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We've used pubs before to try and play our TTRPGs but they are just too noisy.
This is on in a village pub usually and I quite enjoy it. But in town it's just too much.
What is always heaving is the local TTRPGs centre.
They serve drinks and burgers (expensive). But it's always full. It's designed for nerds. And often nerds have money.
They play warhammer there all the time. And I go for DnD.
Its recently moved into a warehouse it's been so successful.
Yup Fridays and Saturday nights only late opening hours, all the pubs and so on around here close 10pm latest on a weekday night.
Absolutely. Like everything else. If demand is there and they are good pubs they'll do well. If they are trash and there are too many they will close.
Its just natural supply and demand and gradual changes in culture.
Was going to post a video joking that Yeovil Wetherspoons isn't that bad but it is full of swearing :s
It isn't Martock or Chard though
let alone Weymouth.But these guys do have a bit of money behind them.
But these guys do have a bit of money behind them.
They do but even rich organisations can look at the obscene cost of keeping a giant stone building heated and repaired for tiny and shrinking flock.
Funny thing though, they've been stuffing covenants into the deeds of ex-churches they sell saying that no other religion is allowed to operate from that building.
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We stayed in Swaffam earlier this year.
I couldn't believe how many pubs and restaurants either:
1) shut early
2) were only doing food on very specific days
3) just weren't open at all on certain days
I couldn't believe how many pubs and restaurants either:
1) shut early
2) were only doing food on very specific days
3) just weren't open at all on certain days
Caporegime
Supply and demand.
Covid 19 restrictions destroyed "your" country. (Our)
I'm not sure how little country pubs made a living even before the decimation.
Amazon need to open booze dispenser lockers all over the place.
Covid 19 restrictions destroyed "your" country. (Our)
I'm not sure how little country pubs made a living even before the decimation.
Amazon need to open booze dispenser lockers all over the place.
Caporegime
Good. We’ve got enough mosques and temples already
"popcorn"
Also seems crazy at the average cost of a beer - which I'm sure is dragged down by spoons. I know in all the bars/pubs local to me the typical pint is at least £6 (again excluding spoons). I don't know what it would have been in 2008 but certainly a steep increase.
I'd agree it's around 6 pounds most of the non spoons places.
I ran the numbers on almost everything since about 2008 and most things have gone up by around 80% or more, whilst wages have only gone up 40%
This country's standard of living in terms of what our salaries can buy has plummeted.
Yeah real inflation that is essentials like heating, food, electricity etc are waaaay up.
Airline costs have come down a lot and I believe this is one of the luxury factors that impacts the headline figure.
But those struggling to eat won't care about that.
It would be nice to have an essentials inflation figure
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Yeh, the official inflation figure is skewed by things that don't really matter.
I mean how often is a regular family or person taking a flight? Maybe once a year for a holiday so it really isn't significant at all if that has gone up slightly.
Another few little brief examples :
A pint of milk is over double what it was in 2008.
Average unit price of electricity has also roughly doubled compared to 2008.
There are so many everyday things that have almost or more than doubled, whilst wages have only gone up 1.4x
UK workers £11,000 worse off after years of wage stagnation – thinktank
Resolution Foundation analysis suggests UK lagging behind similar economies such as Germany
www.google.com
Median UK salary should be more like 45k at least, to maintain the same sort of lifestyle and wealth growth that people had before the financial crisis.
Just look at that graph and the wage growth that the boomer generation experienced throughout their working lives ..
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Its good if 2 people are on it yes I'd say so. (outside of London)
Its a it good if ones on that the others on median and have higher cost base (kids, bigger mortgage, drug addiction!)