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  • Wookster
    Wookster Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    I'd have to say the smoking ban.

    That has made a huge difference to eating & drinking out.
  • ess0two
    ess0two Posts: 3,606 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    Well I'm too young to remember the Clean Air Acts.

    I remember when lead in petrol was banned, owners of classic cars said it would mean they'd be forced off the road yet an acquaintance of mine runs a sports car from 1907 and a couple of trucks from the 1920s.

    When CFCs were banned there were warnings about how expensive fridges would be. In the 90s when CFCs were banned I worked in a shop selling fridges and IIRC the cheapest was £130. Now, after 20 years of inflation, Mr Tesco will sell you one for less than a hundred quid, albeit with only enough change to buy a grape or 2.


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  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Wookster wrote: »
    I'd have to say the smoking ban.

    That has made a huge difference to eating & drinking out.

    Put a lot of pubs out of business though.
  • PaulF81
    PaulF81 Posts: 1,727 Forumite
    Pubs outside of gastro pubs are a dying business anyhow. Bit like horse and cart sellers. Either evolve or die.
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    edited 19 April 2012 at 2:51PM
    Compulsory installation and wearing of seat-belts in cars (front and back). Low cost, high compliance (eventually) and countless lives saved, including those of both my children. :)
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    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • FTBFun
    FTBFun Posts: 4,273 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Put a lot of pubs out of business though.

    Yes, !!!! ones.
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Put a lot of pubs out of business though.

    The smoking ban was only a minor reason for the amount of failing pubs.

    High property prices (the root cause of many problems we're witnessing) is the main reason.
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
  • Wookster
    Wookster Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    nearlynew wrote: »
    High property prices (the root cause of many problems we're witnessing) is the main reason.

    High property prices are a bit like high fuel prices. They push prices for everything dependent (which is most things) on property up!
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    Wookster wrote: »
    High property prices are a bit like high fuel prices. They push prices for everything dependent (which is most things) on property up!

    Yet there are still people around who are so stupid, they think high property prices are a good thing.
    And if only the banks would lend more money for people to buy overpriced houses, somehow everything will be OK.


    Ridiculous, I know, but there you go.
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
  • FTBFun
    FTBFun Posts: 4,273 Forumite
    nearlynew wrote: »
    The smoking ban was only a minor reason for the amount of failing pubs.

    High property prices (the root cause of many problems we're witnessing) is the main reason.

    It's not really high property prices in themselves though, rather a general shortage of property which means converting other premises - including pubs - into residential property has become more attractive.
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