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Originally Posted by Houseboy (Post 1017475)

Tesco's expensive for booze. You need to go to ASDA.

When buying Jim Beam Red Stagg(my fave drink now though not allowed it :( ) I look at mysupermarket.co.uk rather than walking to and fro the asda/tesco. See where it is cheapest :D

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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates (Post 1017514)

Tried moonshine in the US and poteen in N. Ireland, and whatever it was called in the Hebrides, it was also the staple drink in Saudi - called "siddique" (friend). Mind you it was always necessary to know and trust the supplier - basic rule was nrver buy from a blind man:D

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1017522)

Once tried poteen Barrie, wow now that is rocket fuel, its defo light the blue touch paper and stand well clear when you've been using that stuff :Banane10::Banane10::Banane10:

yeah its nice is poteen .. especially when they flavour it ... had some very nice peach flavoured ... actually managed to bring some home ...in a lemonade bottle ... :p:p:p

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Incidentally, while we're on the subject of booze, when in Liverpool, may I recommend the Baltic Fleet, down by Albert Dock. A great old-fashioned pub and they brew their own ale...cracking stuff it is too! Spent a very convivial afternoon in there yesterday.

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Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1017523)

Some of them weren't enjoying themselves. Drinking a bottle of vodka a day at home on your own cannot be good for anyone.

Don't knock it until you've tried it, he slurred at 09.24 A.M.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/i...lies/drunk.gif
Ooooh! look, my imaginary friends back!

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 1017582)

Just got round to reading this, as I had a hangover earlier on. Who the hell is this interfering, holier-than-thou do-gooder to start lecturing us old gits on the perils of drink? If she thinks she's drinking too much, then it's up to her to cut down, but don't start telling the rest of us what to do.

If I want to go on the lash, I'll go on the lash and no toffee-nosed, upper-class busybody is going to stop me! :Banane35:

Well said Wyn, exactly my thoughts. I think these do-gooders should keep their noses out of my business and concentrate on their own problems - eveyone has personal problems of some magnitude, large or small, so deal with them, and leave other folk alone:thepint:

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 1017582)

Nice one Wyn:D

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 1017582)

Thing is mate wi people like her, They are well past sell by date n have to do summat to draw attention. in other words sad owd gets.:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1017508)

One could always get creative and make home brew ... all you need is a pressure cooker, some copper tubing, and a cold water tap ... bingo, white lightning:alright: This cuts out the middle man and the tax man.

Maybe a good idea not to light a smoke or a joint while drinking the stuff.;)

Used to brew wine and beer years ago (when I had a cellar), never had so many friends in my life. People were always calling round for a chat, at least that's what they said.

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Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1017515)

But a lot of these people were not lifetime drinkers but had turned to drink later in life through loneliness, bereavement, time to kill, whatever... and really were drinking to excess.

When is the time to kill?

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1017520)

Ya a bit like banning smoking in pubs a sledge hammer to crack a nut, there was nothing wrong with smoking rooms, and I'm a none smoker

Agree with that totally. :alright:

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Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1017599)

yeah its nice is poteen .. especially when they flavour it ... had some very nice peach flavoured ... actually managed to bring some home ...in a lemonade bottle ... :p:p:p

I once tried scrumpy in Cornwall. When I came to the holiday was over and my wife and kids had been home three days. Had to walk home but at least it cleared the hang-over.

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 1017658)

One of the most famous pubs in the world by all accounts.

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They didn't ban smoking in pubs they banned it in the workplace, health and safety.

So why can't they have an opt out clause, for workers who don't mind?

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It's a strange thing this "bad habit" idea. The government (of any persuasion) wants to ban smoking (as it has done in the work place) and is trying, supposedly, to curb people's drinking through this latest bonkers idea. The problem is that the revenue raised by alcohol and smoking is immense. We all know this. The whole thing smacks of pandering to the chattering classes and "being seen" to do the right thing.
The fact is if there were no smoking and alcohol consumption where would the economy be? We wouldn't just lose the revenue, hundreds of thousands would be out of work and claiming social and the revenue from their income tax would also be lost.
So many of the "bad" things that we are warned about keep the economy afloat. The same is true (even more so) of crime. We all hate it (apart from those in it) but if there were no crime the economy would be in melt-down. If you consider all the crime related legitimate jobs (police, security, jails, cctv companies, legal firms, courts, alarm companies, etc.) we'd be in a hell of a mess without it.
Kinda strange when you start thinking about it, isn't it? The economies of most countries in the world are heavily reliant on that which is bad for you or illegal.
I'm a life-long non-smoker by the way.

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Originally Posted by Houseboy (Post 1017722)

The argument that governments make, esp. in countries such as yours and mine, is that smoking, drinking too much, etc. puts a strain on the public health care system.

However, in general, I don't see it as the function of governments to spend too much time and energy worrying about legal vices. Smoking is legal, so are drinking and gambling (legal, but controlled). I'm sure that there are things that governments can concentrate more of their time and effort on ... the economy comes to mind, so do corrupt politicans. It's a "nanny state" thing ... I think that's what you guys call it. And I can't stand the holier-than-thou moralist assholes who have somehow convinced themselves, and try to convince others that smokers, drinkers, gamblers etc. are somehow morrally inferior. They are not.