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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    10/28/09

    In reply to Your Mind Will Be on One Thing Only
    I think that should say "Save him from pizen." #advertising
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    10/28/09

    In reply to Your Mind Will Be on One Thing Only
    From the type layout, I thought this was about curing Whiskey Dick. #advertising
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    10/28/09

    @BadUncle: Oh my God, I'm dying over here. #advertising
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    10/28/09

    @BadUncle: Followed by the inevitable Beer nuts. #advertising
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    10/28/09

    @scroll_lock: that's because we're both on snarkotics. #advertising
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    10/28/09

    @BadUncle: Did you ever know that you're my hero-in? #advertising
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    10/28/09

    In reply to Your Mind Will Be on One Thing Only
    Geez. Anybody else seeing some desperate woman with a hubby that's a little too fond of the drink, or those other devil-tonics, and her only recourse is to slip a little health-o-matic brew (alcohol based joy juice) in his favorite libation while she and the young'ins read the bible and hope the night sweats and demonic possession goes away without needing leeches?! Just me? Oh, okay, riiight. #advertising
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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    10/28/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Yeah, I'm seeing her too. You're not going to tell the husband about us, are you? #advertising
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    10/28/09

    @SidAndFinancy: You kidding me? Naw, I'm too scared. And why is Dakota Fanning in this movie? #advertising
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    Image of Sugar Boots Sugar Boots
    10/28/09

    In reply to Your Mind Will Be on One Thing Only
    Darn. Doesn't appear to work for my vodka and weed habit. #advertising
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    10/28/09

    @Sugar Boots: But that's the cure! #advertising
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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    10/28/09

    In reply to Your Mind Will Be on One Thing Only
    Paregoric used to be readily available. Powerful stuff. #advertising
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    Image of quaintsayings quaintsayings
    10/28/09

    In reply to Your Mind Will Be on One Thing Only
    Ahhh laudanum. That's the only cure for my dropsy. #advertising
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    10/28/09

    In reply to Your Mind Will Be on One Thing Only
    Alas, if only i had this elixir before commenting last night... #advertising
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Your Mind Will Be on One Thing Only
    Two great tastes that taste great together. #advertising
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Your Mind Will Be on One Thing Only
    "Save him from poison."

    Hm, yes. Rather. #advertising
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    Image of goetz goetz
    07/29/09

    In reply to The Rotgut Economy
    Fortunately, I can still cook up at cut-rate prices.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    07/28/09

    In reply to The Rotgut Economy
    Alright, you've quoted enough of the article here for me to get the gist of it. So, couple things:

    a) People have finally figured out that expensive wine is often just overpriced crap. This trend was going on even before the recession. It started out with people bragging about their "finds" all over the place - cheap wines that tasted good. Eventually, that sort of thing made it into wine magazines as a regular feature, then into mainstream consciousness. Now I think most people know that you do not need to spend $100 to get a good bottle of wine.

    b) What's missing from the beer equation is sales of "craft" beers, which again, is where about 95% of the industry's growth was coming from even before the recession. Sure, the crap beers may be selling better, and the "sort of crap" beers selling worse, but that's not a recession trend either. Where are the sales of the bigger-than-a-microbrew, smaller-than-a-macrobrew beers? Your Brooklyn Lagers? Your Sam Adams? Etc. They are probably way up too, but that doesn't make for a very good recession story because they actually cost more.
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    Image of RheaPollstry RheaPollstry
    07/28/09

    In reply to The Rotgut Economy
    I always choose my wines from the high end...of the shelf where all the other boxed wines are.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    07/29/09

    @RheaPollstry: Then you're just getting the lightest box. The heavy ones make it tilt.
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    07/28/09

    In reply to The Rotgut Economy

    I know something about cheap stuff.

    I noticed my local wine store has very few wines for under eight or nine dollars. Then again it's fancy Park Slope. One bottle of decent nine dollar wine goes down well after or during dinner and I hear Trader Joe's has some gems out there.

    As for beer, my cheap choice lately is the "Champagne of Beers" Miller High Life!
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    Image of SanandaCalypso SanandaCalypso
    07/28/09

    In reply to The Rotgut Economy
    Thank You m4ximusprim3 this goes for contemporary "art" and old Chevy Impalas as well
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    07/28/09

    @SanandaCalypso: Ha. I'd lump Mustangs in there too.
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    Image of nicoleg666 nicoleg666
    07/28/09

    In reply to The Rotgut Economy
    Since when is Coors Light considered better than "subpremium"? Not that I care--I'll be tappin' the Rockies till the end of my days.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    07/28/09

    @nicoleg666: It's not banquet, is it now? There's only one Coors Banquet. And it's the one minors prefer.

    I mean, miners prefer.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    07/28/09

    @nicoleg666: And what for, may I ask? I believe I could drink a 12-pack of Coors Lite and then turn around and operate a Bobcat excavator. That stuff does absolutely nothing for me. =(
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