Tell Me Something............Anything!

[Macca]

I love rubbing shoulders with the difficult to put an age to, probably past retirement age but never done a days work, zip up cardiganed, polyester trousered, eau de urined, drink all day brigade.

lol.

I never go to Weatherspoons because you can't have a lock in. Ten minutes after time and they're kicking you out.

I don't go to pubs much at all actually, not since my local closed down. Even completely ignoring the smoking ban and the licensing laws couldn't save them. The older clientele died off one by one and I think the youngsters were too scared to go in there.

The other one I used to frequent that also ignored the stupid rules changed hands when the landlord got busted for selling weed and smuggled baccy. Now it's some sort of 'student pub.'

[Roy S]

Was just becoming a 'regular' down our local legion before all this covid shite, had got to the stage where the barman had started pouring my guinness as I walked through the door. They're reopening tonight but there's a waiting list

[struth]

i wear one under my dirty grey mac. Goes well with the imitation hush puppies.

didnt think you wore anything under the ol' mac

[Roy S]

didnt think you wore anything under the ol' mac

Just trouser legs that are tied at the knee?

[struth]

Just trouser legs that are tied at the knee?

lol, yup those are the ones

[walpurgis]

Booze goes up!

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...rices-22300076

I guess they have a lot of lost business to catch up on, but any excuse will do. Any bets on it going down again after the pandemic?

[struth]

more like the right price to charge if not selling it by the bucket. might keep some riffraff out

[Barry]

Booze goes up!

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...rices-22300076

I guess they have a lot of lost business to catch up on, but any excuse will do. Any bets on it going down again after the pandemic?

Screw Wetherspoons - I loath their 'pubs': indifferent staff; indifferent beer; tables too close together (though I assume that will have changed), and the whole chain run by a stupid Aussie who stated that there was no need for any pub closure, because "during the War the pubs remained open".

[struth]

[Marco]

Was just becoming a 'regular' down our local legion before all this covid shite, had got to the stage where the barman had started pouring my guinness as I walked through the door. They're reopening tonight but there's a waiting list

Nightmare, mate. If you're living on your own somewhere, and have a nice friendly local pub to go to, become a regular there and build a rapport with the landlord and staff, it's a fantastic thing, especially for your overall sense of well-being. That personal touch and friendly relationship between the pub and you is priceless!

Now, for the foreseeable future, that's totally fucked... What personal touch, and ultimately sense of well-being, is derived from having to book an appointment for a beer, which you order via an app, and then are subsequently kicked out the pub after two hours - that is if you're graciously granted a 'slot' in the first place!

In reality, it's a totally soulless experience - mind you not as bad as the bullshit rules they've imposed now for weddings, which they've 'sanitised' to fuck and rendered now as devoid of any real enjoyment!!

Marco.