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Oh c'mon Penguin...you seriously think the the privilege enjoyed by the Royal Family and hangers on is OK? They are lucky sods in a world where 90% of people are born into poverty with never any hope escaping it. And lucky you for not facing hardship but way too many ordinary people are. Ratty is spot on imo. I have no time for any of them.

I doubt it....think it's a second account.

George Best was perhaps the first true 'celebrity' footballer but for all the wrong reasons, primarily women and booze and helped partly by the era. I think the wiki article is going a bit far by suggesting that Man U 'associated with the liberalisation of Western society during the 1960s' (the problem with Wiki articles being written by fans, enthusiasts and amatuer journalists). Many new United fans (since the creation of the premiership in 1992/ the televising of games globally by sky and the export of Beckham) have never seen George Best play. Do you think all those people who bought Beckham shirts in the far east knew anything of Best, Styles or Busby? I know loads of kids that support Man U but have never been to Manchester. They support that team for the star players they like - Rooney and Ronaldo before that. They know nothing of Man U's history and when their star players move...they move too.

It takes how long to write a post? duh....hardly distracts anyone from their work now does it? (although how someone that only joined the forum just over a month ago could know anything about anyone in that time is a bit bewildering - second account perhaps?)

Beckham has brought more fans and revenue in than George Best I'm afraid if we sre going to be brutally honest (a by product of sky money and global media). Having said that GB was a massive talent and there's no doubting his importance in the history of Man United and impact on British football, but like Gasgoine he was an alcoholic mess, and blew it. Bobby Moore is far more worthy of celebration than GB imo in all respects - a true ambassador for the sport.

LOL.....Schalke ;P

I have never said I work in the health industry! Where did that come from????? I'm not going to disclose what my job is becauze it's no-ones business but I do look after a bar as a side interest with one other as well which does not require me to be there every hour of every day...perfectly possible to do.

So you started supporting a team because you liked a player! Proves my point don't you think (player being more important than club) but I didn't say there was anything wrong with that...just merely explained why some fans criticise that kind of support in response to another poster inferring that any criticism was just jealousy lol. Whether you like it or not, Man Utd does have a pile of fans that have no real connection or dedication to the club for the reasons I cited. You are not typical of those kinds of fans and your dedication is proven but it doesn't mean that the majority of people buying Man Utd shirts have any real dedication to the club. It's a running joke with City fans that Man Utd imports it's fanbase for example, not helped of course by the fact that many ordinary local supporters have become priced out of being able to afford to see games at the clubs they grew up around. Football teams historically started as groups of factory workers or villagers or friends. There's a very deep and long running social tradition around football support that is tribal and local. And that is still true for 99% of football teams. Only those in the top flight of the premiership have this phenomena of en mass non local fanbases - and that's for one reason only - because most of those non local fans only have time for big money winning teams and big stars...and for me that is not the remit of a true supporter.

I run a bar MP so know more than you think and the pubs that close are the ones that don't get enough customers through the door and their pricing right (and the reasons for that are various). Just on the Pubco thing (I am aware of this)...they are not the only option for entering the pub/ bar industry. Anyone doing their research proerly would see that they are not a good deal and look for other alternatives to opening/ managing a pub or bar.

It's not jealousy, just a belief that you support the team you grew up around. Because at the end of the day it's easy to pick a successful team to support but not so easy to support the local team struggling to get promotion. Many of us that support the teams of our home town do so because we had other family members, parents that supported those teams. It's like an identity thing...a kind of pride for your roots. To those types of supporter, it has far more meaning than the following of a team because they top the charts or because they have this footballing star or that one. I'm an Everton supporter because I grew up in Liverpool. But I also support Millwall because I've lived in this area for 20 plus years and they are my nearest league team (along with Dulwich Hamlets) and I do go to home games of both of those clubs as often as possible.

I know that breweries hike prices up but in return they give free servicing and parts of the chillers pumps and will replace and update pumps and beer line equipment as part of that service (so that's kind of what it buys the landlord...whether it's a fair trade off or not). Also there are disparities of cost on barrels of beer because basically the bigger a brewery is the higher the level of duty they have to pay - so a small independent brewery can sell a barrel of beer for as little as ?65 whereas the average larger sized brewery has to charge ?120 - ?150 per barrel (on an average popular larger) and imported beer tends to be the higher end of the scale for obvious reasons. Most pubs seem to manage perfectly well with prices ranging between ?3.30 - ?3.80 per pint at present. Of course you have to get customers in (and make a big enough profit) and that becomes about decor, staffing etc as well but that three pound range seems adaquate for most decent pubs to do that in this area. And on Staropramen itself, the wholesale price is around ?1.50 per pint :)

LOL....indeed I stand corrected....secretly I do suspect 'crazy woman syndrome' is at the heart of this :D

A pub will however be subject to it's license and noise pollution considerations often form part of the license. I had problems with noisy neighbours for three years about a decade ago. Both with music and rows. The music was so loud that my windows rattled in their frames for example. It was a miserable. My then housing officer eventually dealt with them and they were evicted under anti-social behaviour legislation. It seems half the battle is in getting the council to take the complaint seriously but once they are involved they do have a range of powers.

What's with the attitude quids? Been on the stella again? I don't think anyone wants to pay ?4 for a pint that's the point.

It's not hard to spot his new accounts, but if as soon as he sets up a new alias someone mentions it here then it perhaps helps admin to get rid asap. Like I said, his first account was set up in November of last year as Belen but he did nothing with it for five months.

People need to vote with their feet. Don't pay it. And I agree on the food thing. ?10 for a main course in a local pub seems to be standard now. For that I expect restaurant quality food, not some fast food dressed up as gastro (when it often isn't).

Looks like he's just created the account 'Jilda' (check your knitting thread LM).

It amazes me that any pub gets away with charging anything near ?4 for a pint. A barrel of beer holds 88 pints. You lose a couple of pints when pulling through or cleaning the beer lines but on average you'll get 80 pints from it. The barrel costs {with VAT} around ?120 upwards (depending on the beer/ale). Fosters is cheaper than Kronenberg for example but even still, you can charge ?3 for a pint of Fosters and be making 100% plus profit on that barrel. My honest opinion is that a lot of the pubs in the area are just taking advantage of the perceived affluence of the area.

Noise pollution team is the way to go with this one. They do have the powers to sieze equipment if called out repeatedly on the same night. If they face obstruction they will call the Police. Let them do it for you.

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Get a life you wierdo....

I think it's just irritating now.....he/she has just reappeared as Pico right on cue (always seems to be around this time of night).

Yep but unfortunately the mentally insane person stalking myself and other forumites with nonsensical posts doesn't take a break even for easter, the saddo that he/she is.....

And knowing that bailiffs won't call during the bank holiday weekend :))

Ditto what LM said and what a pain for Admin to sort out. Clearly a very sad individual indeed going to all that trouble and for what motive? 'Hackker' seems to be the latest username.