Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:

> "jmcquown" > looking for trouble wrote in
> :
>
> > Gregory Morrow wrote:
> >> Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> >>
> >>> IMO pubs do have a great social benefit. I've thought about this a
> >>> bit. Dressels Pub was a great part of my life when I lived in the
> >>> West End. The Dressel family are cherished friends and the pub was
> >>> originally thought up and created as a family watering hole. It is a
> >>> Welsh pub. To make it short, the place became a public hit.
> >>> Commercialism is quietly taking over the pub, which I do not like.
> >>>
> >>> I digress, IMO pubs impart the social setting family members may
> >>> feel more comfortable in. I say go for it.
> >>
> >>
> >> Visiting the corner tap here in my nabe is more than just "going
> >> out", it plays a big part in our social lives. Most of us are busy,
> >> have different schedules, live in small -ish apartments, etc. and
> >> this precludes a lot of in - home entertaining. You can drop by our
> >> "Cheers" and catch up on the latest news, meet yer friends, network,
> >> even get legal advice from the cops and attorneys and judges that
> >> hang out there...heck my place is still so old - fashioned they'll
> >> let a good customer run a weekly tab.
> >
> > Dee Dee is talking about people with kids, which I suppose in Ireland
> > doesn't matter a whit (I've read a bit about those country pubs - it's
> > a gathering place, not a replacement for family "values").
> >
> > I used to live in a neighborhood such as yours, Greg. We were all
> > adults, most of us with no kids. We'd meet and catch up on each
> > others' lives, work, watch the news, laugh, rant, vent. If the owner
> > knew you to be a regular, yep, you could run a tab.
> >
> > It was a fairly insular group. Everyone knew everyone. Occasionally
> > a stranger (not that they were unwelcome) would wander in and want to
> > change the TV channel. This was met with a resounding, "Are you
> > nuts?! It's time for Jeopardy!" Yep, at 4:00 Jeopardy would come on
> > television and you'd find most everyone sitting around the bar
> > yelling, "What is...?" if they new the question to the answer. We
> > even had a Norm (like Cheers) and when he'd walk in the door everyone
> > would yell "Norm!" It was a fun place to unwind. There was every type
> > of person from executives (yep, attorneys and bankers) to blue-collar
> > workers. We all knew each other. They served a good bowl of chili
> > and made great burgers, too.
> >
> > Jill
> >
> >
> >
>
> Greg? So I'm Greg now!!! LOVED your post anyway.



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