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From: Adrian on 26 Mar 2010 08:54 Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Light and bitter or bitter on it's own (John Smiths or Speckled > Hen)with a S/Comfort chaser. John Smiths? So a well-made "craft" lager is "ghastly", but you actually voluntarily drink industrial chemical-factory bitter? OSH is OK, in the absence of anything interesting. And as for Southern Comfort... Dear God... Do you not actually like Whisky?
From: Bod on 26 Mar 2010 08:56 On 26/03/2010 12:54, Adrian wrote: > Bod<bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > >> Light and bitter or bitter on it's own (John Smiths or Speckled >> Hen)with a S/Comfort chaser. > > John Smiths? > > So a well-made "craft" lager is "ghastly", but you actually voluntarily > drink industrial chemical-factory bitter? OSH is OK, in the absence of > anything interesting. > > And as for Southern Comfort... Dear God... Do you not actually like > Whisky? > > Used to, but went off it years ago. Bod
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 26 Mar 2010 09:02 On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:49:54 +0000, Silk <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >I'd say zero would be a better limit as there would be no >confusion as to what you can drink and stay under the limit there would be loads of confusion from a) day before drinking b) alcohol from non drink sources -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Brimstone on 26 Mar 2010 09:04 "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:813oljF3bsU2(a)mid.individual.net... > On 26/03/2010 12:31, Brimstone wrote: >> >> >> "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:813na3Fq8fU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> On 26/03/2010 12:05, Adrian wrote: >>>> Bod<bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they >>>> were >>>> saying: >>>> >>>>>>>>> I'd rather drink canal water than any lager. Ghastly stuff IMO. >>>> >>>>>>>> I dunno about that. A tall glass of Staropramen on a hot summers >>>>>>>> day >>>>>>>> is very satisfying. Not all lagers are tasteless fizzy stuff. >>>> >>>>>>> Never tasted it, but I'll take your word. >>>> >>>>>> Leffe? >>>> >>>>> I thought that was classed as Belgian Blonde *beer*? >>>> >>>> If, by "beer", you mean ale, then - yes. Both ale& lager are beer. >>>> >>>> So you're happy to drink Leffe, on the basis that it's top-fermented, >>>> but >>>> refuse to drink anything bottom-fermented on principle? >>>> >>>> Or are you getting "lager" as a whole confused with the foul chemical- >>>> factory pisswater which is the usual draft mass-market fizz? >>> > >>> > >>> All I can say, is that I've been offered and tasted many lagers over >>> the years (including Belgian blonde stuff) and I haven't liked any of >>> it. >>> >> What do you normally drink? >> >> > > Light and bitter or bitter on it's own (John Smiths or Speckled Hen)with > a S/Comfort chaser. > Speckled Hen is still tolerable, but have you never tried anything more interesting?
From: Bod on 26 Mar 2010 09:10
On 26/03/2010 13:02, ChelseaTractorMan wrote: > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:49:54 +0000, Silk<me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> I'd say zero would be a better limit as there would be no >> confusion as to what you can drink and stay under the limit > > there would be loads of confusion from > > a) day before drinking > b) alcohol from non drink sources > > Yup, anyone rinsing their mouth with Listerine in the mornings, could be stopped on the way to work in a random roadside breath test and consequently be fined and banned from driving for a year. Not a good idea to have a zero limit. Bod |