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I wish I could be free of having to prove my age. Now you're just showing off. (No you don't. Believe me.  ) Saw a couple of hours ago at an airport bar a notice to the staff to remind them that serving patrons to the point of intoxication is illegal. (Actually the word used was 'servicing'  but I digress.) Then spelling out that it is illegal to get people drunk. I quite understand the idea of not serving someone who is already drunk and indeed that was the next thing on the list of don'ts. Am I seriously to understand that bar staff in Australia are supposed to evaluate not just whether someone is already drunk but whether the drink they wish to purchase will make them so? This seems to me quite absurd. Do the staff have to ask in that case whether the patron intends to sip or slam? Are Pommie drinking regulations this silly? |
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« Reply #166 on: 08:21:52, 20-07-2008 » |
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Are Pommie drinking regulations this silly?
You may recall our entire (20-or-so-strong) party almost being thrown out of the outside area of a pub in Brisbane because one of our number decided to enter by stepping over the knee-high fence around the area rather than having to walk further down the street and enter through the inside of the pub, which occasioned a full-scale mobilisation of the staff to root out this evil infraction. And then there are all the "dress codes". No, on balance I think Australia has the silliest drinking regulations in the world, although some states in the US like Utah run it pretty close. As for the silliest regulations regarding drinking hours I think we all know which sceptred isle takes the biscuit there. |
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« Reply #167 on: 20:03:49, 28-07-2008 » |
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A very basic cream soda. Lemonade, cream. Ahh  . I bought some Weston's organic cider today as well, pretty hefty at 6.5%. |
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« Reply #168 on: 20:47:43, 06-08-2008 » |
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Currently getting round to drinking the Weston's, finally. For a hot evening like this, and having just practised some chunky things as well, it's just right. Unlike any other cider I've ever had - this one tastes of real apples. I must look out for it. Anyone had pear cider? Apparently it's really nice, I want to try it. |
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« Reply #169 on: 21:53:22, 06-08-2008 » |
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Currently getting round to drinking the Weston's, finally. For a hot evening like this, and having just practised some chunky things as well, it's just right. Unlike any other cider I've ever had - this one tastes of real apples. I must look out for it. Anyone had pear cider? Apparently it's really nice, I want to try it. Now you are talking Eru, Weston's of Much Marcle. Try their Perry. Even better try Lyne Down's Perry just up the road from Westons, Perry is not oft drunk these days due to its laxative effects I think. |
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« Reply #170 on: 22:00:06, 06-08-2008 » |
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NS here: given the weather, anything I can lay my hands on. Which, at the moment means cheapo red wine from the local Premiere store. Hic. |
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« Reply #171 on: 20:11:26, 07-08-2008 » |
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Pinta Breakspears Triple..... Mmmmmmmm !
I'm trying hard to be good and keep my units under control - I drink way too many per week.
So, no beer at lunchtime, and only one pint this evening (3.6 units)
Oh dear.
This is only day one of my new regime, all thanks to Dr. Alice in "Dont Die Young" She scared the pants orf me.
x Jan x
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« Reply #172 on: 22:53:06, 07-08-2008 » |
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Big mug of tea here, skimmed milk, no sugar. This girl really knows how to live!  |
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« Reply #173 on: 22:59:24, 07-08-2008 » |
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Except for the semi-skimmed, much the same here, Mills, with a final large mug of roibos before I turn in later....
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« Reply #174 on: 23:05:10, 07-08-2008 » |
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Just the tiniest drop of 10 year old Laphroaig here. Just enough to roll over the tongue, no more. Then bed.
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« Reply #175 on: 09:01:01, 08-08-2008 » |
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Morning mug o' coffee no. 1. The one that gets me through the emails and stuff and sort of cantilevers me into proper work. No. 2 kicks in at about 10am.
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« Reply #177 on: 09:28:18, 08-08-2008 » |
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #178 on: 09:44:02, 08-08-2008 » |
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Now that picture suggests something sinister almost to the level of Jekyll and Hyde, GG, for as any fule kno, that's a demonstration of the principle behind The Scarlet Lady. Are you intimating that after his coffee, martle changes sex and colour? Nurse, the screens! |
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« Reply #179 on: 09:47:30, 08-08-2008 » |
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Hmm. It's 9.45. Only another 15 minutes before the answer to Ron's question is revealed.
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