deeejaaay Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 i know its now a very overdone and very boring subject on here, but nobody seems to have seen the major upside to the relaxed drinking hours. after the honeymoon period, and people get it out of there system, i really hope that we end up (albeit in a few years) with the attitude to 'going out' that you get in europe and the continent. it will be so nice to not go out until 10pm, have a few beers, glasses of wine, and maybe get some food at midnight!! this might have a knock on effect on how some of us drink when we are on holiday? it will take some time, but eventually, trying to cram in as much booze as possible before a bell rings will be a thing of the past. lets see what happens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWFC00 Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Finally someone talking a bit of sense on the matter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotPhil Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 I hope it goes that way too. And it should sort out the media-created problem that is 'binge drinking'. The Daily Mail believe that extended pub opening hours will actually bring about the end of the world, I disagree. After all, if binge-drinking can be defined as drinking large quantities of alcohol in a short space of time, then removing the 'short space of time' from the equation is surely going to help? I do hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transporter Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 well i'm almost completely tea total (odd glass of wine on special occasions) and i really can't see the propblem with relaxed hours. obviously the usual idiots will still overindulge & stgger home, male & female so no change there then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbilly Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 I remember a similar situation not long back when they started televising the house of commons, and how it caused such a ruccus in the media.....and now who give's a 2nd thought about it. That's what's going to happen now with the extended pub hours given time. The problem with this country is that whenever we try anything new that other counrty's have been doing for years you can always garantee that politicians and the media will pull us down for it. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venger Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Originally posted by hotphil I hope it goes that way too. And it should sort out the media-created problem that is 'binge drinking'. The Daily Mail believe that extended pub opening hours will actually bring about the end of the world, I disagree. After all, if binge-drinking can be defined as drinking large quantities of alcohol in a short space of time, then removing the 'short space of time' from the equation is surely going to help? I do hope so. Sure, but then I disagree with most things that the Daily Mail has to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Man Groovin Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 I've always been completely in favour of extending the hours and the argument at the top of this thread was one that I regularly made. I think people who retain the ability to make up their own minds (as opposed to those who watch toomuch telly)can see that this will in the long term be a beneficial thing to society. Of course there will always be drunks and ar$eh0le$ - they exist in every country - but extending the licencing hours won't suddenly imbue them with the ability to get more drunk (if someone is staggering around at 10pm I doubt they'd still be up and about - and drinking - at 2am). I for one will be raising a glass to the goverment's courage on this matter at some point past midnight in a bar soon! - my goodness- it's snowing outside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenfleece Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Its a far cry from those black days of the early 80's when all pubs in Sheffield shut at 10.30PM..........can only be good..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayDan Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 totally agree, lets hope this is the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unuspromulti Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 On the continent they dont hit the clubs till after 1 in a lot of places, not even goin out till 10 but then again they have tea/dinner between 7-9. I'm not too sure if things will go all the way to that extreme here because we're plain different but it can only be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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