I'm sure that those of you who own a bar or restaurant know the feeling. Customers can be fickle. One night your Happy Hour is so busy that your staff can barely handle your customers' demands. The next night everyone is sitting on their hands, waiting for someone to walk through the door.

Saturday night the porch was humming. Nearly a dozen Happy Hour customers; all tagged with a tell-tale white dot as a brand of loyalty.

Sunday, almost nothing. A solitary visitor who had a single sip and then moved on to greener pastures....

I guess the fun is over.

I'm sure that those of you who own a bar or restaurant know the feeling. Customers can be fickle. One night your Happy Hour is so busy that your staff can barely handle your customers' demands. The next night everyone is sitting on their hands, waiting for someone to walk through the door.

Saturday night the porch was humming. Nearly a dozen Happy Hour customers; all tagged with a tell-tale white dot as a brand of loyalty.

Sunday, almost nothing. A solitary visitor who had a single sip and then moved on to greener pastures....

I guess the fun is over.

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I thought that the beer was supposed to kill these critters. What gives?

I thought that the beer was supposed to kill these critters.  What gives?

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I think to kill them you need to put out a pan of beer that they enter and wallow in until they absorb vast amounts of alcohol.

The real reason we marked them with the white dot was to see if they died or returned for more.

One observation we made was that they turn tail and "run" if they actually enter the puddle of beer. What they prefer is to sit on the edge and sip....

As of today: Free Escargot during Happy Hour!

Fickle.................FICKLE more like it. Take yesterday, a table with four Aussies and four Englishmen around it, talking about the Ashes series, among other things. Remember there's free beer for every duck, and free beer for every century scored. 16.30 comes around. The Ashes live broadcast starts, on a giant 60" screen. Everyone gets up and goes off to play snooker. Why? Because they play snooker every day at 16.30. apart from last friday when the snook didn't serve beer. They came back then and watched the Ashes. How can you plan ahead for these people. I've left my Ashes card at home today, I'll watch the final enthralling day in the comfort of my home.

I thought that the beer was supposed to kill these critters.  What gives?

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I think to kill them you need to put out a pan of beer that they enter and wallow in until they absorb vast amounts of alcohol.

The real reason we marked them with the white dot was to see if they died or returned for more.

One observation we made was that they turn tail and "run" if they actually enter the puddle of beer. What they prefer is to sit on the edge and sip....

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I've heard about other people's success in drowning them this way but I had very little luck in the US with this technique....I thought I was cursed. Now it sounds like your experience is more like mine. Do you find that trying to control snails and slugs by drowning in beer is ineffective too?

I thought that the beer was supposed to kill these critters.  What gives?

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I think to kill them you need to put out a pan of beer that they enter and wallow in until they absorb vast amounts of alcohol.

The real reason we marked them with the white dot was to see if they died or returned for more.

One observation we made was that they turn tail and "run" if they actually enter the puddle of beer. What they prefer is to sit on the edge and sip....

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I can see why you live in Korat Mike.

I've left my Ashes card at home today, I'll watch the final enthralling day in the comfort of my home.

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Miserable G*t!

Remember there's free beer for every duck, and free beer for every century scored.

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You kept that bloody quiet!

I've heard about other people's success in drowning them this way but I had very little luck in the US with this technique....I thought I was cursed.  Now it sounds like your experience is more like mine.  Do you find that trying to control snails and slugs by drowning in beer is ineffective too?

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I haven't really had much of a problem with snails in LOS, other than their not showing up at happy hour.

At least, nothing like we had on Saipan which was infested with giant African snails. They were so voracious that I gave up trying to do any vegetable gardening. In fact, I once had snails attack a mature mango tree with such viciousness that they ate right through the bark, girdling and nearly killing the tree. The snails on Saipan were so abundant that at night time you'd drive down the road and the sound of them squishing under your car tires was like the sound of machine gun fire.

Here is a photo I took of some attacking what I believe is a fallen mango:

No, I never had any success at all in trying to control them.

I haven't really had much of a problem with snails in LOS, other than their not showing up at happy hour.

I have...

Maybe because of my location, but I've managed to get some "pet-friendly" snail bait from Oz to help manage the situation.

(Thanks again udon and Greer )

I used to hold happy hours all the time and always ended up by myself. But I didn't invite any either.

Maybe if you served a quality beer attendance might improve

Remember there's free beer for every duck, and free beer for every century scored.

You kept that bloody quiet!

Don't get too excited Jaye, this is what he means

Maybe if you served a quality beer attendance might improve

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Darn you for posting that. Old Peculiar is perhaps my favorite beer.....