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How in gods name is this pub still open? I drive past quite often (Day and Evening) and make a point of looking to see if there are any punters having a drink, I don't think that i've seen anyone in there for 10 years. I can only conclude that the council are subsidising it so that doesn't end up a food place or Take away!
The ducks tend to drink in there, but they're quite small so you wouldn't see them through the windows when you're driving pastQuote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
****ing geese cross the road now by roath park and do a fine job of trimming the locals lawns. Bloody Canadian Geese, coming here and stealing our jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Splott-light...
It's bloody annoying but it is Trudeau :facepalm:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Like what you did there, one for the intellectuals on this board. I don't mind the Geese crossing over and looking for Pastures new, it's the ****ing attitude and look they give you when i'm forced to slam the anchors on the van.Quote:
Originally Posted by Splott-light...
very few things worse than arrogant geese :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Used to drink in there in the 70s & 80s, it was a great pub then. It's sad to see the way pubs are falling by the wayside. I hope it stays open as long as possible.
One bit my missus once-rather amusing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Splott-light...
I go there occasionally, usually to watch local bands in the face room, and to be fair, it is quite busy on a Friday or Saturday evening. But I do get what you're saying - the rest of the time it's fairly empty. I think the guy running it is giving it a fair shot, the beer is cheap (and good too), but there's no food, and no Sky TV, so I guess he's struggling. But...I love the place. It's a good old fashioned street corner pub, and we should all be giving them our trade, before they completely disappear.
Back room, I meant to say....
Made me chuckle 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by Splott-light...
Same, Just can't understand how it is surviving. The splotlands always used to look like it had a loyal crowd and it seemed busy on a Friday night up until a few years back and that place went although there always seemed to be trouble outside on a Friday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Gillis
Good post, i agree, i used to get in there when i was a youngster on my way into town, then into the Exchange and Poets Corner-Both gone.Quote:
Originally Posted by tforturton
I think the law states 11pm or thereaboutsQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe Gillis
I heard it was at least trying to get things going, Trojan reggae nights etc....not even many pubs close by these days and lots of young people living nearby. The youngsters these days aren’t into old traditional pubs I think....we will just be left with soulless bars in the city centres soon....Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
I imagine the main competition pubs face is people drinking at home. I’m 37 so too young to really know this, but i am sure drinking at home is far more prevalent than it was say 20 years ago. When I was a teenager we used to go to the local pub for a drink, not get cans and sit in front of the telly. But then I think the price of a pint was far closer to the price of a can back then, and frankly the internet, Netflix, prime, etc etc means there is far more to keep me entertained at home than there was when we only had 5 channels to choose from, and a dial-up modem connection. I’m sure that is going to be a large contributor to pub closures.
Pubs are dying.
People don’t want to spend 3.50 on a pint when you can get 18 cans in the super market for a tenner.
I’m far from an intellectual and got it instantly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Not sure why you’d need to be that bright to get the connection tbh.
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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
Intellectual masturbation for one
Onanism nqat
I’ll masturbate my ego for getting that one then.Quote:
Originally Posted by light up the darkness
3.50? You’ll be lucky to find that in the city centre. Pubs aren’t what they used to beQuote:
Originally Posted by The Bob Banker Spanker
Borough is under 3 quid ain’t it?Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
It was a reference to Ronniebird and his mates.Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
You’re going to the wrong pubs, Rummer - £1.95 (on my way there now), Old Arcade- £2, Borough-£2.20, Queens Vaults around £2, Live Lounge- varies through the evening but the professional piss heads have stabbed it out, so if you hit it at the right time you’re looking at around £2 a pint. The town beer price war is marvellous at the moment, long may it last.Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
Admittedly I am in central London but out of the 20 or so pubs that I might be about to go to within a 5 min walk of the office I can think of only one where a pint might be less than a fiver and in most it will be over £6. I normally go to work drinks and buy a round for the people in my team and head off soon after, but that can easily cost £40+ a time. Ive really started to notice that cost! A pub serving pints at £3 a go would be a godsend.
exactly. i dont come on here to be ostrichisedQuote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
You need to get your head out of the sand🤪Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
Aye they seem to have it bad in most parts of England not just London, you notice the difference every away game, It’s no wonder that Cardiff is ‘pull along case city’ on Friday afternoons, must be a Godsend for stags & hens and their pockets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick
Can’t trust an ostrich.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
Very sneaky animals.
are they drinking at the pub ?Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
They're not. The eyeball of an ostrich is actually bigger than their brain, basically they're thick as shit. Not an intellectual by any stretch, not like the other 'Bird' on this site.Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
They would have severe problems in selecting which drink they would like as they don't have the 'intellectual' capacity to make those decisions. And it would be a bastard getting to the bar with several ostrich lined up being indecisive.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
Seen all sorts in my local, probably.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
I reckon they’d start an awful lot of fights too. Horrible ****ers IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Tiny Rebel, £3.70 for cask beer, £4.80 for keg tonightQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
About 4 pubs listed my the Splott chap serving beer between 2-3 quid.Quote:
Originally Posted by shimmy
My mate who goes to the football with me was pleasantly surprised in the Live Lounge the other evening, £1.50 a pint. Can’t go wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
Kiwis £2, Borough £1.80 and a few more
Miller's on the corner of Caledonia St off York way Kings cross. Pint of bitter 3.50. Excellent staff and great sports pubQuote:
Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick
You can’t for that price.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
I don’t mind paying £3 in my local in the valleys, but obviously if you can get it at those prices it’s fantastic.
People grumble about beer prices in Cardiff but aren’t willing to go looking. It’s easier to just moan.