When will we be able to go to the pub again?

When will we be able to go to the pub again?

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Hugo Stiglitz

36,997 posts

210 months

Saturday 24th April 2021
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It was a pub I've never liked in Chorlton Manchester yet queue went fast, they served me my favourite beer (rare to see it anywhere) and it was cheap with good food.

Tbh I'll be back. I feel abit of a turnaround but hey (holds hands up)

Megaflow

9,345 posts

224 months

Saturday 24th April 2021
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Maximus_Meridius101 said:
bad company said:
Joined PH 1 month ago and 233 posts already hardly any on anything to do with cars or motoring.

Why are you here, is it just to try to wind people up?
It’s truly humbling to see your dedication to the church of me, however, I think you would be better off finding something else with which to fill your days. I like engineering. I don’t like white goods. If the ‘fix’ involves a laptop, it’s not good, if it involves hitting it with a hammer, I’m in. I particularly like Japanese tractors with fruity engines, and mental Yankee stuff that run on stuff that dissolves tarmac. Anything else is purely for entertainment.

Edited by Maximus_Meridius101 on Friday 23 April 23:26
What the fk is that supposed to say? I have seen more intelligent responses from sketchy AI bots...

Maximus_Meridius101

1,222 posts

36 months

Saturday 24th April 2021
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I had a very nice afternoon outside of a Marina side bar today. It was a bit windy, but I’ll take that. I really hope this is an irreversible process, I’m getting used to the way things are again. I actually prefer the limited numbers / booking thing, to rammed bars / restaurants.

bad company

18,483 posts

265 months

Saturday 24th April 2021
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Maximus_Meridius101 said:
I had a very nice afternoon outside of a Marina side bar today. It was a bit windy, but I’ll take that. I really hope this is an irreversible process, I’m getting used to the way things are again. I actually prefer the limited numbers / booking thing, to rammed bars / restaurants.
The numbers being down may have something to do with you being there. laugh

TheJimi

24,859 posts

242 months

Saturday 24th April 2021
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Maximus_Meridius101 said:
I had a very nice afternoon outside of a Marina side bar today. It was a bit windy, but I’ll take that. I really hope this is an irreversible process, I’m getting used to the way things are again. I actually prefer the limited numbers / booking thing, to rammed bars / restaurants.
So you want to relinquish the ability to just nip into a pub or restaurant when you're out and about?

No spontaneity?

Uggers

2,223 posts

210 months

Saturday 24th April 2021
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Maximus_Meridius101 said:
I had a very nice afternoon outside of a Marina side bar today. It was a bit windy, but I’ll take that. I really hope this is an irreversible process, I’m getting used to the way things are again. I actually prefer the limited numbers / booking thing, to rammed bars / restaurants.
You prefer it when pubs and bars have less capacity and increased wage costs, making it borderline profitable for many? That's if they can even open at the moment?

You will find you will have less choice and increased prices if things continue in the way in which you want.

Be careful for what you wish for.

untakenname

4,951 posts

191 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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Tbh I remember just a couple of years ago being subjected to ten minute queues to get served in some bars on a Friday/Saturday night, after this Covid pandemic if a bar doesn't have an app for table service then I won't be attending.

Bacon Is Proof

5,740 posts

230 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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untakenname said:
after this Covid pandemic if a bar doesn't have an app for table service then I won't be attending.
Might as well stay at home and use Ocado.

RC1807

12,480 posts

167 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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untakenname said:
Tbh I remember just a couple of years ago being subjected to ten minute queues to get served in some bars on a Friday/Saturday night, after this Covid pandemic if a bar doesn't have an app for table service then I won't be attending.
Wetherspoons is for you!

bad company

18,483 posts

265 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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untakenname said:
Tbh I remember just a couple of years ago being subjected to ten minute queues to get served in some bars on a Friday/Saturday night, after this Covid pandemic if a bar doesn't have an app for table service then I won't be attending.
You might be living a lonely existence.

21st Century Man

40,659 posts

247 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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I have to say I'm liking the app ordering in the plastic pubs and chains, something that was with developing anyway, but the pandemic has accelerated it's use. I was always seemingly invisible at the bar.

Triumph Man

8,669 posts

167 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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21st Century Man said:
I have to say I'm liking the app ordering in the plastic pubs and chains, something that was with developing anyway, but the pandemic has accelerated it's use. I was always seemingly invisible at the bar.
I like the apps, but I also like not having to use an app - I wouldn't not go to a place if it didn't have one. I'm with you with the bar thing. Without wishing to sound all "PH powerfully built" I do have a bar presence but I was getting increasingly annoyed at the people who hang around at the bar with all their mates after ordering and receiving a round (or worse order a Guinness last!) Fair enough if it's a quiet country pub where there aren't likely to be crowds of people but not in a busy place!

I think stamping out barflies is the only good thing Covid has given us...

TheJimi

24,859 posts

242 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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Triumph Man said:
Without wishing to sound all "PH powerfully built" I do have a bar presence...
biggrin

What do you mean by that, exactly?

Dog Star

16,079 posts

167 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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bad company said:
Maximus_Meridius101 said:
I had a very nice afternoon outside of a Marina side bar today. It was a bit windy, but I’ll take that. I really hope this is an irreversible process, I’m getting used to the way things are again. I actually prefer the limited numbers / booking thing, to rammed bars / restaurants.
The numbers being down may have something to do with you being there. laugh
rofl

It can be a pain in the arse though. I was out with some friends yesterday e-beercycling. There are a variety of very nice pubs with nice views etc accessible from the moorland trails, at the best of these although there were empty tables we couldn’t indulge in a swift pint as we hadn’t booked. To be fair it only happened the once and given the weather that was quite surprising.

Clifford Chambers

26,952 posts

182 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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You lot are lucky.

Two pubs within walking home distance. One permanently closed, the other just not open.

Thankyou4calling

10,595 posts

172 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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TheJimi said:
biggrin

What do you mean by that, exactly?
If you have to ask then you wouldn’t understand.

SCEtoAUX

4,119 posts

80 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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Golf clubs can be a great choice if you just want a beer or two. Most welcome non-members, most have a licence for alcohol very early doors, most have and outside drinking area and most willl not need any kind of booking.

Don't rock up in jeans and a t-shirt, but having worked in golf for many years I can honestly say that very few these days won't welcome casual visitors.

Clifford Chambers

26,952 posts

182 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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SCEtoAUX said:
Golf clubs can be a great choice if you just want a beer or two. Most welcome non-members, most have a licence for alcohol very early doors, most have and outside drinking area and most willl not need any kind of booking.

Don't rock up in jeans and a t-shirt, but having worked in golf for many years I can honestly say that very few these days won't welcome casual visitors.
I haven't that much experience of golf clubs, but not good beer in the few I've visited.

TheJimi

24,859 posts

242 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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Thankyou4calling said:
TheJimi said:
biggrin

What do you mean by that, exactly?
If you have to ask then you wouldn’t understand.
The phrase could mean any number of things, hence me asking for clarification.



Maximus_Meridius101

1,222 posts

36 months

Sunday 25th April 2021
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bad company said:
The numbers being down may have something to do with you being there. laugh
Good, that suits me.