When I was a lot younger a bloke I knew of similar age to me used to frequent the Cayley Arms at Brompton and drink every night 12 or 13 pints of Camerons Ale (depending on how thirsty he was) and then he would ride his Honda 250 THREE miles home. 
I often wonder if he is alive today.
I also found out just today that a former work colleague with a lifelong drink problem commited suicide last week. No age .........56. I never remember him eating anything except a curry after a night on the razz.
An old workmate of mine (a really great character) used to nip out at lunchtime for a gallon of beer and drink at least two and a half gallons every night.He never talked in terms of pints,only gallons. He even had a 40ft container in his back garden which had a fully functioning bar, for when the pubs were closed. There were reliable witnesses who said they had seen him drink 50 pints in one day.
He died at the age of 66,but he died a happy man.His whole life centred around drinking beer and making money - which he a natural knack of doing.
Many hundreds of people were at his funeral. His wife was distraught,but the landlord of his local (The Dolphin on the A120 near Braintree) looked even more distraught than his poor widow.
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