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Manhattan Buckeye

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Jan 21, 2010 12:11 AM
"I drink a lot of Newcastle and I have a large stockpile of Yuengling Lager and Yuengling Light Lager as well."

umm, Yuengling is an east coast drink, not the midwest. If you're going east coast you have to go all in!
Jan 21, 2010 12:11am
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LJ

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Jan 21, 2010 12:14 AM
Manhattan Buckeye wrote: "I drink a lot of Newcastle and I have a large stockpile of Yuengling Lager and Yuengling Light Lager as well."

umm, Yuengling is an east coast drink, not the midwest. If you're going east coast you have to go all in!
huh?

I'll also have some Genny Cream Ale every now and then as well.
Jan 21, 2010 12:14am
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Heretic

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Jan 21, 2010 12:36 AM
GENNY CREAM ALE!!!! Get off this site!!!!! I had that once the night before a trip to Toronto. I essentially put a hotel bathroom out of commission for all of us after a GCA shit. The smell even disgusted me!


After that ugliness....as to the question, I don't look at quantity as a barometer as to if I'm just drinking or if I'm getting ripped....I look at the clock. I have a pretty high tolerance, so for me, it's more of an "am I starting to shut down at 1 a.m. (or midnight....or 2, depending on when I had planned to get up) or am I still going strong?" sort of thing. I might pound over a shortish period of time, but go to bed reasonably early. Or I might pace myself forever, but wind up staying up until the crack of dawn.
Jan 21, 2010 12:36am
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Jan 21, 2010 12:38 AM
Heretic wrote: GENNY CREAM ALE!!!! Get off this site!!!!! I had that once the night before a trip to Toronto. I essentially put a hotel bathroom out of commission for all of us after a GCA shit. The smell even disgusted me!


After that ugliness....as to the question, I don't look at quantity as a barometer as to if I'm just drinking or if I'm getting ripped....I look at the clock. I have a pretty high tolerance, so for me, it's more of an "am I starting to shut down at 1 a.m. (or midnight....or 2, depending on when I had planned to get up) or am I still going strong?" sort of thing. I might pound over a shortish period of time, but go to bed reasonably early. Or I might pace myself forever, but wind up staying up until the crack of dawn.
Man a Genny Cream Ale and a Beef on Weck.... Can't get any better than that.
Jan 21, 2010 12:38am
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Jan 21, 2010 12:43 AM
Heretic wrote: GENNY CREAM ALE!!!! Get off this site!!!!! I had that once the night before a trip to Toronto. I essentially put a hotel bathroom out of commission for all of us after a GCA shit. The smell even disgusted me!


After that ugliness....as to the question, I don't look at quantity as a barometer as to if I'm just drinking or if I'm getting ripped....I look at the clock. I have a pretty high tolerance, so for me, it's more of an "am I starting to shut down at 1 a.m. (or midnight....or 2, depending on when I had planned to get up) or am I still going strong?" sort of thing. I might pound over a shortish period of time, but go to bed reasonably early. Or I might pace myself forever, but wind up staying up until the crack of dawn.

LOL...........way to dodge the question. I would have replied the same way. The answer was, It all depends.......?











Jan 21, 2010 12:43am
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Jan 21, 2010 1:19 AM
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cbus4life

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Jan 21, 2010 9:09 AM
So you guys drink every night?
Jan 21, 2010 9:09am
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Jan 21, 2010 9:14 AM
i have 2 beers a night usually (though recently I've upped it to 3 because LA has gone to 10 oz. cans). when I hang with my neighbor I have bourbon and coke because that's what he drinks and were at his house.

once i'm at 6 beers its a party. or 3 bourbon and cokes.
Jan 21, 2010 9:14am
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Swamp Fox

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Jan 21, 2010 9:23 AM
Years ago, I would answer this differently, but as time goes by, we change. Now, if I am drinking a beer, that means I'm really drinking. If I'm drinking two, then I am binge drinking. When I go to my local establishment for an afternoon of frivolity and football or basketball, two is almost always my limit. Now I suppose I should tell you that at my "establishment" Happy Hour beers come in 20 oz. football game type cups.... but I still pace myself and I usually eat a deli sandwich while I'm there also.
Jan 21, 2010 9:23am
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Jan 21, 2010 9:26 AM
Depends on what I'm drinking; I pretty much only drink craft beer and a lot of the stuff I buy can have a pretty high ABV. I drink often, but usually just 4 or 5 beers or so is when I'm feeling good. If for some reason I wind up with some Bud Light or something, I could put away a case before I'm drunk.
Jan 21, 2010 9:26am
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Jan 21, 2010 9:43 AM
I can have 3 or 4 and call it a night. More than that and I just want to keep drinking.
Jan 21, 2010 9:43am
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miller45452003

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Jan 21, 2010 9:50 AM
I usually dont drink during the weekdays, but when myself and a few of my pals get together for our once a month outing, I'm good for about a 18-24 pack of Budlight. It then takes me roughly 4 days to gain soberness. Football season is another story...tailgating on Sundays in Cleveland for a Browns games is a disaster usually w/ liqour involved.
Jan 21, 2010 9:50am
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Jan 21, 2010 9:55 AM
Fab4Runner wrote: I can have 3 or 4 and call it a night. More than that and I just want to keep drinking.
yeah, same here.
Jan 21, 2010 9:55am
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Jan 21, 2010 10:03 AM
depends on what im doing.... sunday when theres no football i usually dont drink. during football we will go to the filling station usually and i usually stay from 1pm till 530 or so and will have 8-9 beers and 1-2 shots. monday is poker night i usually have 8-9 and two shots. tuesdays we usually do bw3 and ill have 2-3 220z drafts. if we dont go to bw3 i dont usually drink. wednes day usually happy hour so ill have 5-6 beers and a shot. thursday if theres no football probably only 1 or 2 or none. friday and sat easily 10-12 and a few shots.
Jan 21, 2010 10:03am
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capninsano

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Jan 21, 2010 10:26 AM
After 2 I'm in binge mode. I hate to waste calories by drinking six beers and not being drunk.

As for hangover limits, 10 is when I start dealing with slight hangovers the next day.
Jan 21, 2010 10:26am
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stroups

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Jan 21, 2010 11:41 AM
I try to stay under a six pack if I want to be productive the next day. Once I go over it will probably range anywhere from 12 to 24 and I will wake up feeling like shit.
Jan 21, 2010 11:41am
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Jan 21, 2010 11:46 AM
Stiffman wrote:
justincredible wrote: My wife doesn't let me drink anymore.
Mancard revoked after it was determined you no longer have any balls!!
I showed this post to my wife and she says I have to ban you or else.
Jan 21, 2010 11:46am
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se-alum

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Jan 21, 2010 12:04 PM
If I'm going to drink on a weeknight, I typically just grab a 6-pack to make sure I don't go overboard. I don't do leisure drinking well!
Jan 21, 2010 12:04pm
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Con_Alma

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Jan 21, 2010 12:16 PM
A glass of scotch is plenty.

More doesn't mean more appreciation of it for me.
Jan 21, 2010 12:16pm
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Jan 21, 2010 1:07 PM
justincredible wrote:
Stiffman wrote:
justincredible wrote: My wife doesn't let me drink anymore.
Mancard revoked after it was determined you no longer have any balls!!
I showed this post to my wife and she says you're 100 percent correct because they're in her purse.
Fixed.
Jan 21, 2010 1:07pm
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This_DJ_3

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Jan 21, 2010 1:53 PM
Heretic wrote: GENNY CREAM ALE!!!! Get off this site!!!!! I had that once the night before a trip to Toronto. I essentially put a hotel bathroom out of commission for all of us after a GCA shit. The smell even disgusted me!


After that ugliness....as to the question, I don't look at quantity as a barometer as to if I'm just drinking or if I'm getting ripped....I look at the clock. I have a pretty high tolerance, so for me, it's more of an "am I starting to shut down at 1 a.m. (or midnight....or 2, depending on when I had planned to get up) or am I still going strong?" sort of thing. I might pound over a shortish period of time, but go to bed reasonably early. Or I might pace myself forever, but wind up staying up until the crack of dawn.
I agree on the time thing, but my point is if i drink more than 8 than i start to rationalize (drunkenly) the time at which i'll go to bed and how i'll feel in the morning. I know if drink 8 and get 7 hours, i'm gold in the morning. but if i drink more, i find myself saying, after about 15 beers "oh i can get to bed by 3, get 5 hours of sleep and i'll be alright".
Jan 21, 2010 1:53pm
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Jan 21, 2010 1:56 PM
This_DJ_3 wrote:I agree on the time thing, but my point is if i drink more than 8 than i start to rationalize (drunkenly) the time at which i'll go to bed and how i'll feel in the morning. I know if drink 8 and get 7 hours, i'm gold in the morning. but if i drink more, i find myself saying, after about 15 beers "oh i can get to bed by 3, get 5 hours of sleep and i'll be alright".
I agree with that. Ten years ago, I could do the "bed at three, five hours of sleep" thing. Today, if I go to bed at three after a long night of drinking, I'm not going to be up until noon.
Jan 21, 2010 1:56pm
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Fred Flintstone

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Jan 21, 2010 2:03 PM
justincredible wrote: My wife doesn't let me drink anymore.
FYL
Jan 21, 2010 2:03pm
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Jan 21, 2010 3:59 PM
I drink typically 8-10 beers a night. On Sundays during the football season I will kill an 18 pack no problems.

Never have hang over issues with beer. If I mix in a shot or a mixed drink, I am hurting the next morning. My body processes beer very well just can't manage liquor.

"My body processes beer well" = positive self-talk to my liver.
Jan 21, 2010 3:59pm
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Jan 21, 2010 5:25 PM
I don't think there is a set limit. It's more of a mood thing. Before I start drinking I'm either in the casual state of mind or in the shitshow state of mind. I can kill an 18 during casual state of mind and people won't know I'm drinking. I'll be 3 beers in during shitshow state of mind and people will know it's on.
Jan 21, 2010 5:25pm