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How often are you here?
This poll is closed. |
| a regular patron |
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7 |
24.14% |
| occasional patron |
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12 |
41.38% |
| passerby |
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11 |
37.93% |
| I am here all the time |
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4 |
13.79% |
| the regulars think I am part of the furniture |
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6 |
20.69% |
| born in bar |
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6 |
20.69% |
| deceased in bar |
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8 |
27.59% |
I see dancing bananas!  |
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13 |
44.83% |
| Total: |
29 voters |
100% |
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Kassiopeia
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Jyväskylä, Finland
Jul 2001
time: 07:33
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Originally posted by Drogue
I'm not saying you should elect to do it if you don't have to. I was just thinking because of your back you can't walk or carry things, why doesn't the system just get you to do civil service instead, unless your disability prohibits that too? |
It doesn't work that way, simple as that. I think it's fair, really - If you're not fit for the army, you won't have to do anything. Army is sort of "the #1 choice" in the eyes of the army, and civil service happens only if you explicitly want to do it. If you want to refuse service altogether, there's prison.
It's a bit hard to explain... it's perhaps the same reason women aren't ordered to civil service (at times of peace anyway): bad karma to force people with disabilities to do anything.
Besides, I don't want to help dilute the conception of civil service being a cop out for those who can't take it but couldn't get a C certificate or the like. It devalues the worth of the service, which to the society can be considered greater than that of armed service. You'll be working with minimal pay as opposed to going around shooting the taxes up to the sky...
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Drogue
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Omnipresent conscience
Oct 2002
time: 05:33
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quote:
Originally posted by GeoModder
Are you joking? £2-3 for a beer???  |
It's not that bad, for a really premium imported beer. It's about the most expensive beer you can buy here.
UK (midland - add half again for London, take away a bit for the north) beer prices:
Carlsberg or other cheap crap: £1-1.50 per pint (~57cl)
English ale: £1.50-2.20 per pint
Stella Artois: £1.80-2.20 per pint
Guiness: £1.80-2.20 per pint
Hoegaarden: £1.80 per half (~28cl)
Leffe: £2 per half
Belgium fruit beers: £2 per half
Delirium Tremens, or other very premium foreign beer: £2-3 per bottle (33cl).
This would be usual pub price (where you can get them). In a club, a bottle of something normal (MGD, Corona, etc.) would be £3, pints about the same, if they're served.
Spirits anything from £1-3 a shot (£3 is usual for Balkan or Absinthe). Cocktails £3-4 (with 2 shots of spirit), Martinis £4-5 (with 3-4 shots of spirit).
You can get drunk on £15 if you want to, or you can spend £40-50 per person if you want a long night out, with clubs and cocktails most of the night. If you can find student nights/happy hours, it's possible to have a whole night and end up plastered on £10 (most uni's have cheap bars, Oxford has the legendary £1 a pint union bar).
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03-09-2004 00:48
OK, maybe not... but I should be able to post more now... on that note, a nice rich vodka with cranberry juice.
That's appauling. I mean really appauling.
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