tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post5002416951665453173..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Drink less and live longerCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-24995723548420638222011-06-28T13:40:30.669+01:002011-06-28T13:40:30.669+01:00Don't expect to see this receive any publicity...Don't expect to see this receive any publicity<br /><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/28/wrinkly_booze_crackdown_slammed/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/28/wrinkly_booze_crackdown_slammed/</a><br /><br />"Proper scientists: Old folk should drink MORE, not less"<br /><br />Mind you, at 4 units a day, it's hardly worth my going to the pub.View from the Solenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930587784230398787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-30464452069547552502011-06-23T16:59:31.780+01:002011-06-23T16:59:31.780+01:00It's worth mentioning that an OAP even drinkin...It's worth mentioning that an OAP even drinking two cans of 2% Tesco Value Bitter would be over the daily limit.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-2257277023985057742011-06-23T16:58:15.703+01:002011-06-23T16:58:15.703+01:00As always the media debate focuses on the conseque...As always the media debate focuses on the consequences of extreme drinking (e.g. 15+ units a day rather than over a week).<br /><br />The case for moderation in older age that I heard was related to the incidence of falls, which I can't believe rises dramatically after a couple of pints or equivalent).Martin, Cambridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-66376744580692732632011-06-23T10:44:11.137+01:002011-06-23T10:44:11.137+01:00Collective punishment and denormalisation, the sta...Collective punishment and denormalisation, the standard tactics of the Progressive state run by 'experts'. The BBC just loves this stuff, but then again they are Progressive cunts to the core.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-14814315139084499432011-06-23T08:40:58.985+01:002011-06-23T08:40:58.985+01:00'It's the usual approach of stigmatising e...'It's the usual approach of stigmatising everyone rather than concentrating on those who really do have a problem."<br /><br />Strangely enough yesterday I was in a hospital and sitting in a room full of people waiting for either a local or general anesthetic. As the people waiting for a general could not drink or eat everybody had to sit in a boiling room for hours with nothing as staff had decided it was unfair to eat/drink in front of them.<br />Are people really that stupid? I don't think so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-10363449291239985272011-06-23T08:29:18.778+01:002011-06-23T08:29:18.778+01:00UKIP slams report on over-65s drinking
Paul Nutta...<a href="http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/news.ma/article/90954" rel="nofollow">UKIP slams report on over-65s drinking</a><br /><br /><i>Paul Nuttall, deputy leader of the UK Independence Party, said: “The psychiatrists seem to be suggesting that pensioners drink more than they should because they are lonely. Well that is why they go to their local, for a pint and some company.<br /><br />“This is a direct attack on the income of the family pub. It won’t harm the lager palaces who don’t cater for pensioners, but it will seriously hit the local.<br /><br />“The point is that by trying to scare the elderly off their tipples the impact will be felt in greater misery, greater loneliness and of course a further hit on the profits of the beleaguered pub and club trade.”</i>Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-7958982025383909512011-06-23T07:00:55.666+01:002011-06-23T07:00:55.666+01:00Leg-iron here:
"When I get old, assuming I g...<a href="http://underdogsbiteupwards.blogspot.com/2011/06/duty-free-denormalised.html" rel="nofollow">Leg-iron here</a>:<br /><br /><i>"When I get old, assuming I get that far, I plan to spend the last years of my time permanently and entirely pissed."</i>Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-14265554676096052012011-06-22T14:33:29.251+01:002011-06-22T14:33:29.251+01:00...and I'm sure you won't be surprised to ......and I'm sure you won't be surprised to hear that the Royal College of Psychiatrist bloke on the radio said we're in a situation like we were with smokers 20 years ago.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-9702042668002797842011-06-22T14:16:11.148+01:002011-06-22T14:16:11.148+01:00I think it can be difficult sometimes for people. ...I think it can be difficult sometimes for people. Take these Royal Psychie guys, all they probably ever hear about are the bad uses of alcohol. No one ever really hears of the little old lady who enjoys the half pint of lager every day, it's the ones who drain litres of whisky, people study. But yes, they are wrong to impose these views onto others.Ghost Drinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753576955816756710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-28522999793608272382011-06-22T14:13:45.209+01:002011-06-22T14:13:45.209+01:00"Drink less and live longer"
It'll o..."Drink less and live longer"<br />It'll only seem longer...<br /><br />This is another case of quacks justifying their own existence and their own research grants.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07108618385043353032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-70942986725610186422011-06-22T14:00:40.519+01:002011-06-22T14:00:40.519+01:00"It's the usual approach of stigmatising ..."It's the usual approach of stigmatising everyone rather than concentrating on those who really do have a problem.It's the usual approach of stigmatising everyone rather than concentrating on those who really do have a problem."<br /><br />It's a very fascist approach. "Better 99 innocent people are punished than one guilty one goes free."Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-59412548000930338592011-06-22T13:43:20.035+01:002011-06-22T13:43:20.035+01:00Oh, I'm not claiming that alcoholism and very ...Oh, I'm not claiming that alcoholism and very heavy drinking are unknown amongst pensioners, and I'm sure some do take to it as a coping strategy. <br /><br />But to argue that the best way of dealing with that is to expect light drinkers to cut down even further is nonsense. It's the usual approach of stigmatising everyone rather than concentrating on those who really do have a problem. In a word, denormalisation.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-72595075041624915482011-06-22T13:35:40.822+01:002011-06-22T13:35:40.822+01:00Both my parents turned to booze in their later yea...Both my parents turned to booze in their later years. My father suffered a series of TIAs (mini-strokes - nasty things, not much physical effect but several hours of confusion and dysphasia, and each one leaves a bit more damage behind). When the doctor told him that red wine wouldn't do him any harm, he took this as a positive recommendation and had a bottle on the go more or less permanently from then on, or at least until his first major stroke. After he died, my mother started hitting the brandy on a fairly regular basis - a glass or two a night, just enough to "take the edges off". She died after her second stroke; it was a mercy, by then the Alzheimer's had started to kick in.<br /><br />My point (I have got one) is that this would be a tragic tale with awful warnings of the danger of alcohol abuse <i>if they'd been in their 60s</i>. They weren't; my mother was 84 when she died, and my father was 87. They were both over 80 when they started hitting the booze - and if you can't do it at that age, when the hell can you?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-73102812455270320042011-06-22T13:24:39.278+01:002011-06-22T13:24:39.278+01:00I hate to be a bit of a 'downer' but being...I hate to be a bit of a 'downer' but being on the retail side of things, I do see my fair share of alcohol abuse amongst OAPs. We have two or three who buy a large bottle of cheap vodka or whisky, about 5/6 times a week. But as you say - it's not like they're rampaging down the streets.Ghost Drinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753576955816756710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-38467351291272479242011-06-22T13:24:30.790+01:002011-06-22T13:24:30.790+01:00Also worth noting is the origins of this so-called...Also worth noting is the origins of this so-called report. The Royal College of Psychiatrists are, frankly, not even qualified to give such advice. And, even if they were, building a deck of cards on sand (recommended units) would render any such advice meaningless, anyway.Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-24715980760758046792011-06-22T12:20:42.354+01:002011-06-22T12:20:42.354+01:00Yes, Emma Soames. She wasn't taking any crap f...Yes, Emma Soames. She wasn't taking any crap from these crazed fascists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-26249847179119116102011-06-22T12:10:13.804+01:002011-06-22T12:10:13.804+01:00The woman from Saga magazine was good when they ha...The woman from Saga magazine was good when they had this item on radio 4: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9519000/9519482.stmEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.com