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76-year-old carded buying nonalcoholic beer
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| January 21, 2003
Posted on 01/22/2003 2:06:58 AM PST by sarcasm
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:08:59 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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OAK CREEK, Wis. -- Don Meyer was a little annoyed when a Pick 'n Save clerk here recently carded him in the liquor store.
He wasn't just upset because they carded him while he was buying nonalcoholic beer. He was upset because he's 76 years old.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assinine; caniseemsomeid; holdmuhbeer; holdmuhnearbeer; nocommonsense; underagedrinking
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posted on
01/22/2003 2:06:58 AM PST
by
sarcasm
To: All
Interesting.
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posted on
01/22/2003 2:07:42 AM PST
by
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posted on
01/22/2003 2:08:19 AM PST
by
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To: sarcasm
On the 30th anniversary of Roe v Wade it now appears that a beer is harder to get.
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posted on
01/22/2003 2:17:25 AM PST
by
byteback
To: sarcasm
You've got to be joking - but then it's not a joke.
Pick n Save never does get my business - but now I'll be sure to avoid their politically correct stores.
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posted on
01/22/2003 2:50:52 AM PST
by
petuniasevan
(If you inject PC into your business dealings, expect lower profits.)
To: sarcasm
"the right thing"
It would seem being incredibly stupid has now achieved that status.
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posted on
01/22/2003 3:04:26 AM PST
by
visualops
( cuz she's a Freep... howse)
To: sarcasm
Wouldn't want to profile "potential underage buyers" of near beer...
I know someone who was unable to buy a "Red Bull" like energy drink from a supermarket after midnight because it was manufactured by a beer company (even though the drink was non-alcoholic).
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posted on
01/22/2003 3:08:27 AM PST
by
weegee
To: petuniasevan
Just leave your entire grocery order, for them to have to re-stock. I would load up the entire cart, just waiting for them to card me. Put the beer in the middle of the order. That should gum the works up pretty well.
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posted on
01/22/2003 4:36:30 AM PST
by
blackdog
To: Support Free Republic
You know, spambot, that the "interesting" post just before the shill for $$$ is condescending/patronizing. How about dropping the pretense?
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posted on
01/22/2003 4:45:41 AM PST
by
petuniasevan
(I already gave. Turn down the irritation factor. If they won't give this won't help.)
To: petuniasevan
ditto that
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posted on
01/22/2003 4:58:57 AM PST
by
the crow
To: weegee
Imagine Popeye being carded for a can of spinach? I always thought his behavior was more like a crack addict or a speed freak getting his fix.
Remember the Looney Tune drunk charicters? They don't show those anymore. Top Cat used to be one of my favorites. I remember one of the crew was a drunk too. Even cartoons become roadkill in the crusade against teenage drinking.
My dad always said if you were not taught to be responsible with alchohol at young age and thru examples at home, you were headed for trouble. We had wine on the table my whole life. Beer on a hot summer day? A few gulps for the kid, a can for the adult was just fine. A glass of wine with lunch? Just one was ok. Just make sure you eat the food too.
When I was 14 I worked for the local stone mason as his laborer for a summer. Each friday he would sit me down at his home. He would tell me what I did well, poorly, or otherwise. He would pay me my wages and share a glass of wine with me. The wine was made by his family. His wife gave me bread and home made sausage. Children must be taught that adult behavior is commensurate with adult responsibility. Today, the same mentoring would land him in jail for providing alchohol to minors, bootlegging, labor law violations, and making sausage without a license. And we ask where we went wrong????
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posted on
01/22/2003 10:19:28 AM PST
by
blackdog
To: sarcasm
HOLD MUH NEAR BEER BUMP!
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posted on
01/22/2003 10:20:26 AM PST
by
weegee
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