Got snow? - Page 3

zelda_pinwheel · 03-02-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Moejoe

Expensive if you buy them legally. You can walk into any of the still-remaining pubs and buy most cigarettes, tobacco and alchol at significant savings, also you can pick up any recently released CD, DVD or software, plus electrical goods and lots of other things. The grey market has exploded over here in the last few years, to staggering levels. You'll see thieves and coppers side by side buying the same goods from the same people. A blind eye is turned to the whole affair.

A pack of 20 cigarettes is around £5 ($7, €6) but in the pubs you can pick them up for £2.50 or thereabouts.

wow, that's crazy !! in some bars you can buy cigarettes here too (fewer than before though) but they are always *more* expensive that at the tobacco shop, because the bar buys them from the tobacco shop and then adds 1€ for their trouble.

you can't buy any software or dvds in bars though.

Moejoe · 03-02-2009, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

wow, that's crazy !! in some bars you can buy cigarettes here too (fewer than before though) but they are always *more* expensive that at the tobacco shop, because the bar buys them from the tobacco shop and then adds 1€ for their trouble.

you can't buy any software or dvds in bars though.

Maybe i should clarify. They're not sold by the pubs in any way, they're sold by individuals who come into the pubs. These individuals make tobacco and alchol runs to countries like Bulgaria to buy cheap booze and ciggies, they they come back and sell them in the pubs. The owners don't mind, they get a cut or free ciggies and booze. All the other stuff, the electronics and what have you, have -- fallen off the back of a lorry

Case in point. I buy 50g tobacco pouches for £5, they cost around £12-13 officially.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-02-2009, 05:25 PM

aah, right, now i see. we get those "under the coat" vendors here too, but they are selling cheap toys with flashing lights, or roses, or lighters. i think tobacco sales are pretty closely regulated and while the police turn a blind eye to peddling roses and lighters (and watches made in china, and whathaveyou) they would not be so lenient with cigarette sellers.

lilac_jive · 03-02-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

aah, right, now i see. we get those "under the coat" vendors here too, but they are selling cheap toys with flashing lights, or roses, or lighters. i think tobacco sales are pretty closely regulated and while the police turn a blind eye to peddling roses and lighters (and watches made in china, and whathaveyou) they would not be so lenient with cigarette sellers.

I remember those guys.

Ahh glorious happiness, the roads cleared up and I picked up three packs for my trouble. I feel sooooo much better.

PDS · 03-02-2009, 05:56 PM

OMG I could go some snow right now ..... its a scorcher here.

lilac_jive · 03-02-2009, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PDS

OMG I could go some snow right now ..... its a scorcher here.

Is it ever not hot down there? I mean sheesh, it's March.

Wetdogeared · 03-02-2009, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by PDS

OMG I could go some snow right now ..... its a scorcher here.

Here, take all ya want.

mjh215 · 03-02-2009, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Is it ever not hot down there? I mean sheesh, it's March.

Marc had photos claiming it snowed in Aussieland, but I think they were doctored...

-MJ

PDS · 03-02-2009, 06:01 PM

LOL it does snow here but only really in the Snowy Mountains. Never cold here where I am, Im longing for winter but then its still not really cold, just *less hot*

Wetdogeared · 03-02-2009, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mjh215

Marc had photos claiming it snowed in Aussieland, but I think they were doctored...

-MJ

They have ski lifts, maybe they use them to carry stuff up the hills.

Marc was wishing for an escalator the other day.

lilac_jive · 03-02-2009, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by PDS

LOL it does snow here but only really in the Snowy Mountains. Never cold here where I am, Im longing for winter but then its still not really cold, just *less hot*

I'd Fedex you some of our snow, but I have a feeling it'll melt the second it hits Aussie soil.

PDS · 03-02-2009, 06:05 PM

Thanks for the thought but yeah I doubt it would make it, customs would stop it anyway and keep the snow for themselves! am off to work now

see ya.

krisk · 03-03-2009, 02:36 AM

I finally quit (for a variety of reasons) when the smoking laws became so Draconian here. There's nothing quite like spending a relaxed evening with friends and drinks at a bar/pub. Having to get up periodically, interrupt the conversation and go shiver your tukus off in the parking lot, just didn't cut it. As a result, everything cut back. I only "hang out" at bars when I am teaching skiing (at the end of teaching) and when I am staying on the mountain.

I haven't been to a bar just for the hell of it since I quit smoking.

Andybaby · 03-03-2009, 03:41 AM

we got 4 inches In NYC, most in the last 2 years!, it hasnt gone over 2 inches in a while. (they predicted 8, got 4)

too bad I've been sick the last few days (still am really, im hoping to kick it by tomorrow morning) I havent been able to read at all, and i Just started "the Martian Chronicles!" god that book has been knawing at me.

ahammer · 03-03-2009, 10:06 AM

getting up to the high 80's here in AZ..

what is this snow you speak of?

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03-02-2009, 05:25 PM	#33
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	aah, right, now i see. we get those "under the coat" vendors here too, but they are selling cheap toys with flashing lights, or roses, or lighters. i think tobacco sales are pretty closely regulated and while the police turn a blind eye to peddling roses and lighters (and watches made in china, and whathaveyou) they would not be so lenient with cigarette sellers.

03-02-2009, 05:56 PM	#35
PDS Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 46 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Austalia Device: Sony PRS-505, Dell Mini 9, I-Phone	OMG I could go some snow right now ..... its a scorcher here.

03-02-2009, 06:01 PM	#39
PDS Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 46 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Austalia Device: Sony PRS-505, Dell Mini 9, I-Phone	LOL it does snow here but only really in the Snowy Mountains. Never cold here where I am, Im longing for winter but then its still not really cold, just less hot

03-02-2009, 06:05 PM	#42
PDS Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 46 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Austalia Device: Sony PRS-505, Dell Mini 9, I-Phone	Thanks for the thought but yeah I doubt it would make it, customs would stop it anyway and keep the snow for themselves! am off to work now see ya.

03-03-2009, 02:36 AM	#43
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	I finally quit (for a variety of reasons) when the smoking laws became so Draconian here. There's nothing quite like spending a relaxed evening with friends and drinks at a bar/pub. Having to get up periodically, interrupt the conversation and go shiver your tukus off in the parking lot, just didn't cut it. As a result, everything cut back. I only "hang out" at bars when I am teaching skiing (at the end of teaching) and when I am staying on the mountain. I haven't been to a bar just for the hell of it since I quit smoking.

03-03-2009, 03:41 AM	#44
Andybaby Wizard Posts: 1,279 Karma: 1002683 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New York Device: PRS-700	we got 4 inches In NYC, most in the last 2 years!, it hasnt gone over 2 inches in a while. (they predicted 8, got 4) too bad I've been sick the last few days (still am really, im hoping to kick it by tomorrow morning) I havent been able to read at all, and i Just started "the Martian Chronicles!" god that book has been knawing at me.

03-03-2009, 10:06 AM	#45
ahammer cybershark Posts: 314 Karma: 2227 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: AZ Device: none	getting up to the high 80's here in AZ.. what is this snow you speak of?