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Title: A view of pubs from across the ocean
Post by: Nearly Sane on June 18, 2025, 08:02:02 PM
As I grow into my older curmudgeon years, I am less fussy about choosing a pub, but much fussier about liking one.


https://edition.cnn.com/travel/british-pubs-rules-etiquette-beer
Title: Re: A view of pubs from across the ocean
Post by: Steve H on June 18, 2025, 09:00:00 PM
Very amusing, but someone tell the author that it's 'Old PeculiEr'.
Title: Re: A view of pubs from across the ocean
Post by: Roses on June 19, 2025, 08:22:57 AM
The only time we have ever been to a pub is if they serve meals, we have never been just for a drink. We don't drink alcohol at all now. My husband is on medication, which makes having a drink unwise. Not drinking alcohol doesn't bother me in the least.
Title: Re: A view of pubs from across the ocean
Post by: ad_orientem on June 19, 2025, 12:57:40 PM
Pubs have changed (or so it seems to me) since I first started going to them in the early 90's. Packed at lunchtime, a haze of smoke, tabs, lockins, soul.
Title: Re: A view of pubs from across the ocean
Post by: Stranger on June 19, 2025, 04:08:00 PM
Quote from: ad_orientem on June 19, 2025, 12:57:40 PM
Pubs have changed (or so it seems to me) since I first started going to them in the early 90's. Packed at lunchtime, a haze of smoke, tabs, lockins, soul.

Oh yes, I remember in my misspent youth, frequenting some real dives. Loved the Birmingham Barrel Organ in the late 80s. Quite well known as a concert venue for a while, with bands like Napalm Death and Dawn After Dark. Friday and Saturday nights were goth/alternative discos, bouncers on the door and absolutely packed with black leather, fishnets, big hair, and smoke.

Fun times.

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