USN drinking Portsmouth dry

GonK · Post by **GonK** » 2003-05-11 11:40am

I'd like to see any city where 5000 crewmen can descend on it with the intent of getting drunk and the pubs don't run out of booze. That's a lot of people with a lot of money drinking stuff that the pubs don't have a lot of.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-05-11 11:54am

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote: Even if it only makes up .5% of stocks I still am disappointed in the total capacity.
I'd be amazed if it even took that much up to be honest. At every bar in Lancaster there is at least a 10:1 ratio of other to American beverages, the only ones I can think of are JD and Budweiser.

Such a ratio would make American beverages 9% of stocks.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-05-11 12:10pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote: Even if it only makes up .5% of stocks I still am disappointed in the total capacity.
I'd be amazed if it even took that much up to be honest. At every bar in Lancaster there is at least a 10:1 ratio of other to American beverages, the only ones I can think of are JD and Budweiser.
Such a ratio would make American beverages 9% of stocks.

Bingo.

It's not my fault most of the pubs and bars, at least where I live, stock mainly British or other export beers. Just the way it goes, but I do like JD and Bud isn't too bad even if Heineken is better. But then I'm not much of a drinker anymore anyway.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-05-12 08:24am

What i can't figure out is why they were drinking bud, when they had a chance to drink Bass and Newcastle that was fresh from the brewery and hadn't sat on a container ship and wharehouse for weeks.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-05-12 10:26pm

Jesus Christ. Americans drinking a British town out of American beer? What was it, a whole six-pack? Hell that'd be enough to knock down half the carrier crew anyway.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-05-13 02:52am

Col. Crackpot wrote:What i can't figure out is why they were drinking bud, when they had a chance to drink Bass and Newcastle that was fresh from the brewery and hadn't sat on a container ship and wharehouse for weeks.

I'm not sure what the deal is with the USN and Bud. I don't recall ever having it when we had our beer days, usually then it was whatever they could get ahold of semi-locally (Egyptian beer + dehydration + formaldehyde=quick buzz & headache), but in the Vigrin Islands everyone was drinking Bud and lots of weird shooters in test tubes. In Dubai, UAE the Seaman's club was packed with almost nothing but Bud.

Jack & Coke seems to be a popular non-beer drink for the Nav as well. I think it is just brand recognition. Proabably the same for Bud.

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2003-05-13 04:09am

Sea Skimmer wrote:
Stuart Mackey wrote:
I have found tipping an interesting thing. It is not customary to tip in NZ..allthough it can happen. Why people tip for someone doing their job I dont know..are the wages so poor that you have to?
I don't know how it is else where, but in America services personal like waiters can be legally paid less the minimal wage because its assumed that they will be tipped heavily.

Ahh, so it is a case of using tips as an excuse to save money on the wage bill. Sucks to work in hospitality for Americans then.

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2003-05-13 04:16am

GonK wrote:I'd like to see any city where 5000 crewmen can descend on it with the intent of getting drunk and the pubs don't run out of booze. That's a lot of people with a lot of money drinking stuff that the pubs don't have a lot of.

WTF? your Scottish and you say that? wash your fucking mouth out.Any respectible Aussie or NZ city must be able to handle at least 5000 drunk intendee's..Jesus turning water to wine, go ye out and get your pubs up to standard!

Phil Skayhan · Post by **Phil Skayhan** » 2003-05-13 04:28am

Stuart Mackey wrote:Ahh, so it is a case of using tips as an excuse to save money on the wage bill. Sucks to work in hospitality for Americans then.

Yes, it can suck (hence why I'm back in school), but not for that reason. They'd have to pay me $20/hour+ to equal what I earn.

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2003-05-13 04:37am

Phil Skayhan wrote:
Stuart Mackey wrote:Ahh, so it is a case of using tips as an excuse to save money on the wage bill. Sucks to work in hospitality for Americans then.
Yes, it can suck (hence why I'm back in school), but not for that reason. They'd have to pay me $20/hour+ to equal what I earn.

Lol..you do have a very good point there

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-05-13 04:41am

Stuart Mackey wrote:
GonK wrote:I'd like to see any city where 5000 crewmen can descend on it with the intent of getting drunk and the pubs don't run out of booze. That's a lot of people with a lot of money drinking stuff that the pubs don't have a lot of.
WTF? your Scottish and you say that? wash your fucking mouth out.Any respectible Aussie or NZ city must be able to handle at least 5000 drunk intendee's..Jesus turning water to wine, go ye out and get your pubs up to standard!

I can vouch for that, my Dad's bar fridge has enough to get over 30 guys drunk, (He did the calcs).

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2003-05-13 04:52am

Gandalf wrote:
Stuart Mackey wrote:
GonK wrote:I'd like to see any city where 5000 crewmen can descend on it with the intent of getting drunk and the pubs don't run out of booze. That's a lot of people with a lot of money drinking stuff that the pubs don't have a lot of.
WTF? your Scottish and you say that? wash your fucking mouth out.Any respectible Aussie or NZ city must be able to handle at least 5000 drunk intendee's..Jesus turning water to wine, go ye out and get your pubs up to standard!
I can vouch for that, my Dad's bar fridge has enough to get over 30 guys drunk, (He did the calcs).

As it should be.
my beer supply is a bit low at the moment..only enough to get one person pissed...namly me.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-05-13 04:56am

Stuart Mackey wrote:
Gandalf wrote:
Stuart Mackey wrote: WTF? your Scottish and you say that? wash your fucking mouth out.Any respectible Aussie or NZ city must be able to handle at least 5000 drunk intendee's..Jesus turning water to wine, go ye out and get your pubs up to standard!
I can vouch for that, my Dad's bar fridge has enough to get over 30 guys drunk, (He did the calcs).
As it should be.
my beer supply is a bit low at the moment..only enough to get one person pissed...namly me.

Well in the long run that's all that matters.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-05-13 10:09am

if you go to most bars around here there are tremendous ammounts of European beer. Hell, most places near me have at least Bass and sometimes Newcastle and Guiness on tap. there is always shitloads of Heiniken, Becks and Amstel....Hell, the bar down the street sells Pilzner Urquell and Sapporo...If your business is in a port town and there are often ships coming and going, wouldn't it make sense to stock up on the prefered libations? I dunno, maybe i'm just spoiled by good bars.