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Post by sticky on Oct 18, 2024 12:00:46 GMT
Was thinking earlier about the demise of pubs, and how expensive a pint is. So what is it that still draws people into the pub. Obviously people stay in more and drink from home, but you can’t beat a pub
Top 3 reasons for me
A draught pint of lager/stout.. just isn’t the same out of a can/bottle, I did buy a beer machine which was great tbf
The laziness, where you can just sit on your arse and things are done around you, no cleaning or being asked to do something.. Bliss
The atmosphere/characters, yep you get some arseholes about, but also some great folk and the banters great.. I suppose you could try to replicate it at home but it’s never the same
Be interesting see what others like about it, as for mine.. Do the younger generation want the above. I’d say no
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Post by sticky on Oct 18, 2024 12:02:15 GMT
I think more pubs that dicourage phones would be great tbf, and on a side note I’ve seen the vine down pitshill is up for auction. Be interesting to see what happens to that.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 18, 2024 12:11:47 GMT
Was thinking earlier about the demise of pubs, and how expensive a pint is. So what is it that still draws people into the pub. Obviously people stay in more and drink from home, but you can’t beat a pub Top 3 reasons for me A draught pint of lager/stout.. just isn’t the same out of a can/bottle, I did buy a beer machine which was great tbf The laziness, where you can just sit on your arse and things are done around you, no cleaning or being asked to do something.. Bliss The atmosphere/characters, yep you get some arseholes about, but also some great folk and the banters great.. I suppose you could try to replicate it at home but it’s never the same Be interesting see what others like about it, as for mine.. Do the younger generation want the above. I’d say no I think the point about the atmosphere is the biggest attraction for me, the rest I aren’t arsed about |
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Post by sticky on Oct 18, 2024 12:20:22 GMT
Was thinking earlier about the demise of pubs, and how expensive a pint is. So what is it that still draws people into the pub. Obviously people stay in more and drink from home, but you can’t beat a pub Top 3 reasons for me A draught pint of lager/stout.. just isn’t the same out of a can/bottle, I did buy a beer machine which was great tbf The laziness, where you can just sit on your arse and things are done around you, no cleaning or being asked to do something.. Bliss The atmosphere/characters, yep you get some arseholes about, but also some great folk and the banters great.. I suppose you could try to replicate it at home but it’s never the same Be interesting see what others like about it, as for mine.. Do the younger generation want the above. I’d say no I think the point about the atmosphere is the biggest attraction for me, the rest I aren’t arsed about I’ve got a bar/ shed at home and can fit half dozen people in but it’s not the same. Plus you end up being like a waiter all night. I really do fear for the traditional pub, and once they’re gone they’ll be gone for good, or come back as one of these modern swanky gin type bars, or a foody franchise type pub . Nothing beats the traditional pub |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Oct 18, 2024 12:53:11 GMT
Barmaids
Scampi Fries
Those peanuts cards that reveal women's knockers
Those Hagar beer mats that you could put your fingers through
Is/was a bar/restaurant in Cheshire that blocked mobile phone signals. Great idea
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Oct 18, 2024 12:56:27 GMT
Used to love an evening night in the pub/local,but the number of divs just seems to have increased almost exponentially now?
Much rather go to Eleven mosts weekends to catch a tribute band nowadays,no more expensive than most pubs and because people principally go for the music,the atmosphere and banter's a lot more good natured on the whole.
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Post by frasier37 on Oct 18, 2024 13:20:38 GMT
"what is it that still draws people into the pub." A ddiction probably  |
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Post by wagsastokie on Oct 18, 2024 16:46:34 GMT
Barmaids Scampi Fries Those peanuts cards that reveal women's knockers Those Hagar beer mats that you could put your fingers through Is/was a bar/restaurant in Cheshire that blocked mobile phone signals. Great idea Preferred bacon fries or even better the cheese moments they unfortunately discontinued |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 18, 2024 17:04:38 GMT
Barmaids Scampi Fries Those peanuts cards that reveal women's knockers Those Hagar beer mats that you could put your fingers through Is/was a bar/restaurant in Cheshire that blocked mobile phone signals. Great idea Preferred bacon fries or even better the cheese moments they unfortunately discontinued Yes ✊🏻✊🏻 |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Oct 18, 2024 17:15:00 GMT
Barmaids Scampi Fries Those peanuts cards that reveal women's knockers Those Hagar beer mats that you could put your fingers through Is/was a bar/restaurant in Cheshire that blocked mobile phone signals. Great idea Preferred bacon fries or even better the cheese moments they unfortunately discontinued Cheese Moments? Are you in the same nursing home as Badgo? |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 18, 2024 17:23:17 GMT
Fit barmaids.
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Oct 18, 2024 17:25:19 GMT
Dunrobin in Dresden was great on a Friday night with a DJ on in the lounge, all different ages & all kinds of characters, never seen a pub so rammed like that place used to get.
Royal Oak down Fenton, ace set-up in the bar with the pool, darts & skittles all down the same corner by the tele, two great nudgers in the lounge aswell, including the jackpot repeater friendly 'Volcano'.
The Joker in the heart of Blurton, man, that place was an experience! Which sadly if you weren't from Blurton you'd doubtfully get to sample as it wasn't the kind of place you'd visit.
Spent too many years in those three places, sadly not one of them still exist today.
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Post by mtrstudent on Oct 18, 2024 17:27:45 GMT
Round the corner from me they had a bar with a kinda religious theme. Belgian beers and some stained glass designs. The lads were dapper and the lasses had the sexy shirt/short skirt/stockings thing. I think they changed it recently because of sexism. But it was nice. |
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Post by mtrstudent on Oct 18, 2024 17:29:21 GMT
How often do you end up chatting to new people?
I've got great memories of meeting new people over pool or billiards or watching a match. But thinking about it, it's probably like 1 time in 10.
Still, wouldn't happen at home.
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Post by milton58 on Oct 18, 2024 17:36:11 GMT
The geezer shouting cockles mussels bloody lovely they were
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 18, 2024 17:45:23 GMT
Village idiots as well. There's always one in every pub and in most cases are good value for a bit of hilarity.
I may well have been classed as that village idiot in years gone by thinking about it 😆 I don't get out much nowadays to be fair. Sit and shout at the telly most evenings...
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Post by plug on Oct 18, 2024 18:07:17 GMT
The geezer shouting cockles mussels bloody lovely they were Ast got crabs on yer, cock? |
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Post by riverman on Oct 18, 2024 18:48:59 GMT
Everything. 😁👍
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Post by tommycarlsberg on Oct 18, 2024 18:49:21 GMT
Everything.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 18, 2024 19:14:21 GMT
Just been the Thistleberry for a couple of after work scoops. Lovely to get into a social setting. I couldn’t do it all night anymore though with the prices as they are. It’s a real shame and pubs are suffering big time
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Post by prestwichpotter on Oct 18, 2024 19:15:58 GMT
An all dayer.
Once in a blue moon these days but there’s nothing better…..
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 18, 2024 19:17:30 GMT
An all dayer. Once in a blue moon these days but there’s nothing better….. Every 3 months for me. Prefer to call it an all 3 dayer as it takes me that long to recover these days!🤦🏻♂️ Getting older really is worse than I thought it’d be! |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Oct 18, 2024 19:38:10 GMT
Going into a musty pub that has just opened for the day and the smell of Shake and Vac or the quivalent from Iceland these days . You can often still smell the piss coming from the toilets though
I'd rather eat Shake N Vac that Cheese Moments.
Cheese Moments also never had a tasty looking housewife putting the freshness back either and wiggling it about
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Post by telfordstoke on Oct 18, 2024 19:40:57 GMT
I go very rarely and to mainly one , The Crown in Oakengates (Telford , obviously), small real ale boozer on High St and I probably visit once a month generally after get back from the game on a Sat and we're picking up a takeaway. Doesn't play music loud,not many glued to phones and a good convivial boozer with a nice crowd, there'll be a few other lads who are also on way home from games and I'll spend a happy hour with 2-3 pints before picking food up. Good scratchings and snacks and superb beer and while I "know" many in there I can still have a bit of quiet time enjoying a pint in my own headspace and that counts for a lot to me, can't put a price on that.
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 18, 2024 19:41:15 GMT
I used to love a go on the old fruit machines. And if you did you could guarantee you'd come across a Billy Bleach 😆
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 18, 2024 19:41:28 GMT
Going into a musty pub that has just opened for the day and the smell of Shake and Vac or the quivalent from Iceland these days . You can often still smell the piss coming from the toilets though I'd rather eat Shake N Vac that Cheese Moments. Cheese Moments also never had a tasty looking housewife putting the freshness back either and wiggling it about I once caught a cheese moment in my mouth that Sticky Vicky had pumped out of her minge in Benidorm circa 98. True story, I think….. |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 18, 2024 19:42:43 GMT
I go very rarely and to mainly one , The Crown in Oakengates (Telford , obviously), small real ale boozer on High St and I probably visit once a month generally after get back from the game on a Sat and we're picking up a takeaway. Doesn't play music loud,not many glued to phones and a good convivial boozer with a nice crowd, there'll be a few other lads who are also on way home from games and I'll spend a happy hour with 2-3 pints before picking food up. Good scratchings and snacks and superb beer and while I "know" many in there I can still have a bit of quiet time enjoying a pint in my own headspace and that counts for a lot to me, can't put a price on that. Perfect |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 18, 2024 19:44:08 GMT
An all dayer. Once in a blue moon these days but there’s nothing better….. With you on that. Although the all dayers nowadays start at 1pm and I'm on my way home by 9pm. So not really a proper all dayer I guess 😁 |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 18, 2024 19:47:40 GMT
An all dayer. Once in a blue moon these days but there’s nothing better….. With you on that. Although the all dayers nowadays start at 1pm and I'm on my way home by 9pm. So not really a proper all dayer I guess 😁 I’d say that’s probably standard for an all dayer now mate |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 18, 2024 19:47:44 GMT
Talking utter bollox is another one.
Everyone walking round with computers and fucking Google in their pockets has totally ruined my bullshit displays of outstanding historical knowledge. Shyte 😆
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