tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post3976038886399733712..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Really, Hamish? I Can’t See It, Myself…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-50905989096137490632010-10-21T05:47:43.483+01:002010-10-21T05:47:43.483+01:00"In my younger days, amongst working men, goi...<i>"In my younger days, amongst working men, going out and having eight pints was considered a normal night's drinking."</i> <br /><br />Indeed, but as staybryte points out, those were the days of hard manual labour, as well as the social shaming aspect of getting caught indulging in bad behaviour..<br /><br /><i>"I remember when there were bars on the platforms at Liverpool street and Sloan Square underground stations."</i> <br /><br />All gone now, sadly...<br /><br /><i>"tee hee. I wish. The 89b "cut" is a cut in projected growth. In fact spending will increase. And the level of debt will grow."</i> <br /><br />It's frightening how many people are only reading the headlines, and nothing else...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-82507107633147955612010-10-20T17:51:43.832+01:002010-10-20T17:51:43.832+01:00"Valueless council parasite tries to create f..."Valueless council parasite tries to create fake scare to preserve own job."<br /><br />Stop the presses.Brian, follower of Deornothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941277617617928470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-17472989700259516402010-10-20T16:55:01.340+01:002010-10-20T16:55:01.340+01:00"Hamish McRae in the ‘Indy’ believes that the..."Hamish McRae in the ‘Indy’ believes that the CSR heralds the arrival of the small state:"<br /><br />tee hee. I wish. The 89b "cut" is a cut in projected growth. In fact spending will increase. And the level of debt will grow.<br /><br />It's also much bigger than we usally told. The TPA suggest 7.2T.<br /><br />Don't bank on that state pension. Or any assest denominated in Pounds. Or Dollars. Or Euros.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-46930492304469863732010-10-20T15:53:25.772+01:002010-10-20T15:53:25.772+01:00To echo Richard, my Dad had a mate who could drink...To echo Richard, my Dad had a mate who could drink 14 pints in the long lunch on a split shift and the only difference you would know was that he'd go to the loo a bit more in the afternoon.<br /><br />He was a millwright and still had all his fingers last time I saw him. When I was labouring in a sheet metal works at 18 we'd often manage a swift one in the 15 minute morning break.<br /><br />Look at the TV, cinema and popular literature of the period up until around the mid to late 1980s. From Buchan and Fleming to Behan and David Peace it's soaked in boozing, though usually accompanied by hard graft and the fulfillment of a man's family responsibilities.staybrytenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-76350872480108217672010-10-20T14:36:07.112+01:002010-10-20T14:36:07.112+01:00As smokers have been denormalised and are now fair...As smokers have been denormalised and are now fair game for remarks and actions which, if levelled against anyone else would result in Police action, so now does the denormalisation of drinkers begin.<br />These anti-drinkers going into primary schools are doing so with the express purpose of brainwashing the children.<br />Tobacco is eeeevil!<br />Alcohol is eeeevil!<br />That's the message which is being drummed into pre-teen children and it is disgusting that it should happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4643211512196186472010-10-20T14:01:19.525+01:002010-10-20T14:01:19.525+01:00I remember when there were bars on the platforms a...I remember when there were bars on the platforms at Liverpool street and Sloan Square underground stations.<br /><br />the other RichardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-74694951199720060882010-10-20T13:51:19.346+01:002010-10-20T13:51:19.346+01:00"“In general, people weren’t drinking in such..."“In general, people weren’t drinking in such a manner as they are now or drinking so much in one session."<br /><br />In my younger days, amongst working men, going out and having eight pints was considered a normal night's drinking. In my first job (hospital porter) there was a staff canteen with a bar, and it was quite usual for porters to have two or three pints with their sandwiches before returning to the rest of their shift. People are not drinking more these days - it's quite possible that they are drinking less. I certainly drink far less than men of my age used to 30-40 years ago.<br /><br />As a teenager, I would drink as much as I could afford, pretty much as youngsters do today. The difference was that if I had behaved badly as a result, there would have been severe consequences, both with the Police and at home. That kept my drinking fairly sensible overall.<br /><br />That's the difference.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.com