Oi'll just be having the half then sor....
22 January 2013, 05:14 PM
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Oi'll just be having the half then sor....
22 January 2013, 05:33 PM
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i quite like this line
"A number of the councillors who approved the measure are reportedly themselves pub owners - but Mr Healy-Rae denied that this had influenced the vote."
"A number of the councillors who approved the measure are reportedly themselves pub owners - but Mr Healy-Rae denied that this had influenced the vote."
22 January 2013, 05:36 PM
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I'm not sure this makes a difference.
When I holidayed in rural Eire a few years back I was concerned about driving to the pub. The guest house landlady told me not to worry as the local on-duty police would be drinking there anyway.
We left about 1.00 in the morning through the back door, just in case the Chief of Police was passing the front.
I'm not sure this makes a difference.
When I holidayed in rural Eire a few years back I was concerned about driving to the pub. The guest house landlady told me not to worry as the local on-duty police would be drinking there anyway.
We left about 1.00 in the morning through the back door, just in case the Chief of Police was passing the front.
22 January 2013, 10:10 PM
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The drink drive laws have a lot to answer for in the huge demise of the pub industry, especially in rural areas.... No one can argue against that...
Plus this was on R4 on my way home.... They had some miserable biatch on from Brake!.... God i ******* hate that organisation with a passion.... Unelected do-gooders who think they speak for motorists.... Fcuck right off you frigid cow...... Aaaand breathe
Plus this was on R4 on my way home.... They had some miserable biatch on from Brake!.... God i ******* hate that organisation with a passion.... Unelected do-gooders who think they speak for motorists.... Fcuck right off you frigid cow...... Aaaand breathe
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I like this comment..
I'm not sure this makes a difference.
When I holidayed in rural Eire a few years back I was concerned about driving to the pub. The guest house landlady told me not to worry as the local on-duty police would be drinking there anyway.
We left about 1.00 in the morning through the back door, just in case the Chief of Police was passing the front.
I'm not sure this makes a difference.
When I holidayed in rural Eire a few years back I was concerned about driving to the pub. The guest house landlady told me not to worry as the local on-duty police would be drinking there anyway.
We left about 1.00 in the morning through the back door, just in case the Chief of Police was passing the front.
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The drink drive laws have a lot to answer for in the huge demise of the pub industry, especially in rural areas.... No one can argue against that...
Plus this was on R4 on my way home.... They had some miserable biatch on from Brake!.... God i ******* hate that organisation with a passion.... Unelected do-gooders who think they speak for motorists.... Fcuck right off you frigid cow...... Aaaand breathe
Plus this was on R4 on my way home.... They had some miserable biatch on from Brake!.... God i ******* hate that organisation with a passion.... Unelected do-gooders who think they speak for motorists.... Fcuck right off you frigid cow...... Aaaand breathe
There were no cars just over 100 years ago. And pubs were doing ok then.
Walk to the bloody pub if you want a drink
23 January 2013, 01:34 PM
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I'm not sure this makes a difference.
When I holidayed in rural Eire a few years back I was concerned about driving to the pub. The guest house landlady told me not to worry as the local on-duty police would be drinking there anyway.
We left about 1.00 in the morning through the back door, just in case the Chief of Police was passing the front.
I'm not sure this makes a difference.
When I holidayed in rural Eire a few years back I was concerned about driving to the pub. The guest house landlady told me not to worry as the local on-duty police would be drinking there anyway.
We left about 1.00 in the morning through the back door, just in case the Chief of Police was passing the front.
Bit like parts of Europe - Belgium for example, everyone drinks and drives and they say that unless you're all over the road the police don't bother.
They don't go out and get totally bolloxed like the English though.
Kerry has pubs galore though - unless you're really out in the sticks
23 January 2013, 02:53 PM
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Couldnt the demise otherwise be caused by the cost of a pint and ,equally, the no smoking ban ? And i , for one, wouldnt want the death of some innocent person caused by having one too many , on my consious
23 January 2013, 03:49 PM
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Out here in rural istria (croatia) everyone drinks and drives, there is no public transport, it's pretty much excepted by everyone including the police as long as you don't get wasted and drive like an idiot or crash they leave you alone.
Because it's rural everyone knows each other and if someone gets wasted then others drive them home.
I'm in no way condoning drinking and driving, but in some places it's different to being in a city where you can flag a cab or jump on a bus.
Because it's rural everyone knows each other and if someone gets wasted then others drive them home.
I'm in no way condoning drinking and driving, but in some places it's different to being in a city where you can flag a cab or jump on a bus.
23 January 2013, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Councillor Danny Healy-Rae
, who proposed the motion, said it would apply to "older people" who "are being isolated now at home, and a lot of them falling into depression".
23 January 2013, 05:57 PM
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23 January 2013, 10:49 PM
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Kerry is my neck of the woods and very large parts of it are like the highlands of Scotland with roads that are one track lanes that have grass growing down the middle of them and where you can wait an hour for a car to come along. There is a local near us where the old buffer in the corner goes home (about 4 miles up a lane Loeb would think twice about driving up) on his old moped, but not before putting on his safety gear - which is his anorak on backwards and, if its raining, a carrier bag on his head. I have a photo of him somewhere that I'll put on here if I can find it.
Not clever granted ( but quite funny) but also indicative of a place where there is very little traffic and where one bar can serve people spread over 20 miles of mountain, so I have some sympathy for this and think that two pints in such a location is/ wd be acceptable. Won't happen though - so the locals will just carry on doing what they have always done...
Not clever granted ( but quite funny) but also indicative of a place where there is very little traffic and where one bar can serve people spread over 20 miles of mountain, so I have some sympathy for this and think that two pints in such a location is/ wd be acceptable. Won't happen though - so the locals will just carry on doing what they have always done...
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Kerry is my neck of the woods and very large parts of it are like the highlands of Scotland with roads that are one track lanes that have grass growing down the middle of them and where you can wait an hour for a car to come along. There is a local near us where the old buffer in the corner goes home (about 4 miles up a lane Loeb would think twice about driving up) on his old moped, but not before putting on his safety gear - which is his anorak on backwards and, if its raining, a carrier bag on his head. I have a photo of him somewhere that I'll put on here if I can find it.
Not clever granted ( but quite funny) but also indicative of a place where there is very little traffic and where one bar can serve people spread over 20 miles of mountain, so I have some sympathy for this and think that two pints in such a location is/ wd be acceptable. Won't happen though - so the locals will just carry on doing what they have always done...
Not clever granted ( but quite funny) but also indicative of a place where there is very little traffic and where one bar can serve people spread over 20 miles of mountain, so I have some sympathy for this and think that two pints in such a location is/ wd be acceptable. Won't happen though - so the locals will just carry on doing what they have always done...
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