drinking
I have a few good reasons for drinking,
and one has just entered my head,
if a man can't drink while he's living,
how the hell can he drink when he's dead?
and one has just entered my head,
if a man can't drink while he's living,
how the hell can he drink when he's dead?
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Reading that other post about bourbon and Coke got me thinking about something I've noticed. I think my generation drinks a whole lot less than my parents' generation, and drinks almost no hard liquor.
My dad had a Manhattan everyday after work, and often two. My parents then had wine at dinner (mom had a glass while making dinner), and my mom would usually have some brandy before turning in for the night. At dinner parties, all the men AND women would drink cocktails.
When I go to parties at my friends' homes, beer and wine are served. A few people have liquor cabinet I can raid for some bourbon, but most don't. In fact, I sometimes bring along a bottle as a hostess gift. "Hey, mind if I crack that open?" Once one of the women, as I was leaving, asked it I wanted to take it with me. I laughed and told her it was a gift and she can keep it, and she looked at me all confused and said, "But how do I store it? It won't fit in the fridge."
I would say on average my parents and their friends consumed around 3 or four drinks a day. I'll have a few on the weekend, but nothing like that day in and day out.
Do you guys see that? Is it a generation thing, that younger people don't drink liquor anymore? Do people drink a lot less now?0 -
what does everyone think about underage drinking, i know its against the law but what is the harm in a bunch of kids sitting around a campfire, not hurting anything, not driving, just sitting hanging out, i dont see a problem with it 0 -
I don't know the best way to it.
Your parents were alcoholics.
Actually, I think you might be right. Television 30 years ago often described your parents as a typical family, but I cannot compare. My parents did not drink alcohol ever.0 -
I don't know your age but a lot of the 20-40 year olds don't need booze. They are too busy sniffing cocaine up their noses, smoking pot on a daily basis and living on crystal meth.
What the heck would they need booze for????
They haven't figured out how to get it into the needle or into a form to get up their nose!![:(]0 -
I think people do drink alot less. I feel it is imperative that you and I attempt to remedy that by making up for it.
I was on my third when I posted that too, btw.
What's your preference?
Mine is Maker's Mark
I have Elijah Craig and some Woodruff Select in the cabinet now. The select has been a fav lately.0 -
I fall into the 20-40 group, I like beer, whiskey, and rum. 0 -
I'm also in the 20-40 age group, and I prefer bourbon. But I will also have a cold 12 ounce every now an then[:D] 0 -
I think older folks just drank more than we do today, and I think they drink harder stuff. My dad and his friends drink bourbon or scotch, neat. My brother in law's relatives are all scotch drinkers, and on the holidays they have the first glass after lunch. Nobody gets drunk, nobody even gets tipsy or loud. It's just a different generation, a different way of going about things. You know on Law and Order that crusty old guy who keeps a bottle of scotch in the cabinet? It's like that.
Man, if they'd let me keep a bottle of Old Granddad on the shelf at my work, I would like my job soooooooooooo much more.0 -
I would love my job if I could do it half intoxicated. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by catpealer111
I fall into the 20-40 group, I like beer, whiskey, and rum.
Ha!Ha! Now thats funny. I find my son likes the Captan Morgan Spiced Rum a lot and most of his friends drink the flavored Vodkas.0 -
I represent the over forty group.
I jes' wanna lil' nip of Jack Daniels.0 -
I fall into the 20-40 crowd as well. I can't stand beer. It is Jack and Coke, Myers and Coke, or a good martini for me! [:D][:D][:D] 0 -
Vodka, bourbon and scotch are my posions, with vodka taking the lead. I have told this story here before but both of my parents were from Eastern Europe where drinking was as much a part of social interaction as simple conversation. My mother was from Poland and since drinking vodka for Poles is as natural as drinking water there was always a bottle of vodka sitting in our freezer and mom would down three or four shots in the evening. My dad was from Croatia and that is wine country so Pop loved his wine and would have brandy in the evenings while he relaxed after busting his a$$ all day and listened to my mother play the piano. That piano was the only luxury in our poor immigrant household when I was a small child. I saw my parents drink every night (but I never once saw them drunk) so by todays standards they probably would have both been classifed as hopeless alcoholics and some social services do-gooder group would have taken me away and placed me in a foster home! Drinking, even heavy drinking, was simply a part of the culture that they were raised in. Beer was served as a beverage at afternoon and evening meals and I began drinking beer at about age 12. By age 14 I was drinking vodka and my high school friends were amazed that my parents allowed me unlimited access to as much vodka as I'd care to drink and I would often have a shot of vodka with my mother in the evenings, even as a 14 year old. It was not until I entered USC that I was even exposed to the idea of drinking for the sole purpose of getting s**tfaced drunk. My wife is from an Italian family and drinking wine was also common with her and her five brothers starting at an early age. I have two daughters and my oldest girl has been drinking at home since around age 15 while the younger girl drinks mostly wine and beer. I have booze all over the house; A full bar downstairs and a small bar here in my offce and I never once locked either or measured any of the bottles. If one of the girls wanted a drink they could pour one and chances are good that I'd join them! Making a big issue about drinking only makes kids curious (especially if you drink) and laying down some draconian laws about drinking means that they won't drink at home, they'll go somewhere else to drink and that is typically when the trouble starts. 0 -
Now that I think of it, I'm all for more alcohol consumption.
Call it job security.
Just buy it in a bottle please.
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2.5:1 Gin/Vermouth Martini please, shaken not stired. Add 1 each Gralic and Jalapeno stuffed olives and four-five large ice cubes.
Repeat often as necessary, take two aspirin in the morning.0 -
quote:Originally posted by kristov
Vodka, bourbon and scotch are my posions, with vodka taking the lead. I have told this story here before but both of my parents were from Eastern Europe where drinking was as much a part of social interaction as simple conversation. My mother was from Poland and since drinking vodka for Poles is as natural as drinking water there was always a bottle of vodka sitting in our freezer and mom would down three or four shots in the evening. My dad was from Croatia and that is wine country so Pop loved his wine and would have brandy in the evenings while he relaxed after busting his a$$ all day and listened to my mother play the piano. That piano was the only luxury in our poor immigrant household when I was a small child. I saw my parents drink every night (but I never once saw them drunk) so by todays standards they probably would have both been classifed as hopeless alcoholics and some social services do-gooder group would have taken me away and placed me in a foster home! Drinking, even heavy drinking, was simply a part of the culture that they were raised in. Beer was served as a beverage at afternoon and evening meals and I began drinking beer at about age 12. By age 14 I was drinking vodka and my high school friends were amazed that my parents allowed me unlimited access to as much vodka as I'd care to drink and I would often have a shot of vodka with my mother in the evenings, even as a 14 year old. It was not until I entered USC that I was even exposed to the idea of drinking for the sole purpose of getting s**tfaced drunk. My wife is from an Italian family and drinking wine was also common with her and her five brothers starting at an early age. I have two daughters and my oldest girl has been drinking at home since around age 15 while the younger girl drinks mostly wine and beer. I have booze all over the house; A full bar downstairs and a small bar here in my offce and I never once locked either or measured any of the bottles. If one of the girls wanted a drink they could pour one and chances are good that I'd join them! Making a big issue about drinking only makes kids curious (especially if you drink) and laying down some draconian laws about drinking means that they won't drink at home, they'll go somewhere else to drink and that is typically when the trouble starts.
Well said Mr. K.
Since my birthday is on St. Patrick's Day and an Irishman is not drunk as long as he can hold onto a blade of grass and fall off of the earth......
BURP
May I be excused; Please?0 -
All this talk about drinking got me in the mood. I just got back from the liquor store with a bottle of Woodbridge Merlot and a bottle of Speyburn Single Malt Scotch.
A glass of wine, maybe two and a nip of single malt on the rocks.[^][;)]0 -
I turn 23 on the 21st...I'm a huge fan of Bourbon, whiskey, scotch, brandy, cognac...etc...
Also a bigtime Tequila drinker. Not the cheap crap either.
If it doesn't cost more than $40/bottle or 5th, then don't offer it to me.
If you're going to drink beer with me it better be an import or Microbrew as well. I drink very few domestic beers.0 -
Being in the 40-50 age group, folks/friends now well into there 80's and 90's had there share of booze. However it was just that! If you got plowed during the work week you still worked a 10 hour day, the day after.
Sick day? Not![;)]0 -
quote:Originally posted by sig232
What the heck would they need booze for????
It keeps the dust down.[:D]
Smitty0 -
I am over 50. I like beer, but my taste is running toward the darker, heavier brews. I REALLY like Guinness Draught.
I don't drink every day, BUT, I don't believe that drinking every day makes one an alcoholic, as one member ignorantly stated. Some alcoholics drink only on weekends, but then they binge drink. IMNSHO, it is less of an indication of a problem to have a drink or two every day, than to get blitzed every Friday and Saturday night.0 -
quote:Originally posted by kristov
Vodka, bourbon and scotch are my posions, with vodka taking the lead. I have told this story here before but both of my parents were from Eastern Europe where drinking was as much a part of social interaction as simple conversation. My mother was from Poland and since drinking vodka for Poles is as natural as drinking water there was always a bottle of vodka sitting in our freezer and mom would down three or four shots in the evening. My dad was from Croatia and that is wine country so Pop loved his wine and would have brandy in the evenings while he relaxed after busting his a$$ all day and listened to my mother play the piano. That piano was the only luxury in our poor immigrant household when I was a small child. I saw my parents drink every night (but I never once saw them drunk) so by todays standards they probably would have both been classifed as hopeless alcoholics and some social services do-gooder group would have taken me away and placed me in a foster home! Drinking, even heavy drinking, was simply a part of the culture that they were raised in. Beer was served as a beverage at afternoon and evening meals and I began drinking beer at about age 12. By age 14 I was drinking vodka and my high school friends were amazed that my parents allowed me unlimited access to as much vodka as I'd care to drink and I would often have a shot of vodka with my mother in the evenings, even as a 14 year old. It was not until I entered USC that I was even exposed to the idea of drinking for the sole purpose of getting s**tfaced drunk. My wife is from an Italian family and drinking wine was also common with her and her five brothers starting at an early age. I have two daughters and my oldest girl has been drinking at home since around age 15 while the younger girl drinks mostly wine and beer. I have booze all over the house; A full bar downstairs and a small bar here in my offce and I never once locked either or measured any of the bottles. If one of the girls wanted a drink they could pour one and chances are good that I'd join them! Making a big issue about drinking only makes kids curious (especially if you drink) and laying down some draconian laws about drinking means that they won't drink at home, they'll go somewhere else to drink and that is typically when the trouble starts.
Amen brother, being raise in the same manner, one knows how to drink and not get soused. Since I moved to Tennessee(heart of the bible belt), where everything is so taboo, they can't hold their alcohol in social settings[V]0 -
I used to drink quite a bit. Not so much anymore - a six pack lasts me around a year, as does brandy, canadian, vodka, bourbon, and various liquers by the fifths.
My Kids are all pretty serious drinkers, from my four Sons to my 24 year old Daughter.
I don't think drinking is less common, generationally, but drug use by young people is much more prevalent than when I was a young man.
D.0
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