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Mad Dog 20/20? Seriously? I've always wanted to try it just out of curiosity, but the last time I looked the only place in the U.S. that sells it is a liquor store somewhere in New York City; that's probably a good thing.
Went to a doctors appointment earlier today. Going in, I was asked to fill out a routine questionnaire. One of the questions was “how many days per year do you drink five or more drinks?” Asked in that manner, I can’t imagine any answer sounding good.
Anyway, after looking at the above photos, I don’t feel so bad anymore! Thanks!
Mad Dog 20/20? Seriously? I've always wanted to try it just out of curiosity, but the last time I looked the only place in the U.S. that sells it is a liquor store somewhere in New York City; that's probably a good thing.
When I lived in Santa Barbara in the early 80s, the Thrifty Drug on State Street offered a full line of bumwines -- 20/20, Night Train, Thunderbird, Wild Irish Rose, etc. -- in six packs of mini bottles. You had to pass a gauntlet of derelicts on the sidewalk out front to go in to buy your 15 cent ice cream cone.
I long for those good ol days when the hardest part of navigating the other side of the tracks were avoiding the somnambulent whinos. Now it is much scarier proposition getting past the fentanyl zombie apocalypse.....at least in my town....that and the $4.50 price of gelato.When I lived in Santa Barbara in the early 80s, the Thrifty Drug on State Street offered a full line of bumwines -- 20/20, Night Train, Thunderbird, Wild Irish Rose, etc. -- in six packs of mini bottles. You had to pass a gauntlet of derelicts on the sidewalk out front to go in to buy your 15 cent ice cream cone.
Around here it was that way at nearly every liquor store or 7/11 within 5-10 miles of our house back in the late-70s and early-80s. They'd usually ask me to buy them something because the clerk(s) had cut them off. The local police departments finally decided to crack down on that loitering, probably because of complaints and/or crime, so you rarely see anyone doing that now....You had to pass a gauntlet of derelicts on the sidewalk out front to go in to buy your 15 cent ice cream cone.
Around here it was that way at nearly every liquor store or 7/11 within 5-10 miles of our house back in the late-70s and early-80s. They'd usually ask me to buy them something because the clerk(s) had cut them off. The local police departments finally decided to crack down on that loitering, probably because of complaints and/or crime, so you rarely see anyone doing that now.
I somehow missed this post the first time through this thread. My honest answer would be "zero". I've never been much of a drinker, and I don't think I've ever actually had five drinks containing alcohol in the same day; if I have, it would have been in my very late teens when drinking was almost mandatory when I was hanging out with "the guys". Now...well, I can't remember the last time I drank alcohol. I'm not morally or otherwise opposed to it, and I'll have a drink or two if I'm in the mood, but it's just not that important to me.Went to a doctors appointment earlier today. Going in, I was asked to fill out a routine questionnaire. One of the questions was “how many days per year do you drink five or more drinks?” Asked in that manner, I can’t imagine any answer sounding good.
Anyway, after looking at the above photos, I don’t feel so bad anymore! Thanks!
I too had a similar questionnaire to fill out recently. My first thought was: seriously? I have had 5 or more drinks in a day and even though it was long ago I remember the crap feeling the next day and no longer want to wander down that road. Now we do have boxed wine on the counter of our kitchen and a few times a week will have a small glass with our dinner. Or a pint of beer with a buddy.....but FIVE...I don't think so.I somehow missed this post the first time through this thread. My honest answer would be "zero". I've never been much of a drinker, and I don't think I've ever actually had five drinks containing alcohol in the same day; if I have, it would have been in my very late teens when drinking was almost mandatory when I was hanging out with "the guys". Now...well, I can't remember the last time I drank alcohol. I'm not morally or otherwise opposed to it, and I'll have a drink or two if I'm in the mood, but it's just not that important to me.