Alternatives to the pub back home?

[Guest]

Its very hard to get out of the routine of going to the pub back home.
Much better to save cash for your next trip back to LOS...but its hard to stay in on Friday or a Saturday.

What do you do to keep yourself busy and away from the drink?

ok first up

The Gym
Go to the cinema
read
watch videos

shite.. i've come to a dead end

[jimslim]

Go to the pub , get pissed then do a runner when its your round .

You can have a great time and also save money for LOS

[Guest]

the old rounda phobia....

[stogie bear]

You could...

Read this forum... contribute to this forum... join pay sites from this forum...

Time will fly by!

[pacman]

     Thanks SB, you beat me to the punch or the bleeding obvious ....

                OA, you are taking the time to post a message as to how to spend your time ??

                .. what are you thinking of?

[seanbeag7]

Every week-end i would go out and watch good cover bands play music at my local haunt, and then a few weeks ago, the management decided against better judgement, to get rid of the cover bands and bring in a shite dj to play NOISE for 4-5 hours, and now all the regulars don't go in anymore,

[JaiDee]

(orgasmaddict @ May 10 2008,23:14) What do you do to keep yourself busy and away from the drink?

The Gym
Go to the cinema
read
watch videos

never was much of a drinker....unless on the road somewhere, then I can throw 'em back with the best of them!  but don't travel as much as I used to and never drink while in my city,  I don't see the point; I am what would be termed a 'social drinker' and there is no nightlife here so I do as you mentioned;

 wake up .....cereal .... gym [every day].... work on PC for a few hours ..... take a drive, eat out most nights ..... never go to cinema but rent movies from on-demand a lot .....read a lot ...... bed for 8 hours; repeat same, look forward to next trip to Montreal or Europe, etc.....

       Thailand and Asia in general is just not in the cards right now for some people who have other, more important commitments in their home city or jobs to attend to;  sure, it would be fun to do as we all choose but if we can't we have to make due with what we have at home,  which granted is not much.  But then again;  no diseases, no crime, no worries, no drama, close to loved ones, etc...... still not as fun as travelling but is 'something' I guess and allows for very few vices.

 going to the gym now!

[seamus]

You could always do what this stupid gob shite did & sign up for a course at a college,3 fucking hours away from where you live & study like an old ejit , so have no time to go out.Then book your flight to LOS & then find out you have an exam two days after your meant to be flying !

[Guest]

OA, you are taking the time to post a message as to how to spend your time ??

hehe sometimes the obvious is staring you in the face....i think i spend an unhealthy amount of time on this forum and so do a coupla of other BMs.

Really what i'm asking is alternative things to do besides going to the pub. in the Uk and Ireland everything revolves around the pub.
Never mind i think i should have posted this in the irish thread..

[katoeylover]

Work 70-80 hrs/week

That way there is no time for socialising

[Guest]

find out you have an exam two days after your meant to be flying !

thats a kick in the pants..

[Grinder]

Jeez jaidee, no crime and no disease where you live??

I mean, NO crime?

[JaiDee]

no, seriously ..... I live in a small city

we have mean ol' cops here who nip that shit in the bud and we have very little crime at all.

   diseases, maybe.... but I don't partake in sexual activities with the people around here, there is just no one who is my type.

  Obviously just trying to put on a brave face for what is an incredibly boring lifestyle, I have no doubts about that;  would much rather have on a backpack and some good walking shoes and in some warm, tropical country but that's just not in the cards ...yet

            so you guys who can't get to Thailand but a few weeks a year, list your typical day from wake-up to bed time 'over there';  mine is like so

 wake up at 1-3 pm

   slide down a Mars bar or 3 with some aqua

    take a ride on my 'cycle up the coast or spend the afternoon on the beach or at a waterfall

  massage

    check e-mails, do "work" for an hour or 2

 shovel down a chicken sandwich with my little burmese friend who works at the chicken corner, chat about everything under the sun with her and whatever tourists come around for a few hours, always good entertainment.

 nap -  8-11

      go partying on the beach from midnight till dawn, hit the same chicken corner for a bed-time snack at 7am, go to bed and repeat same

  surely similar to my life here, no??      

[Guest]

I usually stay in and chat to Orgasmaddict and BigMick on MSN

[kahuna]

What's to do...I live in small town boring America...there is only one pub in this village...owned by my next door neighbor who is always entreating me to come down for free drinks...which I never do...

Since I have been traveling to LOS, my time here has been very limited...last year I only spent 4 months in the states...So when I'm here in USA I usually just spend my time taking care of business that I've neglected...

This trip home I sold my house and I am just waiting for it to close escrow...then it's off to Maui to buy a small cheap condo...my warm place to die...and then off to LOS again...to live a little more dream before I die...So right now I'm just treading water and waiting...

I could make make the short drive to The City - San Francisco - but I'm not really a city kind of guy...I have no idea why I like BKK...

While I'm in Maui, it's just sleep, eat, and drink and lots of beach in between all the sleeping, eating and drinking...

Not what you want to hear mate...Boring boring boring...

PS...And I spend way too much time here...much to the chagrin of the Mods I'm sure...