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MiddleFingerMom

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5. These were common... both in the office and at home.
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:55 PM
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Not by 10 AM, but two-martini expense account lunches were so common as to be... MiddleFingerMom Oct 2012 #1
Considering you can't really smoke in the military anymore... Taverner Oct 2012 #2
I was in from '72-'78, and the Army had a HUGE... ENORMOUS drug & alcohol problem. MiddleFingerMom Oct 2012 #4
My great-uncle was an army chaplain and served with combat troops in Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2012 #20
Most offices had a liquor cabinet. Graybeard Oct 2012 #3
These were common... both in the office and at home. MiddleFingerMom Oct 2012 #5
There are still pockets of lunch-time drinking in the U.K. tjwmason Oct 2012 #6
Yeah but doesn't the UK have "lunch beer" - that is 2% beer? Taverner Oct 2012 #14
I tended to drink Peroni which is a pretty 'normal' abv tjwmason Oct 2012 #23
Booze was ubiquitous back then 50's to the early 80's. MADD changed everything.... TeamPooka Oct 2012 #7
A big part of Bachelor Pad life was the drinking. kentauros Oct 2012 #8
Where I worked I heard 3 martini lunches were standard in the 60's. Kablooie Oct 2012 #9
My dad told stories about that Patiod Oct 2012 #15
My ex boss was a functional drunk.. HipChick Oct 2012 #10
Yup. sarge43 Oct 2012 #11
Back then, if you didn't drink, businesspeople assumed it was because you were an alcoholic... MiddleFingerMom Oct 2012 #16
Hell, I still do Major Nikon Oct 2012 #12
Beer on Cheerios. Yum. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #13
From what I saw Moondog Oct 2012 #17
Yes. Standard operating procedure TrogL Oct 2012 #18
Yes. NV Whino Oct 2012 #19
Even before the 1960s--- Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2012 #21
My impression HeiressofBickworth Oct 2012 #22
My Dad worked in the "Precision Valley" Mopar151 Oct 2012 #24
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