To drink on a weekend

[Padders]

Unfortunately, like a bad pint, I think we may see them again!

 

I think he"s got some good pints..

 

sorry points.

[apelike]

Alcohol is as potentially addictive as many illegal drugs, such as heroin and cocaine.

 

Any drug this addictive and destructive should be illegal.

 

They tried that in the USA and it didn't work, it was called prohibition. It also has a knock on effect of depriving the government of revenue. Would you be happy to pay towards that lost revenue in extra taxes?

[Manlinose]

God I've skimmed through some narrow minded twaddle on this site over the years.

 

Here's a fact for you - in the 2015/16 tax year, the various alcohol duties raised over £10bn for the Government.

 

Add in the VAT on all alcohol sales, plus the corporation tax paid by all the profits from alcohol sales, plus the income tax and NIC paid by all those employed in the manufacture, distribution, wholesale and retail of alcohol, plus the assorted VAT raised from the disposable income of those so employed, and take all that out of the economy.

 

How long do you think the NHS would last?

 

The next time you use, or receive any benefit, either directly or indirectly, from anything funded by Government, be grateful there are many altruistic people out there willing to risk their lives to ensure that tax revenues remain high enough to fund it.

 

How many cups of tea do you think you would need to drink to raise the same amount of tax revenue as one pint of beer?

 

Cheers

[cgksheff]

That there bear just got well and truly poked!

[Padders]

THANK YOU OWETHEMNOWT..iv"e had difficulty getting to sleep at night.. not anymore, I'm sleeping like a log. keep up the good work. looking forward to your next post.

[andrejuan]

God I've skimmed through some narrow minded twaddle on this site over the years.

 

Here's a fact for you - in the 2015/16 tax year, the various alcohol duties raised over £10bn for the Government.

 

Add in the VAT on all alcohol sales, plus the corporation tax paid by all the profits from alcohol sales, plus the income tax and NIC paid by all those employed in the manufacture, distribution, wholesale and retail of alcohol, plus the assorted VAT raised from the disposable income of those so employed, and take all that out of the economy.

 

How long do you think the NHS would last?

 

The next time you use, or receive any benefit, either directly or indirectly, from anything funded by Government, be grateful there are many altruistic people out there willing to risk their lives to ensure that tax revenues remain high enough to fund it.

 

How many cups of tea do you think you would need to drink to raise the same amount of tax revenue as one pint of beer?

 

Cheers

 

I'm with him!! And I like his signature line too :-)

[cgksheff]

Not much call for 12 ounce glasses of beer in Sheffield.

[Owethemnowt]

People are drinking less - but deaths from excessive drinking are rising steadily, according to government statistics, published by the NHS Information Centre covering the period of 2009 onwards.

 

The NHS figures, revealing a surge in prescriptions for medicines to treat alcoholism and a slight decrease in overall consumption, suggest that awareness of the health dangers and, possibly, the recession [remember the rock bottom house prices of 2011?] may be having some impact. Prescriptions for medicines to treat alcoholism rose by 12% in 2009; more than 150,000 were written for the two main drugs used to treat withdrawal symptoms or induce sickness when alcohol is drunk.

 

Yes it seems a raging alcoholic will still hang on to a bellyful of beer rather than throw up. Despite nature urging a good wretch of a full nine yards, the alki fights evolution and supresses the reflex to give a big yellow speckled hueew right down the corridor and all those present.

 

A cultural divide in boozing habits appears to be opening up between southern softies and the Hard Up North Powerhouse, with far less being drunk in nancy London than anywhere else in the country. Overall, consumption of alcohol in the home (which was rising faster than that outside the home) is down in the latest year. For ‘home’ I include cardboard structures, tents, park benches, mate’s sofa, car or public toilet.

 

Thinking you’re a secret drinker is misguided. We know what goes on behind the bed sheet you call a curtain. The ability to drink at home undisturbed being preferable to have to part with beer money in order to buy cannabis down the pub. Also, the wife has most likely had enough and left the sad sots to themselves. She followed the kids out. It seems any uncle will do in times of crisis.

 

Amongst the young, the news is encouraging. The proportion of pupils [aged 11-15] who have never had an alcoholic drink has increased gradually in recent years according to the study by the Office of National Statistics and the NHS records. Either that or the kids have learned quickly from their parents just how to lie.

 

Then there are the teachers prepared to do anything to hit Ofsted’s targets. Back to the kids, our future, it’s probably also due in part to being revolted by the sight of their drunken, unemployed, emaciated, benefit culture parents. In 2008, 48% of pupils reported having never tried alcohol. Of those 22% were under age cocaine addicted young mums. This compared with 39% in 2003 who said they preferred legal highs to alcohol. Then again kids today are more likely to prefer other drugs altogether to that of old fashioned booze.

 

More up to date figures show that in 2013, 15 per cent of men and 20 per cent of women did not drink any alcohol in the last year. Seems I am not alone. Some of us choose not to drink but can, safely. The ability to live without alcohol does exist. It is possible to join in a toast; one that comes without marmalade. Or taste a wine or have a sip of whatever, without needing to finish the glass, order another, accept a drink or finish the bottle.

 

It’s the same discipline when someone says I don’t eat cheese. For no other reason than you know it is fat and calorie laden. Of course, you can eat it, but you choose not to and there is no weak kneed buckling come Friday night, or standing near the buffet at a wedding reception. So why not with alcohol other than people are simply weak.

 

Whilst 63 per cent of men and 64 per cent of women drank at levels indicating lower risk of harm; harm then but a lower risk. A bit like your chances of being run over by a tank rather than a bus. However, 18 per cent of men and 13 per cent of women drank at an increased risk of harm, the equivalent of playing on train tracks but not at rush hour. While 5 per cent of men and 3 per cent of women drank at higher risk levels or something like crossing the road with a blind fold on and your fingers in your ears. The road being the M62.

 

In 2013, 39 per cent of pupils in years 7 to 11 said that they had drunk alcohol at least once. I’m not sure we should believe this as they were drunk at the time. I blame the misguided parents who reinvented sherry trifle so you could suck it through a straw.

 

This continues the downward trend since 2003, when 61 per cent of pupils had drunk alcohol, and is lower than at any time since 1988, when the survey first measured the prevalence of drinking in this age group. We need a better measuring stick. Make that a bigger stick. One with a nail in.

 

In real terms, between 2010 and 2013 household spending on food and drink fell by 3.2 per cent and eating out expenditure by 5.6 per cent. Have people learned to cook a kebab I wonder? There now must be kebab fryers from Argos. Deep fried chocolate kebabs, brandy flavoured.

 

Household spending on alcoholic drinks fell by 5.7 per cent over the same period, whilst that bought for consumption outside the home fell by 13.4 per cent. The average family bath now holds 47 gallons of home brew and plumbers are finding work hard to come by. Plumbers have larger baths installed which hold 74 gallons of stout on average.

 

Despite these considerable reductions the nation continues to get fatter. We need the statistics on donut sales. The beer flavoured ones particularly. Weatherspoons introduced them along with a calorie guide.

 

So it seems that the average Brit is heading towards the cliff determined to beat cancer by any one of the other inflictions that a short life dedicated to booze abuse will bring. I admire their determination and dedication and wish them a speedy success in achieving their goal.

 

They won’t be sadly missed.

Edited February 21, 2017 by Owethemnowt

[gomgeg]

Excellent, it's driving me to drink.

Only kidding, I'm going to walk but definitely have an extra pint.

I'm only drinking to forget, but I can't remember what I'm trying to forget so it's working.

Edited February 21, 2017 by gomgeg

[dorberman]

People are drinking less - but deaths from excessive drinking are rising steadily, according to government statistics, published by the NHS Information Centre covering the period of 2009 onwards.

 

The NHS figures, revealing a surge in prescriptions for medicines to treat alcoholism and a slight decrease in overall consumption, suggest that awareness of the health dangers and, possibly, the recession [remember the rock bottom house prices of 2011?] may be having some impact. Prescriptions for medicines to treat alcoholism rose by 12% in 2009; more than 150,000 were written for the two main drugs used to treat withdrawal symptoms or induce sickness when alcohol is drunk.

 

Yes it seems a raging alcoholic will still hang on to a bellyful of beer rather than throw up. Despite nature urging a good wretch of a full nine yards, the alki fights evolution and supresses the reflex to give a big yellow speckled hueew right down the corridor and all those present.

 

A cultural divide in boozing habits appears to be opening up between southern softies and the Hard Up North Powerhouse, with far less being drunk in nancy London than anywhere else in the country. Overall, consumption of alcohol in the home (which was rising faster than that outside the home) is down in the latest year. For ‘home’ I include cardboard structures, tents, park benches, mate’s sofa, car or public toilet.

 

Thinking you’re a secret drinker is misguided. We know what goes on behind the bed sheet you call a curtain. The ability to drink at home undisturbed being preferable to have to part with beer money in order to buy cannabis down the pub. Also, the wife has most likely had enough and left the sad sots to themselves. She followed the kids out. It seems any uncle will do in times of crisis.

 

Amongst the young, the news is encouraging. The proportion of pupils [aged 11-15] who have never had an alcoholic drink has increased gradually in recent years according to the study by the Office of National Statistics and the NHS records. Either that or the kids have learned quickly from their parents just how to lie.

 

Then there are the teachers prepared to do anything to hit Ofsted’s targets. Back to the kids, our future, it’s probably also due in part to being revolted by the sight of their drunken, unemployed, emaciated, benefit culture parents. In 2008, 48% of pupils reported having never tried alcohol. Of those 22% were under age cocaine addicted young mums. This compared with 39% in 2003 who said they preferred legal highs to alcohol. Then again kids today are more likely to prefer other drugs altogether to that of old fashioned booze.

 

More up to date figures show that in 2013, 15 per cent of men and 20 per cent of women did not drink any alcohol in the last year. Seems I am not alone. Some of us choose not to drink but can, safely. The ability to live without alcohol does exist. It is possible to join in a toast; one that comes without marmalade. Or taste a wine or have a sip of whatever, without needing to finish the glass, order another, accept a drink or finish the bottle.

 

It’s the same discipline when someone says I don’t eat cheese. For no other reason than you know it is fat and calorie laden. Of course, you can eat it, but you choose not to and there is no weak kneed buckling come Friday night, or standing near the buffet at a wedding reception. So why not with alcohol other than people are simply weak.

 

Whilst 63 per cent of men and 64 per cent of women drank at levels indicating lower risk of harm; harm then but a lower risk. A bit like your chances of being run over by a tank rather than a bus. However, 18 per cent of men and 13 per cent of women drank at an increased risk of harm, the equivalent of playing on train tracks but not at rush hour. While 5 per cent of men and 3 per cent of women drank at higher risk levels or something like crossing the road with a blind fold on and your fingers in your ears. The road being the M62.

 

In 2013, 39 per cent of pupils in years 7 to 11 said that they had drunk alcohol at least once. I’m not sure we should believe this as they were drunk at the time. I blame the misguided parents who reinvented sherry trifle so you could suck it through a straw.

 

This continues the downward trend since 2003, when 61 per cent of pupils had drunk alcohol, and is lower than at any time since 1988, when the survey first measured the prevalence of drinking in this age group. We need a better measuring stick. Make that a bigger stick. One with a nail in.

 

In real terms, between 2010 and 2013 household spending on food and drink fell by 3.2 per cent and eating out expenditure by 5.6 per cent. Have people learned to cook a kebab I wonder? There now must be kebab fryers from Argos. Deep fried chocolate kebabs, brandy flavoured.

 

Household spending on alcoholic drinks fell by 5.7 per cent over the same period, whilst that bought for consumption outside the home fell by 13.4 per cent. The average family bath now holds 47 gallons of home brew and plumbers are finding work hard to come by. Plumbers have larger baths installed which hold 74 gallons of stout on average.

 

Despite these considerable reductions the nation continues to get fatter. We need the statistics on donut sales. The beer flavoured ones particularly. Weatherspoons introduced them along with a calorie guide.

 

So it seems that the average Brit is heading towards the cliff determined to beat cancer by any one of the other inflictions that a short life dedicated to booze abuse will bring. I admire their determination and dedication and wish them a speedy success in achieving their goal.

 

They won’t be sadly missed.

 

How do i put a complaint in to the admin about this insulting person?

They are beyond abusive in many respects which cannot be accepted.

Does anyone know please?