tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980742.post8413110465423403204..comments2023-12-28T14:43:54.874+00:00Comments on malung-tv-news: Fancy a Bevy?DAVE BONEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207525118627449541noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980742.post-81152267529301666822008-12-15T21:09:00.000+00:002008-12-15T21:09:00.000+00:00We had some moments but ten years of it almost kil...We had some moments but ten years of it almost killed me. It would definately have driven me crazy had I carried on. I couldn't stand running anymore.DAVE BONEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207525118627449541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980742.post-6022765440093223162008-12-15T20:21:00.000+00:002008-12-15T20:21:00.000+00:00Interesting -- I'll have to listen to the podcast ...Interesting -- I'll have to listen to the podcast later.<BR/><BR/>I was a bartender for a number of years and really always believed it was the staff that made the place (but I also don't go into chain places). <BR/><BR/>We're having some of the same issues here in the US. For example, only about half the liquor licenses available in Chicago are in use and it's harder and harder to find a place with any character... or maybe my definition of character has changed as I've matured or gotten older and bitchier or whatever. And then again, people don't drink as much as they used to. You could lose your job for consuming a liquid lunch (a common practice 30+ years ago) -- and frankly, I couldn't even handle a liquid lunch.<BR/><BR/>I do prefer parties to bars -- squatting isn't as easily done in the US. For one thing, some crazy MFs will legally shoot you if you are on their property without permission and for another the police are more invested in protecting property than preserving peace. <BR/><BR/>I've always been jealous of the whole British squatting thing. I'm probabaly romanticizing it, but still...La Sirenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565141127124213800noreply@blogger.com