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Pubs Closed - The Poor Drunks

FixdePitchmark

Don't get me wrong - I love a pint in the pub myself.

But you know these lads who were going to pubs every day - basically their life.

I was wondering how they coped with pubs closed - where did they go.

Must have been a bigger shock than covid - pubs haven't been closed in Ireland - in 100s of years.

Also - you missing the pub yourself ?

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Hector Savage

NIMAN wrote: »

I really hope you are right.
There is nothing on the continent to compare to a lively, jumping Irish pub.

I have seen first hand how much visitors to Ireland enjoy them, and if we were to turn into what is classed as a pub on the continent, it would be a sad day.

Yeah pubs in Europe are sh*te, like drinking in an old garage, no atmosphere, **** beer....

Feisar

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I heard carveries won’t be allowed. Food has to come from the kitchen. Is that the case?

Few things better than a good turkey and ham carvery, a dozen pints, and a couple of visits to the bookies next door to back on a few horses.

Not a fan myself however good is key.

Anything carvery like coming direct from the kitchen you can assume is coming out of a wrapper from Pallas foods and microwaved.

Hector Savage

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I'd say this is more the case. And what my first post was about.

I genuinely feel sorry for them - as it was genuinely their life. All these lads have a story , something that went wrong with them or their life. I've a natural curiosity about them.

How condescending ... god love them, anyone sitting up at the bar - God love them, I wonder what went wrong in their life !!!

F*ck off, maybe nothing, maybe they are just enjoying a pint and doing the crossword

FixdePitchmark

Hector Savage wrote: »

How condescending ... god love them, anyone sitting up at the bar - God love them, I wonder what went wrong in their life !!!

F*ck off, maybe nothing, maybe they are just enjoying a pint and doing the crossword

Why are you so angry.

You one of them. They tend to be a bit cranky at times too.

I'm talking about lads who go every day - for 5/6 hours for 7/8 pints.

Not just a pint or two doing the crossword.

Geuze

Ishaan Rough Blouse wrote: »

Not really, even on the higher end of his range every night it’s only 28 pints a week. On the lower end it’s 14 which is one good night out for a lot of people.

Very funny.

Only in Ireland would the word only be put on front of 28 pints.

I love pubs, and I like a drink myself, but of course the vast majority of people in Ireland would agree that 28 pints a week is way too much.

I am going through all the people I know, and none of them would have 14 pints in a night out.

They range from age 25-75.

Many of them, at some stage of their lives, would have had 8-10 pints over the course of a long day or long night, ok, yes.

In their 20s, many of them may have had 8 pints in a night out, at least once a month.

But none of them would regularly have 14 pints.

major bill

Geuze wrote: »

Very funny.

Only in Ireland would the word only be put on front of 28 pints.

I love pubs, and I like a drink myself, but of course the vast majority of people in Ireland would agree that 28 pints a week is way too much.

I am going through all the people I know, and none of them would have 14 pints in a night out.

They range from age 25-75.

Many of them, at some stage of their lives, would have had 8-10 pints over the course of a long day or long night, ok, yes.

In their 20s, many of them may have had 8 pints in a night out, at least once a month.

But none of them would regularly have 14 pints.

I am kinda feeling good about myself if 28 pints a week is the norm

major bill

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I heard carveries won’t be allowed. Food has to come from the kitchen. Is that the case?

Few things better than a good turkey and ham carvery, a dozen pints, and a couple of visits to the bookies next door to back on a few horses.

I honestly think this is aload of bollox and they making it up as they go along, they have shafted the entertainers too, how is one lad in a corner singing on a guitar gonna increase peoples chances of getting the virus!!

JohnnyFlash

Geuze wrote: »

Very funny.

Only in Ireland would the word only be put on front of 28 pints.

I love pubs, and I like a drink myself, but of course the vast majority of people in Ireland would agree that 28 pints a week is way too much.

I am going through all the people I know, and none of them would have 14 pints in a night out.

They range from age 25-75.

Many of them, at some stage of their lives, would have had 8-10 pints over the course of a long day or long night, ok, yes.

In their 20s, many of them may have had 8 pints in a night out, at least once a month.

But none of them would regularly have 14 pints.

I'd say Nox has put in the hard yards, and can put away almost 2 gallons without too much effort. It would be unusual enough to be fair. I'd say most lads are full enough after 8-10. Obviously you'd have more after celebrating an All Ireland victory, after landing a gamble, at a wedding etc.

Some lads are built for drinking though. I knew a lad called Big Mike who could put away 25 pints not a bother on him. He'd be drunk enough at that stage, but wouldn't be making a show of himself or anything.

[Deleted User]

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Some lads are built for drinking though. I knew a lad called Big Mike who could put away 25 pints not a bother on him. He'd be drunk enough at that stage, but wouldn't be making a show of himself or anything.

Ive one or two friends that are tanks for beer. Was at a wedding there earlier in the year and id probably 16 pints a few small ones/spirits with mixers by the end of the residents bar my friend passed 25 pints for sure, I’d say 26 at least. He was down for the breakfast before me the next morning and we were both on the beer again before lunchtime in the hotel bar!

Jim Root

Ishaan Rough Blouse wrote: »

Ive one or two friends that are tanks for beer. Was at a wedding there earlier in the year and id probably 16 pints a few small ones/spirits with mixers by the end of the residents bar my friend passed 25 pints for sure, I’d say 26 at least. He was down for the breakfast before me the next morning and we were both on the beer again before lunchtime in the hotel bar!

That’s pretty sad.

[Deleted User]

the beer revolu wrote: »

I started a thread on the future of pubs here a few weeks ago.
It was deemed unsuitable for AH , moved to Current Affairs and then closed.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=113484216

:mad::mad::mad:

Buried in a megathread. Welcome to the new AH.

EmmetSpiceland

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I heard carveries won’t be allowed. Food has to come from the kitchen. Is that the case?

Few things better than a good turkey and ham carvery, a dozen pints, and a couple of visits to the bookies next door to back on a few horses.

The big fear there, J, would be that the plate would come out with only 1, maybe 2, type of potato on it.

Imagine that? Certainly couldn’t call it “carvery” and you’d just end up disappointed.

Worrying times ahead in this post-Covid world. A lot of “new realities” to be faced.

[Deleted User]

Jim Root wrote: »

That’s pretty sad.

Was mighty Craic and a savage weekend overall as is every weekend that’s spent on the sauce! I pity those who don’t appreciate how great it is.

Andrew00

Every man tries to be the guy who skulls 13 pints and doesn't seem drunk.

There seems to be an honour attached with it

Better Than Christ

Geuze wrote: »

I love pubs, and I like a drink myself, but of course the vast majority of people in Ireland would agree that 28 pints a week is way too much.

When I was a kid, my dad would probably have put away at least 28 pints of Guinness in an average week. On Sundays, he'd have five or six pints between midday and 3pm. Then home for dinner, a long walk and maybe a nap. He'd be back in the pub for 7:30 - another four pints and home by 10pm. Monday evenings after work - another four or five pints. He very rarely went out on Tues, Wed or Thurs. Then on Friday night - another six pints. Saturday afternoon - 2 or 3 quiet pints while he read the paper. Back out on Saturday night for at least another six or seven pints.

It's funny - I wouldn't have thought of him as a particularly heavy drinker, but he probably drank more than a lot of genuine alcoholics. I've only seen him properly drunk maybe three times in my life (and one of those times was when Ireland beat Romania in 1990).

Andrew00

My aul lad would drink 6 pints of porter in the pub then 6/7 cans of cider at home, every single day of the week. More at the weekend

keepalive213

I know of 2 slatted cow sheds (empty for the summer) which are in full swing most days since the pubs shut.
The local publican does a delivery every so often and the chronic alcoholics party on, they had live music in one last week when a lad docked up with an accordion.
Another chap I know who was a 7 day a week drinker has not touched a drop since this 5h1tstorm started. Could be the makin of him...

pgj2015

Andrew00 wrote: »

Every man tries to be the guy who skulls 13 pints and doesn't seem drunk.

There seems to be an honour attached with it

And the lads who are dying after a night out, jesus you look rough, are you dying? ah no im sound.

[Deleted User]

Ishaan Rough Blouse wrote: »

Ive one or two friends that are tanks for beer. Was at a wedding there earlier in the year and id probably 16 pints a few small ones/spirits with mixers by the end of the residents bar my friend passed 25 pints for sure, I’d say 26 at least. He was down for the breakfast before me the next morning and we were both on the beer again before lunchtime in the hotel bar!

Would you not be in an absolute hape? And spirits as well. I'm a woman so obviously there's with how I process alcohol but even compared to other women I'm a real lightweight.
After 3 pints things start to get very dodgy.
I can also sometimes experience a weird feeling where I have the physical symptoms of drunkenness but my mind seems untouched.

CrankyHaus

keepalive213 wrote: »

I know of 2 slatted cow sheds (empty for the summer) which are in full swing most days since the pubs shut.
The local publican does a delivery every so often and the chronic alcoholics party on, they had

Sounds like they've found their level

pgj2015

keepalive213 wrote: »

I know of 2 slatted cow sheds (empty for the summer) which are in full swing most days since the pubs shut.
The local publican does a delivery every so often and the chronic alcoholics party on, they had live music in one last week when a lad docked up with an accordion.
Another chap I know who was a 7 day a week drinker has not touched a drop since this 5h1tstorm started. Could be the makin of him...

fair play to them, you wouldn't want to see them stuck at home looking at the 4 walls, depressed off their heads.

[Deleted User]

Deleted User wrote: »

Would you not be in an absolute hape? And spirits as well. I'm a woman so obviously there's with how I process alcohol but even compared to other women I'm a real lightweight.
After 3 pints things start to get very dodgy.
I can also sometimes experience a weird feeling where I have the physical symptoms of drunkenness but my mind seems untouched.

Supping away all day at a steady pace at a wedding I wouldn’t really be anywhere near being in a hape. Usually why I’d have a few shots and stuff to get a bit drunker and the bit for craic around doing them too.

buried

Deleted User wrote: »

Would you not be in an absolute hape? And spirits as well. I'm a woman so obviously there's with how I process alcohol but even compared to other women I'm a real lightweight.
After 3 pints things start to get very dodgy.
I can also sometimes experience a weird feeling where I have the physical symptoms of drunkenness but my mind seems untouched.

JupiterKid

Genuine thought: how widespread was very heavy drinking among generations of Irish men to the extent where it affected their physical health very negatively and consigned them to an relatively early grave?

Life expectancy for Irish men increased markedly between the 1980s and today. I wonder how much of that increase is not just down to better healthcare and medications but also a decline in binge drinking and heavy smoking?

[Deleted User]

buried wrote: »

I feel so naive to the ways of the world.

Potential-Monke

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

What line of work is your sister in.

At the time, she worked for Eir Customer Care! Can probably understand the liquid lunches then. Think it's hard to deal with them? Try working for them!

major bill wrote: »

how is one lad in a corner singing on a guitar gonna increase peoples chances of getting the virus!!

It's not him, it's the uncontrolable crowds that will follow just because there's some kind of live music on. It's to help prevent too many people showing up, because we have proven we can't trust ourselves to behave properly and keep social distancing.

Deleted User wrote: »

I feel so naive to the ways of the world.

You should try it just once!

Class MayDresser

keepalive213 wrote: »

I know of 2 slatted cow sheds (empty for the summer) which are in full swing most days since the pubs shut.
The local publican does a delivery every so often and the chronic alcoholics party on, they had live music in one last week when a lad docked up with an accordion.
Another chap I know who was a 7 day a week drinker has not touched a drop since this 5h1tstorm started. Could be the makin of him...

Christ that man's freedom is gone. Once he's getting down to the Spar for the paper and milk, she'll surely not notice.

Brendan Bendar

Zebra3 wrote: »

I don't get this thing of getting a pint delivered to your house in a plastic glass.

Where's the thrill in this? A few likes on social media?

"Aren't I mad?"?

Why not just buy a beer in the shop and pour it into a proper glass?

Z these tools are conditioned by the vintners to believe that only the bars can serve drink properly.

They have brainwashed a bunch of dough heads that spending €20 for a ‘round’ of 4 drinks is great, that a more elaborate night can cost a C note without too much trouble.

A couple of cans with friends in the garden costs around a Fiver.

These tools have been lobbying, and this is after gouging the public for decades,for the C 19 rules to be relaxed.

What will happen when this happens..... will Pat comply.......

. will he f**k.

What will happen when the resulting surge occurs.....Will the vintners leap into the fray? “Sorry guv. Nothing to do with us, that’s your problem lads, you are the medics.“

Be careful out there and always look for the vested interest.

the beer revolu

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I heard carveries won’t be allowed. Food has to come from the kitchen. Is that the case?

Few things better than a good turkey and ham carvery, a dozen pints, and a couple of visits to the bookies next door to back on a few horses.

Carveries where a staff member plates up the food are allowed.

It's self service buffets that aren't allowed as everyone would be touching the same utensils.