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Re: adventures on a pub crawl (none / 1)

The aluminium in those barrels is worth north of £100, so theft is pretty common and the brewing industry sponsors some heavy development on a cheaper plastic alternative. So far, no luck.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 03:27:28 PM EST
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Re: adventures on a pub crawl (none / 1)

I know loads of people who used to work at the main manufacturing site for beer Barrels in the UK. they all had to sign the official secrets act, as they were a wartime emergency contractor, who in case of strife would be converted to constructing incendiary bombs in the sheds at the back.

I also remember being taken to London in my youth, because an uncle of mine had won a design council award for designing a new and improved Beer tap.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 04:17:58 PM EST
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Re: adventures on a pub crawl (none / 1)

In case of strife, wouldn't people rather have the beer? ;)

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 04:24:12 PM EST
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Re: adventures on a pub crawl (4.00 / 2)

well but in conflict how often do people get what they want? the people might want drinks and jollies, but governments tend to want to burn things down and blow things up for shit and giggles, I think it's all some obscure penis size thing they've got going on.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 04:31:39 PM EST
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