Manfred wrote: Thanks boss, I'm good. Let's keep it in petty cash to cover... stuff. I see Kes is running the table, the LB boyz are juggling bowling balls, and Davy is jumping rope with a lamp cord. Someone painted the general's horse black and white, and they are racing him against Paul's motorized bike. Even KAF is here; he's got the darts and is pretending to spawnkill mice at the hole in the baseboard by the back door. It's a zoo. But what a smile on Jason's face! It looks to be permanent.
M

O man that KAF one cracked me up!!!! U know its true though hahahaha.

Jason enjoy urself man this is ur day. U made the ultimate achievement!!! Again grats buddy

It's ok Jason. Your present to her is that you're NOT flying your new plane!

At least until tomorrow
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... and Jason's wife is here too. Wearing a black & white birthday hat, and sporting a gorgeous 11 carat diamond birthday bracelet. (This is a virtual bar Jason; you've got plenty of money left in your pocket after that ring.) Happy Birthday Mrs., umm, Mrs. MC!

M

Manfred you better take my keys every time i turn around some is handing me a shot

What a party, man do I have a hangover! Manfred what did you put in my Pink Squirell! When I left the joint, I think I saw a few pink squirells Dino

PS: Anyone find my wallet? Maybe the squirells got it..... I don't know, better get some oxygen now.

dino spider wrote: What a party, man do I have a hangover! Manfred what did you put in my Pink Squirell! When I left the joint, I think I saw a few pink squirells Dino

PS: Anyone find my wallet? Maybe the squirells got it..... I don't know, better get some oxygen now.

Now I know how Manfred paid me back SOME of the money he owes me.... ..... Thanks Manny good thinking

Jack I think you need to upgrade those beds in back man I hurt this morning. OH wait i never made it to bed i sleep under the pool table. Manfred can I get some hair of the dog please

Naw, car keys and wallets, those stay locked up. No redistribution lol. Calling cabs for the remaining bodies.
M

Alright. Now that y'all's heads are spinning and your bodies are aching I think I'm gonna hit ya with a public service message. Using a bullhorn....

This game has lots of teenagers in it. If you are one, listen up.

The purpose of this thread is NOT to glorify alcohol. Let me repeat. The purpose is NOT to glorify alcohol. In real life I barely drink. In real life, Manfred barely drinks. When I was young, I did do stupid things with alcohol, and I'm damn lucky to be here to tell you about it.

So here are a few of Jack's rules when it comes to drinking.

1: Talk to your parents about drinking. If they won't talk, find an adult that you respect and talk to them. Remember, there is a difference between an adult that you think is lots of fun, and one who is respectable. Ask if you don't understand the difference. We'll explain. Listen to this real person who knows you and cares about you.

But, if you are too stupid to follow rule 1, I'll give you my rules.

2: DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. No further explanation necessary.

3: Do not drink large amounts of alcohol very quickly. That's a great recipe for a little thing called alcohol poisoning. It will KILL you.

4: Do not become extremely intoxicated around people that you don't know, and don't trust. Happy faced is one thing, but slobbering ass drunk in the wrong time or place will lead to finding yourself in situations where you may be robbed, beaten, or just the target of someone's idea of cruel fun that ends up with you hurt or dead.

5: As a general rule, don't get slobbering ass drunk anyway.

6: Alchohol is addictive. Avoid frequently drinking to get drunk, and if you find yourself craving it, walk away. Don't pour your life down the drain.

7: Do not make important decisions when drinking. This includes ones you may make with the opposite sex. These decisions WILL affect the rest of your life. They must be made with a clear head.

8: if you do not have the courage to do something while sober, don't take the opportunity to do it if you are not.


9: Now go back and follow rule 1.

Very good advise, i drink probably a 6 pack of beer a year. I have never tasted whisky, wine, bourbon or anything else. I have always gotten high by working and making money. Never been wild except for my time in the Philippines during the 70s in a place called SUBIC CITY. My aircraft carrier went there often, whew talk about a fun place, I wonder if there is anyone here who was ever there.

MAY I HAVE ANOTHR GRAPE NEHI PLEASE.

Great stuff. Despite my, umm, seeming familiarity with the bar concoctions, y'all should know that it's mostly from being behind a bar, and not so much in front of it. Or under it.

A few thoughts to add:

At the Jolly Roger, the drinks and snacks are pretend, but the retreat and kinship are real. We hope you see the difference, especially the second part. I do really like it here.

Jackie knows I hardly drink in real life. At most, one glass of wine early on in a restaurant meal, and then non-alcohol drinks beyond that. I am an imperfect person with imperfect skills, and I figure that I need no help when it comes to potentially making a mistake on the road. As I tell my kids, accidents happen, and that's ok. But let's not set ourselves up for one.

Peer pressure is not just a bunch of frat boys yelling Drink Drink Drink. Peer pressure is like my old work colleague that I knew at my first job out of college. He had no real rules, just sort of went with it, people say have another, sure another drink, and another, don't leave that glass empty, oh I'll wait a while before I drive, but there he is downing his last drink and heading to his car. I was troubled because I saw him responding to that gradual one-drink-at-a-time peer pressure. But did I ever snatch his keys or call him a cab? No, because I was responding to peer pressure as well, though I never thought about it that way at the time.

Set your own rules, and stick with them. No winging it. My own rule, if I'm driving, is 1 drink that ends 3 hours before I get behind the wheel. My work buddy, he was on his second DUI when I lost touch with him decades ago. At least he lost his license so maybe he won't kill anyone.

Manfred

Good advice Jacklpe ,here in this make belive world of great Dogfighters I drink, but out in the real world I don't touch the stuff,I even stopped smoking about 8 years ago.

In honor of jacks efforts it make this a little more friendly to everyone I went and got you a milkshake machine. I'm kinda a fat kid so I thought milkshakes would be good.




And for you younger patrons of the jolley rodger please listen to these guy. They have all been around the block more than once. They have very good advice.

Oh yeah, I can work that machine! Saw some oreo cookie ice cream in the freezer the other day. Mmm one of my favorites on a hot summer day. And quite satisfying on a cold winter day too. We have this great diner that makes oreo milk shakes brilliantly. I will do them proud.
M

All of the above is great life imformation, I rarely drink alcohol these days. I will try one of those milk shakes now, could you use skim milk thats what I normally drink. Dino

Well here goes the 50 pounds I lost,Manny make me a punklin shake to celebrate the upcoming holidays.

I will take one of each hahahahaah

I'm a fat redneck so do they make biscuits and gravy flavored milkshakes? Mmmmmmmmm biscuits and gravy dang I went and made myself hungry lol

Well I don't at all sence I had this IV put in my neck. Hey Manny hook me up another one would ya?

Thx for the advice jacklpe. I dond drink, not even virtually. I dont even like the smell of it. I dont smoke, drink, or do anything else dumb teens do. Ive seen what that stuff can and will do to a guy.

Now about my cokes with vanilla shots I do drink, is not I'll coholic or any other take is just so done with vanilla flavoring and it is gooooood lol.

And as for that milkshake (licking lips) Mmm Mmmmm. I want one!! Suprise me manfred any kind u want to make ill take it . Just could u put 2 table spoons of cold med. cause im sick as a dog. But I cant pass up a good milkshake

Jack those advice are really good.
I'll tell you a story.
When I was 13 23
Me and some friends were going to a disco. We had got a hold of some alcohol and thought it was cool. We couldn't smuggle it with us in so we hade to either drink it or leav it.
Of course we drank it.
Some drank more than others. This was in the winter and we hade to walk 3km to get there.
He who drank the most started to have trouble to walk half way. Him me and one other frien where left behind.
He fell numerous times in the snow. We tried to help him but then he passed out. We tried to wake him up but he didn't respond to anything.
To our luck he hade passed out just a few meters from a phone booth.
We tried 5 TIMES!!! to call an ambulance.
The didn't believe us. They thought it was a prank.

Then some people from the disco came looking for us, wondering why we didn't show up at the disco.
One of them hade seen a police car a few blocks away and whent to get them as soon he heard what hade happend.
The police came, they tossed him in the backseat and drove of with the sirens on.
They hade to perform cpr on the way to the hospital.
His heart stopped 3 times on the way.

He hade a very low body temperature and was alcohol poisoned.
He would have died that night if we hadn't managed to get him help.


That was the first time I drank alcohol and I learned more than one lesson about alcohol.
I didn't go to the disco.
I went home and told my parents what had happened, and the next day I went to the hospital to see my friend.
I guess he was either to stupid or to drunk to learn something. I didn't keep him as a friend and have no idea how he is today or if he is alive.

It hasn't made me not to drink at all, but it taught me to respect the dangers and to drink responsible.

I like whiskey but I usually don't drink more then 4-8cl in one evening, and when I do drink alcohol I NEVER drive until the next day.

I have talked to my son about alcohol and made it clear to him that even if I don't like him to drink he have nothing to fear coming home, and that I will come and get him if he can't get home by himself.
I don't want him falling asleep in the snow waiting to sober up before going home.

Maybe we should change the name of this place to the Jolly Soda Shop

I've never been a straight edge guy always following the rules (surprise! I'm a teenager)

But if there are some things I will never do-

Drink and drive in the same night

Go to parties and drink more than one

Drink more than is safe

My dad has understood that he wouldn't be able to make us (his kids) not drink alcohol, so he has let us have some while we were with him, that way we would know our limits, know the effects, and not have to go through the bad "experimenting" phase that many teenagers go through with alcohol. It seemed to work well with us... I've never driven while drunk, and I've never made any decisions regarding alcohol that I completely regret. I don't know if yall will "approve" of this, but it doesn't matter to me, I'm only telling my experiences.

Keep dreaming...

[DD]Big C wrote: I've never been a straight edge guy always following the rules (surprise! I'm a teenager)

But if there are some things I will never do-

Drink and drive in the same night

Go to parties and drink more than one

Drink more than is safe

My dad has understood that he wouldn't be able to make us (his kids) not drink alcohol, so he has let us have some while we were with him, that way we would know our limits, know the effects, and not have to go through the bad "experimenting" phase that many teenagers go through with alcohol. It seemed to work well with us... I've never driven while drunk, and I've never made any decisions regarding alcohol that I completely regret. I don't know if yall will "approve" of this, but it doesn't matter to me, I'm only telling my experiences.

You sound like you are a lot more straight edged than I was at that age. Around 18-19 yrs old, I drank way too much. Keep being conscious of your decisions and avoiding the "I know better, but I don't care" mentality and you will be fine. I guess I should say don't do it at all till you are some magic age blah blah blah, or even better (and this is the truth) don't do it at all b/c you know that it can possibly cause long term problems, but I live in the real world. All I can say is that caution will come with responsibility. Until then, be careful and don't be stupid.

Good morning can I get some of the world famous coffee you all make. Black please the way coffee was ment to be drank.

I'll take a cup of coffee also put both of them on my tab and a couple of donuts to go if the patrons didn't eat them all lol

The JOLLY SODA SHOP I like the sound of that

Paul Mantz Jr and Dr Dave... This is for you!

First I thought On the road again but naaa
This is more like it



300km to go...

Paul always did have a way with the old gals