From: Steve Firth on
Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
> > To all intensive purposes
>
> Oh, ffs...

Heh, YMYA. Be very afraid...
From: Brimstone on


"JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote in message
news:9MudnTIfAafcTTnWnZ2dnUVZ8rOdnZ2d(a)pipex.net...
> Brimstone wrote:

>> Very rarely do the words "decent" and "lager" belong in the same
>> sentence. To quote a German 1970s newspaper, "Lager is an English
>> invention for women and people with weak stomachs".
>
> The only reason I put the two words together is that my local sells Stalla
> Artois.

Which I would not describe as lager.

> I still remember my first ever taste of lager (I can be precise: the
> summer of 1968). I was used to the taste of Walker's Warrington bitter by
> then and thought that a glass of (bottled) lager tasted like the smell of
> rotting fruit down at the market. I think they call it "synaesthesia".

My memory isn't that specific, but I never liked the stuff, nor keg beer.

A friend introduced me to cask beer in 1976, I haven't forgiven him yet.
He's cost me a fortune. :-)



From: Derek C on
On Mar 20, 1:13 pm, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Derek C" <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:13de1129-f4c7-49e3-890c-4d2b7de263ce(a)15g2000yqi.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Mar 20, 11:31 am, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> "Bod" <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> >>news:80joapFlnoU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>
> >> > On 20/03/2010 10:50, Derek C wrote:
> >> >> On Mar 20, 9:30 am, Dave Plowman<d...(a)davesound.co.uk>  wrote:
> >> >>> In article
> >> >>> <398cd883-3138-400a-a1d2-5d2336abe...(a)u9g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
> >> >>>     Derek C<del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk>  wrote:
>
> >> >>>> The tests for drunkeness before the breathalyser was introduced were
> >> >>>> walking along a straight line and picking up coins. Even then some
> >> >>>> people where better at this than others, even when sober. So no
> >> >>>> tests
> >> >>>> are really a measure of fitness to drive.
>
> >> >>> Indeed. The only real check on a fitness to drive would be some form
> >> >>> of
> >> >>> driving test - so totally impracticable.
>
> >> >>> Of course those who think it's ok to drink and drive like Mr Nugent
> >> >>> will invent any excuse to justify their breaking of the law.
>
> >> >>> --
> >> >> If the puritan, nanny state Nu Labour government get their way and
> >> >> reduce the alcohol limit to 50mg/100ml of blood, there would be little
> >> >> point in visiting a pub at all, even if you have no intention of
> >> >> driving until the next day. You would only be able to drink about half
> >> >> a pint of shandy if you want to be sure of staying legal. Many pubs,
> >> >> effectively local meeting places, will be forced out of business.
>
> >> >> I should point out that living people have a natural level of blood
> >> >> alcohol of something like 20 - 30 mg/100ml as a product of metabolism,
> >> >> so the reduction in the proposed limit is much greater than the raw
> >> >> numbers suggest. Some foods and medicines contain alcohol, so you
> >> >> would have to watch those as well. Wine gums - forget them!
>
> >> >> Derek C
>
> >> >  We'll all end up drinking at home.
>
> >> > I and many others will not bother to go out for a meal nearly as much.
> >> > I love a glass of wine with my meal, without it, the meal would be
> >> > incomplete.
>
> >> >  The end to socialising?
>
> >> Indeed.
>
> >> Meanwhile, a different part of the nanny state is complaining that we
> >> spend
> >> too much time sitting in front of the TV etc and not enough socialising.-
> >> Hide quoted text -
>
> > Did you really expect any joined up thinking from the current shower
> > that calls itself a government?
>
> The present shower are no different in that respect to any that have gone
> before. Witness the government of the 1980s closing down our manufacturing
> and extractive industries and the social and economic consequences in which
> the country is now mired.- Hide quoted text -
>
Well the current shower have been in power for 13 years without
correcting the problems. They seem to have been more intent on
involving us in pointless wars, flooding the country with foreign
immigrants, and redistributing wealth to the Labout voting underclass
and unmarried mothers, than actually creating any new wealth producing
industries. I don't know who was worse, Mrs Hatchet, Mr Bliar or
prudent Mr Gordon(no more boom and bust) Broon.

Derek C

From: Brimstone on


"Derek C" <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:29752409-115e-48bb-a499-8e89ca827146(a)u9g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 20, 1:13 pm, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "Derek C" <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>>
>> news:13de1129-f4c7-49e3-890c-4d2b7de263ce(a)15g2000yqi.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Mar 20, 11:31 am, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> "Bod" <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>>
>> >>news:80joapFlnoU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>
>> >> > On 20/03/2010 10:50, Derek C wrote:
>> >> >> On Mar 20, 9:30 am, Dave Plowman<d...(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote:
>> >> >>> In article
>> >> >>> <398cd883-3138-400a-a1d2-5d2336abe...(a)u9g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
>> >> >>> Derek C<del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >> >>>> The tests for drunkeness before the breathalyser was introduced
>> >> >>>> were
>> >> >>>> walking along a straight line and picking up coins. Even then
>> >> >>>> some
>> >> >>>> people where better at this than others, even when sober. So no
>> >> >>>> tests
>> >> >>>> are really a measure of fitness to drive.
>>
>> >> >>> Indeed. The only real check on a fitness to drive would be some
>> >> >>> form
>> >> >>> of
>> >> >>> driving test - so totally impracticable.
>>
>> >> >>> Of course those who think it's ok to drink and drive like Mr
>> >> >>> Nugent
>> >> >>> will invent any excuse to justify their breaking of the law.
>>
>> >> >>> --
>> >> >> If the puritan, nanny state Nu Labour government get their way and
>> >> >> reduce the alcohol limit to 50mg/100ml of blood, there would be
>> >> >> little
>> >> >> point in visiting a pub at all, even if you have no intention of
>> >> >> driving until the next day. You would only be able to drink about
>> >> >> half
>> >> >> a pint of shandy if you want to be sure of staying legal. Many
>> >> >> pubs,
>> >> >> effectively local meeting places, will be forced out of business.
>>
>> >> >> I should point out that living people have a natural level of blood
>> >> >> alcohol of something like 20 - 30 mg/100ml as a product of
>> >> >> metabolism,
>> >> >> so the reduction in the proposed limit is much greater than the raw
>> >> >> numbers suggest. Some foods and medicines contain alcohol, so you
>> >> >> would have to watch those as well. Wine gums - forget them!
>>
>> >> >> Derek C
>>
>> >> > We'll all end up drinking at home.
>>
>> >> > I and many others will not bother to go out for a meal nearly as
>> >> > much.
>> >> > I love a glass of wine with my meal, without it, the meal would be
>> >> > incomplete.
>>
>> >> > The end to socialising?
>>
>> >> Indeed.
>>
>> >> Meanwhile, a different part of the nanny state is complaining that we
>> >> spend
>> >> too much time sitting in front of the TV etc and not enough
>> >> socialising.-
>> >> Hide quoted text -
>>
>> > Did you really expect any joined up thinking from the current shower
>> > that calls itself a government?
>>
>> The present shower are no different in that respect to any that have gone
>> before. Witness the government of the 1980s closing down our
>> manufacturing
>> and extractive industries and the social and economic consequences in
>> which
>> the country is now mired.- Hide quoted text -
>>
> Well the current shower have been in power for 13 years without
> correcting the problems. They seem to have been more intent on
> involving us in pointless wars, flooding the country with foreign
> immigrants, and redistributing wealth to the Labout voting underclass
> and unmarried mothers, than actually creating any new wealth producing
> industries. I don't know who was worse, Mrs Hatchet, Mr Bliar or
> prudent Mr Gordon(no more boom and bust) Broon.
>
There is no "worst", they're all from the same mould. None of them lived and
worked in the real world.


From: Dave Plowman on
In article <80jsflFbckU7(a)mid.individual.net>,
Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Dave Plowman <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like
> they were saying:

> >> You seem to forget that it's already an offence to be intoxicated in
> >> public

> > Given such places make their money by selling alcohol they're unlikely
> > to police that law very well themselves.

> Then they are at risk of losing their licence, since it's also a breach
> of their licensing conditions to serve drunk people.

> > I'm talking about enjoyment of a meal out.

> Sounds like you want your enjoyment at the expense of everybody else's.

No - just like to hear the conversation round my table without it being
drowned out by a load of hooray henries - as happened on Thursday.

--
*Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool*

Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12