short drinks to martinis, all gingerbready and minty and wintry, are available in the bar right now.

See a preview below, and get ready to sample them all over the next month! 🍸

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

Electric meter I replaced in Nov 2020 was done by @bulbenergy, now defunct. I learned today it was a smart meter. But my current supplier @Outfoxthemarket can't log into it without access codes from my old supplier. Help please, @OctopusEnergy, is this for you as Bulb's new home?

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

@RoyalMailHelp Hi, I sent some stamps for the Swap Out scheme 3 weeks ago but haven't heard anything back. Is there any way I can check they were received and are being processed please? Bit concerned as the form says it should be around 7 working days. Thanks

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

When's your Ultra-light Bai Ji Hydrator coming back in stock please, @MoltonBrownUK? I've phoned the store several times since mid-June, and they're always expecting it "next week", for literally over 12 weeks now. What's going on, is it coming back at all? Thanks.

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

We hope you all had a great Bank Holiday weekend. We certainly did at Oscars! Thank you to all our staff & customers.

We're closed tonight & tomorrow night for staff training but join us from Wednesday at 6pm 🍹 at the original & best musical theatre experience in the Village 🎵

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

And we're open! Join us in Oscars tonight for a goblet, cocktail or glass of wine 🍸🍷

Our opening hours for the weekend are from 2pm until late, every day Thursday to Sunday.

If you enjoy a piña colada then you are in for a treat if you sample our version, the Copacabana! 🍹

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

Tonight's @lesmisofficial at The Lowry was just wonderful. Excellent, amazing cast. Particular shout outs to Nathania Ong for "On My Own" and Nic Greenshields for "Javert's Suicide", both of which were extraordinary and had me totally transfixed.

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

@silversetsun @puddingqueen I mean, or I could just work through this cover-to-cover? 😁 one of my absolute favourite cookbooks

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

From last night's dinner party - several years after I first baked it, @puddingqueen's Sticky Toffee Pudding cheesecake is still one of my favourite desserts to make

[David Bridges-Fine @MrDavidFine]

Thank you Sondheim fans of Twitter for the last half hour, hanging on in hope whilst not really expecting to get tickets (and most of us didn't). It was fun to go through it together.