Drink driving
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Drink driving
Now I don't condone drive driving in anyway but the last couple of days has pi$$ed me off.
On Saturday me and the Mrs went to a mates house for some food and drinks. So we could both drink we drove there and got a taxi back home (picking the car up the next day). The cab cost £15 , it was at 6:30pm Sat afternoon, just me and the Mrs and the journey was only 7 miles . We rung around other companies but that was the cheapest .
Then today we went to a pub and I drove. Obviously not wanting to drink and drive I drank Coke at bloody £2.90 a pint . It was cheaper to have a pint of lager/beer .
You do the right thing and get boned which ever way .
On Saturday me and the Mrs went to a mates house for some food and drinks. So we could both drink we drove there and got a taxi back home (picking the car up the next day). The cab cost £15 , it was at 6:30pm Sat afternoon, just me and the Mrs and the journey was only 7 miles . We rung around other companies but that was the cheapest .
Then today we went to a pub and I drove. Obviously not wanting to drink and drive I drank Coke at bloody £2.90 a pint . It was cheaper to have a pint of lager/beer .
You do the right thing and get boned which ever way .
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I've said for a while that boozers do nothing to help drink driving.
Lemonade/cola etc should be about a quid a pint.
Ah well, they're getting thier just desserts with loads of them shutting due to no-one getting in.
What a shame.
Lemonade/cola etc should be about a quid a pint.
Ah well, they're getting thier just desserts with loads of them shutting due to no-one getting in.
What a shame.
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£15 for 7 miles is par for the course I hired part of a pub for my gal's 18th, a 20 min drive away. Booked a cab for a midnight return - 65 fecking notes
There was a TV prog some weeks ago about drink driving and they tested regular boozers after they had sunk a few. Astonishing results and I wish I could remember the exact details. Basically they could drink far more than you would guess and still be under the 35 limit. Almost an encouragement to take a chance. One of the girls who had half a dozen cocktails failed but a 6 pints of lager guy just passed and some fat old boozer who drank red wine by the vineyard hardly registered on the meter. Just adds to the confusion.
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There was a TV prog some weeks ago about drink driving and they tested regular boozers after they had sunk a few. Astonishing results and I wish I could remember the exact details. Basically they could drink far more than you would guess and still be under the 35 limit. Almost an encouragement to take a chance. One of the girls who had half a dozen cocktails failed but a 6 pints of lager guy just passed and some fat old boozer who drank red wine by the vineyard hardly registered on the meter. Just adds to the confusion.
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£15 for 7 miles is par for the course I hired part of a pub for my gal's 18th, a 20 min drive away. Booked a cab for a midnight return - 65 fecking notes
There was a TV prog some weeks ago about drink driving and they tested regular boozers after they had sunk a few. Astonishing results and I wish I could remember the exact details. Basically they could drink far more than you would guess and still be under the 35 limit. Almost an encouragement to take a chance. One of the girls who had half a dozen cocktails failed but a 6 pints of lager guy just passed and some fat old boozer who drank red wine by the vineyard hardly registered on the meter. Just adds to the confusion.
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There was a TV prog some weeks ago about drink driving and they tested regular boozers after they had sunk a few. Astonishing results and I wish I could remember the exact details. Basically they could drink far more than you would guess and still be under the 35 limit. Almost an encouragement to take a chance. One of the girls who had half a dozen cocktails failed but a 6 pints of lager guy just passed and some fat old boozer who drank red wine by the vineyard hardly registered on the meter. Just adds to the confusion.
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i get nervous if i even have a glass of wine and have to drive. My license is clean and i need it !
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I thought Coca Cola did the right thing this year with buy 1 get 2 free on soft drinks at certain places.
At least they are trying to make a difference.
Sad that the pubs insist on ripping people off. Being a non drinker I have got used to the stupid prices.
At least they are trying to make a difference.
Sad that the pubs insist on ripping people off. Being a non drinker I have got used to the stupid prices.
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Its just not worth doing,yesterday i went to football and before the game i had a pint of lager,then a pint of shandy,3hours later i still made the wife drive home.
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Your lucky, allot of pubs up here you cant even get a pint of coke, its them stupidly priced crappy measures, made up mostly of ice.
I did a similar thread a wile back
I did a similar thread a wile back
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Absolutely spot on, that bag in box shoite costs like a penny a pint (or it did when I worked in the trade) I charged 50p a pint for soft drinks out the tap and that was when beer was £2 a pint, other bars round about were charging the same for bag in box soft drinks as they were for pints.... Madness!!
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What fantastic responses in this thread. It is great to see everyone agreeing that drink driving is a big
It is absolutely disgusting the way pubs rip people off regarding soft drinks, but they have lost so much custom thanks to stopping folks having a *** I suppose they are looking at whatever they can to make a buck.
Also taxi fares are a joke. But, I would rather that than risk the tiniest drop of alcohol and then drive. I've seen the results
It is absolutely disgusting the way pubs rip people off regarding soft drinks, but they have lost so much custom thanks to stopping folks having a *** I suppose they are looking at whatever they can to make a buck.
Also taxi fares are a joke. But, I would rather that than risk the tiniest drop of alcohol and then drive. I've seen the results
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Soft drinks have always been a rip off and pubs try to justify it, the basic problem is that soft drinks have so much gas that most people can only drink 1 or 2 pints of them in an evening but once on the alcohol they will drink 5 or 6 pints in and evening so pubs dont want people drinking soft drinks do they!
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Soft drinks have always been a rip off and pubs try to justify it, the basic problem is that soft drinks have so much gas that most people can only drink 1 or 2 pints of them in an evening but once on the alcohol they will drink 5 or 6 pints in and evening so pubs dont want people drinking soft drinks do they!
My reason is the answer - my brother runs a pub.
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This is what i can't understand. With today's technology, WHY isn't it possible to make a drink taste exactly like a top brand lager but without the alcoholic content? Surely the breweries, facing the collapse of the pub industry around them, would have a vested interest in producing such a product?? Or is it just impossible to do, anybody know?
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Anyone with a pub must be crying their hearts out at night. to have someone sit there for a hour keeping warm and using your facilities with one pint is not a great way to make a profit !! same with coffee shops. people sit there thinking its a library . when you think of what it must cost to run a pub per hour, most pubs must be losing money every day.
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In my home town; St Helens, the greatest town on the planet, the town centre is hosting a festive offer where the proven designated driver gets free draught soft drinks :
Taxis over Yule in this magnificent town are normal rates except bank hols and xmas / new years eve's....
Taxis over Yule in this magnificent town are normal rates except bank hols and xmas / new years eve's....