DaveG wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:44 pm Meanwhile in more shocking news from the UK failed state,


Never mind the 145 thousand dead people, got to get priorities right

Don’t be a grump Dave. He’s backtracked pretty sharply on that pledge

Yerg wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:04 pm

DaveG wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:44 pm Meanwhile in more shocking news from the UK failed state,


Never mind the 145 thousand dead people, got to get priorities right

Don’t be a grump Dave. He’s backtracked pretty sharply on that pledge

So, £5 a pint, queueing like a mug to collect it yourself, having to prove vaccination or be tested and being made to feel they are doing you a favour by serving you.

Ahh, I am feeling so homesick.

Five pound a pint ! Where do you drink up the west end ? In my manor its around £3.50. less if you drink in Weatherspoons . I took a mate from Yorkshire to a Youngs pub last year where they charge £4.20 and he was outraged, he said it', Its' not much more that £3 up his way. The chances of having to show a vaccination card to get a pint are slim. If they bring that in they will have to include cafes, cinemas, theatres, football stadiums etc I can't see that happening. Maybe some landlords might try it on to attract those people who are scared to go out and advertise as a "covid free zone"

Doc67 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 11:45 am

Yerg wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:04 pm

DaveG wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:44 pm Meanwhile in more shocking news from the UK failed state,


Never mind the 145 thousand dead people, got to get priorities right

Don’t be a grump Dave. He’s backtracked pretty sharply on that pledge

So, £5 a pint, queueing like a mug to collect it yourself, having to prove vaccination or be tested and being made to feel they are doing you a favour by serving you.

Ahh, I am feeling so homesick.

I'm more interested in the sensual census, I'm afraid my score is f##king zero for the last 12 months

tightenupvolume1 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:34 pm Five pound a pint ! Where do you drink up the west end ? In my manor its around £3.50. less if you drink in Weatherspoons . I took a mate from Yorkshire to a Youngs pub last year where they charge £4.20 and he was outraged, he said it', Its' not much more that £3 up his way. The chances of having to show a vaccination card to get a pint are slim. If they bring that in they will have to include cafes, cinemas, theatres, football stadiums etc I can't see that happening. Maybe some landlords might try it on to attract those people who are scared to go out and advertise as a "covid free zone"

I just checked my former local, the Travellers Friend in Woodford Green, Essex. I haven't been doing much drinking in the UK for a while so my £5 a pint was an educated guess. I was surprised to see how much it has gone up!

I never go in a Wetherspoons. The city ones are mobbed and hateful places and the suburban ones are full of the people I left the UK to get away from. I know that sounds snobby, so guilty as charged on this one.

I will always go to a privately owned and managed place and avoid chains if at all possible.


https://www.thetravellersfriendwoodford.co.uk/food/

Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 8:20 am

tightenupvolume1 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:34 pm Five pound a pint ! Where do you drink up the west end ? In my manor its around £3.50. less if you drink in Weatherspoons . I took a mate from Yorkshire to a Youngs pub last year where they charge £4.20 and he was outraged, he said it', Its' not much more that £3 up his way. The chances of having to show a vaccination card to get a pint are slim. If they bring that in they will have to include cafes, cinemas, theatres, football stadiums etc I can't see that happening. Maybe some landlords might try it on to attract those people who are scared to go out and advertise as a "covid free zone"

I just checked my former local, the Travellers Friend in Woodford Green, Essex. I haven't been doing much drinking in the UK for a while so my £5 a pint was an educated guess. I was surprised to see how much it has gone up!

I never go in a Wetherspoons. The city ones are mobbed and hateful places and the suburban ones are full of the people I left the UK to get away from. I know that sounds snobby, so guilty as charged on this one.

I will always go to a privately owned and managed place and avoid chains if at all possible.


https://www.thetravellersfriendwoodford.co.uk/food/

£3.80 for a pint of Stella in my local. £3.30-£3.50 for the pish-like Fosters, Coors Light, Bud Light and Budweiser. Likewise, I avoid the chains. The two pubs closest to me are both privately owned and very community-friendly. A little piece of peaceful heaven and are only 16 days away @DaveG You've made it this far buddy, not long now!!

Think its about £4 average round our way some places cheaper, others can be more depending on venue


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Not the price so much it's the having to que up at the bar and carry ya drink back that I noticed the most in australia, such a third world thing to do hahaha coffee shops the same
We are not spoiled here, but when back home you realize how much you're screwed service wise, who's the customer?

atst wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:57 pm Not the price so much it's the having to que up at the bar and carry ya drink back that I noticed the most in australia, such a third world thing to do hahaha coffee shops the same
We are not spoiled here, but when back home you realize how much you're screwed service wise, who's the customer?

Like Doc alluded to earlier, the smaller, privately owned pubs are light years away from the big chains. Once they get to know you as a regular, more often than not, the staff will bring your beers to your table and landlords will let you pay your bill at the end without having to hand over your left leg as collateral. At least that's what I enjoy about my local.

Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 8:20 am

tightenupvolume1 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:34 pm Five pound a pint ! Where do you drink up the west end ? In my manor its around £3.50. less if you drink in Weatherspoons . I took a mate from Yorkshire to a Youngs pub last year where they charge £4.20 and he was outraged, he said it', Its' not much more that £3 up his way. The chances of having to show a vaccination card to get a pint are slim. If they bring that in they will have to include cafes, cinemas, theatres, football stadiums etc I can't see that happening. Maybe some landlords might try it on to attract those people who are scared to go out and advertise as a "covid free zone"

I just checked my former local, the Travellers Friend in Woodford Green, Essex. I haven't been doing much drinking in the UK for a while so my £5 a pint was an educated guess. I was surprised to see how much it has gone up!

I never go in a Wetherspoons. The city ones are mobbed and hateful places and the suburban ones are full of the people I left the UK to get away from. I know that sounds snobby, so guilty as charged on this one.

I will always go to a privately owned and managed place and avoid chains if at all possible.


https://www.thetravellersfriendwoodford.co.uk/food/

I agree on the Weatherspoons I don't like them either. I have about 3 or 4 locals where I go. One in Exmouth market in islington do lovely pints from Camden town brewery £3, a couple of others I use are well under £4. The most expensive is a Youngs pub in Grays Inn Road The Calthorpe arms, the train robbers used to meet there. Its £4 20 but a lovely pint, a lovely old pub and a good sunday roast for £8.50 . If i am over soho I sometimes stop in Bar Italia and sit outside to watch the world go by, £5 for a small bottle of San Miguel but i am paying for the location and the history, I used to go there in the 60s and drink coffee. When i go to Ronnie Scotts to see a band i have to grit my teeth at the prices they charge.
I am looking forward to India at the end of the year, Bombay is expensive £2.50 a pint, Goa is about a £1 depending on where you go. I am still debating on a trip to Cambodia, have never been but its easy to get to from Chennai, I nearly came a couple of years ago so maybe next year