Cunts
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Sweet dreams 
On to page 3 oooh, errrā¦
Iām surprised too tbf
pāhaps itās carried on cos itās alcohol neutral?
Actually it only (only he says) a couple of weeks. Going to the Fat Duck next week end and then 9 days skiing the weekend after
Still shit though
You 9 to 5 ers and weekends off dont realise how much us offshore workers put into drinking as much as we can in the 5 and half months that we have off to keep up with your normal intake.
Not forgetting we have to have D & A tests before we go offshore and randomly through the year.
It takes months of planning to pass them.
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Having discovered the game is on tv my dinner of lamb steak becomes my lunch.
Do I still have the bottle of Red Wine with It? Will I last until kick off and pub time if I do
#1stworldproblems
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Lamb steak I am lucky if I get Mutton or Goat down here I would kill the lamb if it was available.
And like the UAE red wine is nearly unafordable.
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How much is red wine PS? Worse than Australia? Its bloody expensive there, even when it comes from 100 yards away 
We are looking at the cheapest bottle to be Peso 1500 which is equivelent to about 23 quid a botttle
Ah you mean UK restaurant prices for cheap plonk. 
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But the thing is the locals do not drink wine its either Beer or Hard spirits so wine as a luxury for Ex-Pats is expensive.
bottle of rum just over a quid
Bottle of gin or vodka just over 2 quid.
Crate of San Miguel beer 6 quid.
Yes but try going to a restaurant in the Philippines and ordering a bottle of wine
Nigh on impossible
Sorry Sir we are out of stock.
What wine do you have?
Sorry Sir out of stock.
Third world problems yes.
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Restaurants in Aus usually had one or two bottles at Ā£35-40, a handful nearer Ā£50 and the majority more than that. Of course 95% of wine is bloody produced there.
In the bottle shops (off licences) you could find some at Ā£15 but it was the equivalent of a Uk supermarket bottle at Ā£5.
Beers were about Ā£7-8 in the pubs. So at least this will help me think the prices in London today are not too bad
The red was a Mavrud brought in Bulgaria for Ā£7 sells in UK about Ā£20 I was told.
Our standard home plonk is Cassillo de Diablo - Ā£7 a bottle at the hole in the wall 150kms away.
In a restaurant here it sells for >Ā£80
Ate at Gaggan in Bangkok 1st time Iāve drunk wine in Thailand they had a lovely limited release organic North Italian White at $100 a bottle which was the thing to do at that moment.
But no still have work to do b4 pub so stayed off the wine.
Lamb steak was superb PS $10 / kg special at Carrefour
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Is that the sweet taste of victory? No, it is a velvety St Emillion caressing my tongue. The Ayatollah blinked first and who was I to deny my beloved.
Fuck you dry January. Fuck you.
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Dont now what restaurants you frequented, but substitute dollars for pounds and you are about right. As for bottle shops - a cheap red would be $10 - $15 and you can get some pretty decent stuff for $30 as long as you like the Aussie wines. A decent french wine is an altogether different proposition though! Even a chateauneuf du pape will probably set you back $80