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[Oracle]

Pay on a credit card and get annual travel insurance.

..... Credit cards .. the answer to the working class' desire to travel, mingle and invest

"Express" helps get you out of Midnight nightmares

[JimB]

Pay on a credit card and get annual travel insurance.

..... Credit cards .. the answer to the working class' desire to travel, mingle and invest

"Express" helps get you out of Midnight nightmares

Not sure the working class can get a credit card anymore what with the sub-prime lending fallout and the credit squeeze.

Tenuous link but 10/10 for the effort and still managing to turn it back to the 'problem'

[Xybadog]

Surely, according to the wording that alcohol can't be sold out of it's original container, won't cause that much of an issue as bottles and cans of beer are still in their original container. This will only really affect wine and spirits.

On the other issue, it's sad, but, the British booze culture is a very unfortunate inheritance from our forefathers. Right back to the Middle Ages, getting drunk was considered an extremely social event in all regions of the UK. This has, passed down through the ages and generations, but is only now being questioned as society is attempting to sterilise its image in all areas. Also such things as climate are a major factor, in that, during the SAD months we long to go out and when we do we make the most of it and the thought of going back out in the dark, wet, cold weather ensures we stay out that bit longer and inbibe more than we should. Then when the warmer weather arrives we "party". This is a very watered down precis of a medical study I read about 3 years ago.

Media coverage and football have succeeded in portraying the inhabitants of the UK as a brash, loutish horde intent on getting pissed and annihilating anything, and everything, that confronts them. Whilst this may be true of a small minority, the same behaviour can be found throughout the world, but with much less highlighting.

Other countries in the world have far higher alcohol related incidents (not crime) than the UK per capita, e.g. Russia, Australia, USA. Also take a look at the drinking habits of Poland, the Netherlands, Latvia and Japan. Plus there are so many countries in which drinking in public is too expensive for the average person, so they drink to excess, on a regular (daily) basis, at home or in shebeens.

Russian labourers think nothing of drinking 2 litres of Voka DURING a shift. Australians have a large population of Outbackers who spend in excess of 50% of each day in the pub.

The UK needs re-educating, but so does 70% of other countries in the world. I defy anyone to walk through the Camps Bay area in Cape Town, or Brant Street in Toronto and not see pissed up locals. They are everywhere. It's an unfortunate fact of life. Hopefully in time things can change worldwide but it will take millenia.

[webbo]

Pay on a credit card and get annual travel insurance.

..... Credit cards .. the answer to the working class' desire to travel, mingle and invest

"Express" helps get you out of Midnight nightmares

Love the play on words O, but do they really have to be highlighted?

Bubbles

[Nikitas]

They can always make mini wine and spirit bottles, like those small ouzo carafes and automatically sell more to each customer than just one glass. It is a plot I tell you to increase alcohol consumption!

[webbo]

They can always make mini wine and spirit bottles, like those small ouzo carafes and automatically sell more to each customer than just one glass. It is a plot I tell you to increase alcohol consumption!

Good theory Nikita mou!

Do wish they would bottle Ouzo in bigger bottles myself though, hic........!

Bubbles x

[Oracle]

Pay on a credit card and get annual travel insurance.

..... Credit cards .. the answer to the working class' desire to travel, mingle and invest

"Express" helps get you out of Midnight nightmares

Love the play on words O, but do they really have to be highlighted?

Bubbles

.... on the basis that 95% of the posters usually miss my plays on words, it is the safer option

[tessintrnc]

I have been to Turkey many times and have not once seen groups of drunks anywhere. Maybe I don't go to the right places!!! With regards the sweeping statement regarding only buying in Turkey because its cheap - is pure nonsence. I bought in Turkey because of the location, the people and the culture. I enjoy a drink (or 3) but the alchohol choice in a lot of areas in Turkey is limited to wines, beer or raki, the wine was rough, I don't like raki so I stick to beer - but if they suddenly stopped selling all alchohol it wouldn't be the end of the world.........With regards headscarves - most women in the place I bought do not wear them. I actually saw more women (older ones) wearing headscarves in a little village in Corfu 6 years ago.......................
Tess

[denizaksulu]

Pay on a credit card and get annual travel insurance.

..... Credit cards .. the answer to the working class' desire to travel, mingle and invest

"Express" helps get you out of Midnight nightmares

Love the play on words O, but do they really have to be highlighted?

Bubbles

.... on the basis that 95% of the posters usually miss my plays on words, it is the safer option

I am always on the look out for your play on words. Esp. the ones where you can take a cheap shot at Turks. The smuggler could have been hanged as they do in other countries. Did you count all the Greek and Armenian extras in the film? That says it all.

Good morning to you too.

[boomerang]

Pay on a credit card and get annual travel insurance.

..... Credit cards .. the answer to the working class' desire to travel, mingle and invest

"Express" helps get you out of Midnight nightmares

Love the play on words O, but do they really have to be highlighted?

Bubbles

.... on the basis that 95% of the posters usually miss my plays on words, it is the safer option

I am always on the look out for your play on words. Esp. the ones where you can take a cheap shot at Turks. The smuggler could have been hanged as they do in other countries. Did you count all the Greek and Armenian extras in the film? That says it all.

Good morning to you too.

And the turks were kind enough to put him in a five star accomodation

I read the book...