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Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by marcus_holmes »

alexfoo wrote: post #160
philo23 wrote: post #125

Kinda meta, but this is the first time in a long time where I've put only the first half of my postcode in expecting it not to work and been surprised. Most of these "find your nearest XYZ" site require the full postcode which is just unnecessary unless you're looking for a fairly precise location. A full postcode can narrow your location down to an individual street, so its nice not to give too much away if you can.…

I agree with the bit about the having to enter a full postcode on some sites, I often use one nearby or, if they make me select a specific address for no valid reason I make sure I use a random address nearby. Apologies to some of my neighbours who might be bombarded with junk mail for services I’ve once been half interested in. A full postcode is often much less than a single street. Picking something at random stic…

A friend of mine who lived in a tent in a park got his own postcode. True story.

Details: election time. He went to the election folks and asked for his election papers. They said "sure, where do you live?" he said "the Bender, Eastville Park, Bristol", they said "that's not a valid address", he said "that's where I live, so that's where I'd like my registration to be, please". There was some back and forth. They caved, and duly entered his address on the electoral roll as such. Then he went to the Post Office and said "this is my address, as entered on the electoral roll, can I have my postcode please?". The Post Office kinda had no option, since this was now his official address. So they gave him a postcode and the postie had to walk through the park to drop off his mail.

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by nofriend »

flir wrote: post #23
rconti wrote: post #5

Interest in context on "government pub rates". New tax scheme?

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?

It's hardly a subsidy if it's the removal of a tax that will go away entirely if the business is shuttered. This is frankly an awful framing. A well designed tax taxes a small portion of the business' margin. If the business has small margins, the tax is proportionately small. The tax in question is one that applies regardless of whether the business is making any money, and hence seems to have the express purpose of killing businesses.

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by lazyasciiart »

9rx wrote: post #111
thebruce87m wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did it? I put my postcode in and got nothing. It took browsing the map to discover it had no results for Scotland at all.

Yes. Being on the other side of the world, I've only ever heard of efforts to save English pubs. Thus, without more details, one knows that is what is being referred to. Perhaps Scotland has the same kind of movement happening at the local level, but something on a global website implies global context.

Being on the other side of the world, I had never heard of efforts to save English pubs, so that doesn’t sound like a global context at all.

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by lazyasciiart »

RIMR wrote: post #9
Tom1380 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Americans did the same it would be great

Good luck. Americans won't even differentiate Washington State and Washington D.C. Even the AP guidelines say that "Washington" is ubiquitous shorthand for "Washington D.C." and recommends against shortening it to "D.C."

The most hilarious thing is that I learned recently that when they applied to be a state, the people from WA requested to be the state of Columbia. But a Kentucky rep said that would be too easily confused with the District of Columbia, and Congress changed it to Washington.

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by cortesoft »

sefrost wrote: post #149
tialaramex wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> seeing its rateable value go up 480%! Rateable value is based on what the market prices would be to rent that space. So, somebody is doing nicely apparently.

But if the landlord owns the pub (rare in the UK I know), but I believe it’s the case in this instance, then what are they getting from unrealised property price gains?

Collateral you can borrow against?

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by [deleted] »

prmoustache wrote: post #145
9JollyOtter wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is a "use it or lose it" style campaign by the looks of it. Lots of Pubs in the UK are closing down in recent years. Pubs have traditionally been a big part of socialising in the UK. I don't drink anymore so I don't bother unless I am having a pub lunch on a Friday.

Can't you drink non-alcoholic beverage? If the point is socialising, alcohol is not a requirement. I know a lot of bars in my area also are places to play board games nowadays.

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Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by GrowingSideways »

fakedang wrote: post #89
moop_moop wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The services have certainly not got better in the last 5 years. This Government is fiscally illiterate and has hit the top of the Laffer curve and is now trying to go down the other side.

Unfortunately, if an election were to be held today, the morons at Reform would have the greatest chance of winning, thanks to Starmer's ostrich syndrome, Corbyn dividing the Labour vote and the Tories being absolutely irrelevant after 15 years of continuous rule.

I thought Corbyn started his own party? Surely they have time to figure out a way to look more competent than Starmer of all people

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by j45 »

alexfoo wrote: post #173
j45 wrote: post #135

It's important to separate the spirit of this from the spirits of it. Pubs as social gathering places are critical to exist and keep alive. Drinking neurotoxins that have a lot of destruction and damage, maybe not so much. In the UK pubs are extremely different as well than the US. This site is for the UK, since it's asking for a postal code, among other signs. The UK also I believe has last call at 11 PM, which help…

Last call at 11pm stopped being a blanket rule in 2003. The Licensing Act 2003 (England and Wales) abolished strict closing times. Most pubs now have much longer hours (some even 24/7) although they choose their opening hours based on how busy they are or think they will be. The local councils will take into account local considerations and limit individual pubs as they see fit.

Appreciate the clarification. My awareness was around soccer games.

Re: Find a pub that needs you

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Post by j45 »

antonymoose wrote: post #141
j45 wrote: post #135

It's important to separate the spirit of this from the spirits of it. Pubs as social gathering places are critical to exist and keep alive. Drinking neurotoxins that have a lot of destruction and damage, maybe not so much. In the UK pubs are extremely different as well than the US. This site is for the UK, since it's asking for a postal code, among other signs. The UK also I believe has last call at 11 PM, which help…

Funny enough I worked with an old timer back in Charleston, SC which historically had no regulated last call. During his drinking years they passed a law requiring an 0200 closing time which, as he put it, was a terrible idea because it put all the drunks out on the street at the same time causing joint chaos. In his view having no official close meant folks naturally filtered out over time as they were sated. Seems…

Stopping serving at one hour didn’t have to mean closing at the same time.
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