Cask or Real Ale

[esteban68]

Wait, are you talking about Britain......

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/wo....10705193.html

Difficult this one AC...I work for the NHS and take note of stats etc all the time but you have to ask in who's interest is the research in?, agreed drinking is a problem here but personally I don't think it's really much worse than it was 27 years ago when I left school...then you were out at 19:30 now they don't go out til 22:00, Initially there was much worry over pubs opening longer but in reality whilst they went to court to get their licences extended many still open/close the old hours.
There is no doubt that more attention is paid now to 'the drinking problem', personally I think it will be tackled in the same way as smoking, ie public awareness, now seeing adverts about dangers, cautionary labels on bottles for pregnant women, age awareness campains to curb under age drinking(shops rarely gets shut down for supplying to under age drinkers though!) then will come an almost drinking is slightly shamefull vibe.

[ButteMT61]

Oh, I'm well aware of the fights that go on...my roommates back in the day were Cricketers and we had our share of barroom brawls in LA pubs
We heard you now have the "Girls of Geordie Shore" to match our equally repulsive "Jersey Shore". Man, what a sad statement on humanity! No wonder beer is so important!
My son was telling guests about the near-nude girls in New Castle! They made him talk all night long because of his "American accent"
Really cold and he said they wear "tubes" which equates to a thin layer of fabric over (most) of their breasts. And he wore his new Aero B3 there!

[esteban68]

"We heard you now have the "Girls of Geordie Shore" to match our equally repulsive "Jersey Shore". Man, what a sad statement on humanity! No wonder beer is so important!"
Oh glad to see hatred of such tosh is universal still the media continue to produce it and teenagers still watch it, some even think it's really real!, we also have Desperate Scousewives I am told! soon they'll be trying to sell us fresh air , I mean it's hardly original is it?

"My son was telling guests about the near-nude girls in New Castle! They made him talk all night long because of his "American accent"
Really cold and he said they wear "tubes" which equates to a thin layer of fabric over (most) of their breasts. And he wore his new Aero B3 there!"Yep that'll be correct, tubes just about covers it!

[ButteMT61]

Can't wait to go back. I really enjoyed myself there. I used to think my 105 year-old house was old
And bad TV is everywhere - you import ours and vice-versa. Thanks a ton for Simon Cowell...

[esteban68]

You're welcome to him and his ilk!.just watched the BBC'c latest rendition of Great Expectations, now that's good TV!