Makha Bucha Day

[karon steve]

Makha Bucha day is March 7th which is the start of Buddhist Lent. I assume the bars will be closed but do the restaurants stay open and serve alcohol if food is ordered?

As an aside the next 3 months are a good time to travel by bus as you can get the back row seats with more legroom...555

I have just spoken with the boss of Kinaree who told me they will be open as usual.

[Irish Alan]

I think regardless of if an establishment serves food or not it cannot sell alcohol on Wednesday Makha Bucha day or the other days below. (Please correct me if I am wrong.) The Kinnaree can sell due to its hotel classification licence. Looks like Italian Wednesday could be very popular this week. ++)(*

The following days alcohol is typically banned. There are a few more and we can update nearer to when they crop up.

Wednesday, 7 March 2012 – Makha Bucha Day
Monday, 4 June 2012 – Visakha Bucha Day
Thursday, 2 August 2012 – Asarnha Bucha Day

[Hamlay]

Oh my god the world is coming to an end. 3 or 4 days when we cannot drink in bars. Can only drink in hotels / restaurants classfied as hotels and at home during this time. How will we cope.
..(Now if someone will answer my homebrew cider question on the other thread I'll be happy again)

[pompui]

I will drink to everyones health here in windy and cold London today,gonna be a long binge.

[karon steve]

I echo your sentiment in hot & sunny Udon having a cold brew in the Kinaree

[Sandmonkey]

Here in the Kingdom of Humanity we celebrate non alcohol days like:

Wednesday, 7 March 2012 – Makha Bucha Day
Monday, 4 June 2012 – Visakha Bucha Day
Thursday, 2 August 2012 – Asarnha Bucha Day

And every other friggin day of the year, unless you know a geezer on the camel route behind the sand dunes over yonder!

Amen :'(

[pienmash]

Mr mash is closing at 5pm today out of respect of our lass slipping off to the temple to say ello to macha bucha ..... so after the latest delivery of cider has arrived its an evening of product testing ........all legal n above board as i live here !!

Cheers mi dears

[karon steve]

Sandmonkey...No Siddiqi to be had? Better than nothing on a cold night in the desert.

[Sandmonkey]

Sandmonkey...No Siddiqi to be had? Better than nothing on a cold night in the desert.

Nah... drug and alcohol testing mandatory once a week.

[karon steve]

What drugs and alcohol do they give you to test?

I was going into Uthmaniyah plant Saturday morning when an Aramco guard pulled me over and I had to do the open all doors etc. routine. A dog handler with his labrador come out, I immediately moved down wind, he put the labrador through the truck, told me to wait and he brought out a springer. The dog went through the truck and little bstard sat down in the boot! He called me over and asked if there was anything I wanted to tell him whilst he produced a brick of Afghanistan's finest black from the boot.
A training exercise that cost me a new pair of trousers, heart palpitations, gave him a good laugh but he still wouldn't give me a bit for my trouble.