# I plan on drinking for the rest of the year. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650 "2015-01-01T00:04:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/1 "2015-01-01T00:04:46Z")
Had to go out at about 3 pm to get some last minute things from the deli. Deli closed early for the New Year. ☹ Went to the deli at Safeway. 10 minutes to get what I needed; 20 minutes in the line-up to the till. :(☹ 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. 🙂 Home again, home again, jiggity jig. Nothing else needed. :)🙂 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. :):)🙂 Mmm, 2 year old Balderson cheddar! 😃 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! ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/2 "2015-01-01T00:46:42Z")
Not me brohaim, I’m entering the new year drunk. Eating breakfast tomorrow at an AYCE buffet, then whiskey for lunch and dinner. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/3 "2015-01-01T01:08:27Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/4 "2015-01-01T01:13:24Z")
Right there with ya, Bunny. Hoping I can sleep through the damn fireworks if I take some NyQuil. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/5 "2015-01-01T01:15:59Z")
I went to the province-controlled liquor store today: 20 fucking minutes in line. It’s good to have a monopoly. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/6 "2015-01-01T01:17:07Z")
Drinking through the new year? Why be different from the last year (close enough 3 1/2 hours to go?) ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/7 "2015-01-01T01:29:16Z")
> [@InsomniaMama](#): > > Right there with ya, Bunny. Hoping I can sleep through the damn fireworks if I take some NyQuil. Do you need to borrow a cat to help with the sleeping? 😃 Yup, I think it’s time to go to bed soon. After I eat something and take my drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/8 "2015-01-01T01:42:40Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/9 "2015-01-01T01:49:33Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > 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. Well, on Wednesdays you should go shopping, and have buttered scones for tea. ETA: Oops. I guess it’s Thursday now there. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/10 "2015-01-01T01:54:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I went to the province-controlled liquor store today: 20 fucking minutes in line. > > It’s good to have a monopoly. 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? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/11 "2015-01-01T02:05:14Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/12 "2015-01-01T02:09:54Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > 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? 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. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/13 "2015-01-01T02:13:28Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > 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. 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. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/14 "2015-01-01T03:44:26Z")
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!!! ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-on-drinking-for-the-rest-of-the-year/708650/15 "2015-01-01T04:03:20Z")
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.