I want to talk about Pubs
Dec 7th 2007, 4:39 am
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
I have experenced the Brit pub culture and there's better things to do in life.[/QUOTE]
Yes there are better things in life than British pub culture. We are not all elitist supercilious tw*ts who relentlessly, remorselessly and always only indulge in the best aspects of life.
Yes there are better things in life than British pub culture. We are not all elitist supercilious tw*ts who relentlessly, remorselessly and always only indulge in the best aspects of life.
Dec 7th 2007, 4:51 am
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
Your oh was trying to poison you. I really cannot guess why though.
Dec 7th 2007, 7:24 am
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
Maybe... I've not worked it out but I do know that in the UK I would have the odd cup of coffee in between many tea's and now it's coffee coffee coffee coffee, starbucks, dunkin's and /nescafe instant from the moment I drag my butt out of bed in the morning. I'm not a big drinker either, even when in the UK, but now I go months and months with not a bevvy in sight. Who wants to drink if it's not socially... for me that's the whole point. A drink and a laugh with friends. I am so out of practice that the other week my OH bought a bottle of Merlot. I had 1 mouthful and a few mins later I couldn't barely lift my arms! They were like lead weights I kid you not and I didn't really like the sensation at all. By the end of the glass all I was good for was my pillow. I shall have to drink tonic at the pub when we return and gradually add a teaspoon at a time of gin until I am fully re-habilitated!!
Great times, I would say that the drink was not so important to us or our friends just getting together is a good enough laugh and the pubs atmosphere helped.
Jackie
Dec 7th 2007, 8:56 am
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
...outfit, hair, dancing...
Madam that was not a pub!!
USA is talking about something completely different!
We all accept that you can enjoy yourself without being pissed - you don't need to prove it but don't confuse the topic which is about pubs.
Your dig about the price of Australian wine is meaningless. We can all quote examples of how you can get something cheaper where you like than where you don't like - but y'know - who memorises prices on a night out!! Who cares about the relative price of wine if you don't drink!!
Who cares if you do..
Madam that was not a pub!!
USA is talking about something completely different!
We all accept that you can enjoy yourself without being pissed - you don't need to prove it but don't confuse the topic which is about pubs.
Your dig about the price of Australian wine is meaningless. We can all quote examples of how you can get something cheaper where you like than where you don't like - but y'know - who memorises prices on a night out!! Who cares about the relative price of wine if you don't drink!!
Who cares if you do..
Dec 7th 2007, 9:45 am
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
life is all about sacrifices.
Now do you sacrifice a great outdoor life of say 30% of your spare time. to
spend 2% of your spare time sat in a pub and the other 28% sat in watching tv or surfing the internet
think about the weather options etc,
smas is great here, nice and damp wet miserable, oh lovely pub around the corner tonight , had a couple of beers, good convo for a while.......
Now do you sacrifice a great outdoor life of say 30% of your spare time. to
spend 2% of your spare time sat in a pub and the other 28% sat in watching tv or surfing the internet
think about the weather options etc,
smas is great here, nice and damp wet miserable, oh lovely pub around the corner tonight , had a couple of beers, good convo for a while.......
Jackie
Dec 7th 2007, 9:53 am
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
...outfit, hair, dancing...
Madam that was not a pub!!
USA is talking about something completely different!
We all accept that you can enjoy yourself without being pissed - you don't need to prove it but don't confuse the topic which is about pubs.
Your dig about the price of Australian wine is meaningless. We can all quote examples of how you can get something cheaper where you like than where you don't like - but y'know - who memorises prices on a night out!! Who cares about the relative price of wine if you don't drink!!
Who cares if you do..
Madam that was not a pub!!
USA is talking about something completely different!
We all accept that you can enjoy yourself without being pissed - you don't need to prove it but don't confuse the topic which is about pubs.
Your dig about the price of Australian wine is meaningless. We can all quote examples of how you can get something cheaper where you like than where you don't like - but y'know - who memorises prices on a night out!! Who cares about the relative price of wine if you don't drink!!
Who cares if you do..
Jackie
Dec 7th 2007, 9:58 am
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
Being in Kuwait getting to yo?!!! or is it the lack of Pubs really cracking you up!!!....and yes I have lived in the Middle East...before you start or even think of patronising me........so I know how it is!!! and yes it was a British Pub....well English....and a VERY old one....just has great entertainment and an excellent Landlord who has been their nearly as long as the Pub (now that was a joke incase you left your sense of humour behind...or even if you have one!!! ha ha) and I only mentioned the price of the wine because I was amazed I could drink my local Aussie wine in a BRILL pub and cheaper) can I also say that a pint of "local beer" in our Local (if you can call it that...we must go in about once every 8 weeks and then during the day for lunch) is $7.00 more for an "import beer" and a glass of wine (average wine) is starts at $6.00 and these are not "city" pubs where you would expect to pay more. Can I also mention that you come across a mite bit agressive.....that's not welcome on our "friendly" threads....Kuwait is the place for you.....
Jackie
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Dec 7th 2007, 10:35 am
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
...outfit, hair, dancing...
Madam that was not a pub!!
USA is talking about something completely different!
We all accept that you can enjoy yourself without being pissed - you don't need to prove it but don't confuse the topic which is about pubs.
Your dig about the price of Australian wine is meaningless. We can all quote examples of how you can get something cheaper where you like than where you don't like - but y'know - who memorises prices on a night out!! Who cares about the relative price of wine if you don't drink!!
Who cares if you do..
Madam that was not a pub!!
USA is talking about something completely different!
We all accept that you can enjoy yourself without being pissed - you don't need to prove it but don't confuse the topic which is about pubs.
Your dig about the price of Australian wine is meaningless. We can all quote examples of how you can get something cheaper where you like than where you don't like - but y'know - who memorises prices on a night out!! Who cares about the relative price of wine if you don't drink!!
Who cares if you do..
Dec 7th 2007, 12:04 pm
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
In fact I contrast a pub where there is dancing, where there is an explicit need to get hair done and wear a new outfit - all of that being derived from Jackie's comments - with a typical British pub which does not include such refinements. I am also at a loss recalling any pub wich has dancing. I think that is a separate license in fact.
My problem as you have requested to share it is in reacting to over effusive repetetive, illogically expressed emotional nonsense and multiple posts in answer to single points - an art displayed admirably and consistently by some. I see that none of the posts bear any of those characteristics and so...
No offense meant. Perhaps I am over reacting because there are no pubs in Kuwait - a fact which would have totally escaped me during my decision to come here! And to prove the value of my research then I propose that my desire to return to the UK is inversly proportional to anothers that I know and respect well.
Said anything offensive have I?
Bye now - off to the dance hall!!
Love to all!
Dec 7th 2007, 3:16 pm
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
Hopefully being smug on an internet chatroom has helped to make you feel more complete.
Dec 7th 2007, 5:55 pm
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
Crikey! This thread's getting a bit grrrrr isn't it?
I'm with the pro-pub crowd as it happens, but there's one thing that's central to a traditional british pub and that's traditional british beer (i.e. cask conditioned). This is why plastic versions of British pubs in other countries have never cut it for me. After living here (Western MA) for a while I did come to realize that there are a couple of half decent bars in the area that actually do serve cask beers. So now and again, when I'm missing home, I'll go to one, sip the beer and close my eyes... just a little piece of heaven in this far-off land.
I'm with the pro-pub crowd as it happens, but there's one thing that's central to a traditional british pub and that's traditional british beer (i.e. cask conditioned). This is why plastic versions of British pubs in other countries have never cut it for me. After living here (Western MA) for a while I did come to realize that there are a couple of half decent bars in the area that actually do serve cask beers. So now and again, when I'm missing home, I'll go to one, sip the beer and close my eyes... just a little piece of heaven in this far-off land.
Dec 7th 2007, 7:15 pm
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
[QUOTE=tonrob;5644102]Crikey! This thread's getting a bit grrrrr isn't it?
I agree, so I'm calling last orders. Time gentlemen please.
I agree, so I'm calling last orders. Time gentlemen please.
Dec 7th 2007, 9:24 pm
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
Actually I was not with Jackie from Perth / Scaleybridge / Middle East - yet with an unrequited desire to be in the UK. This is a major regret of the year.
In fact I contrast a pub where there is dancing, where there is an explicit need to get hair done and wear a new outfit - all of that being derived from Jackie's comments - with a typical British pub which does not include such refinements. I am also at a loss recalling any pub wich has dancing. I think that is a separate license in fact.
My problem as you have requested to share it is in reacting to over effusive repetetive, illogically expressed emotional nonsense and multiple posts in answer to single points - an art displayed admirably and consistently by some. I see that none of the posts bear any of those characteristics and so...
No offense meant. Perhaps I am over reacting because there are no pubs in Kuwait - a fact which would have totally escaped me during my decision to come here! And to prove the value of my research then I propose that my desire to return to the UK is inversly proportional to anothers that I know and respect well.
Said anything offensive have I?
Bye now - off to the dance hall!!
Love to all!
In fact I contrast a pub where there is dancing, where there is an explicit need to get hair done and wear a new outfit - all of that being derived from Jackie's comments - with a typical British pub which does not include such refinements. I am also at a loss recalling any pub wich has dancing. I think that is a separate license in fact.
My problem as you have requested to share it is in reacting to over effusive repetetive, illogically expressed emotional nonsense and multiple posts in answer to single points - an art displayed admirably and consistently by some. I see that none of the posts bear any of those characteristics and so...
No offense meant. Perhaps I am over reacting because there are no pubs in Kuwait - a fact which would have totally escaped me during my decision to come here! And to prove the value of my research then I propose that my desire to return to the UK is inversly proportional to anothers that I know and respect well.
Said anything offensive have I?
Bye now - off to the dance hall!!
Love to all!
Jackie was only reporting that she had a fab night out in a British pub with her friends. Why on earth you feel the need to take issue with that and be so confrontational is totally beyond me.
There are absolutely loads of British pubs where you can dance and let your hair down.
That's the great thing about our pubs - there is such variety. There are quaint quiet country pubs, lively pubs where you can dance the night away, family pubs where you can take the kids for a meal, pubs for the young, pubs for the old, classy pubs or chavy pubs.
Some people have the strange notion that if you like pubs you are an alcoholic or a heavy drinker and live your whole life in the pub - I absolutely love our pubs but on average spend about 3 or 4 hours a week in there.
Which gives me over 100 waking hours to pursue other interests.
Dec 14th 2007, 2:50 pm
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
We used to have a string of small pubs and wine bars in Bristol where you could dance...and that was like many many many years ago...
Not being a drinker once I had kids...I still liked going to pubs...I do miss a Sunday afternoon bike run out to the New Forest for a ploughman's lunch...
Not being a drinker once I had kids...I still liked going to pubs...I do miss a Sunday afternoon bike run out to the New Forest for a ploughman's lunch...
Dec 16th 2007, 5:38 am
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Re: I want to talk about Pubs
It really bothers me that there are people like you around who take exception to other peoples opinions, likes and dislikes.
Jackie was only reporting that she had a fab night out in a British pub with her friends. Why on earth you feel the need to take issue with that and be so confrontational is totally beyond me.
There are absolutely loads of British pubs where you can dance and let your hair down.
That's the great thing about our pubs - there is such variety. There are quaint quiet country pubs, lively pubs where you can dance the night away, family pubs where you can take the kids for a meal, pubs for the young, pubs for the old, classy pubs or chavy pubs.
Some people have the strange notion that if you like pubs you are an alcoholic or a heavy drinker and live your whole life in the pub - I absolutely love our pubs but on average spend about 3 or 4 hours a week in there.
Which gives me over 100 waking hours to pursue other interests.
Jackie was only reporting that she had a fab night out in a British pub with her friends. Why on earth you feel the need to take issue with that and be so confrontational is totally beyond me.
There are absolutely loads of British pubs where you can dance and let your hair down.
That's the great thing about our pubs - there is such variety. There are quaint quiet country pubs, lively pubs where you can dance the night away, family pubs where you can take the kids for a meal, pubs for the young, pubs for the old, classy pubs or chavy pubs.
Some people have the strange notion that if you like pubs you are an alcoholic or a heavy drinker and live your whole life in the pub - I absolutely love our pubs but on average spend about 3 or 4 hours a week in there.
Which gives me over 100 waking hours to pursue other interests.
Jackie