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 :mad:, it was at 6:30pm Sat afternoon, just me and the Mrs and the journey was only 7 miles :eek:. We rung around other companies but that was the cheapest :nono:. 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 :mad: :razz:. It was cheaper to have a pint of lager/beer :mad:. You do the right thing and get boned which ever way :(. |
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. |
Yes, but drinking and driving can cost you more than a bone. So, you did the right thing. Well done getting a cab for 15 squid, and well done on driving Coca Cola-ed only :thumb:
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Originally Posted by Walwal
(Post 8380850)
Lemonade/cola etc should be about a quid a pint. Agree with that :thumb: Its painful to pay £2.90 for a pint of Coca Cola, even when one could be living within a walking distance from the pub. |
On tap coke and soft drinks cost a pub feck all. They should all give it free to the nominated driver in a group if the others are buy alcohol.
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*Demands Free soft-drink refills in pubs!*
If I ever have a pub (unlikely), thats what I'll do! I promise the Scoobynet massive! ;) |
Driving home after being on the coke all night can be worse than drink driving.
So I hear. :D |
£15 for 7 miles is par for the course :mad: 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 :eek:
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. dl |
Originally Posted by David Lock
(Post 8380952)
£15 for 7 miles is par for the course :mad: 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 :eek:
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. dl i get nervous if i even have a glass of wine and have to drive. My license is clean and i need it ! |
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. |
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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Originally Posted by The Dogs B******s
(Post 8381162)
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.
Good man :) |
Originally Posted by The Dogs B******s
(Post 8381162)
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.
If that's the case, why didn't you get hammered. :) |
Originally Posted by cookstar
(Post 8381413)
If that's the case, why didn't you get hammered. :)
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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 |
Originally Posted by The Dogs B******s
(Post 8381437)
Because i was still hung over from the night before:D
Good enough. :thumb: |
Originally Posted by cookstar
(Post 8381471)
Good enough. :thumb:
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Originally Posted by Nat21
(Post 8380868)
On tap coke and soft drinks cost a pub feck all. They should all give it free to the nominated driver in a group if the others are buy alcohol.
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Anyone tried non-alcoholic beer? Jeeeeeeeez that stuff tastes awful..... dl
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What fantastic responses in this thread. It is great to see everyone agreeing that drink driving is a big :nono:
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 fag 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 :( |
Shouldn't the title be:
Pubs are a rip-off, and taxis are a con lol. |
I paid over £4 the other in a pub, btw. And it was only Heineken.
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I still pay £1.65 in my old local for a pint of lager. :eek:
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Loads of pubs are doing credit crunch pints for £2 :)
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Originally Posted by Nat21
(Post 8381789)
Loads of pubs are doing credit crunch pints for £2 :)
They have been at that price for 4 maybe 5 years, |
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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Originally Posted by Adrian F
(Post 8381821)
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. |
Originally Posted by David Lock
(Post 8381731)
Anyone tried non-alcoholic beer? Jeeeeeeeez that stuff tastes awful..... dl
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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 :notworthy:
Taxis over Yule in this magnificent town are normal rates except bank hols and xmas / new years eve's.... :D |
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