For anyone else who entered a US zip code and was confused by the ‘invalid zip code’ error: this is UK only.
Seems to be England only. No results for Edinburgh.
I see results on both sides of the border here, Wales and England.
Find a pub that needs you
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#72UK only
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
Stealing this for error logging levels
The bristol stool scale also works well. Although that’s better for sprint planning maybe..
so...you got me. thinking it might have something to do with out worn the stools in your pub are. nope it's just, you know, stool.
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or the term "pub." In the US it's much more usual to say "bar." Maybe "tavern" but that sounds rather dated to my ear.
When I lived in the PNW people used the word pub more than bar.
My sense is that it is an affectation meant to indicate an aspiration to something more than a bar (and its coarse patrons).
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#75Am I the only one that has no idea what this is talking about? Even the "About" section just dumps a ton of jargon about something being a problem for "pubs" - which, very unclear from the homepage, is actually talking about bars/places to drink beer/etc in the UK.
But again, now I know it's talking about that kind of pub, what is the actual issue? Some sort of rate being added to something? What rate? Is this related to a rating system? Taxes? Is it affecting the consumer? The owner?
So confused.
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#76Great idea! https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/personal-finance/finance-expe... shows how little pubs make per pint, very sad. If anyone's curious about cask beer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ud_eTwY4nc&list=PLyDTS7ZG3z... is a very interesting youtube video series by The Craft Beer Channel.
My grandparents were publicans 70+ years ago. Even they they made very little on beer. All the profit was spirits and software drinks. Probably food as well now.
> software drinks
I knew java was good for something
Re: Find a pub that needs you
#77Am I the only one that has no idea what this is talking about? Even the "About" section just dumps a ton of jargon about something being a problem for "pubs" - which, very unclear from the homepage, is actually talking about bars/places to drink beer/etc in the UK. But again, now I know it's talking about that kind of pub , what is the actual issue? Some sort of rate being added to something? What rate? Is this relat…
Nope, I have utterly no idea what "rate increases" are being referred to. Doesn't seem to have a single explanation or link anywhere that I can find.
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m not familiar with the UK, but is the tax on alcohol at pubs higher than at a store? My general understanding was that people have just shopped visiting pubs for other reasons - like diluted drinks, crappy food, loud music, etc.
Bars and pubs aren't really competing against the store or restaurants, they're competing against you drinking alone or with only close friends. If stepping in to have a beer and shoot the shit would cost a significant chunk of a day's wages, you just won't do it, but if I can buy more beer with an hours wages than I can drink in an hour, it's not a bad time.
Weatherspoons charge under £3 for a pint in town. That's 15 minutes at minimum wage.
Beer was far more expensive 25 years ago - £1.60 in 2000 in the student pub when I first started buying my own beer, that was about half an hour at minimum wage.
On the cost side: Wages are higher, energy costs more, rent is higher (because if the pub can't operate the owner can get planning permission to convert it to a private dwelling and sell it for £600k rather than making £12k a year in rent)
On the demand side: People are healthier and drink less. It's nowhere near as acceptable to go out for a few pints at lunch time. People can't drive to a rural pub.
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pubs are dying. Have been for years. Many deaths were postponed because their taxes were reduced due to Covid. Those taxes are now returning to normal levels. This will result in a glut of deaths, as pubs that were just hanging on go under. The policy question is, basically, do we want to subsidize pubs because they're part of our national culture, even though we don't use them nearly as much as we used to?
Lower taxes is not subsidising a business.
It is, when it gets a favourable treatment over other businesses
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#80Am I the only one that has no idea what this is talking about? Even the "About" section just dumps a ton of jargon about something being a problem for "pubs" - which, very unclear from the homepage, is actually talking about bars/places to drink beer/etc in the UK. But again, now I know it's talking about that kind of pub , what is the actual issue? Some sort of rate being added to something? What rate? Is this relat…
Nope, I have utterly no idea what "rate increases" are being referred to. Doesn't seem to have a single explanation or link anywhere that I can find.
A form of property tax it looks like, charged on businesses: https://www.gov.uk/introduction-to-business-rates