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Only if you are English.
All that is necessary for Evil to succeed is for Good Folks to keep voting for their Party. - Cornelius Thirp
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Nope I'm not an English man
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Then, "Croeso i Gymru" as they (well 5% of them ) say.
All that is necessary for Evil to succeed is for Good Folks to keep voting for their Party. - Cornelius Thirp
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Thank you. I should start packing then. Griff can you pick me up from the airport? You do have an airport right?
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You sure Wales isn't a big mammalian fish?
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Positive.
It doesn't rain as much inside "big mammalian fish" as it does here...
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I'd guess just outside of the fish is generally wetter.
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OriginalGriff wrote: 4) Wales is more advanced than you thought
According to this[^] Wales has been inhabited by modern humans[^] for at least 29,000 years.
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This is why I don't go near Cardiff or Swansea late at night.
Judging by the TV though, it's the same everywhere...
Personally, I blame 24 hour drinking. When we had to stop at 11PM (unless we wangled a lockin) we were home before we needed to throw up, fight, pee in the streets, etc. And if we did get a lockin, we were careful not to attract attention on the way out to make sure it happened again!
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OriginalGriff wrote: I blame 24 hour drinking.
We haven't had a major change in opening hours since the middle 80ies - but things have still gone steadily downhill. Now, a beer, in a pub or bar, usually sets you back about kr. 100 (£10) - so getting really sloshed is a bit expensive, so how kids in their early twenties can afford to do it twice each weekend is astounding.
OriginalGriff wrote: And if we did get a lockin, we were careful not to attract attention on the way out to make sure it happened again!
Timewarp
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I gave up serious drinking some years ago, so I don't know from personal experience how much beer is these days - but t'interweb suggests around £4~5, which would have crippled me as a student / young person. I also cannot understand how the young can afford it (particularly if they do it regularly, which gives some immunity to drunkenness anyway!)
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OriginalGriff wrote: I gave up serious drinking some years ago
Personally I don't like to feel tipsy - but I enjoy a beer every now and then.
OriginalGriff wrote: also cannot understand how the young can afford it
I suspect some get way too much 'pocket money' - I guess that if they earned it themselves, most would be a bit more careful about spending it on serious drinking. Giving your kids something like a £150 each week, seems like a bad way to prepare them for adult life.
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Espen Harlinn wrote: Giving your kids something like a £150 each week
I wish my wife would let me have that much pocket money each week!
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OriginalGriff wrote: I wish my wife would let me have that much pocket money each week!
Right
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Quote: Giving your kids something like a £150 each week I used to get sixpence - if I was good and had done my chores - and was happy to get it.
Kids today.... bah!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: Kids Parents today.... bah!
While certainly not all parents, far to many have spoiled their children.
And I guess it's hard to break the habbit of saying yes to every whim when they reach adolescence, and things starts to get rather expensive.
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OriginalGriff wrote: t'interweb suggests around £4~5
Maybe in some posh London pubs; elsewhere, £2.50 - £3.50 is more normal.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Write some code, watch some anime, play some games, eat some food..
I've got enough code to write today that I won't have time to be bored
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Recover from an interesting Friday night.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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...assuming you weren't watching a band in a Glasgow pub...
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No, I was out with the team from http://www.wokingstreetangels.org.uk/[^], that's me hiding at the back . Actually saw the crash report on a news feed in a local Estate Agents window some time after 0100.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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Which picture - otherwise it's a bit "Where's Wally?"
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