Demise of pubs and social clubs

OrangeRKN wrote:
Hime wrote:The problem is that nights out are a £200+ occasion so I can only really justify it a couple of times a year.

Jesus christ how are you spending £200?? Even at a fiver a drink that's 40 drinks

The £20 notes don’t get into the strippers knickers by themselves.

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OrangeRKN wrote:
Moggy wrote:If you are going out drinking then you will either eat before going to the drinking pub or you will grab a takeaway on the way home.

Hime wrote:The problem is that nights out are a £200+ occasion so I can only really justify it a couple of times a year.

Jesus christ how are you spending £200?? Even at a fiver a drink that's 40 drinks

Lots of drinks cost more than £5.

This only raises more questions

£200 is pretty easy to hit on a proper night out in London if you're going to bars and clubs.

London is a truly frightening place

A couple of hours at our local pub is easily a £60 spend between the two of us. An entire night even with crap food like a burger would probably run us close to £150.

OrangeRKN wrote:London is a truly frightening place

But but it's so cool living in the city!!

London is like £7 a pint, right? That's almost 30 pints. :dread:

Impressive staying power I guess.

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Ad7 wrote:A couple of hours at our local pub is easily a £60 spend between the two of us. An entire night even with crap food like a burger would probably run us close to £150.

What are you doing there? 3-4 pints each in a couple of hours is reasonable, at say £5 a pop for your area. That's still only £40 max.

PostRe: Demise of pubs and social clubs by **Moggy** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 1:05 pm

Ad7 wrote:A couple of hours at our local pub is easily a £60 spend between the two of us. An entire night even with crap food like a burger would probably run us close to £150.

£60 between you (with no food) in a couple of hours?

What the strawberry float are you drinking?

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Why do you guys think people are only drinking pints?

*Edit* if you have something like an old fashioned, gin and tonic wth decent spirits it's probably going to set you back anywhere from £12-£16 depending on the place.

Hmm maybe it's more like £45 then with some peanuts at some point. I might be thinking of the notes I get through if I've got any and not taking any change in to account.

It's still a lot of money. God I remember (Or rather I don't) the pound a pint night the pub next to my college used yo do once a week. Absolutely strawberry floating leathered on £10

As a student (which I now realise was well over a decade ago :cry:

) I used to think that if I'd spent more than £20 on a night out then I was being ripped off!

It's crazy how expensive "going out" has become now.

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Jenuall wrote:As a student (which I now realise was well over a decade ago ) I used to think that if I'd spent more than £20 on a night out then I was being ripped off!

It's crazy how expensive "going out" has become now.

Most people are probably the same but I'd feel a bit silly going to Weatherspoons to buy 5 Reefs for £5 now.

Hime wrote:Why do you guys think people are only drinking pints?

Because that's what real men drink at pubs.

Was in a bar (Steinbeck & Shaw) in central Cardiff on weekend that do a 5-10pm happy hour with 50% off all drinks. Couldn't believe it. It was like I'd gone back a decade to a world where you could get a pint for £2-£2.50 on a night out.

PostRe: Demise of pubs and social clubs by **Moggy** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 1:16 pm

Hime wrote:Why do you guys think people are only drinking pints?

*Edit* if you have something like an old fashioned, gin and tonic wth decent spirits it's probably going to set you back anywhere from £12-£16 depending on the place.

I think that because Ad7 lives in a small Welsh rugby town. He hasn’t got the bollocks to go up to the bar with his English accent to request “Oh I say my dear landlord, please may I experience your finest gin and tonic, with a glass of something light and fruity for my lady friend?”

Hime wrote:
Jenuall wrote:As a student (which I now realise was well over a decade ago ) I used to think that if I'd spent more than £20 on a night out then I was being ripped off!

It's crazy how expensive "going out" has become now.

Most people are probably the same but I'd feel a bit silly going to Weatherspoons to buy 5 Reefs for £5 now.

Nah, this was all proper pints for the most part. Plenty of places in Cardiff in the early 00's you could buy a decent pint for about £2, even less if you were knew which places had special discounts on certain days!

I have to admit I did knock back my fair share of WKD in the day as well though. :dread:

PostRe: Demise of pubs and social clubs by **Moggy** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 1:17 pm

Tomous wrote:Was in a bar (Steinbeck & Shaw) in central Cardiff on weekend that do a 5-10pm happy hour with 50% off all drinks. Couldn't believe it. It was like I'd gone back a decade to a world where you could get a pint for £2-£2.50 on a night out.

There's one of those in Bristol (or there was the last time I was out!), it is ridiculously cheap. Unfortunately it is also ridiculously busy. :lol:

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