@TheLostOne 466809 wrote:
Good point mate. Yeah I meant a pint of water. Cheers for pointing that out.
First time I read that I thought “beer” at first. If you must drink, I would only suggest pale ale or even mild. These are actually less harsh on the stomach than the awful gassy piss water which passes for lager in most parts of England, and in the North you should be able to find good beer even at low alcohol strengths.
Some chaps what worked for the Post Office/British Telecom explained to me why older men drink mild – it is nothing to do with them not being able to handle their drink, but because until the late 1980s and todays health and safety culture, Telephone Exchanges and other Government buildings actually contained minature bars, it was a leftover from various maritime traditions and the the days when low alcohol beer was healthier to drink than the tap water which wasn’t as well filtered from sewage :yakk:
However drunk driving was as illegal as it is today, crashing the works van was frowned upon, and falling over or from height due to being pissed still hurts. Plus its easy to get a electric shock from ringing telephone lines on bare terminals if you are careless (got bit this week and I was stone cold sober but working to a tight schedule). So folk drank lower alcohol beer in order to not be so drunk as to be incapable of doing useful work but to stay hydrated, and as they got older stuck with what they drank as a youth.
Strangely enough one guy I know who likes mild works for BT and from his accent is from somewhere North of Kings Lynn (I think he’s also in the video where they are sharing out bits of pig).
