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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2019 1:26:12 GMT
Does it ever get any easier?
I feel I've irrevocably tipped and everything is wank and everyone there is fucking 14.
Discuss or shitbin as appropriate. (Do not shitbin.)
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Post by PotteringThrough on May 25, 2019 6:22:02 GMT
I have not been since I turned 27. No actual reason, just stopped. Which is weird because it was a regular occurrence before then, and certainly a weekly Friday night job in late teens/early 20s.
There is definitely a point where you become the oldest in there and it is quite alarming to think that in your 20s you're looking at people thinking " what are you doing in here, you're about 12?!?". Of course they're looking at you thinking "what are you doing in here, you're about 50?!?".
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Post by felonious on May 25, 2019 6:38:25 GMT
Does anyone give a shit about age. I've started going to gigs over the last 4 or 5 years on a much higher frequency and to smaller venues..... all the best freaks go, I don't think they're looking at me.
Maybe you've hit your Radio One moment
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on May 25, 2019 8:56:16 GMT
I was in there every Friday for about six years and then just petered out when I started preferring boozy footy Saturdays (so I could be home and asleep earlier).
Been in a handful of times over recent years (especially last summer when I was trying to knob this Polish girl who kept taking me in there) and felt a bit self-conscious about being 29/30, but nobody really cares.
It's still an absolutely cracking club.
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Post by danceswithclams on May 25, 2019 9:18:04 GMT
I was there last night to watch Stoke's very own Average Joe. This lad is getting quite a bit of major label intrest (and deservedly so).
I am 36 years old but only look about 50% sex-offender.
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Post by bathstoke on May 25, 2019 9:27:58 GMT
Does it ever get any easier? I feel I've irrevocably tipped and everything is wank and everyone there is fucking 14. Discuss or shitbin as appropriate. (Do not shitbin.) You £@#&!n juvenile. ‘Ave you even got pubes yet!?! I’m not a groomer!
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Post by LL Cool Dave on May 25, 2019 9:42:59 GMT
Can't speak for the Sugarmill but I go to quite a few gigs and I'm often one of the youngest there (at 42), even for really young, new bands.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on May 25, 2019 11:22:37 GMT
You can go to gigs at any age at any venue, nothing wrong with that at all. It's more the club nights that I feel a bit awkward at.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2019 12:28:31 GMT
I'm going next month at 45.
Who gives a shit? Do eet.
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Post by felonious on May 25, 2019 12:47:55 GMT
I went to the Belle and Sebastian gig at Liverpool last year. The age range looked like it went from 75ish down to a 4 year old with ear defenders dancing on the stage with her parents
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Post by felonious on May 25, 2019 12:49:37 GMT
Does it ever get any easier? I feel I've irrevocably tipped and everything is wank and everyone there is fucking 14. Discuss or shitbin as appropriate. (Do not shitbin.) I feel I must add, 29, you young bastard
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2019 14:58:15 GMT
Does it ever get any easier? I feel I've irrevocably tipped and everything is wank and everyone there is fucking 14. Discuss or shitbin as appropriate. (Do not shitbin.) I feel I must add, 29, you young bastard "Post 29" - I'm 30 and ready for retirement Yeah no qualms about going to see shows anywhere, this was the actual nightcubbyish bit. Fucking dreadful.
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Post by telfordstoke on May 25, 2019 15:10:46 GMT
Been there sporadically for years, solely for gigs, the Hugh Cornwall one was an old gits fest, and I suspect the Mike Monroe one in November will be the same. Beers grim, toilets are grim but some good bands on
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Post by danceswithclams on May 25, 2019 15:17:27 GMT
Been there sporadically for years, solely for gigs, the Hugh Cornwall one was an old gits fest, and I suspect the Mike Monroe one in November will be the same. Beers grim, toilets are grim but some good bands on SUGARMILL RULE #1 'Don't drink the draught'
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on May 25, 2019 15:42:00 GMT
Rumour has it that the drip trays feed directly back into the barrels, and the pipes have never been cleaned.
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Post by danceswithclams on May 25, 2019 15:45:03 GMT
I think that they just buy shit beer to be honest (just like every student union you've ever had a pint in).
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Post by Timmypotter on May 25, 2019 15:51:54 GMT
Can't speak for the Sugarmill but I go to quite a few gigs and I'm often one of the youngest there (at 42), even for really young, new bands. Want to watch the Futureheads at the sugarmill a few weeks back. I'd assumed everyone there would be around my age, with them having their heyday when I was in my 20s in the early 2000s but I was one of the youngest at 37.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on May 25, 2019 15:53:04 GMT
It's just cheap, shit lager. Is it still Tuborg? That was an improvement over Carlsberg though, admittedly. I mostly have bottled Newcastle Brown (well, on my rare visits over the last few years at least anyway).
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Post by telfordstoke on May 25, 2019 15:59:50 GMT
The comedy gold at Hugh Cornwall was the staff at bar, we got a place at front of balcony so the wife could see stage well and I went to get two pints of pisswater and was told could only buy one as they couldn’t see and ID verify her. Clearly under age drinkers on club night are an issue but ffs that was hard work
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Post by danceswithclams on May 25, 2019 16:02:54 GMT
The comedy gold at Hugh Cornwall was the staff at bar, we got a place at front of balcony so the wife could see stage well and I went to get two pints of pisswater and was told could only buy one as they couldn’t see and ID verify her. Clearly under age drinkers on club night are an issue but ffs that was hard work They're obliged by the licensing conditions to do that (as all gigs are open to 14 year old and over). It's the same in most small venues across the UK.
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Post by telfordstoke on May 25, 2019 16:12:04 GMT
The comedy gold at Hugh Cornwall was the staff at bar, we got a place at front of balcony so the wife could see stage well and I went to get two pints of pisswater and was told could only buy one as they couldn’t see and ID verify her. Clearly under age drinkers on club night are an issue but ffs that was hard work They're obliged by the licensing conditions to do that (as all gigs are open to 14 year old and over). It's the same in most small venues across the UK. Yeah understand the licensing requirements but they had sightline to her and no disrespect, she’s good for her age, but clearly closer to 50 than 17 lol. Go a lot of gigs and venues and that’s first time seen it done so draconianly .
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Post by elystokie on May 25, 2019 16:16:46 GMT
I went to see Hayseed Dixie with my lad last year and there was a very wide range of ages in the audience. Went to a nightclub in Budapest year before and I didn't see a single other old fucker there, I was absolutely hammered tho
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Post by danceswithclams on May 25, 2019 16:27:34 GMT
They're obliged by the licensing conditions to do that (as all gigs are open to 14 year old and over). It's the same in most small venues across the UK. Yeah understand the licensing requirements but they had sightline to her and no disrespect, she’s good for her age, but clearly closer to 50 than 17 lol. Go a lot of gigs and venues and that’s first time seen it done so draconianly . I'm guessing that the issue wasn't that your Mrs was underage but that there wasn't 2 wristbands being presented at the point of purchase (as stipulated by the licensing conditions for 14 and over gigs). If they'd served anyone who said that the other drinks they're buying are for my mate or Mrs etc, what's to stop anyone with a wristband just pointing at some random person and claiming the other drinks are for that clearly over 18 person over there? Perhaps The Sugarmill has been stung for this before and they've got the bar staff well drilled to avoid it happening again...
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Post by Bojan Mackey on May 25, 2019 16:53:50 GMT
Only go there for the Move nights now.
Hanley is a fucking cesspit and has been for years, plus the “I’m not arsed about crawling in at 5am anymore” light came on at the start of this year at 26, can’t hack it anymore.
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Post by danceswithclams on May 25, 2019 17:20:37 GMT
Only go there for the Move nights now. Hanley is a fucking cesspit and has been for years, plus the “I’m not arsed about crawling in at 5am anymore” light came on at the start of this year at 26, can’t hack it anymore. Piccadilly is decent these days youth. There's a fair few good places to have a beer without being surrounded by scrotes - Mart's, Bottlecraft and Rawr to name but three.
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Post by chuffedstokie on May 25, 2019 17:24:46 GMT
It's just cheap, shit lager. Is it still Tuborg? That was an improvement over Carlsberg though, admittedly. I mostly have bottled Newcastle Brown (well, on my rare visits over the last few years at least anyway). Be grateful it wasn't Harp Lager, there should be a law against that crap.
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Post by Timmypotter on May 25, 2019 18:14:02 GMT
They're obliged by the licensing conditions to do that (as all gigs are open to 14 year old and over). It's the same in most small venues across the UK. Yeah understand the licensing requirements but they had sightline to her and no disrespect, she’s good for her age, but clearly closer to 50 than 17 lol. Go a lot of gigs and venues and that’s first time seen it done so draconianly . This happened to me and my bro too, and we were stood 2 yards from the bar. Had to buy a pint, hand it to my brother, then buy another. Apparently they only have to do it when a band is actually playing.
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Post by Bojan Mackey on May 25, 2019 18:37:29 GMT
Only go there for the Move nights now. Hanley is a fucking cesspit and has been for years, plus the “I’m not arsed about crawling in at 5am anymore” light came on at the start of this year at 26, can’t hack it anymore. Piccadilly is decent these days youth. There's a fair few good places to have a beer without being surrounded by scrotes - Mart's, Bottlecraft and Rawr to name but three. I might give them a go, I tend to gravitate towards Newcastle/Stone if I fancy a few swift ones now. Scrote levels became way too high.
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Post by felonious on May 25, 2019 18:57:10 GMT
They're obliged by the licensing conditions to do that (as all gigs are open to 14 year old and over). It's the same in most small venues across the UK. Yeah understand the licensing requirements but they had sightline to her and no disrespect, she’s good for her age, but clearly closer to 50 than 17 lol. Go a lot of gigs and venues and that’s first time seen it done so draconianly . A few years back my ex was doing a large shop in Asda and took my then 17 year old daughter with her to help. She packed and my daughter put everything onto the belt. When she lifted a bottle of wine out the cashier asked to see her ID. Needless to say after a stand off everything was left where it was
Three years back on my son's 18th birthday we went to the same store to get his party booze. He paid, told the cashier he was 18 that day and had come to get ID'd. She wished him a happy birthday and didn't bother with the ID.
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Post by salopstick on May 25, 2019 19:40:07 GMT
I was there last night to watch Stoke's very own Average Joe. This lad is getting quite a bit of major label intrest (and deservedly so). I am 36 years old but only look about 50% sex-offender. Fuck off 87% The other 13% mincing cunt
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