# Help finding old thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 3, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360 "2022-07-03T22:47:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360/1 "2022-07-03T22:47:57Z")
I’m almost sure this was on the Dope but I’m having no luck finding it. Thread about bars saving leftover drinks in a large container and then selling it for cheap. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360/2 "2022-07-04T15:15:16Z")
Heh. Don’t know the thread, but I have told gullible people that the bar saved what was in the gutter for an alcohol food bank organization. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360/3 "2022-07-04T15:57:39Z")
I’ll bet they believed that and never knew the bar was selling it for cheap. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360/4 "2022-07-04T16:03:53Z")
Is [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-saloons-in-the-wild-west-serve-beer-collected-from-overflow-trays/953850) it ? ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360/5 "2022-07-04T21:51:53Z")
That could be it. My memory (which can’t be trusted) thought it was older and longer than that. But I do remember that thread because of the little girl getting drunk being hostess. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360/6 "2022-07-04T22:00:28Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > I do remember that thread because of the little girl getting drunk being hostess. Heh, my ex-BIL’s daughter. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360/7 "2022-07-04T22:41:58Z")
@kayaker It probably hasn’t been long enough to see if that made her an alcoholic or a teetotaler. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360/8 "2022-07-04T23:00:02Z")
That was a long time ago, \>30 but \<40 years ago. She’s married, and is a partier. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360/9 "2022-07-04T23:35:12Z")
At least she learned her lesson.