On Monday, September 16, 2013 3:30:07 PM UTC-7, Janet wrote:
> In article >, lid
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> > My sister-in-law will probably want to be driving all over your green
> > country but I'd rather hang back and walk the streets. My big problem is
> > that I don't drink alcohol so pubs are out. Hopefully, they have
> > Starbucks in town. :-)
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> Not that you have to drink alcohol in pubs here. Soft drinks and fruit
> juice etc are quite normal.
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Latest trend in UK taxation turns British beer in the direction of
becoming a soft drink -- 2.8% alcohol by volume.

I wonder if you could drink a half pint of shandy - 1.4% alcohol.