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Kiwi 
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Joined: 23 Jan 2018
Location: New zealand
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 Topic: A sad Christmas
Posted: 24 Dec 2019 at 9:34pm |
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Hi it is a bit of a sad Christmas as my local pub (bar) two doors down burned to the ground Christmas Eve it will be a big loss to this small community thank god no one was hurt have a merry Christmas all
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Tractors Allis EB,two C,diesel G
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Walker
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Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: oh
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Posted: 24 Dec 2019 at 11:04pm |
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Disaster Relief, come on down.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 24 Dec 2019 at 11:44pm |
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that sucks...hopefully they can rebuild
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john(MI)
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Posted: 25 Dec 2019 at 4:57am |
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That is a pain, but no one got hurt, and I'm sure they'll rebuild, or you could open one and make a killing selling beers.
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DaveKamp
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Joined: 12 Apr 2010
Location: LeClaire, Ia
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Posted: 05 Jan 2020 at 7:13pm |
My condolances, Kiwi... truely.
A college classmate of mine was native to a town out from Christchurch (perhaps West Melton?) and to help ease some obvious homesickness, I brought up my 'extra' motorcycle so he could wander the small towns of Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin on off-days. He was clearly much more comfortable in our small town pubs. It doesn't matter where our lineage came from, small town pubs have been much more than just a place to drink or get food. Losing a long-standing social establishment in ANY environment is hard.
Please- find a way to rebuild it, and make sure it's done in such a way that 'government' doesn't get in the way. ;-)
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Kiwi
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Posted: 05 Jan 2020 at 11:06pm |
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hi all it is a small world DaveKamp West Melton is the next town down from us and will be my new watering hole i spent many a night in the West Melton pub in my younger days hope you all had a happy new year
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Tractors Allis EB,two C,diesel G
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Ted J
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Location: La Crosse, WI
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Posted: 06 Jan 2020 at 2:43am |
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Rebuilding is a good option, but you need to be young, can work long hours, are very personable, honest, give some beers away, don't drink and single to successfully own and run a pub. Lots of work, but also lots of fun.
I've seen places that rebuild come out ahead because of all the years of listening to the patrons wish you had......or maybe if you put in........
Sorry for the loss for the whole town, but especially you. I know what it's like to lose a favorite watering hole. Happy New year from up Nort.
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