tonyh29 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 36 minutes ago, Seat68 said: @tonyh29? It's the only place in my experience Gibraltar the other week made us pay up front but yeah by and large most countries I’ve been to treat it more like a restaurant and that you pay at the end ... USA I think it varied from Bar to bar depending on where you sat ... if you sat at the bar itself they tended to run a tab but not so much if you were sitting elsewhere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: Is england the only place in the world where you pay for your drinks upfront at a bar? Honestly can't think of anywhere else I've done it Payed in advance in the USA plus tips for every beer purchased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: Is england the only place in the world where you pay for your drinks upfront at a bar? Honestly can't think of anywhere else I've done it Nah, it’s the same here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 30, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2019 5 hours ago, limpid said: You posters are the product and you lot haven't changed (most of you not even an age bracket) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 31, 2019 14 hours ago, villa4europe said: Is england the only place in the world where you pay for your drinks upfront at a bar? Honestly can't think of anywhere else I've done it I think most places will if it's a busy bar won't they? In the past year I've been out in Vegas, California, Ireland, Italy, Turkey and Barcelona and unless it's a quiet bar where you're sat at a table I've always paid for the drinks up front at the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 That's kind of what I mean though, in England unless you are at a restaurant ordering drinks to go with food they will take your money upfront as a default me this year Germany definitely don't, Greece didn't, Poland didn't, the default is a tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 I was wondering how Robbie Savage's new career as a media star was working out, and I see he appears to be writing about food, using an alias. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Does someone squeeze Sting’s bollocks when he’s singing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Why did 'they' disconnect the track to the former Platform 4 of Snow Hill station? I understand from reading Wikipedia that it used to be the Midland Metro terminus, and that it was disconnected as a consequence of extending the Metro into the city centre, but what I don't understand is why not keep the track and platform operational for if you just want a fourth platform? Is it a different gauge or something? I think about this often in the morning when the train is sat outside the station between Jewellery Quarter and Snow Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 6, 2019 Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2019 11 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Is it a different gauge or something? Nope the metro is standard gauge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 On 31/05/2019 at 20:40, villa4europe said: That's kind of what I mean though, in England unless you are at a restaurant ordering drinks to go with food they will take your money upfront as a default me this year Germany definitely don't, Greece didn't, Poland didn't, the default is a tab It's the default in Australia too. You can get a tab but you'll likely be leaving your credit card with the barman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 7, 2019 Moderator Share Posted June 7, 2019 9 hours ago, A'Villan said: It's the default in Australia too. You can get a tab but you'll likely be leaving your credit card with the barman. How daft, you can open a tab here with your card, they take a reading from it and hand it back. You then take it to the bar when you've finished, if you forget, they can then still put the payment through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 the vine in west brom that locks your card in a little machine behind the bar I know this because I have of course walked out leaving my card in said machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 7 hours ago, villa4europe said: the vine in west brom that locks your card in a little machine behind the bar I know this because I have of course walked out leaving my card in said machine The BBQ place by the boggie ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Xela said: The BBQ place by the boggie ground? Yeah that's the one, decent place, works out expensive though once you've done the grill for a starter and then a curry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted June 8, 2019 Administrator Share Posted June 8, 2019 On 06/06/2019 at 11:47, HanoiVillan said: Why did 'they' disconnect the track to the former Platform 4 of Snow Hill station? I understand from reading Wikipedia that it used to be the Midland Metro terminus, and that it was disconnected as a consequence of extending the Metro into the city centre, but what I don't understand is why not keep the track and platform operational for if you just want a fourth platform? Is it a different gauge or something? I think about this often in the morning when the train is sat outside the station between Jewellery Quarter and Snow Hill. It's light rail, so the signalling is different, but also, the tram lines don't have points to the mainline. Both can be overcome if there was a need. I'm not a spotter though, so stand to be corrected. @The_Rev? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Platform 4 just used to be one of the platforms at Snow Hill, in fact the whole trackbed from Snow Hill the metro runs on through the black country used to be the mainline from Paddington to Birkenhead. There are aspirations to reinstate Platform 4 by the middle of the next decade but the current timetable works with three bidirectional platforms at Snow Hill so I'm not sure if finding the money for it will be a high priority. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ingram85 Posted June 8, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2019 How those braindead backwards homophobic protesters at the Hall Green school would feel if the school decided to keep teaching about LGBTQ (something that is real) and decided to stop teaching the children about Islam or any Religion (i.e.made up bollocks). **** word removed's. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 On 08/06/2019 at 22:02, Ingram85 said: How those braindead backwards homophobic protesters at the Hall Green school would feel if the school decided to keep teaching about LGBTQ (something that is real) and decided to stop teaching the children about Islam or any Religion (i.e.made up bollocks). **** word removed's. Only just read this but you summed it up perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Why the soft drink selection is so much more limited here than in America. It seems that Pepsi Max have a newly released flavour including Raspberry and its bloody lovely. I noticed that Coke have also released one themselves so obviously one of them has prompted the other to release the alternative - why not just release it in the first place? My only conclusion is that because the UK is a smaller market they don't want to dilute their market share across many different flavours unless someone else knows any different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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