tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post8835852334005717863..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Opposite effectCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-18252390066303713952011-09-08T17:09:03.781+01:002011-09-08T17:09:03.781+01:00I know Cooking Lager's taking the mick, but wh...I know Cooking Lager's taking the mick, but what he describes will be precisely the consequence if Don Shenker's ideas of what a pub should be like ever takes hold.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-5368644605110587452011-09-08T15:04:44.033+01:002011-09-08T15:04:44.033+01:00I can think of no greater reason to avoid a pub th...I can think of no greater reason to avoid a pub that calling it a "responsible and controlled environment". How much more fun staying in appears. "A free to do what you like environment"Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-14136498664854091492011-09-08T14:18:33.400+01:002011-09-08T14:18:33.400+01:00Perhaps Alcohol Concern is waking up to the fact t...Perhaps Alcohol Concern is waking up to the fact that all they are achieving is brushing the problem (as they see it) under the carpet, but their new support for community pubs shows that they don't understand them at all. <br /><br />Their emphasis on lower strengths and smaller measures confirms they are obsessed with alcohol, but if that's all pub drinkers were interested in, they would show no discernment and go only for whatever drink had the best price to strength ratio. That this isn't the case is obvious to anyone who knows pubs.<br /><br />It's funny to think that Don Shenker and his cronies are more obsessed with alcohol than the drinkers he looks down on.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-66029972769307323532011-09-08T12:34:00.817+01:002011-09-08T12:34:00.817+01:00As Chris Snowdon points out here, it is only recen...<a href="http://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-born-every-minute.html" rel="nofollow">As Chris Snowdon points out here</a>, it is only recently that the anti-drink lobby have targeted at-home drinking. probably because it has become much more popular. In the past, it was always pubs that were the enemy, and drinking at home was the lesser of two evils.<br /><br />Pubs were seen as somewhere that the prevailing culture encouraged excessive drinking. They were "dens of iniquity". This was especially the case in Scotland.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-74595244794356787172011-09-08T11:00:42.273+01:002011-09-08T11:00:42.273+01:00I'm reminded of the Methodist ladies who came ...I'm reminded of the Methodist ladies who came into our shop for their draught British sherry. They obviously despised pubs and drinkers but they were our best customers!!Xopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387364739989208360noreply@blogger.com