From: ChelseaTractorMan on
On Mon, 24 May 2010 14:23:21 +0100, JNugent
<JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:

>>> I don't understand. I often leave pubs and drive home at that time or later.
>
>> I think you do.
>
>Please be clear.
>
>What rule prevents one from driving after leaving a pub at 23:30?

there is no rule unless you do what most people do in pubs. It's to do
with them being licensed premises.
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on
On Mon, 24 May 2010 15:17:28 +0100, JNugent
<JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:

>> there is no rule unless you do what most people do in pubs. It's to do
>> with them being licensed premises.
>
>Is drinking (to excess) compulsory?

drinking beyond the driving limit is very common when you stay in a
pub till closing time.
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on
On Mon, 24 May 2010 16:13:01 +0100, JNugent
<JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:

>> drinking beyond the driving limit is very common when you stay in a
>> pub till closing time.
>
>
>But certainly not inevitable. And what if you only go in at 22:35?

or if you work there or are mending the juke box

>The pub isn't the only source of public entertainment, is it?

no, there's bars.
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Brimstone on


"ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> is rather similar to
> the alleged Irish response to requests for directions of "I wouldn't
> have started from here!".
> --
Which is the most appropriate response to oh so many questions. :-)

(I did actually have the opportunity to use it once.)

From: mileburner on

"ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 22 May 2010 16:47:21 +0100, "mileburner"
>
>>SWMBO has turned down plenty of temp work where she would "have"
>>to drive,
>
> see, even you say it, pity you do don't see the "" when others say it.
>
She and I both realise that she actually does not have to drive and that
there are choices. Lumpfish like Boltar cannot see that.