Dryathlon? No Thanks.

Less · 16-12-2013, 20:45

So, Cancer research have had a wonderful new idea.
Give up drinking for January and send them the cash.
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/supp...nges/dryathlon

A nice idea for them, not a very good idea for the drinks industry though is it?
Can you imagine how many pubs would end up closing if we all joined in? How many redundancies would be forced onto breweries when lack of sales force them to reduce their staff?
I've no problem with charities trying to get extra cash, should it be at the expense of another industry though?
After all, charities are just another form of industry these days.

dotti34 · 17-12-2013, 00:29

Tell me - who has any cash left in January!!!!!

Less · 17-12-2013, 00:33

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Originally Posted by dotti34

Tell me - who has any cash left in January!!!!!

Those of us that don't max our credit cards in December.

DAV007 · 17-12-2013, 00:44

Less,
I though Jan was always the lowest drinking month of the
year as people begin new years resolutions, try to lose weight from Christmas and new year excesses, etc

accyman · 17-12-2013, 01:16

pfft no thanks ... when i was told i had cancer the first thing i did when i got home was have a beer infact bad news and an ice cold beer are an excellent mix and should not be dicouraged.Im all for supporting cancer research but how about they pick something else like an assathelon wher eyou havnt to be an arsehole for a month or something

accyman · 17-12-2013, 01:17

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Originally Posted by dotti34

Tell me - who has any cash left in January!!!!!

jehovas ?

Retlaw · 17-12-2013, 12:37

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Originally Posted by accyman

pfft no thanks ... when i was told i had cancer the first thing i did when i got home was have a beer infact bad news and an ice cold beer are an excellent mix and should not be dicouraged. I'm all for supporting cancer research but how about they pick something else like an assathelon where you havn't to be an arsehole for a month or something

That would be an impossible challenge for some on this site.

shillelagh · 17-12-2013, 13:27

they wouldn't get any money out of me ... gave up alcohol 6 1/2 yrs ago ... and anyway non alcoholic stuff can cost the same as a pint anyway ....

Eric · 17-12-2013, 13:56

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Originally Posted by dotti34

Tell me - who has any cash left in January!!!!!

Me ... I don't buy Christmas gifts ...

jaysay · 17-12-2013, 18:27

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Originally Posted by Less

So, Cancer research have had a wonderful new idea.
Give up drinking for January and send them the cash.
Dryathlon | Cancer Research UK

A nice idea for them, not a very good idea for the drinks industry though is it?
Can you imagine how many pubs would end up closing if we all joined in? How many redundancies would be forced onto breweries when lack of sales force them to reduce their staff?
I've no problem with charities trying to get extra cash, should it be at the expense of another industry though?
After all, charities are just another form of industry these days.

Totally agree with you about charities Less, when I got involved with the National Asthma Campaign (now Asthma U.K.)I was appalled when I got the balance sheet through the post and the rules and regs involved. There was on 19% of the money raised which actually went to where most people thought it was going, the rest was used on salaries and transport, and I was informed that if we raised any money it had to be sent to head office, a statement which got the two fingered salute from me, money raised here was spent here, for the benefit of local people, and that was every penny.

dotti34 · 17-12-2013, 20:16

I agree, Jaysay, that administration costs take up a lot of the donations made, which is not what the ‘givers’ intend the money for. A few years ago the adults in my family decided that instead of buying gifts for each other at Christmas (although we would still buy for the young ones of course) we would donate money to buy a goat or a sheep, a water purifier, etc., for some poor person in a Third World country.
Must admit, gave us a good feeling at the time. Did this the following couple of years – but then started getting inundated with begging requests from the same charity throughout the year. The good quality paper, the glossy literature and the postage would not have come cheap, a few goats would have had to be sacrificed to pay for it all - and I bet the charity isn't administrated by volunteers either.
On top of that the wording almost ‘demanded’ that we continue giving – so we stopped!

Restless · 20-12-2013, 06:09

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

they wouldn't get any money out of me ... gave up alcohol 6 1/2 yrs ago ... and anyway non alcoholic stuff can cost the same as a pint anyway ....

I gave up alcohol five weeks ago. Mainly for health problems that have plagued me this past year, but also because I knocked over a glass of whisky and it went inside my pc of which cost me around £1000. Thankfully the shop managed to clean it up. Most of it went inside the video card, which was stripped down and cleaned. £50 later my pc is fine....

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Originally Posted by DAV007

Less,
I though Jan was always the lowest drinking month of the
year

It usually would be for me. I would be recovering from the 6 bottles of whisky, 20-50 beers and other alcoholic beverages.

michellemoore · 23-12-2013, 12:37

right! Perhaps they couldn't think of any better advertising propaganda or what.... this is ridiculous.

Less · 23-12-2013, 15:17

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Originally Posted by michellemoore

right! Perhaps they couldn't think of any better advertising propaganda or what.... this is ridiculous.

Welcome.

Studio25 · 23-12-2013, 16:27

I did "dryathlon" last year. Not to raise money, just to have a month without alcohol to see if I missed it.