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    Quote Originally Posted by Tris39 View Post

    All visited last night and all packed. On the way home, taking the long and arduous trek that is Pentonville Road and Euston Road around half midnight, I saw an old Routemaster bus that had been converted into a mobile nightclub with flashing lights and pounding music enjoyed by a young group, packing it full with faces only inches apart. It's the youngest who are the least likely to catch anything, yet they are still carriers!
    Ireland is closing all its pubs from today. It will happen here soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickDavies View Post
    Ireland is closing all its pubs from today. It will happen here soon.
    Fine by me, just so long as it's a lock-in!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tris39 View Post
    Fine by me, just so long as it's a lock-in!
    If/when they do shut the pubs we'll see who's still contributing reviews three weeks in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickDavies View Post
    If/when they do shut the pubs we'll see who's still contributing reviews three weeks in.
    They are shutting all the pubs in Ireland (Republic thereof) tonight. Ireland!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rpadam View Post
    They are shutting all the pubs in Ireland (Republic thereof) tonight. Ireland!
    In rural Ireland (and increasingly here) pubs often double as the village shop. You do wonder if those popping in for a pint of milk and a loaf may well stop for a "chat" with the guvnor. And forget they went for a pint of milk and a loaf.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickDavies View Post
    In rural Ireland (and increasingly here) pubs often double as the village shop. You do wonder if those popping in for a pint of milk and a loaf may well stop for a "chat" with the guvnor. And forget they went for a pint of milk and a loaf.
    Yes, but tomorrow onwards?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickDavies View Post
    Ireland is closing all its pubs from today. It will happen here soon.
    It will spell the end for many pubs who are hanging on by a thread, especially rural pubs. And on the busiest day of the year, St Patrick's Day, a disaster...
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    Barman just serving me now has just been told off for not sanitising his hands for long enough, second barman took over the pour.
    "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
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    Well the pubs as well as cafes, restaurants, theatres etc . and everyone working for them have just been truly thrown under the bus - reprehensible

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    Quote Originally Posted by Real Ale Ray View Post
    It will spell the end for many pubs who are hanging on by a thread, especially rural pubs. And on the busiest day of the year, St Patrick's Day, a disaster...
    Yup. A vast number of pubs will simply never reopen. If off in search of a pub that's open - I can't give myself the virus.

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