Maybe the Russians aren't all that bad...

[pmulcahy11b]

I was a soldier and the stepson of an alcoholic -- I definitely know about binge drinking (not first-hand, though). I did a lot of designated driving in college and the Army. (Hell, I could get damn near any favor I wanted in the Army if I volunteered to be the designated driver!)

I had one hard and fast rule about designated driving, though -- we're NOT taking MY car! Barf smells never really clean out of a car...

[Cdnwolf]

When I was in Cuba it was the same ... a bottle of rum or rye $2.00, a bottle of water $3.00

[Nowhere Man 1966]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I was a soldier and the stepson of an alcoholic -- I definitely know about binge drinking (not first-hand, though). I did a lot of designated driving in college and the Army. (Hell, I could get damn near any favor I wanted in the Army if I volunteered to be the designated driver!)

I had one hard and fast rule about designated driving, though -- we're NOT taking MY car! Barf smells never really clean out of a car...

My father was an alcoholic too. As to barf smells, I know what you are talking about, when I worked at Budget Rent-A-Truck, there were times where we had to clean barf out of the passenger vans we rented. We had to use something that resembled sawdust as well as antiseptic and deodorant. That was the most horrible job, next to cleaning blood from trucks when they hit a deer or something.

Chuck M.