Gregg R Thomas

@ Simon

I think originally a pub was an establishment run by a brewery as a way of marketing its products. So, if you went to an ABC Brewery pub, you wouldn’t have a choice of various ABC products. Was it that way and is it still that way in today’s pubs?

Unseen wrote:
BTW, for the Americans, what’s the difference between a pub and a bar?

A pub is a public house – a whole building dedicated to meeting and drinking.  A bar is technically a counter with a rack of bottles behind it.  A bar is more like a facility where they serve you drinks, than a public house, a comfortable home from home full of…[Read more]

A couple observations on some cultural difference between the UK and the USA from comparing their mystery/detective series with American cop shows.

First, almost invariable when UK cops visit someone while gathering information, they are offered tea or tea and biscuits. Even substituting coffee for tea, that never happens in American…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
Wake up! a) NK doesn’t need anyone’s permission to have nuclear weapons and b) NK already possesses nuclear weapons.

You’re right, I didn’t get the story quite right.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jqjwdyl1ko

The nuclear state will never get rid of its weapons, Mr Ri says, and would probably seek a deal to freeze its nucl…

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Simon Paynton wrote:
North Korea have said they want Trump to win so that he will let them have nuclear weapons.

Wake up! a) NK doesn’t need anyone’s permission to have nuclear weapons and b) NK already possesses nuclear weapons. It is estimated that they have around 50 nuclear warheads as of January 2024, with the capability to produce more.…[Read more]

unapologetic wrote:
Apparently he is more useful to Putin if he stays in the USA.

NOTE: this is a joke, no basis in fact

North Korea have said they want Trump to win so that he will let them have nuclear weapons.

“I’m not leaving the GOP. It left me.”