How do they do it?

[Huge_Vitae]

Just been out with the Wife to a Local Pub, rare treat for us but they were advertising two, two course meals for a tenner.

 

Went in and got a table, nice selection but decided on Duck & Orange Pate with toast and Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding and Veg.

 

Ordered a Pint of Guinness and a Small white wine,(I wish I could stop the wife drinking pints of Guinness )

 

The Pate was very nice, quite a large serving with (warm) toast and a side salad of fresh lettuce, cucumber, Orange Pepper etc etc......

 

Nice bit of Roast and more veg than we could eat.

 

Finished up and went to pay, like I said good grub for £5 each but the bill was £15.97.

 

£5.97 for a pint and a glass of wine, not complaining but a bit of a shock, Don't go to pubs that often. My question is this, How the bl@@dy hell can people, not working sit in a pub all day on a Friday and Saturday drinking at those prices?

[Zigs]

thats why i rarely go down the pub anymore, dont like most of the beers they sell, so i usually have a few tins at home & sometimes go down for a nightcap. large captn morgans & coke - £4.50. you can get a bottle for around £9 from the supermarket.

 

used to be a bloke in merriott who was on the dole & was always in the pub, he used to say "theres no work in these parts" pointing as far as the pub door.

[les middy]

I new some one not done a days work in his life

 

but in the pub every day twice

 

in at dinner pizzed up by 4pm then home for a kip and back for 7pm till closing time

 

and his wife is with him at weekends

 

then theres the holidays abroad 2 weeks twice a year

[billy50000]

Hi all

 

im a tetotal as my health wont let me drink beer(might aswell take the beer in the bog)

 

spirits are better and less is more:)

 

what supprises me is the fact you can go into a pub and spend £2-4 on a pint and if youre unlucky enough to have a mate with you then its practicly a tenner per round(this is without food)then youve got a game of pool and add that up and it makes you realise how the heck can students and spongers pay for this kind of luxury:)

 

and add more mates and more rounds and your looking at a nasty headache the next time you look at your account:)

 

couple of tinnys at home the boaring way for me(if it wernt a waste of time that is:)

 

besides i dont have mates to speak of so im even better off:):)

 

i like life quite me!

 

then youve got the two veg and some sauce tripe dressed up as top cookery

 

funny cos when i went into a local pub and i was told i couldnt bring the kids in without ordering a meal and strangly a plate of chips each wasnt enough so i left bewilder`d and annoyd

 

 

steve

Edited November 17, 2006 by billy50000

[s_mac]

Just been out with the Wife to a Local Pub, rare treat for us but they were advertising two, two course meals for a tenner.

 

Went in and got a table, nice selection but decided on Duck & Orange Pate with toast and Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding and Veg.

 

Ordered a Pint of Guinness and a Small white wine,(I wish I could stop the wife drinking pints of Guinness )

 

The Pate was very nice, quite a large serving with (warm) toast and a side salad of fresh lettuce, cucumber, Orange Pepper etc etc......

 

Nice bit of Roast and more veg than we could eat.

 

Finished up and went to pay, like I said good grub for £5 each but the bill was £15.97.

 

£5.97 for a pint and a glass of wine, not complaining but a bit of a shock, Don't go to pubs that often. My question is this, How the bl@@dy hell can people, not working sit in a pub all day on a Friday and Saturday drinking at those prices?

 

Go to whetherspoons mate, they do meals for the fiver mark, and they include a drink..your right what you say about the price of a beer....i bought a drink in wetherspoons cost me £1.45, crossed the road and the same drink cost me £2.80.

 

sean

Edited November 17, 2006 by s_mac

[Chris Goddard]

I agree!! It's a bloomin disgrace! I myself drink red wine in the main now as it has apparently got health benefits!! Well that and the fact i can usually buy a VERY nice bottle for around 80p a bottle!! Well ok if it is a REALLY nice bottle I may got to 85 or even 90p!!! And by nice I mean SERIOUSLY NICE!! Like a bottle of single chateau!! one euro and 9 cents!!! Excvhnage rate was 1.53 to the pound!!

 

And IF I wanted to drink 8.4% lager that is I think 68cents a tin (440Ml) I am going to HATE living in France!!!

 

PS I travel from Pompey up the M3 , M25, M1, M62 so if you wanted something.........

[les middy]

PS I travel from Pompey up the M3 , M25, M1, M62 so if you wanted something.........

 

if your offering board & lodgings for free in france am easily catered for