Most Americans it's just soda all day and then beer. Or no beer and just stick with soda. Or beer all day. Of course, most Americans are stuffing their faces with fast food, which doesn't lend itself to wine, or little estates.
Most Americans it's just soda all day and then beer. Or no beer and just stick with soda. Or beer all day. Of course, most Americans are stuffing their faces with fast food, which doesn't lend itself to wine, or little estates.
I like it all. However what i drink depends on my mood/taste/and surroundings.
I'm sure not going to have a Chardonnay with my dog and nachos at the ball game but it sure as heck is an option on a date at a nice restaurant. ya know.
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Drinking beer, or indeed anything, with a female should be a normal part of social intercourse but there are few places where civilised conversation can take place because of pointless noise from loudspeakers.
In this connection, Wetherspoons music free public houses were supposed to be the answer but it didn't turn out that way as is seen from this item purloined from a website informing visitors to Britain what to expect.
WETHERSPOON'S PUBS
Pubs have long been central to the British way of life, providing a focal point for socialising in the UK. And while many individual public houses have their own parochial charms, only Wetherspoon’s pubs are zeitgeist - being both representative and symptomatic of the credit-crunched UK today.
Wetherspoon pubs are famed for their cheap booze and food, and eclectic clientele. Targeting the lower income brackets of society, it is hardly surprising, though morally questionable, that Wetherspoon’s pubs are often situated somewhere amidst clutches of social security offices, job centres and betting shops.
Although the frontages of these pubs are bland and indistinct, much like the atmosphere inside, they are generally easily found by simply looking out for the collection of derelicts that stand outside in all weathers to smoke cheap cigarettes before heading back inside to neck more cut price beer and pick the day’s losers from the racing pages of tabloids.
The same moribund people can often be seen asking passers-by how to use matches or grappling with pens stolen from turf accountants, trying to fill out ‘Happy 6th Birthday Son’ cards for daughters they had over fifteen years ago before they discovered the joys of cheap alcohol and self-destruction courtesy of J.D. Wetherspoons plc.
The pub chain has come under a lot of criticism in recent years, being partly blamed by the press for the culture of binge drinking the tabloids say the UK is in the grip of. However, Wetherspoon has defended itself by saying that its aggressive pricing policy and two for one offers on strong liquor in no way encourage people to drink excessively and subsequently vomit, fall over, fight and urinate over war memorials.
Whether you walk in or walk on by, Wetherspoons pubs are a British icon for many Brits who like to meet in them on Friday and Saturday nights to fill up with cheap booze before staggering on to more upmarket establishments where they hope to spend as little as possible while pretending to be high-rollers with the latest last year’s apparel from TK Maxx. Wetherspoon pubs are a UK institution and British icon.
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OK, Juniper... your approach works for Flickr which will allow me to post images that fail to meet the rules of the Disney/Sunday School Teacher censors over at Photobucket who actually deleted this image as "inappropriate":
It's a print by Edward Calvert, one of the members of "The Ancients"... a group of followers of William Blake... a a clear precursor to porno.
Photobucket... however... is a hell of a lot faster for posting any imagine that involves nothing that might send a red light to the censors. Looks like I'll be keeping both accounts.
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Drinking beer, or indeed anything, with a female should be a normal part of social intercourse but there are few places where civilised conversation can take place because of pointless noise from loudspeakers.
I'll certainly agree with you here. eating out costs pretty much twice (if not more) what it would cost to fix your own meal. I eat out either because it's been a long-tiring day and neither I nor the wife is in the mood to cook and clean dishes... or I eat out simply for the social intercourse. To relax and enjoy conversation with the wife... family... friends. Too many restaurants and bars, however, have jumped to the conclusion that people cannot think for themselves or talk among themselves without the need for continual external stimuli. The majority of bars I know have the stereo blasting "classic rock" while banks of television sets are tuned in to every possible sport you can imagine. Even too many of the finer restaurants where one goes for an intimate evening of conversation and relaxation assume that you need the constant din of pop music playing in the background.
I stopped going to this one doctor's office where they had two TV sets playing two different channels at once. If I'm at the doctor, I probably don't feel well already. The last thing I want is Oprah blaring in one ear and the Weather Channel in the other.
Of course these business are only giving the moronic public what they want. The most comic example of this that I experienced was at a strip club that I was at some years ago for a friend's bachelor party. On the stage before us were a number of stunning beautiful young women... dancing sans any clothing. In the back of the room the TV set was showing the playoffs game in which our local team was involved. The majority of the patrons sat hovered around this TV... beers in hand... and shouting nearly oblivious to the girls on the stage.
Priorities of the Neanderthals?
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Thr British and their Northern European cousins have a culture of binge drinking? Shocking news! When did this start? I blame the Vikings, Angles, Saxons, and last but not least the quiet but spikey Jutes!Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Happy Friday.
I wouldn't fancy any of their chances today, one guy was actually stabbed to death in a Wetherspoon's pub in an argument over a game of dominos.
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"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Well, I for one want to thank you for going through all the trouble to keep your art postings alive, despite all these new obstacles. The site would be much lamer without them.
OK, Juniper... your approach works for Flickr which will allow me to post images that fail to meet the rules of the Disney/Sunday School Teacher censors over at Photobucket who actually deleted this image as "inappropriate":
It's a print by Edward Calvert, one of the members of "The Ancients"... a group of followers of William Blake... a a clear precursor to porno.
Photobucket... however... is a hell of a lot faster for posting any imagine that involves nothing that might send a red light to the censors. Looks like I'll be keeping both accounts.
I don't want to sound obvious and cliché but I really do have to be attracted to the face and more specifically the eyes first. I may notice a girl's legs or behind first (especially in the summer months) but I will always fall for her based on her facial features.
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No one's mentioned clothes yet. There are a lot of people around with attractive faces and hair, that's all about luck - but attractive clothes, and the way you move, that's conscious and reflective of your actual self. If I had to list one single thing that attracts my attention, it would be clothes.
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Grace and elegance of movement are even more important than clothes, or rather being able to wear the clothes.
Anyone can have beautiful clothes, but the mark of distinction is in knowing how to wear them, and that only a few are able to do.
No one's mentioned clothes yet.
Go back through the post. Actually there was a lot of mention of clothing... which degenerated into accusations of "elitism": individuals admitting that something as "shallow" as fashion (or perhaps visual appearances at all) has a definite bearing upon who we are attracted to clearly being elitist snobs...
Or perhaps they're simply honest.
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Someone should go through the posts to make a list...
I still think general cleanliness and tidiness go a long way, regardless of one's clothes or appearance.
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I'll volunteer for that. I think it's time for a poll anyway. Is there a way to do a "check all that apply" poll rather than a "pick one"?
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no one mentioned first impression either.
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