Bar recommendations in Londinium

[Maurice]

Exactly - I thought the particular brand of knobs out your way referred to it as Dubs

Admittedly when I saw the R8 one of the 2 year qualified lawyers bought out there on account of the err, preferential tax rates it did tempt me for a moment. Cars over a certain threshold in HK by contrast attract 100+ % tax Top tax rate of 15% would help with that though!

My eyes were dry when a mate in Honkers was bitching about paying UK tax on his income whilst at a US firm.

[Mito Man]

I have heard of Singers, and Ab Dabs for Abu Dhabi. Just HK for Hongers

HK is weird though from what I’ve heard from friends who live there. The middle class find it normal to live in a 1 bed flat with the entire family. As in Grandparents, married parents and their kids

Houses are definitely tiny out there. The pictures of the worst off are pretty upsetting. Nice bit of perspective for those complaining about housing in the UK:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... homes.html

Feck me, the raw meat in the toilet

[JLv3.0]

Was he American? He would have had to be for that to be in force.

[Maurice]

No, a Brit. It was the UK branch he was employed by, so I’d assumed it was something to do with how long he was out there for.

[JLv3.0]

I guess if it wasn't long term then he would still be liable. I'm also assuming he didn't work away from home without a nice pay bump

[IanF]

No - hotel bars mean you're shit at travelling.

If he can’t google between the station and the hotel, I don’t think he should stray far...

[JLv3.0]

Ah he's just using other people's time to save his own. Hence my initial response

[McSwede]

Ah he's just using other people's time to save his own. Hence my initial response

Too fookin right Anyway, ended up half cut at the hotel near work and changing into monkey suit for a late Uber to the bash. Initial question rendered useless

[JLv3.0]

Initial question rendered useless

It's almost as if we knew from the get-go

[JonMad]

Even by our standards that’s some tangent.

[Richard]

No - hotel bars mean you're shit at travelling.

What if you end your night at the hotel bar.

I love a final nightcap in the hotel bar.

[JLv3.0]

Acceptable.

[ZedLeg]

What if you're in a hotel bar drinking Singapore Slings with Mescal on the side and a beer chaser, while waiting for an important phone call?

[JLv3.0]

Sing Slings eh?

How did they have the hotel landline number? You could have had them call your cellular telephone and leave the hotel and take a look around. So no - not approved.

[Alex_]

I have heard of Singers, and Ab Dabs for Abu Dhabi. Just HK for Hongers

HK is weird though from what I’ve heard from friends who live there. The middle class find it normal to live in a 1 bed flat with the entire family. As in Grandparents, married parents and their kids

Houses are definitely tiny out there. The pictures of the worst off are pretty upsetting. Nice bit of perspective for those complaining about housing in the UK:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... homes.html

Feck me, the raw meat in the toilet

Houses in HK are the most expensive in the world, mainly driven by people from mainland China coming down and buying all the properties. Couples have no choice but to live with their parents. Ten years ago, my parents bought a 600 sqft flat and the owner couldn't give it away, he offered to reduce the price to sweeten the deal. Now, good luck finding one for less than £500k.

[Mito Man]

Yeah I was told there was this weird thing where the older a flat was the more worthless it became? Then after about 20 years they just demolished them and built a new one as everyone wants to live in a new flat rather than refurbish?

Also is there no service charge? I think I heard it’s normal for all the amenities such as lifts to break down and no one will repair them unless the neighbours all pitch in but that rarely happens. And you can do crazy shit like just knock down a few walls in your flat and stick AC units on.
Doing that wouldn’t go down too well in London!

[Alex_]

Yeah I was told there was this weird thing where the older a flat was the more worthless it became? Then after about 20 years they just demolished them and built a new one as everyone wants to live in a new flat rather than refurbish?

Also is there no service charge? I think I heard it’s normal for all the amenities such as lifts to break down and no one will repair them unless the neighbours all pitch in but that rarely happens. And you can do crazy shit like just knock down a few walls in your flat and stick AC units on.
Doing that wouldn’t go down too well in London!

New/newer (less than 30 years old) flats have factor fees that everyone pay for security and maintenance. HK people prefer to live in brand new flats but the prices for those are even more crazy, a 600 sqft flat in a good area is close to a £1m.

[duncs500]

Sing Slings eh?

How did they have the hotel landline number? You could have had them call your cellular telephone and leave the hotel and take a look around. So no - not approved.

How about if you're drinking in the hotel bar just long enough to find two high class hookers to take back to your penthouse suite to snort coke off various parts of their bodies?

[JLv3.0]

Acceptable at the end of the night only.

[duncs500]

Acceptable at the end of the night only.

I think "at the end of the session" is more appropriate given that it could be any time of day.