?4.10 for a pint........ blimey

[Sue]

Eh?

Don't diss the CPT! It's (one of) my locals and I love it!

And I haven't noticed any hike in prices, but hey I drink the Stella (since they no longer have Broadside on draught, boo hiss, but hey the Actress have if I fancy a change of scene and a brisk stroll down Crystal Palace Road :)) )

[Tarot]

Isnt that the pub that used to have little boot sales outside on its tables?

I dont like the outside decor of that place too sickly,so nineties colours,and the ferns look like they were stuck

in has an afterthought.

Now if they had,say some old style lampposts(small ones) on their little walled in area.racing green and white paint

and green parasoles,it would look more tasteful.

The clockhouse has a nice facade.

Hows that SueB)

[Atticus]

?'s and old cohort Mockney picking a fight like this is very subjective. It's a lot more understandable to express disappointment in price than it is to consider the economies of scale. Ultimately, it's just an honest observation not worthy of some Adam Smith debate. Get over yourselves.

[Sue]

Tarot Wrote:

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> Isnt that the pub that used to have little boot

> sales outside on its tables?

> I dont like the outside decor of that place too

> sickly,so nineties colours,and the ferns look like

> they were stuck

> in has an afterthought.

> Now if they had,say some old style lampposts(small

> ones) on their little walled in area.racing green

> and white paint

> and green parasoles,it would look more tasteful.

> The clockhouse has a nice facade.

> Hows that SueB)

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I think you're thinking of the wrong pub :))

[Tarot]

Must be the these expensive drinks i.ve had.:)) mind you I was in a country pub once,and nearly got clobbered by

a hanging basket when the chain snapped.

[Tarot]

Then again if you have got a good understanding date or mate,you only need two straws, then you could have half a

pint each.so the ?4,10p wouldent matter would it.

[Annette Curtain]

What's a pub ?

Nnnnnette:-S

[Mick Mac]

Atticus Wrote:

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> ?'s and old cohort Mockney picking a fight like

> this is very subjective. It's a lot more

> understandable to express disappointment in price

> than it is to consider the economies of scale.

> Ultimately, it's just an honest observation not

> worthy of some Adam Smith debate. Get over

> yourselves.

Do you mean John Smith ?

[Sue]

Or Sam Smith? :)

[Tarot]

rub-a dub=pub,ye olde english word of public houses where people could have a social gathering, before Tony Blair tried to imitate the continental bars with outside chairs and tables, all over the bloody pavements.

I would say that Brittain is losing a lot of its traditional identity.

Fings aint what they used to be,

and before anyone says thats good its not.

[mockney piers]

I've blamed and despise Blair for many reasons, but even I can't put the death of the British pub at his door (leave alone his putting chairs outside them).

It's called change.

People just don't like that sort of pub any more.

I recommend Beer & Britannia, an Inebriated History of Britain and you'll see that your idea of long-standing tradition hadn't actually been around that long and that it had come about as a result of many changes of our drinking habits and locations over a very long period of time.

If you want to go back to basics then we've all got to drink in a church.

[Atticus]

I think one of this area's qualities is that it has plenty of different pubs for different tastes

[mockney piers]

Exactly.

The 'traditional' pubs doing things well still attract punters. Those serving bad beer in surroundings that haven't seen a lick of paint or new carpet since 1960, unsurprisingly are closing down. If you like that sort of thing (and I do, the good one obviosuly) then you can do it.

People like tarot see a pub conversion and extrapolate that everything's wrong with the world, which is of course a ridiculous position to maintain.

[DJKillaQueen]

I would second that.

[Tarot]

How about switching to cantinas then,nice glass of veno.up till the early hours, mandolins playing.

[Jah Lush]

Feck orf to Greece if that's what you want Tarot. You probably need a holiday anyway.

[Tarot]

I do need a holiday,thats why Im off to good old Kent this weekend,probably land up in a good old country pub,then crash out in a tent,cant wait.

[Jah Lush]

Try The Bull in Benenden. Tell 'em I sent you.

[Tarot]

Well Ill try and find it, but I have to visit Bodiam castle in East Sussek first,cheers