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Am I remembering this wrong but did you used to walk into a bottle shop and fill up your own 2l flagon of beer, cant recall seeing that here in Oz. Got stopped by the cops once walking down the street carrying two of them. Think I was 16 and drinking age was 20.
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@mariner4life said in Aging:
@Nepia my understanding is that there is a fair old tax on gambling.
I know for a fact there is on pokies. Pretty sure that extends to horses as well. Apparently just passed on to the punter in the form of shorter odds.
Oh yeah, I should have said the regulation rather the tax. I guess they're lax on the regulation due to the tax revenue.
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@RoninWC $50 two drinks, what is that bar so I can avoid it.
The Flat Rock brew cafe in Naremburn.
I didn't end up purchasing the $34 dollar a can beer, that was just stupid. Just the one schooner and left. Mind you, $16 for a schooner is crazy priced as well, that should be a pint at that kind of price.
Honestly though, the Flat Rock Brew cafe isn't a bad joint, but given the lower North Shore can be challenging depending on where you are, it isn't that bad. But yes, their prices are certainly up there.
TBH I barely ever venture to the North Shore outside of visiting my mate in Manly.
$34 for a can is idiotic, but it also suggests some fools pay for it.
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They are trying to create a niche similar to wine where people will spend that sort of money...
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@mariner4life mobil was my first job out of school. Got a written warning after my first day.
I got a roofing job for a couple of months when I lived in Sydney, one of the best jobs I ever had!
The price of beer in Australia is fucked. I'm quite happy drinking Coors, Heineken, Guinness, fosters, bud. Probably not much more than a tenner for a dozen here, between 3-4 pound for a pint...a proper pint.
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Seems that few of us have been a "mobil man" (cheesy ads), actually enjoyed the job as I worked on cars as well as pumped gas.
Worked at Bruce McLaren's old garage too, sadly none of his driving skills were available to me.
This agging thread is making me feel really ancient.
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Am I remembering this wrong but did you used to walk into a bottle shop and fill up your own 2l flagon of beer, cant recall seeing that here in Oz. Got stopped by the cops once walking down the street carrying two of them. Think I was 16 and drinking age was 20.
I remember my father bringing flagons home from the local.
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Something else which is funny is I find middle aged woman attractive now when I never used too. Mind you I haven't stopped looking at young woman too.
I'm with you there. There is a lot to find sexy about an older woman once you realise you're married to one
However, on the younger crowd: a 40yo mate of mine found himself in a strip club talking to a stripper who just got off shift. Now of course, the caveat is she's there to keep you at arm's length and try to get you to spend, but once they got a couple of drinks in, and just started talking about life in general, he really appreciated her perspective on life.
Not burdened with kids and 20 years together, he found it very refreshing to speak to a woman who wasn't a work colleague or part of the circle of friends.
No midlife crisis just yet.
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Am I remembering this wrong but did you used to walk into a bottle shop and fill up your own 2l flagon of beer, cant recall seeing that here in Oz. Got stopped by the cops once walking down the street carrying two of them. Think I was 16 and drinking age was 20.
I remember my father bringing flagons home from the local.
When I was a young fella we used to drink flagons all the time. You could get 5 in a standard beer crate and they were 3 bucks each. So $15 for 2.5 gallons. It tasted pretty ordinary and was kind of flat but it got you pissed eventually. Always Lion Red.
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@JC Google tells me I'm not the only one suffering nomad-nostalgia!
At school we had to wear black shoes so for most of us it was either Nomads or Treks. I had both in my time.
Those tan Nomads were as cool as fuck in their day - at least at our school!
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@JC Google tells me I'm not the only one suffering nomad-nostalgia!
Known as Gonads at our school.
Treks are close to a good desert boot but with that ugly seam down the middle. I assume that made them easier/cheaper to make?
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Something else which is funny is I find middle aged woman attractive now when I never used too. Mind you I haven't stopped looking at young woman too.
I'm with you there. There is a lot to find sexy about an older woman once you realise you're married to one
However, on the younger crowd: a 40yo mate of mine found himself in a strip club talking to a stripper who just got off shift. Now of course, the caveat is she's there to keep you at arm's length and try to get you to spend, but once they got a couple of drinks in, and just started talking about life in general, he really appreciated her perspective on life.
Not burdened with kids and 20 years together, he found it very refreshing to speak to a woman who wasn't a work colleague or part of the circle of friends.
No midlife crisis just yet.
5, nearly 6 years ago I moved back to NZ, to a town where I knew pretty much nobody. I retired and kept a place In London with the plan of splitting the year between the two. Got bored and am now doing some work again, albeit on my own terms. Anyway as a result nearly all my friends here are the people I work closest with and they’re all women. The youngest is 22 and the oldest 57 and they’re all gold. They treat me like one of the girls and, mate, they are hilariously filthy. Who knew you could be friends with girls?
BTW, the youngest (who hijacked my Fern account a while back) sits beside me and when she saw me browsing the Fern the other week announced to them all that JC was back on his incel group. She thinks @Catogrande is funny, so there’s no helping her.
