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I seem to remember that twenty four hour drinking licenses were introduced in Britain a while ago and the papers went mad and expected a complete breakdown of society and what-not because of it.

So now that it's had time to sink in, what has been it's effect? And for everyone else, do you support the relaxing of licensing laws?

I ask because me and a Portuguese friend of mine ran out of drink half an hour ago and we're waiting impatiently for seven in the morning, when we can return to our drinking. Twenty-four hour drinking would be much appreciated.

All you need to do is plan ahead and get a stockpile for when the bars are closed.

All you need to do is plan ahead and get a stockpile for when the bars are closed.

The trouble starts when you beat your personal best.

I seem to remember that twenty four hour drinking licenses were introduced in Britain a while ago and the papers went mad and expected a complete breakdown of society and what-not because of it.

So now that it's had time to sink in I, what has been it's effect? And for everyone else, do you support the relaxing of licensing laws?

I ask because me and a Portuguese friend of mine ran out of drink half an hour ago and we're waiting impatiently for seven in the morning, when we can return to our drinking. Twenty-four hour drinking would be much appreciated.

I live in Massachusetts USA in a police state of a college town so according to them drinking is nothing short of the worst crime ever imagined. They are stupid jackasses.

In Berlin I experienced authorities who don't regard drinking as the root of all evil for the first time and they did have 24 hour drinking. It was fun and amazingly drinking seemed like much less of a societal problem as it is here. I think the venue should be able to decide when to stop serving alcohol not the authorities. Although on a side note the actual liquor stores closed really early which was wierd and pretty annoying.

It doesnt' seem to really exist. I live in the 3rd largest city in England and can't think of a single bar thats open right now. Although I do have beer in the fridge. *begins pondering*

We've had 24 hour licences here in Victoria for about 15 years now. Prior to that, the latest opening pubs/clubs were about 3-4am. It really hasn't made much of a difference. It just means that if you want to kick on at 8am, then you can.

I would really like the liquor laws around here to be relaxed a bit, I think it would help the economy.

Currently, liquor stores are required to close on Sundays, may not be open past 9:00 PM, and may not refrigerate alcohol. (Warehouses and shipping companies are also prohibited from using refrigeration.) Some bars are also restricted from selling beverages in excess of 3.2% alcohol. Persons under twenty-one years of age are prohibited from being in a bar area of a restaurant. Some breweries, such as New Belgium Brewing Company, will not ship to Oklahoma because these laws degrade the quality of beer by the time it reaches the consumer.

I know too many people who go to Texas and buy the "good beer", every week.

It's fine.

Unless you happen to live in Whitley Bay. In which case it is even more shit that usual.

Legend has it that in the 50s, north shields fish quay used to have 24hr pubs. Fucking Harrased Wilsods. :mad:

I would really like the liquor laws around here to be relaxed a bit, I think it would help the economy.



I know too many people who go to Texas and buy the "good beer", every week.

Bloody hell, I thought prohibition ended in the 30s in America! :eek:

Bloody hell, I thought prohibition ended in the 30s in America! :eek:

Ugh, you should go to kentucky. Most of it is "dry." (No booze whatsoever).

Ugh, you should go to kentucky. Most of it is "dry." (No booze whatsoever).
Heh, if your under twenty-one you have to deal with that everywhere.

Ugh, you should go to kentucky. Most of it is "dry." (No booze whatsoever).

Is that why there's moonshine? :p

I went to a place that was open past 2AM for the first time on Saturday. The only problem I have is that it's easier to lose track of time than it used to be.

Most pubs are now open until past midnight, when they used to stop serving around 11PM.

We left at 3 on Saturday, to be honest the extra hour was much appreciated, and we didn't go crazy and stay until closing. Ho hum.

I seem to remember that twenty four hour drinking licenses were introduced in Britain a while ago and the papers went mad and expected a complete breakdown of society and what-not because of it.

So now that it's had time to sink in, what has been it's effect? And for everyone else, do you support the relaxing of licensing laws?

I ask because me and a Portuguese friend of mine ran out of drink half an hour ago and we're waiting impatiently for seven in the morning, when we can return to our drinking. Twenty-four hour drinking would be much appreciated.
There's a few pubs/bars where I live that have 24-hour licenses, but they don't necessarily stay open all the time. Most pubs just use the license to stay open until 2 or 3 on Friday and Saturday nights, or to open a couple hours earlier every day.

It's more noticeable at clubs that stay open beyond 2, because that's when they'd normally have to shut the bar - they now stay open all night.

There hasn't been any significant rise in public drunkenness or crime, or the number of people getting admitted to A&E in the early hours, according to my cop-friend.

I heard that one of the reasons they gave for extending the drinking hours in Britain was to try to limit binge drinking at last call. Apparently hammering back as much as you could at last call was something of a ritual because last call was a lot earlier than in most countries.

I know people from the Asian Pacific region complain about how slow things are in Canada because the place tends to shut down between Midnight and 2am (although some clubs can open as late as 4am depending on where they are). Personally, I think that unless the drinking establishment is in a residential area then I don’t care how late they’re open. That’s between the establishment and the customers. Not everyone is up to clubbing till 6am and then going to work, although if permitted some of the larger cities could support it at least for the weekends. Most businesses can’t afford to staff 24-hour drinking establishments, bars or clubs, unless there is enough people coming in at all hours to make it worthwhile.

I think the bigger problem in crime comes when people get out of the bars and clubs when they close but still have a lot of steam left for the evening. If they stay longer at the bars and clubs, they’ll just want to go home by the time they close and be too burnt out to cause as much trouble (unless they’re doing some serious drugs).

I seem to remember that twenty four hour drinking licenses were introduced in Britain a while ago and the papers went mad and expected a complete breakdown of society and what-not because of it.

So now that it's had time to sink in, what has been it's effect? And for everyone else, do you support the relaxing of licensing laws?

In ,y neck of the woods; not ,uch hqs hqppened.

I recall seeing on the BBC zebsite there was no increase in drinking related crime in Manchester and Liverpool after licenses were extended:

I thought this would be a 24 Drinking Game for some reason.

I first thought it would be thread where people the stories of their biggest benders! I'm a bit disappointed it's not really. :(

I remember something about this and Xmas. Apparently drink related violent crime was down 10% of xmas or something like that. I think it was down by as much as 40% in one town.