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Tiger Beer
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I think that if half of the UK's problem right there. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't bar closing time at some ridiculous hour like 11pm...hence people feel the need to drink themselves silly in the short little window of time they have available.
It's ridiculous for the government to make laws retricting people's needed socialization time. |
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Adventurer
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| The government should raise the prices of alcoholic drinks in the supermarkets and basically eliminate the specials they have on buys and there should be less cheap available alcohol. I am not sure about getting rid of happy hour, but England has a serious crisis on its hand with the youth going too wild with alcohol. What about raising the drinking age? |
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BS.Dos.
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
I think that if half of the UK's problem right there. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't bar closing time at some ridiculous hour like 11pm...hence people feel the need to drink themselves silly in the short little window of time they have available.
It's ridiculous for the government to make laws retricting people's needed socialization time. |
Not anymore. It's more inline with continental Europe now with most bars (excluding those in residential areas) being able to stay open for 24-hours if they want. I don't think many actually do, but most now stay open till the early hours, especially over the weekend.
The history of UK licensing laws is interesting. It was only during the second world war that the licensing laws were changed. Basically, pubs were restricted to only opening at lunchtimes for a couple of hours, then re-opening at about 17:30 until 23:00. On Sundays, these hours were even tighter. The change in laws was basically introduced to minimise any productivity distruption during the war effort and was designed to stop the munition workers from getting too plastered. Prior to the second world war, public houses could stay open as long as they wanted. Think of the Gin Palaces in ye olde London town that were prevalant in the 18th century. There was pretty much one on every street corner. Happy days I imagine, unless of course you happened to live in or around Whitechapel.
The relaxing of licensing laws doesn't appear to have had much effect on the drinking habits though. Kids still go out and drink as much as they can as quickly as they can so all the attendant social problems still exist. I think it'll take a generation or two before we learn to drink socially like our continental neighbours. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:34 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
I think that if half of the UK's problem right there. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't bar closing time at some ridiculous hour like 11pm...hence people feel the need to drink themselves silly in the short little window of time they have available.
It's ridiculous for the government to make laws retricting people's needed socialization time. |
Yes, because everyone knows that socialization time can only take place in a bar.
Those fascist goons!! |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
I think that if half of the UK's problem right there. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't bar closing time at some ridiculous hour like 11pm...hence people feel the need to drink themselves silly in the short little window of time they have available.
It's ridiculous for the government to make laws retricting people's needed socialization time. |
Pubs closing hour is 11 pm, not all drinking establishments. |
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