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[Alf W]

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[minestrone]

One of the 2 local ones closed last night. The other one is still going for a while but if that shuts it will be a choice of tesco or the local corner shop for booze.

[OwlHoot]

HMRC are a set of parasite maggots.

FTFY

[SueEllen]

One of the 2 local ones closed last night. The other one is still going for a while but if that shuts it will be a choice of tesco or the local corner shop for booze.

In all the random places I've lived in the UK Oddbins was completely tulip.

The local corner shop(s) sold a wider range of alcohol, often has special offers that beat them, sold better snacks and where/are open for longer.

[minestrone]

In all the random places I've lived in the UK Oddbins was completely tulip.

The local corner shop(s) sold a wider range of alcohol, often has special offers that beat them, sold better snacks and where/are open for longer.

Oddbins are chancers over price, I smoke havanas when having a drink and the charge about 30% more in the shop that the tabbaconists 20 yards away.

But some of the staff in oddbins have a great depth of knowledge in malts and I could spend 10 minutes just chatting to the manager when I went in to pick up a bottle. They usually had a couple of taster bottles under the counter and are quite willing to offer up a couple of quick drams when you were in, also they did make an attempt to train the staff in what they were selling.

My local corner shop sells a limited range of basic booze and probably gears itself towards selling to 15 year olds that get their big brothers to buy them drink.

Getting a cheap price is not my motivation when buying drink.