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2011/05/18 21:04:51
Subject: What should I see in London?
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
Southampton, Hampshire, England, British Isles, Europe, Earth, Sol, Sector 001
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Albatross wrote:Too expensive to drink in London anyway....
QFT I was in college back in 2000 (my second time i might add) and we went on a trip to the Barbican center, being 21 at the time I ordered a beer from the bar there (yes a bar in a museum sort of place) and it cost me like £7, 7 fracking quid! I was less than happy. Also £5 for a sickly looking sandwitch.... besides London an't all its cracked up be. Try Oxford, or abetter city that isn't a big crap hole on earth 
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2011/05/18 21:25:21
Subject: What should I see in London?
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Courageous Silver Helm
Nottingham
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Hah! Too right on the prices.
Me and a mate once stayed in a hotel off Oxford Street. They wanted 18 quid for a full english!!
Wandered down to the Yates' on Leicester Square and had breakfast and a cuppa for less than a fiver lol.
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2011/05/18 21:32:15
Subject: Re:What should I see in London?
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£18? Really, thats ridiculous.
I like London, i would be quite happy to get on a train tomorrow morning and spend the day there (probably shouldn't though, i have two lectures :S). But it seems quite a lot of people who have lived there for a while, don't enjoy it quite as much....
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2011/05/18 23:33:30
Subject: What should I see in London?
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Fixture of Dakka
Kamloops, BC
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KamikazeCanuck wrote:Kilkrazy wrote:KamikazeCanuck wrote:Is it true you guys don't have laws against drinking in public?
There are some town centres which have been made "no piss-up" zones.
In general, though, if you want to take a picnic hamper including alcoholic beverages to a public park you will have no problem.
Also, many pubs and restaurants have outside seating at the front, which obviously is in public.
In Canada if I were to walk down the street with an open beer in my hand I will get a ticket (not being a druken moron or anything like that). Over there?
Strange that doesn't happen here, I've seen guys drinking at a bus stop (obviously they didn't drink on the bus), also many people drink when having barbeques or in the summer.
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2011/05/19 00:59:01
Subject: What should I see in London?
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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Cheesecat wrote:KamikazeCanuck wrote:Kilkrazy wrote:KamikazeCanuck wrote:Is it true you guys don't have laws against drinking in public?
There are some town centres which have been made "no piss-up" zones.
In general, though, if you want to take a picnic hamper including alcoholic beverages to a public park you will have no problem.
Also, many pubs and restaurants have outside seating at the front, which obviously is in public.
In Canada if I were to walk down the street with an open beer in my hand I will get a ticket (not being a druken moron or anything like that). Over there?
Strange that doesn't happen here, I've seen guys drinking at a bus stop (obviously they didn't drink on the bus), also many people drink when having barbeques or in the summer.
Well if that BBQ was in someone's backyard then that's not public drinking. Bus stop though that's not allowed.
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2011/05/19 01:01:24
Subject: What should I see in London?
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Fixture of Dakka
Kamloops, BC
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KamikazeCanuck wrote:Cheesecat wrote:KamikazeCanuck wrote:Kilkrazy wrote:KamikazeCanuck wrote:Is it true you guys don't have laws against drinking in public?
There are some town centres which have been made "no piss-up" zones.
In general, though, if you want to take a picnic hamper including alcoholic beverages to a public park you will have no problem.
Also, many pubs and restaurants have outside seating at the front, which obviously is in public.
In Canada if I were to walk down the street with an open beer in my hand I will get a ticket (not being a druken moron or anything like that). Over there?
Strange that doesn't happen here, I've seen guys drinking at a bus stop (obviously they didn't drink on the bus), also many people drink when having barbeques or in the summer.
Well if that BBQ was in someone's backyard then that's not public drinking. Bus stop though that's not allowed.
What about drinking in the front yard? 
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2011/05/19 01:04:45
Subject: Re:What should I see in London?
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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I don't know. Try it out and let me know.
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2011/05/19 01:15:54
Subject: Re:What should I see in London?
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Fixture of Dakka
Kamloops, BC
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KamikazeCanuck wrote:I don't know. Try it out and let me know.
I don't think that most people would call the cops on you for drinking in public so long as you don't cause a disturbance, at least in the deep south of Canada (Kamloops), where we take the law into our own hands. 
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2011/05/19 08:03:51
Subject: What should I see in London?
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[DCM]
Et In Arcadia Ego
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Ketara wrote:Albatross wrote:Too expensive to drink in London anyway....
Not if you go to the Wetherspoons in Westminster!
Don't go to Wetherspoons. It's basically like drinking in an unemployment office, with the cast of the "Thriller" video.
Only they're not as well dressed.
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2011/05/19 10:30:32
Subject: What should I see in London?
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Courageous Silver Helm
Nottingham
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reds8n wrote:Ketara wrote:Albatross wrote:Too expensive to drink in London anyway....
Not if you go to the Wetherspoons in Westminster!
Don't go to Wetherspoons. It's basically like drinking in an unemployment office, with the cast of the "Thriller" video.
Only they're not as well dressed.
Nor as well choreographed.
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2011/05/19 15:44:15
Subject: What should I see in London?
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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GazzyG wrote:reds8n wrote:Ketara wrote:Albatross wrote:Too expensive to drink in London anyway....
Not if you go to the Wetherspoons in Westminster!
Don't go to Wetherspoons. It's basically like drinking in an unemployment office, with the cast of the "Thriller" video.
Only they're not as well dressed.
Nor as well choreographed.
Sweet. Adding that to my list.
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2011/05/19 15:52:21
Subject: What should I see in London?
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Killer Klaivex
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GazzyG wrote:reds8n wrote:Ketara wrote:Albatross wrote:Too expensive to drink in London anyway....
Not if you go to the Wetherspoons in Westminster!
Don't go to Wetherspoons. It's basically like drinking in an unemployment office, with the cast of the "Thriller" video.
Only they're not as well dressed.
Nor as well choreographed.
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2011/05/19 21:52:38
Subject: What should I see in London?
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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KamikazeCanuck wrote:Kilkrazy wrote:KamikazeCanuck wrote:Is it true you guys don't have laws against drinking in public?
There are some town centres which have been made "no piss-up" zones.
In general, though, if you want to take a picnic hamper including alcoholic beverages to a public park you will have no problem.
Also, many pubs and restaurants have outside seating at the front, which obviously is in public.
In Canada if I were to walk down the street with an open beer in my hand I will get a ticket (not being a druken moron or anything like that). Over there?
Local Councils have the legal power to establish controlled drinking zones where the police may confiscate alcohol if they consider you are being anti-social. There isn't a general law about it.
You can't drink on the underground.
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2011/05/20 10:49:38
Subject: What should I see in London?
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Killer Klaivex
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Kilkrazy wrote:
Local Councils have the legal power to establish controlled drinking zones where the police may confiscate alcohol if they consider you are being anti-social. There isn't a general law about it.
You can't drink on the underground.
It appears I am a wanted fugitive, and didn't even know it!
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2011/05/20 16:01:37
Subject: What should I see in London?
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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Ketara wrote:Kilkrazy wrote:
Local Councils have the legal power to establish controlled drinking zones where the police may confiscate alcohol if they consider you are being anti-social. There isn't a general law about it.
You can't drink on the underground.
It appears I am a wanted fugitive, and didn't even know it!
How could you not know after this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7427304.stm
That guy was so distraught he duct-tapped a bottle of liquor to his hands!
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