mjmooney Posted November 19, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2010 Heaviest lunchtime boozers I ever met were the underwriters at the Lloyds London reinsurance market. "Worked" every afternoon while paralytic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 What time of the day do we see acceptable as booze'o'clock? On holiday abroad, i find a beer in the morning as a 'livener' is acceptable. Weekends, 12 ish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 The British are probably keener on their drink than the irish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 19, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2010 What time of the day do we see acceptable as booze'o'clock? On holiday abroad, i find a beer in the morning as a 'livener' is acceptable. Weekends, 12 ish?This, pretty much. The only day of the year I start drinking really early is Xmas day, when I'm basically on a 24 hour dripfeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 What time of the day do we see acceptable as booze'o'clock? On holiday abroad, i find a beer in the morning as a 'livener' is acceptable. Weekends, 12 ish?This, pretty much. The only day of the year I start drinking really early is Xmas day, when I'm basically on a 24 hour dripfeed. Yep, im usually half cut by dinner time! Might have to be a little restrained this year with the little'un. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Heaviest lunchtime boozers I ever met were the underwriters at the Lloyds London reinsurance market. "Worked" every afternoon while paralytic. the city had a bit of a booze culture .. i never used to drink at lunchtimes but when i started working up there I spent many a lunchtime down the pub ... lots of us had DEC phones and due to the transmitter being up high we could even sit in the Corney & Barrow all Friday afternoon and be contactable as if we were at our desks ... those were the days .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 19, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2010 Just back from the church of beer, after a restrained three pints. Splendid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Just back from the church of beer, after a restrained three pints. Splendid. Do you do the same every Friday Mike or do you maybe sneak a swift one during the week? Does the boss go with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Anyway, I thought you Irish could drink! You think our economy is bad now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 19, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2010 Just back from the church of beer, after a restrained three pints. Splendid. Do you do the same every Friday Mike or do you maybe sneak a swift one during the week? Does the boss go with you?Not every Friday, maybe once every three weeks. Other days, hardly ever. Boss, no. VTer Dicky Plums was there, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Just back from the church of beer, after a restrained three pints. Splendid. Do you do the same every Friday Mike or do you maybe sneak a swift one during the week? Does the boss go with you?Not every Friday, maybe once every three weeks. Other days, hardly ever. Boss, no. VTer Dicky Plums was there, though. Does the boss know you go to the boozer? Or do you pick up some mints on the way back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 19, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2010 Just back from the church of beer, after a restrained three pints. Splendid. Do you do the same every Friday Mike or do you maybe sneak a swift one during the week? Does the boss go with you?Not every Friday, maybe once every three weeks. Other days, hardly ever. Boss, no. VTer Dicky Plums was there, though. Does the boss know you go to the boozer? Or do you pick up some mints on the way back?He knows. He's OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Being only 23 I've still had a good mixture of work before and after University. When I worked for finance dept. in Steelhouse Lane police station a Friday shift would't be complete without a swift few at lunch. They then shut the bar down and made it a sterile vending machine room. Very nice bar it was aswell. When I moved on to working for the NHS in Lozells, there were three of us who would nip to the local at lunch for an hour and sink a few. It was a nice way to end off a working week and Friday afternoons don't really count anyway....there's not much productivity going on. Here's a song for the lunchtime and after-work drinkers . It may not be your style but the lyrics are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 19, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2010 ...and Hell Raisers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 well that was an interesting end to work tonight ...it went from me asking my boss what time I should be in at tomorrow to the GM threatening me with my job .....Cant wait for more fun tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 20, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2010 ¡dıןɟ ǝɯ sǝʞɐɯ ʞןɐʇɐןןıʌ ¡ǝpoɔıun ɹoɟ ʎɐɹooɥ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claret75 Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 What time of the day do we see acceptable as booze'o'clock? On holiday abroad, i find a beer in the morning as a 'livener' is acceptable. Weekends, 12 ish? This, pretty much. The only day of the year I start drinking really early is Xmas day, when I'm basically on a 24 hour dripfeed. Yep, im usually half cut by dinner time! Might have to be a little restrained this year with the little'un. That's nwaht I said, but I've managed to get completely wankered every xmas since her birth , it's pretty much the only day of the year I get to drink all day on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 I don't think this deserves its own thread so I'll post it here. This is absolutely shocking Staggering. I notice that "simple" and "concrete" are very subjective/arbitrary terms but even so 14% is way too high for the most developed nation on earth. I also remember an article I read online recently which claimed that a quarter of Americans were functionally illiterate - i.e. "might be incapable of reading and comprehending job advertisements, past-due notices, newspaper articles, banking paperwork, complex signs and posters, and so on" (quote from Wikipedia). So apparently out of every 4 people you see there will probably be one who doesn't even know how read a goddamn book or newspaper - not even the simplest articles. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 I don't think this deserves its own thread so I'll post it here. This is absolutely shocking Staggering. I notice that "simple" and "concrete" are very subjective/arbitrary terms but even so 14% is way too high for the most developed nation on earth. I also remember an article I read online recently which claimed that a quarter of Americans were functionally illiterate - i.e. "might be incapable of reading and comprehending job advertisements, past-due notices, newspaper articles, banking paperwork, complex signs and posters, and so on" (quote from Wikipedia). So apparently out of every 4 people you see there will probably be one who doesn't even know how read a goddamn book or newspaper - not even the simplest articles. Amazing. They can all read the drive thru menus just fine ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 20, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2010 There's a fair number of immigrants who can't/don't use English.... a share rather close to 14% I would reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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