Drinking at home

whomitconcerns · 18-05-2016 08:55PM

I couldn't be arsed drinking at home. Just find it depressing or boring unless a lot of people there. I mean what's the point if you can't make an Arse of yourself potentially

AnonoBoy · 18-05-2016 09:00PM

whomitconcerns wrote: »

I couldn't be arsed drinking at home. Just find it depressing or boring unless a lot of people there. I mean what's the point if you can't make an Arse of yourself potentially

That's what the internet is for!!!

Now you can get drunk and make a tit of yourself without even having to put on your pants!

madmac187 · 18-05-2016 09:00PM

I like a couple of cocktails at the weekend. 2/3 of 70cl bottle of Absolute vodka usually gone every weekend. Imagine that in a pub/niteclub the cost and the judgement. Not to mention all cocktails are ****e out of like 15 quid!

Jim Bob Scratcher · 18-05-2016 09:00PM

Home definitely. Sure the majority of people in pubs and clubs are glued to their mobile phones constantly.

seamus · 18-05-2016 10:07PM

CatFromHue wrote: »

back in the day there was no internet and barely any TV

if you drank at home back then you'd have to talk to the wife, so they went to the pub instead

And you're not even joking.

To a certain extent it was unseemly for a woman to be drinking at all. Maybe a vodka or G&T if you're a young lady out with your man or a Sherry/brandy if you're an older lady. But not at home where the kids might see and only to be social.

So for the man to be able to unwind he had to go to the pub. On a weeknight that meant the woman wasn't going, she had duties to attend to. And besides, women only went to the pub on special occasions.

The erosion of this nonsense that drinking outside of social events means you're alcoholic and that drinking at home is uncouth has led to higher home drinking rates. Plus the price of course.

JustTheOne · 18-05-2016 10:35PM

If drinking at home it's in the kitchen with music on.

Can't understand watching the telly unless there is a match on.

Music and alcohol=winner.

18-05-2016 11:01PM

Agricola wrote: »

There's been a bit of a cultural shift towards drinking too. Yeah we are still probably in the top 3 for alcohol consumption in Europe per capita, but there is a marked fall in pub attendances outside of the traditional peak times like Friday / Saturday night. Whereas in the past, pub going and church going were the two pillars of Irish life, that's no longer the case. People go for coffee now, to Cafés I've been told. They've also been known to go to restaurants for.... food. And then go home.
Dev would be spinning!

We should be fighting to get back to the top of the drinking league tables!!!

Esel · 18-05-2016 11:27PM

Jada Broad Thug wrote: »

We should be drinking to get back to the top of the fighting league tables!!!

FYP

Lyaiera · 19-05-2016 12:30AM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I'll often kick back after a long day at the office by having a glass of Riesling or a classic Barolo. Put on some music, read a book and relax.

*bliss*

I prefer pints in the pub. I'd be out in a late bar now if I didn't think I'd get groped, stalked or screamed at. There's just something about sitting next to a big lad who calls you a "mad bitch" with all his heart and love as he slowly loses the ability to speak and his vocabulary descends to grunts and croaks.

For all the lads talking about the no pants at home thing, have you tried a skirt? Feel the fresh Atlantic breeze about your bits.

Rothmans · 19-05-2016 01:54AM

JustTheOne wrote: »

If drinking at home it's in the kitchen with music on.

Can't understand watching the telly unless there is a match on.

Music and alcohol=winner.

This. After consuming one or two beverages your attention span and ability to concentrate on a film/tv show wane quite a bit anyway. Your ability to appreciate music,on the other hand, is enhanced!

Maireadio · 19-05-2016 01:58AM

Mostly in the pub but only by a hair. I don't drink much anyway but I think I do more drinking in the pub than at home. It'd be nearer 100% in the pub if prices were more reasonable but they're not. Short-sighted, IMO. Lowering prices would pack more people in and busy pubs are great for atmosphere. Silly publicans. Silly silly publicans.

StupidLikeAFox · 19-05-2016 02:16AM

Maireadio wrote: »

Mostly in the pub but only by a hair. I don't drink much anyway but I think I do more drinking in the pub than at home. It'd be nearer 100% in the pub if prices were more reasonable but they're not. Short-sighted, IMO. Lowering prices would pack more people in and busy pubs are great for atmosphere. Silly publicans. Silly silly publicans.

I'm playing devils advocate here, but if they packed the pubs there would be an increase in antisocial behaviour (Ironically enough, there would also be an increase in social behavior, but that wouldn't get as much coverage) which would lead to calls to curb drinking in pubs. It's a strange one.

I think it's good for people to gather often. Back in the day this happened on a regular basis in pubs and at mass**. Both of those things are now in decline - there is a social element to society that has been eroded. Not sure what the antidote is.

**I'm not a lover of the church by any stretch, just making an observation

Maireadio · 19-05-2016 02:20AM

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

I think it's good for people to gather often. Back in the day this happened on a regular basis in pubs and at mass**. Both of those things are now in decline - there is a social element to society that has been eroded. Not sure what the antidote is.

**I'm not a lover of the church by any stretch, just making an observation

I do agree, and I think it means there's a lot more lonely people out there.

smurf492 · 19-05-2016 02:45AM

JustTheOne wrote:

Can't understand watching the telly unless there is a match on.

JustTheOne wrote:

Music and alcohol=winner.

Music television and documentaries work for me...

Lyaiera · 19-05-2016 02:51AM

smurf492 wrote: »

Music television and documentaries work for me...

BBC radio 6 usually have decent music documentaries and live recordings from midnight to about 3am. They've kept me company as I've nodded off many a night.

All this week they've been having Beach Boys shows for the anniversary of Pet Sounds.

Bongalongherb · 19-05-2016 02:58AM

Koptain Liverpool wrote: »

I was chatting to my dad recently and he was saying that when he was younger there was almost no drinking done at home - it was all done in the pub.

It got me wondering why it was like that and why this has changed.

Is it all down to price?

Or was it due to the unavailability of carry out drink back in the day?

Do you do more drinking at home or at the pub? And is price the main deciding factor?

No, it is all down to the fecking internets. This is why folk don't bother their ass going to a rowdy piss-head bar. Peace and tranquillity drinking at home without having to listen to...Yes... **** all evening and night. At home you can blast out the musical euphoria you like without having to listen to junk-juke-box-pop.

It's more relaxing at home with a few beers and a J. The internet has a lot to answer for though, it is the main reason why folk decide to stay at home drinking and smoking whilst connected to the world of people. Pist, sorry, that was just the opening of a home-made beer.

PS: Coast to coast am with George Snory will really make you fall into a lucid sleep/dream. Another good radio station, George Knapp is the king though.

The rattlesnakes in the nevada desert, it hasn't rained for six days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuIZaLHy_KQ

pragmatic1 · 19-05-2016 03:36AM

Not a fan of drinking at home at all. Much prefer the pub.

Jayop · 19-05-2016 03:44AM

Mostly at home but I love the pub too. I work weird hours and when I'm finished at night the government has decreed that I can't have a point because they don't trust the rest of you to get up in the morning.

Esel · 19-05-2016 03:55AM

Pub, after mass, for a batch loaf, pound of rashers, quarter-pound of butter, puncture repair kit, few days work next week if the weather holds. A large bottle or two, just to be sociable.

JakeArmitage · 19-05-2016 03:59AM

The mean reason people drink at home now is cost, all the big supermarkets sell alcohol at a loss just to get people in the door. Back in the day you got your drink in a pub or an off licence, how many people go to an off licence these days? Very few I'd say because they dont really exist any more

Bongalongherb · 19-05-2016 04:02AM

Pub after mass, WTF ?. The olden days back in the far old past.

My home brew beer and my musical band have a great time drinking at home as always. You should try it sometime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8PYWUBZVmk

Esel · 19-05-2016 04:34AM

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Pub after mass, WTF ?.

Pub wasn't open before mass.

Riders Of Rohan · 29-05-2016 10:35PM

Drinking at home always confused me, I have 6 corona still in the fridge since christmas

donegaLroad · 29-05-2016 11:13PM

Riders Of Rohan wrote: »

Drinking at home always confused me, I have 6 corona still in the fridge since christmas

I understand why the 6 Corona are still there... if it were 6 Leffe though, or Guinness draught, or 6 bottles of Shiraz or Cab Sauv... then they would be long gone in our house.

Uncle Ben · 29-05-2016 11:14PM

Sitting here with a gin and bitter. Lovely.

Riders Of Rohan · 29-05-2016 11:19PM

donegaLroad wrote: »

I understand why the 6 Corona are still there... if it were 6 Leffe though, or Guinness draught, or 6 bottles of Shiraz or Cab Sauv... then they would be long gone in our house.

Hah nah I just have no interest in drinking in the house, Id much prefer a tea. Now I feel old :pac::(

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