Re: [TCLUG:22192] OT: booze rant

["Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>]

If you didn't smoke, you might look your age and they might actually cart
you :)

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Maloney" <adamm@sihope.com>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 10:36 AM
Subject: [TCLUG:22192] OT: booze rant


> I apologize for the off-topic post but I have to rant about this
> somewhere...
>
> Yesterday was my 21st B-day.  After work I stopped by Liquor Warezhouse to
> pick up some fire water.  I wanted Red Stripe but they didn't have any, so
> I grabbed a case of Hacker Pschorr just because of the name.  Bring it up
> to the counter, the guy glances at me, rings me up, takes my
> money...doesn't even bother to card me.  God!  I've been waiting 21 years
> to buy my "first" beer and I'm finally old enough but it doesn't even
> matter.  I still get carded buying cigarettes for god sake.  My working
> theory is that I wasn't nervous, played it cool, and hadn't shaved that
> morning.  That and I wasn't buying Old Swillwaukie or miller high-life,
> which is what all the high-school kids drink because it's all they can
> get.
>
> Incidentally, the Hacker beer was actually quite good.  The day wasn't a
> total loss.  Although my dad lost some respect for me because I prefer
> imports like Dos Equis over Summit and Sam Adams.
>
> Adam Maloney
> Systems Administrator
> Sihope Communications
>
>
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