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Thread: Drink & Drive in rural Ireland? Sure.
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The Riv
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Careful, Emerald Islanders -- next thing you know recreational marajuana will be legal.
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Link (then drink)
Link (then drink)
[Drink & Drive in rural Ireland? Sure. ]
[ 13. February 2013, 00:16: Message buggered about with by: comet ]
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Ronald Binge
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The most surreal sight I have seen recently was Michael Healy-Rae, the county councillor who proposed his ludicrous idea, on BBC Breakfast. I was waiting for him to proposition Susanna Reid..
Duelling Banjos was nothing to that idea. There are already subidised Rural Transport schemes which are free of charge to the over-66s but this was a ludicrous idea. In any case, all that will happen is that the motion will go to the Republic's Minister of Justice, who will give the petition due consideration and tell Kerry County Council to go fuck themselves.
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The Riv
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"Riv, you've done a much better job communicating your passion than your point. I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about." Tom Clune
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Ronald Binge
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I never thought I'd say this, but I am finding Hell quite agreeable. Coffee and biccies anyone? ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Albertus
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Far too cosy for hell. What you people need is a few drinks inside you.
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Ronald Binge
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quote:
Originally posted by Anselmina:
Only if I can be the driver?
Me with drink on AND posting on the interweb! There's a thought..
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Sioni Sais
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Never mind reading and posting, try hosting when you're sober.
Sioni Sais
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I see the limit was changed from .08 to .05. In Ireland
In my province in Canada, a .04 level results in a 24 hour roadside suspension, and if you do it again, you're not driving for 2 weeks, and you pay a fine that technically pays for a "course".
I get the issue for those living in isolated areas with no other form of transport. The issue obviously is where to set the impairment level, combined with an understanding of what is safe.
Our local .04 level means is that if you've had any alcohol at all, probably you should not drive. Not even a beer with your supper out, nor a drink with your teammates after playing a sport. I went to conference years ago and they had a breath tester there. I drank one 5% 355 ml Canadian beer and blew more than the .04 level within about 25 mins of having it. With 2 beer within an hour, with the test about 20 mins later, I was at .077. I weigh 10 more lbs today, but it has always cautioned me to have 1 drink at the very most, and then wait a full hour before driving or more usually to just have tea.
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Anselmina
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Never mind reading and posting, try hosting when you're sober.
Sioni Sais
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Does that work, then?
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comet
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
try hosting when you're sober.
we can do that? nobody told me!
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orfeo
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Ahem. Is there even a single post in this thread that actually belongs in Hell? As opposed to Purgatory or those amusing stories you get to close the nightly news bulletin?
In other words, what are you doing on THIS board exactly?
orfeo
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no prophet's flag is set so...
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I had planned in my youth to have a glass of port in bed before breakfast when older, at about the same time that I imagined there was something intriguing and romantic about being a moderate alcoholic and rake. Idiot! Might a glass of something medicinal medicate you orfeo, regruntling you out of your pre-breaky grumps? -- It seems we're all happy drunks here at the moment. However, we might have enough shortly to black out and punch it all up, smashing bottles, yelling obscenities and peeing on boulevards at any moment.
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The Riv
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I'm, er... expressing my outrage, Yes!, that the long-in-the-tooth stereotype of the drunken Irish has permeated the Irish psychology so deeply that they themselves now seem to conduct governmental meetings and votes while intoxicated. Arg!
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Snags
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I was waiting for him to proposition Susanna Reid..
Absolutely nothing wrong with that. Save presence of Mrs Snags and Ms Reid's doubtless overly high standards one could be tempted to do such a thing in a similar position.
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GordonThePenguin
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It certainly gives a new meaning to the slogan "Twenty's Plenty'...
Cheers!
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