tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post9026626587437366644..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: One wrong doesn’t excuse anotherCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-48324164690076563222020-01-26T11:27:42.458+00:002020-01-26T11:27:42.458+00:00Pubcos have hardly been innocent players and are s...Pubcos have hardly been innocent players and are still playing with the field firmly tilted towards their goal, but I agree that there more factors involved in what he appropriately calls a correction in the numbers of pubs. The smoking ban probably hastened the demise of many, but they'd have gone anyway as the demand for traditional wet-only pubs has almost disappeared.electricpicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144970068645280352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-55507289488751065922020-01-26T09:07:44.029+00:002020-01-26T09:07:44.029+00:00Pete Brown is also pretty withering about the anti...Pete Brown is also pretty withering about the anti-pubco conspiracy theorists in the blogpost I linked to in the previous comment. Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-2451752903026414002020-01-26T09:00:37.606+00:002020-01-26T09:00:37.606+00:00I have never said that the smoking ban was a monoc...I have never said that the smoking ban was a monocausal explanation for pub closures, as you know very well. So it becomes pretty tedious when you and others suggest that I have.<br /><br />However, it has certainly been a significant factor, something even recognised by Pete "Thumper" Brown in <a href="https://www.petebrown.net/2020/01/21/is-the-moon-under-water-finally-getting-its-head-above-the-surface/" rel="nofollow">his recent blogpost</a>.<br /><br />Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-40723703478167170692020-01-25T23:25:03.072+00:002020-01-25T23:25:03.072+00:00Pub Co's being a major factor.Pub Co's being a major factor.Citrahttps://thepubexplorer.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-37362785791449501452020-01-25T20:51:42.653+00:002020-01-25T20:51:42.653+00:00Definitely a loss Ian J, but there are plenty of o...Definitely a loss Ian J, but there are plenty of other factors behind these closures, apart from the smoking ban - despite what Pub Curmudgeon would have us think.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-38704270715799242532020-01-25T14:03:01.855+00:002020-01-25T14:03:01.855+00:00I've just seen the counter has ticked over to ...I've just seen the counter has ticked over to 20000 closed pubs since the ban. What a loss to our culture,<br /><br />Ian JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-81510698888324124812020-01-25T10:35:31.578+00:002020-01-25T10:35:31.578+00:00Decibel level doesn't tell the whole story tho...Decibel level doesn't tell the whole story though. A shrieking child may record less on a meter than a busy crowd of adults but the higher pitch of the sound is far more disturbing. We are genetically programmed to respond anxiously to the sound of a child in distress.<br /><br />But, TBH, I find some adult female voices to be be equally annoying.<br />dcbwhaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585310584555592882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-13041931038830835912020-01-24T15:38:24.569+00:002020-01-24T15:38:24.569+00:00I visited the Drawing Board, in Leamington Spa rec...I visited the Drawing Board, in Leamington Spa recently, this place usually has parents with young children in during lunchtimes and early afternoons, but is more of a drinking night spot later on. <br /><br />On the whole this works well, most of the little ones are well behaved, if a little noisy, but the decibel level is probably a lot lower than later in the evening when it's a adult environment. If you want a quiet pub, this place may not meet your needs, but it's a popular place and all pubs need customers to survive and thrive. You maybe happy to find somewhere with one man and his dog that offers greater peace a quiet, but that doesn't pay the rent etc.Tinmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007408792206302146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-75810411419584730522020-01-23T16:01:56.550+00:002020-01-23T16:01:56.550+00:00I don't often witness adults running up and do...I don't often witness adults running up and down screaming or crying loudly and persistently for over an hour. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05928903604086065676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-251338181087234022020-01-23T15:57:49.776+00:002020-01-23T15:57:49.776+00:00My favourite pub has a large sign on the door sayi...My favourite pub has a large sign on the door saying that no-one under the age of 14 is allowed in the bar. That's just one of the reasons why my wife & I regularly make a 15 mile round trip to drink in it.Man Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06545635259769024118noreply@blogger.com