Odd snippets

As I type this, just before I turn in for the night, the sounds of swing music are echoing up the stairs from the Beastie's Lair ^{© & TM}. He attended a soirée last evening held by a mutual friend, Ms Sandra Lawrence and came away with her CD. Once the shares pick up again, and the fortunes of the Athenaeum Club revive, we must engage her as resident chanteuse.

I am moved to write by the observation made in today's Times that the new licencing laws come into effect in the UK at midnight on Wednesday. Those establishments who have made the necessary applications will thenceforth be legally able to supply alcoholic beverages 24 hours a day. The last remnant of First World War munitions legislation is thus swept away after 90 years. Sadly, neither my liver nor my wallet feel well enough to take advantage, but c'est la vie.

Interestingly, since the new law doesn't come into effect until midnight, pubs will still have to call last orders at eleven on Wednesday night, kick everyone out by 11.20 and close the doors. At midnight they will then be able to reopen and start serving again if they so wish.

Expect a fast food bonanza at McDonald's and the Burger King for 40 minutes late on Wednesday. Buy your shares now. Then dump them again on Thursday.

In other news, the weather forecast for later this week and the weekend, is snow. Perhaps substantial snow. The GASPs¹ group of which I am a founder member, will be making our way to the Norfolk coast on Friday morning for a long weekend's revelry, which could see us snowed in. Hurrah, I say! The additional digestion time will be most welcome.


¹GASPs - Gluttons Against Small Portions. See LJ entries passim

Odd snippets

As I type this, just before I turn in for the night, the sounds of swing music are echoing up the stairs from the Beastie's Lair ^{© & TM}. He attended a soirée last evening held by a mutual friend, Ms Sandra Lawrence and came away with her CD. Once the shares pick up again, and the fortunes of the Athenaeum Club revive, we must engage her as resident chanteuse.

I am moved to write by the observation made in today's Times that the new licencing laws come into effect in the UK at midnight on Wednesday. Those establishments who have made the necessary applications will thenceforth be legally able to supply alcoholic beverages 24 hours a day. The last remnant of First World War munitions legislation is thus swept away after 90 years. Sadly, neither my liver nor my wallet feel well enough to take advantage, but c'est la vie.

Interestingly, since the new law doesn't come into effect until midnight, pubs will still have to call last orders at eleven on Wednesday night, kick everyone out by 11.20 and close the doors. At midnight they will then be able to reopen and start serving again if they so wish.

Expect a fast food bonanza at McDonald's and the Burger King for 40 minutes late on Wednesday. Buy your shares now. Then dump them again on Thursday.

In other news, the weather forecast for later this week and the weekend, is snow. Perhaps substantial snow. The GASPs¹ group of which I am a founder member, will be making our way to the Norfolk coast on Friday morning for a long weekend's revelry, which could see us snowed in. Hurrah, I say! The additional digestion time will be most welcome.


¹GASPs - Gluttons Against Small Portions. See LJ entries passim