tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post8015195880340081873..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Saving the Pubs.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-60297779298353695182010-08-26T07:16:40.070+01:002010-08-26T07:16:40.070+01:00Leggy, that sounds like a plan.
I now work in a d...Leggy, that sounds like a plan.<br /><br />I now work in a different location, so I take the train into town these days. The car is now just for weekends & special occasions (and times when public transport is unable to get me to where I need to go!)Kynonhttp://kynon.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-64342385574437112142010-08-26T00:06:29.763+01:002010-08-26T00:06:29.763+01:00Kynon - we should do it again one day but this tim...Kynon - we should do it again one day but this time, don't bring the car and we'll hit the good stuff.<br /><br />We might even get Captain Ranty along, although he's out of the country at the moment.<br /><br />You know, Dirty European Socialist isn't far away either (Hello, DES ;), the tracking thing finds you too).<br /><br />Now that could be an entertaining evening!Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-55372194069337610552010-08-25T23:50:44.282+01:002010-08-25T23:50:44.282+01:00Anon- it's interesting that so many are keen t...Anon- it's interesting that so many are keen to legalise drugs while being vehemently opposed to any relaxation of restrictions on smokers.<br /><br />Are they going to do the same with the drugs? You can have them, you can pay duty on them, you can pay VAT on the price and on the duty too, but you can't use them anywhere.<br /><br />If they do, Man with a Van will need a bigger van.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-83507121521824307042010-08-25T23:47:07.534+01:002010-08-25T23:47:07.534+01:00Anon- the local library here is full of computers ...Anon- the local library here is full of computers too. All those keyboards and a sign on the wall saying 'quiet please'. Quiet? You can't hear yourself think in there. It sounds like a big bag of marbles spilled down a wooden staircase.<br /><br />Oh, and of course, 'No Smoking'. <br /><br />As I said above, I buy my books at the supermarket and read them at home.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-27256363769152662622010-08-25T23:44:17.600+01:002010-08-25T23:44:17.600+01:00Subrosa - in Bankhead, a little to the north of Ab...Subrosa - in Bankhead, a little to the north of Aberdeen, there is a pub that used to be a library, many years ago. Well, I say pub. It was a favourite of mine when I worked at the Rowett. Now all that's left is the small public bar (which looks as if it's still stuck in the fifties) and the rest of it is a curry house.<br /><br />I doubt pubs turning into libraries will help. We would soon hear moans about smokers buying their books in Tesco and reading them at home. Because supermarkets are undercutting the libraries, not because of any smoking ban.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-71438808937292528042010-08-25T09:07:45.445+01:002010-08-25T09:07:45.445+01:00Blimey, fame at last!
Still around, lurking away,...Blimey, fame at last!<br /><br />Still around, lurking away, disappearing under the tidal wave of Real Life that keeps getting in the way!Kynonhttp://kynon.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-79343181527711108012010-08-25T07:42:02.426+01:002010-08-25T07:42:02.426+01:00I thought you might find this... amusing and sligh...I thought you might find this... amusing and slightly relevant.<br /><br />http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/julie-burchill/julie-burchill-booze-is-as-evil-as-fags-but-not-as-evil-as-indulgent-mothers-and-their-brats-2061027.htmlgladiolysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-13463686607399508752010-08-25T06:32:02.453+01:002010-08-25T06:32:02.453+01:00I heard that, too, Subrosa. (My local library, wh...I heard that, too, Subrosa. (My local library, which was expensively refurbished just before the election doesn't really look like a library anymore. It has a wall-mounted TV, lots of PCs and hardly any books. When I remarked that there was still space for many,many more books I was told that they couldn't accommodate more because shelving has to be arranged so that people don't bump into others who are also bending down to peer at the titles - elfin safety or right-to- personal-space or some such. It wouldv'e been hilarious if she hadn't been perfectly serious.<br /><br />I also heard yesterday two talking heads lamenting the stigmatisation of drug addicts and, even as I was musing on the inconsistency of stigmatising smokers, one piped up that it's OK, indeed A Good Thing, that tobacco is stigmatised so that thousands don't die from passive smoking (aren't they clever in always being careful to demonise the product and not the user?)<br /><br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-82898309462738126052010-08-25T03:17:40.628+01:002010-08-25T03:17:40.628+01:00Did you hear the latest on Channel 4 news? Some &...Did you hear the latest on Channel 4 news? Some 'culture' minister says we can't afford libraries any longer, so pubs should become libraries.<br /><br />We live in a crazy world.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.com