From: JNugent on
ChelseaTractorMan wrote:

> JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:

>>>>> but that defeats the object if 11.30 represents leaving a pub.

>>>> Does it?

>>> yes.

>> 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's certainly a "rule" which prevents me taking a train home at that time
of night. Still less a bus at the other end.
From: JNugent on
ChelseaTractorMan wrote:

> 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.

Is drinking (to excess) compulsory?


From: JNugent on
ChelseaTractorMan wrote:
> 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.


But certainly not inevitable. And what if you only go in at 22:35?

The pub isn't the only source of public entertainment, is it?
From: JNugent on
mileburner wrote:
> "ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3gmkv5ph90c6nagheusfpieptdrqn5ktah(a)4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 24 May 2010 11:45:30 +0100, "Brimstone"
>> <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> SWMBO has turned down plenty of temp work where she would "have"
>>>>>> to drive,
>>>> So you accept to do those jobs you have to drive. Progress!
>>>> --
>>> Not true. It depends on where the person doing the job lives. They might
>>> live within walking distance.
>> this was a specific instance, his wife would "have" to drive.
>
> Yes "have" to because...
>
> She does not do PT.

What's wrong with that?

> Will only walk short distances.

Who - on a journey to daily work - can walk more than a "short" distance (a
few miles at most)?

> Does not cycle.

> She is too mean to pay for taxis.

How much is a typical taxi fare for (say) five miles? How much is that, when
multiplied by ten?

> Therefore she would "have" to drive.

Given certain reasonably-inferred a priori conditions, what's wrong with the
logic of that?