Comments on: Shed Drinking Epidemic Worsens

By: alistair hairy man of footy show

alistair hairy man of footy show — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:58:49 +0000

i happen to have a full bar set up in my lounge
affectionatley known as carpet layers arms
temprite optics pool darts widescreen internet punting smoking
all legal
you drive here you stay;

By: Serafino Raimondo

Serafino Raimondo — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:00:50 +0000

now we are fussing and now we are fightin. Serafino Raimondo.

By: jacko

jacko — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:33:51 +0000

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By: jacko

jacko — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:30:45 +0000

i have a shed bar and they will never take my beer alive ! They can stick their poker machines up their arses, your shout boys!

By: Mark Hill

Mark Hill — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:01:48 +0000

“Drinking without the guidance of a 19 year old bartender is dangerous.”

Classic.

By: steve at the pub

steve at the pub — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:20:48 +0000

Absolutely not.

By: yobbo

yobbo — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:21:51 +0000

“However if in the shed money is changing hands in return for grog, even at cost price, then there is an illegal activity happening”

So if 3 friends decide to split the cost of a carton 3 ways, that is illegal?

By: steve at the pub

steve at the pub — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:19:00 +0000

We must have encountered some state differences. People drinking in their shed can either home brew (perfectly legal) or buy from a pub (only pubs can sell take away grog)

Drinking at home is perfectly legal. Question for the AHA, how do mates drinking in the shed differ from mates drinking at the BBQ on the patio, or friends having wine at the dining table?

However if in the shed money is changing hands in return for grog, even at cost price, then there is an illegal activity happening, & authorities will take an interest, possibly laying charges. Though I have never known the QHA to do a thing about actual instances of this. A very difficult thing to prove, & most such clandestine grog operations involve very few people & tend to not last all that long anyway (a year or two at most)

Handy to know the AHA is capable of paying some attention to members interests, there are a few other of their responsibilities which they might like to dust off before they get rusty.

By: Club Troppo » Friday’s Missing Link

Club Troppo » Friday’s Missing Link — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:36:46 +0000

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By: Scott Wickstein

Scott Wickstein — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:54:18 +0000

I went for a long country drive last weekend to visit some relatives, and I took the long way home, so at dinnertime, I still wasn’t back in Adelaide- I was a few hours out of town. So I pulled over to that great Australian institution, the great Australian Bush pub, for a counter meal.

To my surprise and delight, there were all the signs telling people to not smoke, and all the locals were completely ignoring them, including the bar staff. It gladdened my wee little heart. I’m seriously thinking about packing up and moving out of the city.

Country Australia, I had forgotten, is wonderfully immune to this sort of nonsense.