The Demise of the British Pub
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I've said it before, and no doubt will again - misanthropy is not a dirty word.Chute55uk":hunst434 said:cant stand the places, waste of time and im certainly not gonna waste my life in one, mind you i dont drink and i dont like people so i guess im a weirdo anyway
Well maybe it is in a sort of diiiirrrrttty, bad, but good, phat but not fat, razor but not sharp kinda way.
As the Cadbury family were Quakers there were no pubs in the estate in fact, it was their Quaker beliefs that first led them to sell tea, coffee and cocoa as alternatives to alcohol.
I agree with the Quakers and alcohol. Bournville estate has no pubs and was named as the happiest place in UK to live.
I agree with the Quakers and alcohol. Bournville estate has no pubs and was named as the happiest place in UK to live.
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Chute55uk":22nds8aj said:
Lucky we are all bots then. With varying levels of A.I. Some yet to have the 2011 Humour Upgrade.
Go abroad. There's tonnes of them opening.
I would tend to agree about the demise in the UK, or rather the changing face. I've always prefered the most "characteristic dive bars / dump / alternative / worst reputation" type of places knowingly at some point they would be removed from the map either by legislation or capitalism. These types of place are now a rare breed in most major cities.
Thankfully Manchester (as an example) is clutching on to the concept of a "hole" just for drink, pop some cash in the jukebox and listen to decent music.
Out in the country, they are still there but mostly become some continental resturant middle road dress up nice affair. When you can't get a ploughman's and decent Guinness, or get the stupid question of "Diet Tonic" for the Gin, or "did you make a reservation" I do dispair.
As a traveller, I do hate the extreme of an overly patriotic local pub - where basically some punters feel the urge to wrap a snooker cue over your head (usually starts with a welcome like "you are not from these parts are you") rather than engage in conversation. Don't get me started on the football gatherings....a pub with TV is just wrong in my books.
I would tend to agree about the demise in the UK, or rather the changing face. I've always prefered the most "characteristic dive bars / dump / alternative / worst reputation" type of places knowingly at some point they would be removed from the map either by legislation or capitalism. These types of place are now a rare breed in most major cities.
Thankfully Manchester (as an example) is clutching on to the concept of a "hole" just for drink, pop some cash in the jukebox and listen to decent music.
Out in the country, they are still there but mostly become some continental resturant middle road dress up nice affair. When you can't get a ploughman's and decent Guinness, or get the stupid question of "Diet Tonic" for the Gin, or "did you make a reservation" I do dispair.
As a traveller, I do hate the extreme of an overly patriotic local pub - where basically some punters feel the urge to wrap a snooker cue over your head (usually starts with a welcome like "you are not from these parts are you") rather than engage in conversation. Don't get me started on the football gatherings....a pub with TV is just wrong in my books.
silverclaws
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Now funny you mention football on tv in a pub, it just so happens one our mob got hold of a keyring sized programmable remote from pound stretchers and when we were trying to do the quiz night the annoying sods were glued to the game and shouting, so drowning out the quiz questions, so off went that thing, and when the bar staff put it back on, they got to view various different channels in succesion, not the game. Mean I know, but it had to be done for the fun of it.
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