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UK/R.O.I GAF - Thread of geopolitical confusion
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SuperEpicMan
Banned
Where do you live: Ebchester
Where are you from: Newcastle
Occupation: Lazy ass student
University: Northumbria
Sports team of choice: Don't follow sports
Current political party of choice: Don't follow politics
Barm, batch, cob or bun: BUN!
Favourite (current) UK TV show: Game of Thrones
Where are you from: Newcastle
Occupation: Lazy ass student
University: Northumbria
Sports team of choice: Don't follow sports
Current political party of choice: Don't follow politics
Barm, batch, cob or bun: BUN!
Favourite (current) UK TV show: Game of Thrones
RibbedHero
Member
I think this Innsatiable pub you speak of gets either tax credits due to recycling or, more likely, has found a an alcohol duty or tax loophole as the drinks are technically "free". It could just be a gimmick.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I think that could be it with the alcohol duty. The way he worded it in the press release was that the drinks are a "gift" so it does sound like they're avoiding something somewhere along the line.
sounds like a very poor attempt at tax evasion that they will be punished for
"gift" what a load of bollocks, that won't work, alcohol can't be a "gift" when exchanged for money in a licensed bar.
The Intrepid Fox? Meh.
I'm sure we'll be able to find somewhere better than that.
Also I'll get the thread up later today!
J Tourettes
Banned
Technically the alcohol isn't being exchanged for money so who knows if they'll get away with it? If it's technically ok, the worst that'll happen is the loophole will be closed in the next tax year.
there's no way they'll get away with it. I'd give them a week.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Well I shall keep you posted, since they open next month. The only thing I was concerned about was that in this current culture where cheap drinking is villified they'll make an easy target for a local politician looking to make a point, especially if the place gets taken over by piss heads.
J Tourettes
Banned
J Tourettes
Banned
From my (admittedly very limited) understanding, they can't close a loophole that fast and it would be bought in in the next fiscal year.
Musha_Soturi
Member
Music in pubs = NOPE.avi
no, my point is that it isn't really even a loophole, the legal definition of "gift" doesn't fit this exchange of money for alcohol, it's just fisher price tax fraud
J Tourettes
Banned
You must be past thirty like me
I'm only 24... this is why my social life suffered during Uni. Too many of my friends enjoyed noisy bars and clubs. I preferred a quiet corner in a nice pub.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Mentally, we're all past 40.
J Tourettes
Banned
I fully sympathise. I've always fucking hated clubbing but it always always a means to an end when I was younger. Post thirty and birded up, there's no reason whatsoever to go to a club. Occasionally some of my younger friends may drag me to one but it's happening less and less as they're starting to feel like the oldest there too.
High five! You'd love my pub then. No music unless it's live. I'm 27, and it changed for me when I started drinking real ale at about 20. All of a sudden, my favourite alcoholic beverage wasn't available when we went out. Fuck clubs.
I don't completely mind the place, but the atmosphere isn't for everyone.
Yeah, this was my initial thought, but decided that it couldn't be that, as there's no way any rational person would consider it a sane business venture given the losses you'd incur once it was shut down.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Yeah, this is what I was thinking. I'll ask him about it soon and post again when I know a bit more. He's a very smart fella and has been working on it for a while now, so I assume it's all legit.
radioheadrule83
Banned
I like both, but I can't stand starting a night in a loud place. If I was going to spend a whole night in places where I couldn't talk to people without shouting directly into their ear holes, I'd probably just go out on my own. Better to go somewhere where you can hear each other speak, and then as you become more drunk and illegible, wander into a club and time-travel / blackout.
I'm liking quieter nights these days though, definitely.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I just don't understand the point of pubs with very loud music in them. Clubs are fair enough, you go there to dance, not start conversations. But pubs are all about the talking, otherwise you're just sitting and drinking, every now and then looking about at your mates and giving a thumbs up or something. There's a pub near me that would be great if it didn't have mind numbingly loud music every night from 9 onwards. And the place isn't big enough to swing a cat in, let alone get your groove on.
But I am an old man at the end of my 20s shaking my fist at the sky...
Speaking of clubs, I would fucking KILL for a decent club in the Aldershot/Farnham/Guildford area. There are clubs for shiny shoed gelled hair cunts, there's a rock club for people who still think it's 1997 and know all the words to the Disturbed songs, there are meat markets galore but there are no clubs that play cool indie music where I can go and shake my fat ass and be happy. It sucks.
But I am an old man at the end of my 20s shaking my fist at the sky...
Speaking of clubs, I would fucking KILL for a decent club in the Aldershot/Farnham/Guildford area. There are clubs for shiny shoed gelled hair cunts, there's a rock club for people who still think it's 1997 and know all the words to the Disturbed songs, there are meat markets galore but there are no clubs that play cool indie music where I can go and shake my fat ass and be happy. It sucks.
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
Will be down for the UK meetup..as long as there's beer
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Norf or Saayyyfff?
I quite like Hall on Sauchiehall Street. I think it's owned in a chain and you get a "yellow card" making it quite cheap.
Sickboy007
Member
Mhmm maybe this is more suitable for the political thread, nvm
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
It's all in fucking Eyetalian ¬_¬
we need ponies as well.
Serious Organised Crime Agency cracking down on.... copyright infringement on a blog.
http://rnbxclusive.com/
http://rnbxclusive.com/
I'd be well up for a meet-up but over the next few weeks I'd need a fair chunk of notice. I'll just lurk and wait for final plans before confirming. Travelling isn't an issue, it just depends on the dates.
Dude, you have exquisite taste in avatars. Were I a dictator, you'd be in charge of rounding up the hotties for my harem.
Sickboy007
Member
CHEEZMO;35160696 said:
Not the smackdown! And learn italian peasant, with the Super Mario Bros it's now the new official language in the EU.
killer_clank
Member
I swear every god damn place is either owned by wetherspoons or even worse fucking social animal.
killer_clank
Member
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
My other one got removed by a mod...she was wearing stockings and panties and sitting down..apparently "sexually explicit"
Anyways! I would take you up on your invitation of duties *salutes*
I know the one you mean. I thought it was probably too hot for GAF but I certainly wasn't going to be the one to draw attention to it.
If you wanted to PM me a link to the full size version, I wouldn't grumble at all. I need a new iPhone wallpaper now that I've exhausted every picture of Franziska Facella in existence.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Ah yes I remember that one, it was exquisite and featured my very favourite part of the female anatomy (that bit on the side of the upper hip. Yum, just wanna bite it). Like Smoky I would also appreciate a link to the full size image
10 years in prison for looking a webpage! I probably should commit murder so I can get my sentence reduced.
It didn't even know my OS.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
That's one thing Edinburgh has over Glasgow, IMO. You don't have to wonder too far from the city centre to find some decent drinking establishments.
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Sounds to be like a big-time scam to avoid paying duty on the alcoholic drinks and keep more profit for himself (pay for the glass and get the drinks free, indeed!).
If so, drink there by all means, but do not get even tangentially involved in the business - he'll be going down for a stretch before long.
it's worth bearing in mind that psisheep is (was?) a lawyer and knows what he's on about
I'd advise your friend to this.
The hall is only really good when the footballs on, otherwise it just has shit music playing 24/7 because someone put £10 worth of Aqua and the Power rangers on the juke box before leaving.
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
Ah yes I remember that one, it was exquisite and featured my very favourite part of the female anatomy (that bit on the side of the upper hip. Yum, just wanna bite it). Like Smoky I would also appreciate a link to the full size image
Wait wait..there were two, one pre-xmas that was more raunchier..it was a Babe station girl in black lingerie standing upright, the one recently that got removed was a random chick with dark black stockings, panties and hold-ups sitting down to the side, and her thighs wer..
Shit..I'm getting myself hot-under-the-collar here....I'm PM you them both!
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