Minimum alcohol pricing is nigh

12-05-2021 11:28AM

BrownFinger wrote: »

Yea I made up that drinking 96% alcohol can make you blind.

You didn't say he went blind, you said he needed to get glasses.

Excessive alcohol consumption can damage the optic nerve causing blindness, thats a well established fact. It does not trigger short-sightedness.

12-05-2021 11:54AM

Yea.
Now that you say it ,
Must have been coincidence.

Capt'n Midnight · 12-05-2021 11:56AM

BrownFinger wrote: »

Yea I made up that drinking 96% alcohol can make you blind.

Methanol can do that. Pro tip : Don't drink methylated spirits or turps. Higher alcohols give you bad hangovers, toxic too.

You don't drink 96% alcohol. Dentists us it to kill nerve endings. You use it to top up other drinks like punch. Or dilute to 75% and then you can use it to fuel a V2 rocket.

ShamNNspace · 12-05-2021 02:56PM

Todays Tuam Herald..... Another lad in favour of more expensive drink

Hotblack Desiato · 12-05-2021 03:00PM

What a tosser

12-05-2021 03:02PM

ShamNNspace wrote: »

Todays Tuam Herald..... Another lad in favour of more expensive drink

Thankfully no-one reads the Tuam Herald

Frank Grimes · 12-05-2021 03:06PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

The bottled water guff raises its head again. Either these people need to stop buying such expensive water or tell the rest of us where they're buying their beer.

They clearly need to cut back on their Iceberg Water consumption.

ShamNNspace · 12-05-2021 03:26PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Thankfully no-one reads the Tuam Herald

Not true its very well read locally

FileNotFound · 12-05-2021 03:28PM

BrownFinger wrote: »

Yea I made up that drinking 96% alcohol can make you blind.

Blind drunk comes from methanol in drink not ethanol.

Maybe he fell and damaged himself.

timmyntc · 12-05-2021 03:38PM

FileNotFound wrote: »

Blind drunk comes from methanol in drink not ethanol.

Maybe he fell and damaged himself.

Probably got some in his eye
Or was drinking poorly distilled spirits (hence the methanol)

Definitely wasnt lidl's 97% stuff anyways

Suckit · 12-05-2021 05:22PM

First, I would love to see where the bottled water is being sold more expensively.
Second, the issue should be with the price of bottled water, not anything else. Water is free the world over, or should be. Without getting that argument going, if it is more expensive than anything else man made, then the issue should be with the water bottling company.

odyssey06 · 12-05-2021 05:41PM

Suckit wrote: »

First, I would love to see where the bottled water is being sold more expensively.
Second, the issue should be with the price of bottled water, not anything else. Water is free the world over, or should be. Without getting that argument going, if it is more expensive than anything else man made, then the issue should be with the water bottling company.

It is an argument of fools. The only question is whether it is a fool making it, or someone trying to fool the gullible.

bnt · 14-05-2021 03:27PM

In the USA you can get something called Everclear, which in its strongest version is 95% ABV (190 proof). People do buy that and drink it, without dying, and there are even cocktail recipes on the website. It comes in 750ml bottles for about $20 in the USA; by my calculations, MUP would mean the same bottle costs €56.29 here.

Capt'n Midnight · 14-05-2021 03:41PM

bnt wrote: »

In the USA you can get something called Everclear, which in its strongest version is 95% ABV (190 proof). People do buy that and drink it, without dying, and there are even cocktail recipes on the website. It comes in 750ml bottles for about $20 in the USA; by my calculations, MUP would mean the same bottle costs €56.29 here.

Only 95% ? Pfft wimps

Also way overpriced at about €22 per litre.

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Aldi Italy have a 1L bottle of 96% Alcohol for €13.79

76.8 Irish units representing a saving of €63 per bottle compared to MUP.

You are allowed 10L of spirits if travelling in the EU.

Capt'n Midnight · 14-05-2021 03:55PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

The bottled water guff raises its head again. Either these people need to stop buying such expensive water or tell the rest of us where they're buying their beer.

Only branded water and/or small bottles with fancy caps could cost that much.

Eight bottles of 500ml fizzy water €1.29

Here there's a few supermarkets where somehow someone has found negative cost ingredients that make lemonade cheaper than water.

I've literally bought pints in pubs because they were cheaper than soft drinks.
Maybe if they charged continental prices people would buy ithem instead.

the beer revolu · 15-05-2021 02:37PM

bnt wrote: »

In the USA you can get something called Everclear, which in its strongest version is 95% ABV (190 proof). People do buy that and drink it, without dying, and there are even cocktail recipes on the website. It comes in 750ml bottles for about $20 in the USA; by my calculations, MUP would mean the same bottle costs €56.29 here.

Yup, the only difference between 96% and 40% is a bit of water.
Many cheap vodkas would literally be 96% neutral ethanol, diluted to bottling strength.

The duty and the vat on that duty on a liter of 96% ethanol would currently be over €50.

the beer revolu · 15-05-2021 02:40PM

BrownFinger wrote: »

Yea.
Now that you say it ,
Must have been coincidence.

Either that or you made it up.

There is no other credible explanation.

Capt'n Midnight · 15-05-2021 09:35PM

Meanwhile in the UK they are going for a different message

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/brits-drink-124-pints-each-struggling-pubs-covid-lockdown-b935186.html

Pub-goers will need to drink 124 pints this summer to save the nation’s food and beverage industry, finance experts have claimed.

ohnonotgmail · 15-05-2021 09:38PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Meanwhile in the UK they are going for a different message

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/brits-drink-124-pints-each-struggling-pubs-covid-lockdown-b935186.html

its a tough ask but I'd be willing to give it a go. Try to do my bit for the country.

thesandeman · 15-05-2021 09:43PM

That's my three week average.

ohnonotgmail · 15-05-2021 09:44PM

thesandeman wrote: »

That's my three week average.

I'm only a lightweight.

goose2005 · 20-05-2021 07:37PM

PTH2009 wrote: »

The term 'Public Health advice' has really made ground the last 12-15 months

Government **** themselves when they here 'Public Health Advice suggests this and that'

it used to be that only the bishops could pronounce with such certainty

FileNotFound · 20-05-2021 08:17PM

Yeah seems that any old trope is being pedalled under the Public Health line now.

While i agree with the Gov curbing some excesses, they have lost the run on the MUP front.

Increase costs to taxpayers, while getting nothing more in the exchequer is a daft idea to me.. Just doesn't equate as sensible.

GhostyMcGhost · 20-05-2021 08:39PM

FileNotFound wrote: »

Yeah seems that any old trope is being pedalled under the Public Health line now.

While i agree with the Gov curbing some excesses, they have lost the run on the MUP front.

Increase costs to taxpayers, while getting nothing more in the exchequer is a daft idea to me.. Just doesn't equate as sensible.

This, the housing crisis and how they’re handling the pandemic (never mind the HSE ongoing saga)…. Seriously, vote FF again and we deserve things like this

What the flip is wrong with us? Have we got voters Stockholm syndrome or something?

elperello · 20-05-2021 09:10PM

GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

This, the housing crisis and how they’re handling the pandemic (never mind the HSE ongoing saga)…. Seriously, vote FF again and we deserve things like this

What the flip is wrong with us? Have we got voters Stockholm syndrome or something?

We can all have our individual preferences when it comes to election time but it will do us no good when it comes to MUP.

All the parties government and opposition support it and voted for it.

We really are hostages with no hope of release.

Cookie_Monster · 21-05-2021 03:18AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

You are allowed 10L of spirits if travelling in the EU.

you are allowed an unlimited amount. The quantities stated cannot be enforced under EU law and you can bring back as much as you like for personal consumption without any issue.
My father in law brings home a full car load every time they go away on summer holidays, and has in the past shipped 3 pallets of wine back with zero issues or associated costs.

Himnydownunder · 21-05-2021 03:37AM

GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

This, the housing crisis and how they’re handling the pandemic (never mind the HSE ongoing saga)…. Seriously, vote FF again and we deserve things like this

What the flip is wrong with us? Have we got voters Stockholm syndrome or something?

FF and FG have kind of morphed into one party.

Himnydownunder · 21-05-2021 03:42AM

GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

This, the housing crisis and how they’re handling the pandemic (never mind the HSE ongoing saga)…. Seriously, vote FF again and we deserve things like this

What the flip is wrong with us? Have we got voters Stockholm syndrome or something?

This is a cheap headline grabber (the minimum pricing on alcohol), that allows the government to pat themselves on the back in front of t.v. cameras, when as you say the housing crisis and the H.S.E. disaster are playing out in the background.

ILoveYourVibes · 21-05-2021 03:48AM

I had to go to A&E on a friday night recently ..i was surprised to find the place almost empty ...no drunks no nothing.

Now saying that its during the pandemic ..

I am not a drinker myself except occasionally. But i don't see that outside of the pandemic we really do have worse drinking issues than any other country tbh.

Real Donald Trump · 21-05-2021 03:56AM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

I had to go to A&E on a friday night recently ..i was surprised to find the place almost empty ...no drunks no nothing.

Now saying that its during the pandemic ..

I am not a drinker myself except occasionally. But i don't see that outside of the pandemic we really do have worse drinking issues than any other country tbh.

How do you know what goes on in other A@E through out the globe?

Minimum alcohol pricing is nigh

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