I meet a biking friend in a pub in the next town (roll on bus-pass !) - it's a great little place, discrete TV (volume turned down normally). Serves proper beer and is in fact a very old little pub. For some obscure reason, the landlord (and owner) is a decent bloke. Normal conversation is held and is very popular with regular drinkers (rare breeds these days) for some obscure reason he puts the juke box on at around the same time every evening and it's quite loud - a look was enough the last time we were there and he turned it off. I go to pubs to have a beer and a chat, there's plenty of options in the town, including one very old fashioned little place with bar like a living room...all for diversity.
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