BoozeBytes

Written by: JRatio on June 10, 2010.

Blogging has allowed me to come up with the most amazingly poor puns imaginable. Today I got chance to join the tech revolution as I sat in an English Pub (public house) and use the Internet on WiFi. My dear friends, over the course of about 2 and a half hours, I finished my Food Eat Me? Blog, Drank 3 Pints of Stella Artios and had what is called a Desperate Dan Steak Pie dinner; all purely in the interest of research.

Hopefully Kirk will let me include all of the above in expenses :D

So; Is WiFi in a bar a good thing?

I guess it depends really. I should imagine the later it gets in the night, the more chance having a lap top would put you in a liability bracket. Now, I am a pretty honest person, and really always have been, though once when plastered at the Cricketers Pub in Ipswich, I did end up with a cellphone in my pocket, that wasn’t mine. Granted it was the same phone as mine. The astounding thing is 8 years ago cell/mobile phones were much bigger then and how I got 2 of them in my pocket is beyond me.

Needless to say, I think this sparks a potentially interesting argument about our technological dependency especially with the adage of the 2011 Solar Storm cycle, and it’s potential effect on our satalite equipment.

I suppose town pubs having Wifi would make some sense owing to the fact all the business folks could go in and have something decent to eat, while still glued to their laptops, the sports fan could whip up a whole world of stats to seem like they know what they are drunkardly rambling on about, and people like me, that could google their way through the pub quiz; all seem a bit opportunistic however.

For the New Inn on the A5 just outside of Long Buckby, I did find the use quite practical. I live on a long boat, so Electricity and Internet is dependent on running the engines and having the credit on the dongle (USB Internet Antenna) So, having this amenity was handy, although costly- 3 Pints, and a Meal about 15 quid (about $24)

However, also the great thing about the pub is it had a toilet; I made sure to get my money’s worth out of the establishment; as I am sure you can imagine Electric and Internet aren’t the only basics that are difficult to obtain living on a boat. However… I wish AOL didn’t loudly inform me that I had Mail for the whole of the bathroom/restroom to hear whilst sitting there :/

You’ve got Mail LOL!