tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post8599685221966797938..comments2024-03-28T09:35:43.919+00:00Comments on Paul's Beer & Travel Blog: Not on a school nightPaul Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-4320412550949191932017-08-15T18:42:35.394+01:002017-08-15T18:42:35.394+01:00Interesting points here. I like to drink on Thursd...Interesting points here. I like to drink on Thursdays, Fridays and/or Saturday evenings as a preference. Not keen on Sundays, because they should be kept mainly as family days although the odd social is fine. Maybe you could suggest a Friday social, in TW, which will cover all points you made above? Also, I prefer evening socials because day time drinking makes me tired and the evening is a write off. Again, the odd one is ok. Andrea Moorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-64885384860008998852017-07-21T15:50:10.521+01:002017-07-21T15:50:10.521+01:00There's a difference between regular committee...There's a difference between regular committee and branch meetings, and "special event" socials. Obviously the latter, especially if involving some travelling, are likely to be more practicable at weekends.<br /><br />I recently attended a meeting of another voluntary organisation, which it turned out was in the habit of holding committee meetings on Sunday afternoons. A number of people were unhappy about this, as it effectively meant they couldn't really do much else on one of the two weekend days.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-61619817091021502732017-07-21T15:32:20.107+01:002017-07-21T15:32:20.107+01:00Nev, in the early days of my association with CAMR...Nev, in the early days of my association with CAMRA, ladies darts night was the evening to avoid. Karaoke hadn’t been invented back then.<br /><br />Mudge, we tend to get better turnouts for our weekend socials – possibly because they involve trips out to hard to get to pubs; or even places outside of the branch area. Even with the cutback in bus routes, we can normally reach most of our outlying pubs by public transport, although there will sometimes be a walk involved as well.<br /><br />Syd, I totally agree about the increase in the number of dickheads out drinking at weekends. It’s a bit like all the “amateur drinkers” clogging up the bar in the run up to Christmas.<br />Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-58281647284684448532017-07-21T14:01:16.052+01:002017-07-21T14:01:16.052+01:00I'm old school and like to stick around, after...I'm old school and like to stick around, after the meeting, for a pint and a chat. One reason, apart from those already mentioned, why mid-week CAMRA meetings aren't a good idea for me!Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-44425378097404275332017-07-21T13:50:05.466+01:002017-07-21T13:50:05.466+01:00Now I'm retired I'm a tea-time man myself....Now I'm retired I'm a tea-time man myself.Two or three pints at around 6pm and then back home for a nosebag.<br />Anything more than three and I'm spark out on the sofa by 9pm and completely miss the outrageously biased BBC 10pm news - thank goodness.<br />Can't even look at a pint if I've had so much as slice of bread before I start drinking.<br />I do like mid-week drinking as you don't seem to get quite as many dickheads out drinking as you do at the weekend.Syd Differentialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-41934601951784331252017-07-21T07:40:33.861+01:002017-07-21T07:40:33.861+01:00But if you have CAMRA events at weekends, they'...But if you have CAMRA events at weekends, they're more likely to clash with people's other socialising commitments, so you're caught in a cleft stick.<br /><br />In fact, for the various reasons you've outlined, if you take away the drinking element, it makes sense to hold meetings of any voluntary organisation on weekday evenings, as that's when people are most likely to be available.<br /><br />And I've commented before that CAMRA meetings are much less boozy than they once were. This is partly due to advancing years, but also due to social and cultural change. In general, once the formal business is over, people quickly disperse rather than sticking around for a pint and a chat.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-76339794024009239422017-07-21T01:30:21.917+01:002017-07-21T01:30:21.917+01:00There is a logic to having CAMRA meetings during t...There is a logic to having CAMRA meetings during the week because a quieter pub is more suitable for discussions and debates, as long as you make sure you don't clash with the mid-week karaoke or quiz night. CAMRA socials during the week make less sense for the reasons you mention. I suspect what used to be merely a habit has become fossilised into an unbending rule: people whose reasons consist of "we've always done it this way" can be extraordinarily inflexible.RedNevhttp://rednev-rearm.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com