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« on: September 24, 2008, 07:30:14 pm » |
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LONDON (Reuters) - Found: drinking companions to join elderly gentleman for a friendly beer at his local pub.
Mike Hammond was bombarded with offers after advertising in his village post office for someone to accompany his 88-year-old father Jack on visits to a southern England pub from a nursing home.
He offered the lucky winner 7 pounds ($14) an hour plus expenses and, after sifting through the applicants, decided on a job-share. Drinking duties are to be divided between a retired doctor and a former military man.
“Dad’s now going to be going down to the pub several times a week — three with his new friends and twice with me,” Mike Hammond told The Times on Thursday. “I want to give him some of his old life back.”
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blueyes
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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2008, 07:47:49 pm » |
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Yeah...I could do that job, easy.
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2008, 07:52:11 pm » |
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When can I start
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« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2008, 07:39:49 am » |
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allow me... lol.... tell me theres no drinking age in england...
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« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2008, 06:35:36 pm » |
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There is definitely a drinking age in England, however I'm fairly certain it's only 18 (same as here in Australia). Germany on the other hand... I think I heard somewhere you can drink beer from 12 or something and 18 for all other types of grog.
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« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2008, 08:58:04 am » |
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Legal age to drink is 16, legal age to purchase is 18 and it also depends where you drink. goofy.
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« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2008, 09:17:11 am » |
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The legal drinking age in Germany is 16, though kids must wait until they're 18 to drink spirits. That five-year difference to the US, where the drinking age is 21, appears to be significant.
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« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2008, 09:17:20 am » |
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I would love that job. Who knows though, maybe the old man is a really looney.  |
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« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2008, 10:21:11 am » |
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soundslike my kinda job
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