new bar opening soon in park slope...

If you're going to fight, could you at least do it over me? Like about how cute I am, how awesome I am. Maybe you could try to outdo each other by buying me gifts. This would be nice.

Personally, fuck an English bar. They've been oppressing my people for years! I am not adverse to bars, just English ones.

I know I shouldn't ask this, but, where did you get those facts? i am always curious about good sites to look things like that up, thanks!!

Hmm,. interesting, the info on my building on property shark is not correct. for example, it says my building was built in 1940, which is not true. This building was built in the 1890's, there was a renovation done in the 1940s where some of the apartments were converted. But, the building has been standing since the 1890's.

Old Goat in FL wrote: Hi Flexichick & Anastasia,
We did not have pints but plain old beer glasses. Probably held 10-12oz. Get ready for this. When a glass of beer went from 5 cents to 10 cents there was an uproar. People predicted the bars would go out of nusiness! Needless to say that did not happen. One thing the bar owners did that made things a little less painful was buy you back a drink (hard liquor or beer) after the 3rd or 4th drink. I remember going into a bar on 14th st in Manhatten near where I worked. I put a $10 bill on the bar. It was a beer only bar. No Liquor. The bartender said "I hope you are not going to spend that all here!!!

Ha! You're can get one beer for $10 - very rare to get 2 (unless it's happy hour).

How much were you making a week when $10 could get you drunk?

Some bars still "buy back" every 3rd or 4th drink, but many others don't. I personally think it's good business (and I've been a bartender before).

belzjm wrote: eggcream:

sorry to have offended you.

btw, here are the stats for park slope in terms of the "stroller infested ps" you speak of. looks to me as though there are more of us without children than those with kids in the neighborhood, but who cares about facts...right?

11215
Total Households28079
Family Households13273
Non-Family Households14805
Households With Children6602
Households Without Children21477
Average People Per Household2.30

11217
Total Households15549
Family Households6575
Non-Family Households8974
Households With Children3252
Households Without Children12297
Average People Per Household2.20


care to take back your comment about who has the pulse on what?

No offense taken, just don't like hypocrites. Ya know, those who complain about people b*tching on threads while they do the same. I stand by my comments about bars and kids even if the data is correct about more households with kids versus without.

Anastasia Beaverhausen wrote: If you're going to fight, could you at least do it over me? Like about how cute I am, how awesome I am. Maybe you could try to outdo each other by buying me gifts. This would be nice.

Personally, fuck an English bar. They've been oppressing my people for years! I am not adverse to bars, just English ones.

I'm with you Gerry Adams...

Damn Orangemen!

whynot_31 wrote: [quote=Anastasia Beaverhausen]If you're going to fight, could you at least do it over me? Like about how cute I am, how awesome I am. Maybe you could try to outdo each other by buying me gifts. This would be nice.

Personally, fuck an English bar. They've been oppressing my people for years! I am not adverse to bars, just English ones.

I'm with you Gerry Adams...

Damn Orangemen!

I'll go if you wear a kilt.

whynot_31 wrote: My 10 y/o nephew came in 5th at the World Irish Dancing contest for his age ....

Bagpipes and kilts are not a problem.

...bring it.

well, if you wear the 10 year old's kilt, we'll be sure to know whether you are wearing anything underneath :shock:

belzjm wrote: i did try the restaurant, egg...i mentioned that above. i really wanted to like the place. i had heard some really nice things here about it when it first opened, as you said. i love it when small businesses succeed, but i also don't relish the thought of having another mediocre italian place stick around if it's not doing well. my experience at primmo atto was not one i would have wanted to repeat sadly. hope whatever comes in next does better.

Hopefully my final comment on this. Be that as it may, my point was you accused LTS of doing the same thing you did in the Primo Atto thread. Also, your quote above "differences of opinion are what make the world go round" is also hypocritical as again LTS was sharing her thoughts on Bars in the neighborhood.

Well, sadly for you rumor has it they are re-opening according to a poster on the Is Primo Atto closing thread.

Mamacita wrote: ^^ Flexi he did say back in his day a pint was 10 cents.

What I said was draft beer came in 10-12oz glasses, not pints. Yes I said 10 cents. That was after they raised it from a NICKLE! To answer the other question about getting drunk on $10. When I drank beer there is NO WAY I could have drunk $10 worth. When I drank 7 & 7 it was 40 cents a drink. Even with the 7 & 7 $10 would be tough to spend. I am going to guess that I was making about $70 a week when beer was a dime.

So, the beer to pay ratio was $70 / .1

Meaning, if one spent all of their money on beer, one could purchase 700 beers a week.

At today's prices ($6 a beer), one would have to be earning $4200 a week to purchase 700 beers.

...since not many of us are earning that, the rest of us are likely jealous.

whynot_31 wrote: So, the beer to pay ratio was $70 / .1

Meaning, if one spent all of their money on beer, one could purchase 700 beers a week.

At today's prices ($6 a beer), one would have to be earning $4200 a week to purchase 700 beers.

...since not many of us are earning that, the rest of us are likely jealous.

$2625/week, if you adjust for the 10 oz vs 16 oz serving size (and assuming you drink at a place that serves real pints).

whynot 31, the bars were not dingy but they were drinkers bars. The only women I ever met in Murphy's was my Aunt and yes she had teeth. The bars were places to go to on an evening when you had no other social events planned. For me that turned out to be Friday nights. Also if you make $1800 a month you are doing okay. I live on a Postal Pension and a small (And I mean small) social security check) I am not complaining. My bills are paid, have decent health insurance and still have enough after necessities to have 1 or 2 drinks a day. My wife is a tea totler so that helps!
Old Goat

Wait, Whynot, are you saying not many of us earn $1800 a week, or not many of us buy 700 beers?

Let's be specific here!