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[Z4]

Who's up for a piss up?

[YFred]

And if the lady does not have the strength of character and determination to come off the booze then she needs help. Alcoholism is an illness and she should be given every assistance.

I'm not talking about louts who are normally behaved during the week then get drunk at weekends or when on holiday and cause trouble. I'm talking about alcoholics who are addicted to the stuff.

So according to you alcoholics are sick people just as cancer patients are , diabetics etc !
Bollocks I say to that . Alcoholics self inflict their own bloody problem and are nothing more than bloody drunks or people who can not take their drink which is about 90 % of the Great British public .
I drink each day a bottle of wine , two on Sundays and bank holidays , have done so for more than 40 years , Im neither an alcoholic or a drunk , I drink and still maintain my self respect and integrity , these bloody shit that drink them selves stupid are indeed sick , sick in the head stupid bastards.

Milti, if you drink every day, you are an alcoholic. I would get my liver and blood tested if I was you. Just to see how much damage has been done.

The biggest problem of all alcoholics is their refusal to accept that they have a problem. I have seen too many people crumble because of drink. It takes a long time to take effect but once it starts, it is very fast.

Surely an alcoholic is someone who is addicted to drink as opposed to someone who enjoys drinking but can take it or leave it. Most of the weekend piss artists like to drink to excess but I doubt most of them are alcoholics. As far as I know Milti, like me, enjoys the taste of decent wine. Having said that one bottle per day is about twice the recommended consumption for a man.

But they've admitted that the recommended 'safe' limits were just plucked out of thin air with no scientific basis... like 'five-a-day'...

I think they have based the figure on the difference between what they believe can be good and what is bad for you.



http://www.drinking.nhs.uk/questions/common-questions/

Can drinking a little be good for you?
Evidence suggests that a regular pattern of drinking small amounts of alcohol can reduce the risk of heart disease in men over the age of 40 and post-menopausal women. No more than one to two units a day is needed. Scientists don’t yet understand how alcohol is able to produce this particular protective effect, but there are a number of possible mechanisms.
As alcohol also has harmful effects, it isn’t recommended that non-drinkers should start drinking for their health. Eating more healthily and exercising also reduce the risk of heart disease, have other benefits that you wouldn’t get from drinking alcohol and have fewer risks.
What’s binge drinking?
‘Bingeing’ is drinking heavily all in one go – usually meaning enough to get drunk or to be substantially impaired. Researchers refer to drinking more than eight units of alcohol for men and more than six for women, on any one day or any one episode as binge drinking. This is a useful marker for binge drinking levels but doesn’t define them. Everyone varies in their tolerance for alcohol. The important thing is to avoid drinking until you feel drunk.
Binge drinking is part of the drinking culture for some people in this country, including many young people. It doesn’t necessarily mean you have a drink problem, but it’s a major factor in accidents, violence and anti-social behaviour.

As for five a day, I have little doubt that fruit and vegetables keep you "regular", so in they do have some benefit. Of course there are alternatives to five a day in this respect but there have been recent cases where kids brought up on junk and no fruit or veg have literally been so full of shit that they required medical attention.

Jerry when ever you see a statistic, find out who paid for the research? I bet I can guess.

[Oracle]

Looks like the other papers are getting concerned ...

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andre ... ayia-napa/

[apc2010]

exactly what I said earlier in this thread .............................. they are hoping for a train wreck ,...............

[YFred]

exactly what I said earlier in this thread .............................. they are hoping for a train wreck ,...............

Why? is she goin there on a train?

[apc2010]

exactly what I said earlier in this thread .............................. they are hoping for a train wreck ,...............

Why? is she goin there on a train?

Cannot explain to someone who lives in london and should now the slang.........

[YFred]

exactly what I said earlier in this thread .............................. they are hoping for a train wreck ,...............

Why? is she goin there on a train?

Cannot explain to someone who lives in london and should now the slang.........

What makes you think I live in London? Far from it old boy. Wouldn't be seen dead in London where all the great unwashed live.

[BOF]

exactly what I said earlier in this thread .............................. they are hoping for a train wreck ,...............

Why? is she goin there on a train?

Cannot explain to someone who lives in london and should now the slang.........

What makes you think I live in London? Far from it old boy. Wouldn't be seen dead in London where all the great unwashed live.

Fred Lives in Richmond upon thames, Used to be a nice place years ago but London is creeping up on him - soon be a "Suburb"
Used to go there to a pub come dancehall called the Castle i think, near the bridge - probably well before your time Fred, dont know what it is now.. But it was only a short drive from Kensington in those days.

[Baggieboy]

I hope you don't tar all us Brits who visit Cyprus with this brush!! I must admit I've seen some pretty horrible behaviour by my country folk in Cyprus - and not all your usual youngsters either. I felt most ashamed when a guy in his 70's thought it amusing to wind up a Cypriot about Famagusta. I actually went up and apologised to him for this guy's behaviour - I don't understand why people need to do this.

Equally though, we meet loads of English people who behave impeccably and I do feel this is the silent minority.

Having said that I do tend to get somewhat sh1t faced once during our holidays. My wife advises me that whilst in that condition I'm just silly anyway and no trouble and more inclined to hug someone rather than hit them.

I think the main problem with some Brits is a superior attitude and I can only apologise for them. I also know of some really seriously bad behavior by English tourists in Protaras/Ayia Napa recently, which I won't go into - but this kind of behaviour inevitably makes Cypriots view us with something less than respect.

Interestingly, the question of why Brits get drunk as skunks while others don't - I actually think this is a historic matter, whereby Britian has been subjected to ridiculous licencing laws, where it was a matter of shovelling as much ale down your neck as possible before the time bell rings.

Even though these rules has loosened somewhat, its something ingrained on our psyche, and will take a few generations to wash out.

As for someone on benefit coming out to Napa - this shows there is something endemically wrong with our benefit system. I know many working people who cannot afford holidays, and it can't be right that someone who doesn't work should be able to afford one.

Benefits should be there to ensure people are looked after when they need help - not to pay for holidays abroad.

[Gasman]

This rather blows out of the water O's theory that Cyprus only appeals to the more discerning 'high end' of the tourist market.