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I don't know what it is about English pubs that I find so disappointing. (26), pubs are supposed to be the Englishman's (27) meeting place, where he can get together with a few friends(28)a glass of beer and talk about football, or horse racing, or business or whatever else(29) his thoughts. You notice that the pub is the Englishman's meeting place, not the Englishwoman's. Even in our liberated times it is still not quite (30)for a woman to go into a pub alone; she must have a man to (31)and protect her. Perhaps that's partly(32)pubs disappoint me-they are(33)mainly to provide for male interests, which are often pretty(34) . I think this male-dominated atmosphere (35)reminds me of being back at school, or in the army, neither of which is an(36)I much want to relive.
 However, I'm (37)in the minority. Most Englishmen have their local, where they can escape from the (38)of family life or work, and if they are(39),tell their troubles to a pretty barmaid.(40), many men dream of retiring from their nine-to-five jobs and(41)a little country pub, where they imagine they'll be the (42)of a seven-nights-a-week party. This (43)usually dies when they think of having to clean up spilled beer at one o'clock in the morning.
Still, there's a pub for every type of man, and a man for every type of pub. And I must(44)that, for someone who doesn't like them, I've (45)a lot of time in pubs of various kinds.

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