Banter TRTT Part 15: David KOCH on Epstein List!!!11!!!!!!
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I bought a Cohiba churchill cigar in Havana for $10 a few years ago.
That same cigar here is well over $100
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A guy I work with was in Florida during the election and he paid US$9 so say AU$14 for a cigar (at a lounge where you can smoke it inside). Same one over here costs $58. We get absolutely ripped off no doubt about it.
Tobacco tax has been shown to be a regressive tax.
Government got greedy feeding off addiction and created a black market that they have no chance stopping
Imagine the Government spending and resources wasted on going after the tobacco black market. Ridiculous.
True, but they're probably not selling too many Cohibas at the Davoren Park SmokeMart.
chiwigi
I’ll make tears from your Wines.
Two peguins (LSD) and a block of hash from a bird I lived in a share house with.
chiwigi
I’ll make tears from your Wines.
‘Er indoors gets me excellent gifts every year, it’s a nightmare as I’m nowhere near as good at them as she is.
Dylan8
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The first thing I did on any Ryanair odyssey was go to the corner shop close to my hostel and buy a pack of Marlboro golds. Under $15AU every time. I don't even smoke darts normally but on holiday they don't count
Dylan8
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If you ran on a platform of nationalizing CUB and instituting a flat $5 pint of Carlton Draught in all pubs you'd get 110% of the electorate
It's as wasteful as the war on drugs. Wasting money on a fight that they have no chance of winning
How much would beer cost though?
chiwigi
I’ll make tears from your Wines.
It’s not quite the same.
They were winning the war on nicotine. New users had plummeted.
Then vapes came and ****ed it.
There's certain places you go, like footy/golf/bowling clubs or sometimes front bars during happy hour where a pint of proper old school draught beer costs around $7 and I just think to myself this is what a pint should cost. It feels about right. Unfortunately, now it's double digits for a pint in most places. HTF does a Uni student afford that? It's why most pubs these days are quasi restaurants.
This country is far too over regulated.
This country is far too over regulated.
The old solution still applies load up at Dans or wherever & get pissed with ya mates in a park or under the interchange bridge before you head into the city for the night lol.
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Old man post but 10-15 years ago you could still find some great deals. There was a place near Hindmarsh Square I can’t even remember the name (Shapes maybe?) that sold schooners of Coopers Pale for $1. Try finding anything near that value today.
Is it over regulated or just pure greed by commercial landlords (and penalty rates) driving up prices so pubs have to chase bigger margins?
Genuine question here, not rhetorical
chiwigi
I’ll make tears from your Wines.
Pubs aren't used for drinking as much, the profit margin isn't there, and women wanting to frequent the same area as men meant they had to change the nature of the area for the client.
This added to the massive cost and value of real estate has changed things, as well as the market share of the big breweries.
Food makes more money, as do pokies. Customer expectations of good food, live music etc. etc. also blows out costs. There is also the expectation of 50 different beers and wines to be available, again increasing wastage and overheads.
Drinking at home with the big TV's and the massive pergola has also caused a huge dent. People of a certain age don't meet at the pub any more to socialize. You can get hold of people in so many ways. Bak in the day, you wanted to see how Jim was doing, you went down the pub to ask him, nowadays its a text.
Basically the model is ****ed if you just want a quick beer.
Sam Konstas reverse ramping a throw down and saying “bowled Bumrah” is the alpha shit everyone’s Boxing Day needs
