I plan on drinking for the rest of the year.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Had to go out at about 3 pm to get some last minute things from the deli.

Deli closed early for the New Year. :frowning:

Went to the deli at Safeway. 10 minutes to get what I needed; 20 minutes in the line-up to the till. :(:frowning:

Cashier is talking steadily to herself about never working New Year’s Eve again; says the line-up has been like that constantly since they opened at 8 a.m. Everyone in line avoids eye-contact with talkative angry cashier. :eek:

Got home. Mrs Piper said, we need a few more things. :eek: :eek:

Back to Safeway. 10 minutes to get what I needed. 30 minutes in the line-up to the till. :eek::eek::eek:

Different cashier this time, though, so I told her that I appreciated all the work she and the others were doing for us on such a busy day. She looked a bit surprised and thanked me for saying that. :slight_smile:

Home again, home again, jiggity jig. Nothing else needed. :):slight_smile:

Fortunately, I had the foresight to get the beer yesterday. Piper Cub watches Tom & Jerry on tv, and Mrs Piper has just brought in a tray of cheese, paté, cold cuts and crackers. :):):slight_smile: Mmm, 2 year old Balderson cheddar! :smiley:

Plus beer. :D:D

On my second Keiths and plan to keep going for the rest of the year. :D:D:D

Best wishes to all Dopers for 2015!

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Not me brohaim, I’m entering the new year drunk. Eating breakfast tomorrow at an AYCE buffet, then whiskey for lunch and dinner.

3

I’m drinking as well, if by “drinking”, you mean “whacked out on cold/flu medicine”.

Happy New Year, Dopers. Now go have a drink for me!

4

Right there with ya, Bunny. Hoping I can sleep through the damn fireworks if I take some NyQuil.

5

I went to the province-controlled liquor store today: 20 fucking minutes in line.

It’s good to have a monopoly.

6

Drinking through the new year? Why be different from the last year (close enough 3 1/2 hours to go?)

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Do you need to borrow a cat to help with the sleeping? :smiley:

Yup, I think it’s time to go to bed soon. After I eat something and take my drugs.

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We’ve just been drinking on New Years’s Day: cups of tea that is, and yummy scones while watching a cricket match in the local park.

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Well, on Wednesdays you should go shopping, and have buttered scones for tea.

ETA: Oops. I guess it’s Thursday now there. Sorry.

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It’s New Year’s Eve, dude. It is the busiest day of the year for liquor stores. It has nothing to do with a monopoly.

I’ve got a bottle of wine that for some reason I knew I would want to drink on New Year’s Eve and bought a week ago without waiting. It still didn’t keep me from waiting in line at the grocery store for a nice steak on my way home. Half the people in front of me in line had nothing but booze.

It’s New Year’s Eve. Deal with it.

Did I mention it’s New Year’s Eve?

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Just cracked open the bubbly and I’m starting in on the wheat thins, crab dip, and wasabi gouda. I’ll probably be asleep before midnight, but I’m sure my firecracker-happy neighbors will wake me up to ring in 2015.

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Point taken. I still don’t like that the provincial government holds a cartel on liquor sales. Government should not hold a monopoly on the sale of anything.

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That’s fine. That’s a argument you can make. Blaming your New Year’s Eve wait in line for liquor on a monopoly is sloppy thinking.

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I’m shooting and riding the motorcycle tomorrow so I’m taking it easy tonight. But come April 27th or some other random date BOY and I gonna pop some corks!!!

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I don’t drink much any more. For the hell of it I got a six pack, and without noticing I got the tall boys. I might just make it til midnight for the first time in decades.