Vocal Voices

by **miasmum** » 21 Jul 2013, 18:14

I think they do it because they can and that is the end of it. Nothing deep and meaningful, it is just what you do nowadays

by **cromwell** » 22 Jul 2013, 11:08

Cal wrote:Drink was not as readily available then - you could only buy from off licences or pubs. When the supermarkets started selling it that's when the idea of being able to drink lots caught on, you could put alcohol in with your shopping and drink cheaply at home.

I think this is very true. Booze is available 24/7 now. Cheap booze, too.
It's no wonder so many pubs are closing. From Sainsburys you can get 8 25cl bottles of good lager for £3.65. So 2 litres, 3.5 pints for less than four quid.
Cost of three and a half pints in a pub? Depending on where you are in the country maybe just over £10.
Big business wanted to be able to sell booze in supermarkets and as usual, big business got their way.

by **Workingman** » 22 Jul 2013, 12:49

A local corner shop has four different 7.5% ciders at £3.99 for three litres - those are manufacturer's priced labels. They are on the same shelf as the pop bottles. :roll:

I am thinking that might be a problem.

by **cromwell** » 22 Jul 2013, 19:41

Most of that cheap cider should be banned under the Geneva convention! Some of that "cider" has never seen an apple; God only knows how people can drink it.

by **Weka** » 23 Jul 2013, 08:50

Availability and pric has alot to answer for. but to be fair, when i had no money, i drunk cheap home made or similar rubbish, and when i had money, the tastes got more refined and expensive. (Deb, dont take offensive, I'm sure your homemade vodka doesn't taste like tape cleaner.) Availibity in the supermarkets doesn't help, I'm often walking through think, "I'm not getting wine, I'm not getting wine" and walk out with a bottle. (Actually today's merlot is very lovely, I'm pleased I gave in to my willpower. :lol:

) I buy more in one go at a supermarket than I do from a bottle shop.

Being a 90's - 00's clubber, It wasn't so much the price, more the hassle of getting to the bar to get a drink, but more importantly it took me away from the dancing.

NZ in general has a heavy drinking culture. We don't have the corner pubs like you do, and a lot of it is a hang over from 6pm closing where people would go after work and drink as much as they could before 6pm, then went home. Well now they are open all hours, but th drink as much as you can in a few hours mentality aunt changed.

I grew up in a non drinking family, where the boys only have beer at Christmas and the girls a weak pimns only. So it's not my upbringing. I'm also the heaviest drinker agmonst all my friends over the years, boys included, so for me, it's just me.

Does that help answer the question?

by **cromwell** » 23 Jul 2013, 18:27

You learn something new every day, I thought it was just Australia that had the 6 o'clock swill.
There are probably as many different reasons for drinking as there are people who drink. I drink too much btw.