Who Still Drinks With Lunch?
Apr 8, 2014, 1:52 pm
#151
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This reminds me of pub lunches in London when most people would partake. In NYC we had a team lunch, and only 3 of us ordered a beer. I made a comment to the effect of "if you have one pint with lunch you get sleepy, if you have two you just function normally."
Unfortunately no one wanted a second pint...
And I know for a fact (mentioned up thread) that Architects enjoy imbibing...
Unfortunately no one wanted a second pint...
And I know for a fact (mentioned up thread) that Architects enjoy imbibing...
Apr 8, 2014, 4:08 pm
#152
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Apr 17, 2014, 9:45 am
#155
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Drinking on airplanes is the best recipe for a hangover. Heard the cabin of a 747 is drier than the driest desert. Add alcohol to the mix and now you're brain is begging for mercy as it is dehydrated AND pressurized.
Also.. fact: lawyers drink - so who cares if a law student boozes at 11am?
Also.. fact: lawyers drink - so who cares if a law student boozes at 11am?
Apr 21, 2014, 8:58 pm
#156
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I've had a couple professions in which I drank at lunch and often times breakfast. I used be to an ironworker, local #1 Chicago. If You didn't drink at lunch, it really meant you skipped lunch And just went home. Oftentimes, we, never made it back to work after lunch. Also was a floor trader at the CBOT, and when I was in the bond room, a couple of us used to go down to the bar for a couple of cocktails around 9 o'clock. Just to take the edge off.
Now I pretty much only drink at lunch on Fridays.... Old-age I guess..
Now I pretty much only drink at lunch on Fridays.... Old-age I guess..
May 1, 2014, 6:18 am
#157
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When I was younger, and worked 2nd shift 4-midnight, I would always have two beers and a shot of Wild Turkey, with two cheeseburgers for "lunch" around 7:30pm. If I tried that now there is no way I could go back to work.
Nowadays, if I'm at home I'll have a nice glass or two of high end Burgundy with lunch, followed by a brief nap. If I'm at a business lunch we may have wine, but always followed by an espresso and no nap.
Nowadays, if I'm at home I'll have a nice glass or two of high end Burgundy with lunch, followed by a brief nap. If I'm at a business lunch we may have wine, but always followed by an espresso and no nap.
May 1, 2014, 7:19 am
#158
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May 9, 2014, 6:35 am
#161
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Not today, but certainly at tomorrow's brunch cum Baby Shower. The father is a wine importer, so most important memo to self this month: Get driver for M&Z's Baby Shower Brunch Saturday
May 10, 2014, 7:18 am
#162
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A few years ago the place I used to work at was right next to an Irish pub. The lunch menu included either a soda, half a pint of beer or wine. I always had half a pint of Guinness with my lunch when over there. Of course the staff knew me, and I barely had to ask for the half pint at all 
Now I work at a place that has a canteen, so no more drinks with lunch for me, at least when at HQ
Now I work at a place that has a canteen, so no more drinks with lunch for me, at least when at HQ
May 10, 2014, 9:56 pm
#163
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I was traveling today so I kind of did. I say kind of because it was an Iron City (I'm in Pittsburgh and figured why not?) and I think it had less alcohol in it than my mouthwash.
May 13, 2014, 5:38 am
#164
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A retrograde step for civilisation?
