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Indeed, if anything is going to fry your synapses it’s a regular intake of Skunk!cafcnick1992 said:I think the link to alcohol and mental health is an interesting one. On a similar theme; I'm often astounded by how many people are for the legalisation of cannabis for the same reasons.0 -
Anyone checked in on Mrs AFKA?AFKABartram said:Welcome home
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First glass of Doombar for a very long time.
The Sydney Arm's, old Perry st, Chislehurst.
Not far from the 'Bulls head' but a sight cheaper!
Couldn't stay long, was to cold.1 -
99% of blokes in a pub are massive twats, a ridiculously high figure.EugenesAxe said:
Indeed and my friends are the same, but there’s a lot of twats in the world and there’s a particular place you can guarantee they’ll congregate, I’m sensing a connection.Covered End said:I don't know and it's getting late, but most of the people I know are moderate drinkers.
None of them are massive twats and they don't have mental health issues.
Perhaps we associate with different types.
I suspect most people's friend's and acquaintances are similar to mine.
The last place I was at was a British Legion club so maybe a bad example 😆
Plus a strange thing to say.1 -
When I was younger I thought the more twats in a pub the better, in fact we would leave establishments if there wasn’t sufficient twattage.
Now, can we get back to people being happy and posting pictures of their pints (+ some complaining about how much beer now costs!).0 -
I do think the twatometer rises once alcohol is added and 99% probably is the right number when you’re talking about palace areas like Bromley9
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Queens head is basically a spoons tho. Feels like it. Bulls head is different class (but also price)Bromley Graham said:Huskaris said:
Walk past there a couple times a day, get the feeling that you probably don't even need to book there, loads of space, out front not even used!Covered End said:
The Bulls Head is the most expensive pub I know in the area.Bromley Graham said:Bulls Head, Chislehurst. Friend of mine on Monday. Guess the beer was 6 pounds, the rest being table service/ delivery charge.
Last year pints were £5/£5.50, although you could go to the bar yourself.
I go to the Queens Head now, 10 min walk away & pints were about £3.50 last year.
Big "garden" out the back, a bit bigger than The Bulls Head or similar.
But they always run out of lemon for my G and T!. No chance of lime, alien concept. Never occirs to them to pop downw to Sainsburys 100 yards away and buy some.Huskaris said:
Walk past there a couple times a day, get the feeling that you probably don't even need to book there, loads of space, out front not even used!Covered End said:
The Bulls Head is the most expensive pub I know in the area.Bromley Graham said:Bulls Head, Chislehurst. Friend of mine on Monday. Guess the beer was 6 pounds, the rest being table service/ delivery charge.
Last year pints were £5/£5.50, although you could go to the bar yourself.
I go to the Queens Head now, 10 min walk away & pints were about £3.50 last year.
Big "garden" out the back, a bit bigger than The Bulls Head or similar.
Ill give you a middle ground; crown inn (at the point of the bull-tiger-crown triangle)... even has a bowls lawn2 -
Spot on. So glad I live in leafy Bexley. Bromley is a rough old area these days full of Palace and pub twatsoohaahmortimer said:I do think the twatometer rises once alcohol is added and 99% probably is the right number when you’re talking about palace areas like Bromley
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No, I meant I’m a bit quirky that I really don't like being with people or speaking to people who have been drinking if if I haven’t been drinking myself.Weegie Addick said:You mean easy to get into, hard to get out of, I assume, @AFKABartram, given your post-match reputation?
Im obviously conflicted and admit a massive hypocrite as I enjoy the release it can bring.2 -
That’s two days in a row she’s drunk you under the table Graham, you need to up your game :-)Bromley Graham said:White Lion, Locksbottom today. 2 bottles of house merlot, pint of Spitfire, 2 Burgers with fries, £61. No service/delivery charge. Recommend5 - Sponsored links:
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All safe, it was Budweiser in there. I’ve been on an official ban from Stella for about 12 yearsoohaahmortimer said:
Anyone checked in on Mrs AFKA?AFKABartram said:Welcome home2 -
Takes all sorts. I honestly have no idea why anyone would go to a pub garden and order Budweiser, surely you can experience the same delicate flavours by drinking your own toilet water at home?10
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Draft Stella in only 4.6% nowAFKABartram said:
All safe, it was Budweiser in there. I’ve been on an official ban from Stella for about 12 yearsoohaahmortimer said:
Anyone checked in on Mrs AFKA?AFKABartram said:Welcome home
Draft Bud is 4.3%0 -
Queens Head is an Ember In, same as the Earl Haig in Bexleyheath. Always found them nice pubs and really good value (only been Queens at lunchtimes though)2121 said:
Queens head is basically a spoons tho. Feels like it. Bulls head is different class (but also price)Bromley Graham said:Huskaris said:
Walk past there a couple times a day, get the feeling that you probably don't even need to book there, loads of space, out front not even used!Covered End said:
The Bulls Head is the most expensive pub I know in the area.Bromley Graham said:Bulls Head, Chislehurst. Friend of mine on Monday. Guess the beer was 6 pounds, the rest being table service/ delivery charge.
Last year pints were £5/£5.50, although you could go to the bar yourself.
I go to the Queens Head now, 10 min walk away & pints were about £3.50 last year.
Big "garden" out the back, a bit bigger than The Bulls Head or similar.
But they always run out of lemon for my G and T!. No chance of lime, alien concept. Never occirs to them to pop downw to Sainsburys 100 yards away and buy some.Huskaris said:
Walk past there a couple times a day, get the feeling that you probably don't even need to book there, loads of space, out front not even used!Covered End said:
The Bulls Head is the most expensive pub I know in the area.Bromley Graham said:Bulls Head, Chislehurst. Friend of mine on Monday. Guess the beer was 6 pounds, the rest being table service/ delivery charge.
Last year pints were £5/£5.50, although you could go to the bar yourself.
I go to the Queens Head now, 10 min walk away & pints were about £3.50 last year.
Big "garden" out the back, a bit bigger than The Bulls Head or similar.
Ill give you a middle ground; crown inn (at the point of the bull-tiger-crown triangle)... even has a bowls lawn0 -
I'm starting to feel like the only one left who hasn't been back to a pub yet.0
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I've not been back yet but booked in the Shortlands Tavern next Wednesday afternoon.0
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Pop in to The Jolley Woodman after, another decent boozer.iaitch said:I've not been back yet but booked in the Shortlands Tavern next Wednesday afternoon.0 -
That argument Is easy. As things are, weed is grown to be as strong as possible and very high in THC. If things were controlled that wouldn't be the case. In America you can pick weak/strong... indica/sativa.cafcnick1992 said:I think the link to alcohol and mental health is an interesting one. On a similar theme; I'm often astounded by how many people are for the legalisation of cannabis for the same reasons.
Just like when booze was prohibited and always moonshine.
Prohibition didn't stop people making or drinking booze, just like it doesn't with cannabis.5 -
If you like pub gardens, and you like Budweiser, then it is surely a logical thing to do?Alwaysneil said:Takes all sorts. I honestly have no idea why anyone would go to a pub garden and order Budweiser, surely you can experience the same delicate flavours by drinking your own toilet water at home?
Ahhhh, I get it - beer snobbery.....
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It's what we get up to under the table! Method in my madnessAFKABartram said:
That’s two days in a row she’s drunk you under the table Graham, you need to up your game :-)Bromley Graham said:White Lion, Locksbottom today. 2 bottles of house merlot, pint of Spitfire, 2 Burgers with fries, £61. No service/delivery charge. Recommend1 - Sponsored links:
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You’re not.Addickted said:I'm starting to feel like the only one left who hasn't been back to a pub yet.
As Ireland is now officially the longest in lockdown there is no light at the end of the tunnel 😩
Oh and it’s perfectly normal to think everyone is a tw@t when they’re drunk & you’re completely sober. But that is 100% your problem & not theirs I’m afraid.Not everyone who drinks too much is an alcoholic &/or has mental health issues.1 -
True but often it feels that way when the session descends into Narcissists Anonymous!KBslittlesis said:
You’re not.Addickted said:I'm starting to feel like the only one left who hasn't been back to a pub yet.
As Ireland is now officially the longest in lockdown there is no light at the end of the tunnel 😩
Oh and it’s perfectly normal to think everyone is a tw@t when they’re drunk & you’re completely sober. But that is 100% your problem & not theirs I’m afraid.Not everyone who drinks too much is an alcoholic &/or has mental health issues.
I appreciate I’m probably seeing this from a very different perspective to most on here, you could say I’ve been chewed up and spat out the other side!
Ive only recently got out of the game (praise be lockdown and the opportunity to realign life) and this is my period of reflection on the last 25 years, got my first bar job when I was 18; and the more I look back the more I’m baffled by human behaviour!
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WTF bud in a Stella glass ? The whole lots gone to pot!AFKABartram said:
All safe, it was Budweiser in there. I’ve been on an official ban from Stella for about 12 yearsoohaahmortimer said:
Anyone checked in on Mrs AFKA?AFKABartram said:Welcome home2 -
I've got nothing to back this up, but my own personal experience suggests that the percentages are the other way around. 95% of blokes in pubs are decent regular people who just want a bit of relaxing time with a beer and their mates. 5% are massive twats, but they draw 95% of our attention simply because they are massive twats.Covered End said:
You appear to be suggesting that 95% of blokes in pubs are massive twats and perhaps people kept saying to you to have a drink and you were too weak willed to say no.EugenesAxe said:I can totally accept having a nice drink can be a great way to spend an evening, I liked it myself too much!
what I still cant understand is the acceptance in life to the point it is sometimes foisted on people wether they want a part of it or not.
I can only think there’s a link between drink and mental health, that it helps people self regulate when they are suffering from poor mental health; which judging by the numbers is a big old section of society, though they’ll never face it as any kind of reality.
but I guess that’s where alcohol is integral in the cycle of depression, you drink to feel better but that drink is also prolonging it.
You also seem to suggest that people only have a "drink" because they have mental health issues.
There may be an element of truth for some people, but if I have understood you correctly I think you are way way off the mark.21 -
@Spitfire76 they'll be putting Real Ale in a Carlsberg glass next...Spitfire76 said:
WTF bud in a Stella glass ? The whole lots gone to pot!AFKABartram said:
All safe, it was Budweiser in there. I’ve been on an official ban from Stella for about 12 yearsoohaahmortimer said:
Anyone checked in on Mrs AFKA?AFKABartram said:Welcome home0 -
If anyone is near Tunbridge Wells, I was in The Mount Edgecumbe yesterday for lunch with my partner; an excellent couple of pints of Harvey's Sussex Best, Malfy Rosa, and very good food, all under cover with individually infra-red heated tables, and great service. Going back there on Saturday!
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Reflections of an occasional drinker.
Pre Covid I enjoyed the occasional pint of Doombar, maybe once a fortnight.
Since pubs have been closed I've gradually developed an insatiable longing for the stuff.
Classic how the forbidden becomes so attractive.3 -
Making my way to Little Faith on Creek Road this evening for a quiet hour or so....don't feel the need to drink...have a brilliant stock of beer in my beer fridge in any case...but want to support a small business, so off I trot... Cheers
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That’s like seeing a Millwall fan in a Palace shirtSpitfire76 said:
WTF bud in a Stella glass ? The whole lots gone to pot!AFKABartram said:
All safe, it was Budweiser in there. I’ve been on an official ban from Stella for about 12 yearsoohaahmortimer said:
Anyone checked in on Mrs AFKA?AFKABartram said:Welcome home 4 -
Let us know what it's like.iaitch said:I've not been back yet but booked in the Shortlands Tavern next Wednesday afternoon.
It's another on my list to visit.0
