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Just Got Back From Lanzarotte

Degsy · 2005-09-23 16:34:28

Which is 2750 miles from ireland,in the atlantic,off the coast of africa.They have practicly no fresh water,they dont brew beer there,they have no cattle herds and for all practical purposes everything has to be imported.WHY then is it 1.50 for a pint of beer there when we brew the stuff up the road and its usually a fiver…

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23-09-2005 5:34pm

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Which is 2750 miles from ireland,in the atlantic,off the coast of africa.They have practicly no fresh water,they dont brew beer there,they have no cattle herds and for all practical purposes everything has to be imported.WHY then is it 1.50 for a pint of beer there when we brew the stuff up the road and its usually a fiver or so.Why is a four course meal in a restaraunt around a tenner(starter,steak,desert,drink) there when we'd be lucky to get a starter for that when we have the worlds supply of cattle,vegetables and potatoes?Am i missing something here?

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#2 11-10-2005 12:24am
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You think that is meat you are eating

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#3 11-10-2005 1:50am
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Degsy wrote:

Which is 2750 miles from ireland,in the atlantic,off the coast of africa.They have practicly no fresh water,they dont brew beer there,they have no cattle herds and for all practical purposes everything has to be imported.WHY then is it 1.50 for a pint of beer there when we brew the stuff up the road and its usually a fiver or so.Why is a four course meal in a restaraunt around a tenner(starter,steak,desert,drink) there when we'd be lucky to get a starter for that when we have the worlds supply of cattle,vegetables and potatoes?Am i missing something here?

This sounds like a copy&paste of a previous post, tbh.

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#4 11-10-2005 2:38am
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Indeed an excat copy of a previous thread.

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#5 13-10-2005 6:54am
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any reason why you posted this twice?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=305543

surely you could have edited the thread if you needed to add anything

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#6 13-10-2005 7:12am
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Cabaal wrote:

any reason why you posted this twice?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=305543

surely you could have edited the thread if you needed to add anything

Indeed, but what do you expect from n00bs?

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#7 21-10-2005 9:59pm
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2 points
beer over there tastes horrible and its 'lanzarote' only one 't'

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#8 26-10-2005 5:02pm
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Why? eh because the island is TAX free.. most of the price we pay for alcohol is Tax. You do not pay it there so its a lot cheaper.

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