Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian

Having 4 x young adults in my family situation 2 mine and 2 hers my view is that Canadian kids tend to pre game (going to a home and drink booze) before they hit the pubs and clubs. They tend to spend very little money on the booze in these places as they are quite hammered before they go out or they get a DD and take the booze with them. On the pretence of going out for a smoke they then throw a few more back.
It seems like the UK pubs offer specials like 20 quid drink as much as you can or between certain hours. Canada cant do this as we have minimum set drink prices and we cannot do the happy hour thing.
The UK culture is to drink in the town centres and then hit the chippys and kebab shops whereas Canadian kids will drink in the burbs without the need to go into the town or city centres.
I find there is less fighting between groups over here but there is violent crime here. Plus Canadian kids dont have that soccer hooligan mentality that we see lots of UK kids exhibit. They tend not to walk up streets chanting Who Are Ya or Here We Go etc etc.

Originally Posted by Kiwilass

this country is going to the dogs!

Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian

Having 4 x young adults in my family situation 2 mine and 2 hers my view is that Canadian kids tend to pre game (going to a home and drink booze) before they hit the pubs and clubs. They tend to spend very little money on the booze in these places as they are quite hammered before they go out or they get a DD and take the booze with them. On the pretence of going out for a smoke they then throw a few more back.
It seems like the UK pubs offer specials like 20 quid drink as much as you can or between certain hours. Canada cant do this as we have minimum set drink prices and we cannot do the happy hour thing.
The UK culture is to drink in the town centres and then hit the chippys and kebab shops whereas Canadian kids will drink in the burbs without the need to go into the town or city centres.
I find there is less fighting between groups over here but there is violent crime here. Plus Canadian kids dont have that soccer hooligan mentality that we see lots of UK kids exhibit. They tend not to walk up streets chanting Who Are Ya or Here We Go etc etc.

Originally Posted by Novocastrian

I know you won't believe me, but I've no idea what was in fashion. I've never bothered with that stuff. I wore whatever stuff my parents bought for me and never took much notice.

After I went to Uni I wore jeans from the Salvation Army shop in Oxford and what were then called tennis shoes. Above the waist? Either a t-shirt or a pullover, depending on season.

Originally Posted by Oink

I think the term is vajazzle these days and they itch something rotten.

Originally Posted by Geordie Lass

I do believe you but dressing in what your mum and dad bought you?

Originally Posted by Novocastrian

I can't imagine why you're surprised. Where else would I have got clothes?

Originally Posted by Geordie Lass

I'm not surprised your mum and dad bought them - I'm surprised you had no ideas of what you wanted to wear....

Originally Posted by Novocastrian

Who TF cares? I had better things to worry about. I still have, as those who've met me will confirm. The only thing that's changed is that I wear whatever the OH buys for me now.

Originally Posted by Kiwilass

I plan to binge drink on my couch this evening. Then I'm going to give the cushions a good kicking.

Originally Posted by CanadaJimmy

Binge drinking here is dealt with completely differently than the UK. In Bristol, near where I lived in England, they set up special hospital tents in the city centre to treat drunk people wondering around. Compare that with Canada, where there is a zero tolerance policy for public drunkenness and haul you off and throw you in the drunk tank - they have recently talked about introducing this policy in the UK as well.

It's an unfortunate problem, but it's being recognized in the early stages and action is being taken. I don't foresee it making city streets must-avoid areas at night time with threatening behaviour the same way I experienced in England. As Former Lancastrian said it's less violent; Granville Street on a Friday/Saturday night reminds me more of european continental drunkenness with people just being silly and going a bit too far when having a good time. I still felt safe walking around.

Originally Posted by wardy_1990

i must admit i am a little proud when people talk about binge drinking and hooliganism,
drunkeness in york.. the capital of gods county unheard of, its much worse the further you get into broken mining villages