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08-13-2009, 04:33 AM
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Actually a good store when it comes to expertise and selection imho .A little competition on prices would not hurt though... We have high prices on all alcoholic beverages due to taxes that are supposed to curb our drinking..(Norwegians are binge drinkers..) 
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08-13-2009, 05:02 AM
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08-13-2009, 12:13 PM
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In Ontario, the only place to buy liquor is in Gov't owned-and-run liquor stores (LCBO)...beer used to be the same, but "The Beer Store" is a privately-run chain...in other provinces, it's much different...
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08-13-2009, 04:08 PM
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08-13-2009, 04:56 PM
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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...
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08-13-2009, 05:13 PM
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When I was in Cuba it was the same ... a bottle of rum or rye $2.00, a bottle of water $3.00
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08-29-2009, 05:16 PM
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 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.
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08-13-2009, 05:30 PM
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I was the Company barman. Closing time was supposed to be 10pm. Actual closing time? More like 3am... Damn those SNCOs can drink! :P
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08-14-2009, 06:32 AM
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I used to be a big drinker (not that it is something to be proud of btw), nowadays I dare not drink more than my limit - what is the 'science' that means when you are age 17-?25 or so making you almost hangover immune? Then you get older and having 1 drink over the 'sensible' and you lose the first half of the next day sick as a dog...
Maybe it is just me.
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08-29-2009, 08:36 PM
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08-14-2009, 05:16 PM
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  During parties, my favored game was alcohol contest with US students (even seniors): 1 shot, US student out. And we were only drinking Chartreuse Green (55°) or Trapist Beers (12°) when I got back to Europe. Nowadays, my liver strongly disagree except from time to time...(Noooooo!!! Don't shoot me on the spot.  )
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08-19-2009, 10:37 AM
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That is may be an attempt to get back to this original thread topic (I'll go pick up a beer first
).The fact that Russians are seen as evil might go back to the events in 1904-1905 with Japan. I'm currently reading interesting report on that and something striking came out of it. A Western view (still true today) imply that when we fight a war (except of course among ourselves) it's always the fight between civilisation (us) and the barbarians (them). Of course we evolved slightly and we, now, bring them Democracy (in place of civilisation). That was also the case for the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905. And the Russians were first presented as being the champions of civilisation going to fight the Barbaric Japanese. When Japan finally came on top, the propaganda in the West changed. Russian slowly becoming the Barbarians while the Japanese were gaining their place among the civilised world.
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08-29-2009, 05:14 PM
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