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topcat

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That had to be at least 40 years ago I would say.
Cops back in the 60's/70's and even up to the mid 80's were a different breed
When they weren't beating up hippies or Blacks they were mostly cool at least where I grew up
They were more humane than todays cops it seems to me.



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Yes. The first time I was stopped, I was just blocks away from home. The cops let me go and followed me to my house, watched me go inside and moved on. Another time, I was going to visit my brother in Calistoga. I decided to travel Hwy. 1, as I'd heard about it's beauty. I was stopped at a construction site, with travel one lane at a time. I had an ice chest full of beer and a paper bag of empties. I took a drink and my luck a CHP passed going the opposite direction. I watched my rear view mirror and sure enough, the fucker turned around. When I went around a turn, out of his sight, I threw out the beer and then I was pulled over. He checked my car and said he could identify the can as Budweiser. I drank Busch Bavarian then and they were red vs. blue. I told him the empties were from the night before.:rolleyes: By this time, I was resigned to the fact I was going to jail, but he let me go. I still wonder if he got a more important call, but he didn't mention it. I felt blessed at the time.:lol:
 

rkymtnman

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Yes. The first time I was stopped, I was just blocks away from home. The cops let me go and followed me to my house, watched me go inside and moved on. Another time, I was going to visit my brother in Calistoga. I decided to travel Hwy. 1, as I'd heard about it's beauty. I was stopped at a construction site, with travel one lane at a time. I had an ice chest full of beer and a paper bag of empties. I took a drink and my luck a CHP passed going the opposite direction. I watched my rear view mirror and sure enough, the fucker turned around. When I went around a turn, out of his sight, I threw out the beer and then I was pulled over. He checked my car and said he could identify the can as Budweiser. I drank Busch Bavarian then and they were red vs. blue. I told him the empties were from the night before.:rolleyes: By this time, I was resigned to the fact I was going to jail, but he let me go. I still wonder if he got a more important call, but he didn't mention it. I felt blessed at the time.:lol:
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Jimdamick

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Yes. The first time I was stopped, I was just blocks away from home. The cops let me go and followed me to my house, watched me go inside and moved on. Another time, I was going to visit my brother in Calistoga. I decided to travel Hwy. 1, as I'd heard about it's beauty. I was stopped at a construction site, with travel one lane at a time. I had an ice chest full of beer and a paper bag of empties. I took a drink and my luck a CHP passed going the opposite direction. I watched my rear view mirror and sure enough, the fucker turned around. When I went around a turn, out of his sight, I threw out the beer and then I was pulled over. He checked my car and said he could identify the can as Budweiser. I drank Busch Bavarian then and they were red vs. blue. I told him the empties were from the night before.:rolleyes: By this time, I was resigned to the fact I was going to jail, but he let me go. I still wonder if he got a more important call, but he didn't mention it. I felt blessed at the time.:lol:
Yup, they did that once upon a time, not anymore.
Once a long, long time ago I left the bar I was at and drove to the projects to score some blow.
I was waiting for the guy sitting in my car & I fell asleep/passed out (running out of coke will cause that :) )
Anyway I awoke to the sound of knocking on my window, and low & behold, it was an old friend that I grew up with, Officer Terence Murphy (the Police/Fire Dept was around 70% Irish with a few token Italians & Blacks thrown in for looks :)
It really was :)
Anyway, Terry says/asks "James what the fuck are you doing here with all these (Guess the term he used), you want to be shot?"
"Get out, lock it & get in the backseat, I'm driving you home"
And that's what he did.
He was one of the best. (I'm gonna puff one right now in his memory)
 

HGCC

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I knew a kid that bought either a pinto or gremlin from a police auction. Took the rims off it and...well probably shot it or something. It was a jalopy, just had some sweet wheels.

I had one of these when I was 16, back folded down into a big bed. Had giant speakers in it. Greatest car I ever owned.

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Jimdamick

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I told him the empties were from the night before
No, no, no, never say that.
What if he said, "So you were drinking & driving last night?"
What could/would you say?
"Yes officer, I can not tell a lie, I was drinking & driving & also did a few lines"?
Not good
Old saying "Silence is Golden", especially when dealing with cops :)
Back in the good old days (pre- pro - environment) everyone just threw everything out the window, that's what I did, especially beer cans.
Then recycling happened, given the beer drinking driver the perfect excuse for the 50 cans behind the seat.
"I'm just returning them, Officer"
Can't be disputed :)
 

topcat

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I was 18 when Busch changed over to the watered down mess it is today. The Jr store in town had all the old Busch half price, so we drank it as long as it lasted.
They stopped distributing it in my area and there is a big Budweiser brewery right there in Van Nuys. There was Busch Gardens there and it was free, also free tastes of the various beers and free tour of the brewery on a tram. They even gave employees beer breaks. I bought some Busch while going through Utah and it was 3.2 beer. It was Sunday and I'd forgotten about their blue laws. I switched to Michelob, but now I can't find that, either. It's Michelob Ultra (formerly light) only. My dad, a former Marine, used to say "I'd rather drink dishwater" than 3.2 beer. He said the same about Brew 102.
 
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rkymtnman

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They stopped distributing it in my area and there was a big Budweiser brewery right there in Van Nuys. There was Busch Gardens there and it was free, also free tastes of the various beers and free tour of the brewery on a tram. They even gave employees beer breaks. I bought some Busch while going through Utah and it was 3.2 beer. It was Sunday and I'd forgotten about their blue laws. I switched to Michelob, but now I can't find that, either. It's Michelob Ultra (formerly light) only. My dad, a former Marine, used to say "I'd rather drink dishwater" than 3.2 beer. He said the same about Brew 102.
CO finally ditched the 3.2 beer a few years ago. now you can buy regular strength at grocery stores and not just liquor stores.

i used to warn out of towners at walmart or safeway that the beer was 3.2 crap. many had no idea.
 

schuylaar

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CO finally ditched the 3.2 beer a few years ago. now you can buy regular strength at grocery stores and not just liquor stores.

i used to warn out of towners at walmart or safeway that the beer was 3.2 crap. many had no idea.
yeah they still have some sign up here about 'we sell full beer' and i'm like WTF? until someone explained that CO did that since it has such a drinking problem; it didn't work just like lowering the THC on weed won't.

i wonder who wasn't happy with 3.2 and got it legislated..you wouldn't happen to know who that was, would you?
 
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topcat

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CO finally ditched the 3.2 beer a few years ago. now you can buy regular strength at grocery stores and not just liquor stores.

i used to warn out of towners at walmart or safeway that the beer was 3.2 crap. many had no idea.
I remember those days. The menfolk would stock up on Saturday for the Sunday get togethers. The state liquor stores were foreign to me, coming from California and liquor was just about all they sold. Drive throughs were common, too. Before pop tops, you could pick up a free can opener (church key).
 

rkymtnman

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i wonder who wasn't happy with 3.2 and got it legislated..you wouldn't happen to know who that was, would you?
i think it was the non-liquor stores that could only sell the 3.2 that complained. but then a lot of the craft brewers complained that they would lose market share if grocery stores could start selling the good stuff. our safeway has a whole section of CO beers so the craft brewers are doing fine.

and i read that they had the 3.2 b/c so many out of staters got too drunk b/c of the altitude.
 

injinji

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They stopped distributing it in my area and there is a big Budweiser brewery right there in Van Nuys. There was Busch Gardens there and it was free, also free tastes of the various beers and free tour of the brewery on a tram. They even gave employees beer breaks. I bought some Busch while going through Utah and it was 3.2 beer. It was Sunday and I'd forgotten about their blue laws. I switched to Michelob, but now I can't find that, either. It's Michelob Ultra (formerly light) only. My dad, a former Marine, used to say "I'd rather drink dishwater" than 3.2 beer. He said the same about Brew 102.
We would always do Busch Gardens when we were in Tampa. Then in the Navy at Norfolk I got reduced price tickets to the one in Williamsburg.

I kind of miss drinking, but not really. I have a bum kidney, and haven't drank in 20-25 years. (sodas either) Saved lots and lots of money because of it.
 

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