Will the Rovers ever Return? Your pub megathread, Part 2 - threadbans in OP

ShyMets · 01-03-2021 12:30pm

PommieBast wrote: »

When talking to relatives in the UK last week about Dublin's lockdowns and Christine McTiernan et al., they remarked that sooner or later there would be riots. Maybe the Irish have finally learnt something from the French.

The only thing we should learn from the French is the noble art of infidelity

bladespin · 01-03-2021 12:37pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Entertainment businesses need to develop operations that don't provide large amounts of custom for A&E, STD clinics, abortion providers and, longer term, mental health services.

Never seen any night club offering those services but each to their own, you've been visiting some weird spots.

PommieBast · 06-03-2021 11:07pm

Just got back to Dublin myself. On the way over I snapped this little gem that I am sure the regulars here would.. be "interested" in

Eric Cartman · 07-03-2021 1:39pm

Drove to ballsbridge last night go get a fine takeaway , all along the canal every bench and wall was lined with groups having cans. The fatigue has set in for most and the desire to be social is definitely overcoming fears

BringBackMick · 07-03-2021 4:04pm

Any ballpark guesses ?

3 May for outdoor hospitality ?

PTH2009 · 07-03-2021 4:23pm

BringBackMick wrote: »

Any ballpark guesses ?

3 May for outdoor hospitality ?

**** nows at this point and with how cowardly our leaders are hiding behind anti drink health officials it could be well into the summer when outdoor hospitality will be permitted. Indoor dining/drinking the elephant in the room and will be frowned upon because we all could be singing,dancing and hugging people

Apparently we're watching how Israel and the UK are getting on and deciding then

Plenty of people drinking takeaway pints and I can imagine how hard it will be the place on paddy's day

Eric Cartman · 07-03-2021 6:20pm

BringBackMick wrote: »

Any ballpark guesses ?

3 May for outdoor hospitality ?

PUP is extended till the end of June so the non food pubs aren't coming back before that at all.

Personal bet - outdoor dining and cafe's till 10pm with a limit of 25 people (distancing allowed for) , max group of 6 from 2 households , beginning in June with a wrap-up in august if the case numbers increase again.

So basically only food pubs with a substantial meal and a curfew.

PTH2009 · 07-03-2021 7:21pm

Eric Cartman wrote: »

PUP is extended till the end of June so the non food pubs aren't coming back before that at all.

Personal bet - outdoor dining and cafe's till 10pm with a limit of 25 people (distancing allowed for) , max group of 6 from 2 households , beginning in June with a wrap-up in august if the case numbers increase again.

So basically only food pubs with a substantial meal and a curfew.

Thought that food bollocks was gone ? Obviously the rule will still be there for the under 18s at parties etc

Eric Cartman · 07-03-2021 7:51pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Thought that food bollocks was gone ? Obviously the rule will still be there for the under 18s at parties etc

I bet its coming back, the government really loved that one , also side prediction of dublin being lept on a higher level than other counties.

The idea of a temple bar pub serving a pint of the black stuff to a lad without him being stuffed to the gills with cheap pizza terrifies stephen donnolly

Tazz T · 07-03-2021 8:55pm

BringBackMick wrote: »

Any ballpark guesses ?

3 May for outdoor hospitality ?

You would have to say something similar to last year. Outdoor drinking during summer months with a blip in cases when the weather goes bad leading to a complete shut down again. If pubs don't open during the summer, can't see them opening until next year.

It'll be business as usual up North tho.

PommieBast · 07-03-2021 9:45pm

Were a few pubs up Phibsboro which had people outside with "takaways", some of which were in glass glasses.

My guess of a proper reopening of pubs is September onwards, assuming they survive at all. I don't see it happening before they've started jabbing the under-40s.

PTH2009 · 07-03-2021 9:55pm

Eric Cartman wrote: »

I bet its coming back, the government really loved that one , also side prediction of dublin being lept on a higher level than other counties.

The idea of a temple bar pub serving a pint of the black stuff to a lad without him being stuffed to the gills with cheap pizza terrifies stephen donnolly

Hope your wrong, bloody hated the mandatory meal rule. It made **** all difference only to your wallet and stomach. Think Dublin should be treated the same as every other county, its our capital city FFS

Degag · 08-03-2021 12:23am

Think it will be at least June before pubs at large open and that's probably optimistic. Maybe hotel bars from May but cases need to drastically reduce for anything to happen. They seem to be plateauing at the moment - really need to get them down to 100 and below.

Eric Cartman · 08-03-2021 12:28am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Hope your wrong, bloody hated the mandatory meal rule. It made **** all difference only to your wallet and stomach. Think Dublin should be treated the same as every other county, its our capital city FFS

I hope so too, despised the silly food rule. It also really curtailed nights to a 1 pub affair, not a chance was I going to buy 2 meals.

But I suspect the food rule will be sadly kept.

PTH2009 · 10-03-2021 2:32am

Hard to believe its coming up to a year since we had proper pub life in Ireland. Remember the days you could walk into any pub/nightclub buy a pint without signing this and that, have a dance and try your luck. Stay drinking til closing time which was anything from half 11 to half 2. Not to mention having the freedom to move between places

Let's hope those days return in the very near future. Outdoor dining without the food and time limits this summer could be the start of the road back

thesandeman · 10-03-2021 4:09am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Outdoor dining without the food

Careful now! Don't be giving them any ideas.

hynesie08 · 10-03-2021 12:07pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Hard to believe its coming up to a year since we had proper pub life in Ireland. Remember the days you could walk into any pub/nightclub buy a pint without signing this and that, have a dance and try your luck. Stay drinking til closing time which was anything from half 11 to half 2. Not to mention having the freedom to move between places

Let's hope those days return in the very near future. Outdoor dining without the food and time limits this summer could be the start of the road back

And to get to t'pub we had to walk 6 mile barefoot through the snow, uphill...... There and back......

And outdoor dining without food is just sitting down.

Pintman Paddy Losty · 11-03-2021 5:31pm

https://twitter.com/gardainfo/status/1370028540972867586?s=20

Hard to believe there are still people doing this? The guards must have a pain in their teeth going around having to fine people flagrantly breaking regulations. A real kick in the teeth to the rest of us.

PTH2009 · 11-03-2021 5:58pm

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

https://twitter.com/gardainfo/status/1370028540972867586?s=20

Hard to believe there are still people doing this? The guards must have a pain in their teeth going around having to fine people flagrantly breaking regulations. A real kick in the teeth to the rest of us.

I thought it was legal now to drink takeaway pints once your 100m from where you purchased due to some loop hole ?

Be easier just to stop takeaway pints then?

Pintman Paddy Losty · 11-03-2021 7:50pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

I thought it was legal now to drink takeaway pints once your 100m from where you purchased due to some loop hole ?

Be easier just to stop takeaway pints then?

Looks like the punters are drinking it outside the pub. Stupid behaviour!

PommieBast · 11-03-2021 8:25pm

Hardly surprising though. After a year of false hope people are getting on with the lives, legal or otherwise.

fin12 · 11-03-2021 10:31pm

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

https://twitter.com/gardainfo/status/1370028540972867586?s=20

Hard to believe there are still people doing this? The guards must have a pain in their teeth going around having to fine people flagrantly breaking regulations. A real kick in the teeth to the rest of us.

Are U for real? It’s been a year. It’s a complete joke at this stage. Countries with massive populations are open all over this place.

Dickie10 · 11-03-2021 10:48pm

cant wait for June to head up north for good sesh

Hurrache · 11-03-2021 11:01pm

Dickie10 wrote: »

cant wait for June to head up north for good sesh

A sash more like.

Dickie10 · 11-03-2021 11:02pm

id actually love to see orange parade in real life id say would be a bit of craic.

Kunta Kinte · 12-03-2021 7:42am

Dickie10 wrote: »

cant wait for June to head up north for good sesh

You will be waiting a lot longer than June to be able to do that.

ShyMets · 12-03-2021 8:27am

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

You will be waiting a lot longer than June to be able to do that.

Perhaps he will or perhaps he won't. We'll know closer to June

dominatinMC · 12-03-2021 8:43am

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

You will be waiting a lot longer than June to be able to do that.

Ah, the all-knowning, all-seeing sage of Boards is back to tell us what the future holds. Sounds like you've been abusing that crystal ball of yours again.

Dickie10 · 12-03-2021 12:58pm

did Boris not say june 21 all open? the british wont mess around i expect all to be open june 21, i would think you could get over to mainland uk easier then too. i plan on going to a few race meeting in late summer in UK as galway races will be behind closed doors.

Kunta Kinte · 12-03-2021 1:12pm

Dickie10 wrote: »

did Boris not say june 21 all open? the british wont mess around i expect all to be open june 21, i would think you could get over to mainland uk easier then too. i plan on going to a few race meeting in late summer in UK as galway races will be behind closed doors.

Boris has said and promised a lot of things since he became British PM many of which he has had to back track on. I wouldn`t be booking any trips to the UK just yet if I were you.

MrMusician18 · 12-03-2021 1:18pm

Dickie10 wrote: »

did Boris not say june 21 all open? the british wont mess around i expect all to be open june 21, i would think you could get over to mainland uk easier then too. i plan on going to a few race meeting in late summer in UK as galway races will be behind closed doors.

Johnson said things would open at the earliest 21 June.
What people heard was that things would definitely, certainly open on 21 June.

Johnson has potentially painted himself into a corner, yet again. Even if they are not ready, he may end up having to open because of the political pressure he's created.

El_Duderino 09 · 12-03-2021 1:21pm

Dickie10 wrote: »

did Boris not say june 21 all open? the british wont mess around i expect all to be open june 21, i would think you could get over to mainland uk easier then too. i plan on going to a few race meeting in late summer in UK as galway races will be behind closed doors.

What on earth gives you the impression that the British won't "mess around" with that deadline? Johnson has taken a punt and it might even work out. But he has set and changed deadlines willy nilly up to now. I don't suppose you followed how he handled deadlines and all the date changes. Take my word for it that it made the Irish government look great by comparison.

PommieBast · 12-03-2021 4:56pm

As things stand the best bet for being able to get on with my life is to head over to the UK and get jabbed there. I've stopped paying attention to the excuses coming out of the Irish government.

Dickie10 · 13-03-2021 12:52am

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

What on earth gives you the impression that the British won't "mess around" with that deadline? Johnson has taken a punt and it might even work out. But he has set and changed deadlines willy nilly up to now. I don't suppose you followed how he handled deadlines and all the date changes. Take my word for it that it made the Irish government look great by comparison.

well thats not true, the British government havent put a foot wrong in vaccination scheme, Boris will be up there with churchill the way he will get UK out of this.

Kunta Kinte · 13-03-2021 2:25am

Dickie10 wrote: »

well thats not true, the British government havent put a foot wrong in vaccination scheme, Boris will be up there with churchill the way he will get UK out of this.

You are comparing Johnson with Churchill?:eek: Seriously. you need to stay off the waccy baccy if you truly believe that.

El_Duderino 09 · 13-03-2021 8:23am

Dickie10 wrote: »

well thats not true, the British government havent put a foot wrong in vaccination scheme, Boris will be up there with churchill the way he will get UK out of this.

The vaccination has been excellent. Everything up to that was a shambles. Did you follow how they handled schools opening and closing dates?

If you’re expecting them to stick to a date just because they said they would then you’re just wishful thinking. They vaccine is going great so it might well work out this time. But the notion that they wouldn’t “mess around” with dates, is just uninformed.

Degag · 13-03-2021 9:59am

I don't even think one can say with confidence that their vaccine programme is going great. They are not following the recommended method AFAIK and instead are giving as many people as possible the first jab and not giving the second within the recommended time.

It might work out great, but it might not.

SoapMcTavish · 13-03-2021 10:06am

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

Wet pubs will not reopen before September at the earliest and even if they do time limits and social distancing measures will be in place. Simple as that.

Do you work for RTE ? :pac::pac::pac:

El_Duderino 09 · 13-03-2021 10:07am

Degag wrote: »

I don't even think one can say with confidence that their vaccine programme is going great. They are not following the recommended method AFAIK and instead are giving as many people as possible the first jab and not giving the second within the recommended time.

It might work out great, but it might not.

I think they took a punt on that approach and then the research came back saying it was fine (to do the second dose within 12 weeks).

But the uk programme is going great. They’re consistently getting lots of supply and administering lots of vaccines. That has to be seen as going great. What else could you call it?

Degag · 13-03-2021 10:19am

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

I think they took a punt on that approach and then the research came back saying it was fine (to do the second dose within 12 weeks).

But the uk programme is going great. They’re consistently getting lots of supply and administering lots of vaccines. That has to be seen as going great. What else could you call it?

Well it wouldn't be so great if pushing out the second jab affected the efficacy of the vaccine. I didn't hear that it was fine to extend the time of the second jab, so that's good.

My point is that we probably won't be able to definitively conclude how each country handled the vaccine administration until it's actually all over.

Hope it works out well for them anyway.

Dickie10 · 13-03-2021 11:39am

its great news for us as we can use northern ireland or maybe even the mainland too as staycations /vacations. Britain will be safer than galway, kerry or mayo because we wont have near the same percentages vaccinated by july and august.

much safer and i would think better to head to london ,liverpool or scotland on holiday than anywhere in ireland

jt69er · 13-03-2021 11:50am

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Joe Duffy would be thrilled by your faith in his influence. But it’s been an industry term for decades.

Did we ever future out why it makes people so cross through?

I've worked in the industry for the last 35 years and I had never heard of the term "Wet Pub" before last summer.

Pintman Paddy Losty · 13-03-2021 12:45pm

jt69er wrote: »

I've worked in the industry for the last 35 years and I had never heard of the term "Wet Pub" before last summer.

It's a very good term regardless. It describes perfectly the horrid disgusting dank atmosphere of "wet" pubs perfectly.

Tazz T · 13-03-2021 12:47pm

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

It's a very good term regardless. It describes perfectly the horrid disgusting dank atmosphere of "wet" pubs perfectly.

What swamp-like pubs have you been patronizing?

El_Duderino 09 · 13-03-2021 12:48pm

jt69er wrote: »

I've worked in the industry for the last 35 years and I had never heard of the term "Wet Pub" before last summer.

Yeah that’s interesting that you haven’t heard it. Been used in the industry to differentiate between they two main types of pubs for decades none the less.

Individual pubs might not bother with them as they are either one or the other kind. But certainly pub representative groups who represent both types of pubs have been using them for decades.

The idea that it’s a conspiracy against pubs is certainly a new idea.

ShyMets · 13-03-2021 12:54pm

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

It's a very good term regardless. It describes perfectly the horrid disgusting dank atmosphere of "wet" pubs perfectly.

For correct spelling and good grammar I'll give your trolling effort 2 out of 10

jt69er · 13-03-2021 1:22pm

‘Wet pub’ is derived from an internal industry term ‘wet-led’ used to identify a pubs main product range (beverage). Would probably have been used by suppliers to differentiate between customers.

Pintman Paddy Losty · 13-03-2021 1:40pm

ShyMets wrote: »

For correct spelling and good grammar I'll give your trolling effort 2 out of 10

Didn't ask for your opinion. Keep it to yourself, good lad.

Tokyo · 13-03-2021 2:19pm

ShyMets wrote: »

For correct spelling and good grammar I'll give your trolling effort 2 out of 10

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Didn't ask for your opinion. Keep it to yourself, good lad.

Mod: Both of you, dial it back.

PommieBast · 13-03-2021 4:57pm

Dickie10 wrote: »

well thats not true, the British government havent put a foot wrong in vaccination scheme, Boris will be up there with churchill the way he will get UK out of this.

Lot of people forget that Churchill was booted out of office in 1945, so the comparison might be more than he wishes for..

Will the Rovers ever Return? Your pub megathread, Part 2 - threadbans in OP

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