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recession watch
Has The Recession Forced You To Swap Stoli For Swill?
The old adage about booze being recession-proof may have some truth to it: alcohol sales are up 2% over the past year. Not surprisingly, the cheap stuff is leading the way, with sales of private-label wine — no, that's not the stuff you brew in your backyard — up 20%. And more people are shunning bars and restaurants, opting instead for the comfort of a brown paper bag and the neighborhood stoop. More » -
temps
Minister For Hire Walks Out On Wedding
If you're in Ohio and hire Gillian Kresila to officiate your wedding, you'd better not disobey her no-alcohol rule or you'll be sorry. Kresila discovered that the 23-year-old bride, Erin Kuhns, had toasted her magic day with a glass of wine, and she walked out on the wedding a few minutes before it was scheduled to start. More » -
A new study says 1 in 25 deaths is somehow tied to alcohol consumption. The impact was compared to that of smoking, the article quotes experts who want to take drastic action such as "increasing the price of alcohol, reducing its availability and banning advertising." That seemed a little draconian to us, until we realized that it would free us from the tyranny of that Bud Lite "drinkability" campaign. [BBC]
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Advice: If the Walmart employees tell you that you can't drink alcohol while waiting to have your car serviced, don't respond by ripping a telephone out of the wall. [Hernando Today via Fark]
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manners
Pennsylvania Training Its State Liquor Store Employees To Be Nicer
If you buy your devil juice from Pennsylvania, you might notice a difference in the way you're treated starting later this month. Pennsylvania is spending $173,000 to train employees of its state-owned liquor and wine stores to be more polite, reports PhillyBurbs.com: "The board wants to make sure clerks are saying 'hello,' 'thank you' and 'come again' to customers coming in for wine and liquor." More » -
recession
Alcohol Sales Plummet
What's up, beer drinkers of America? Bloomberg notes that "take-out sales of alcoholic beverages tumbled 9.3 percent in the fourth quarter, the steepest drop since the U.S. Commerce Department started compiling data half a century ago," and a drop four times greater than the overall fall in consumer spending. Most of that was due to the 14 percent drop in beer sales. More » -
Deicers
Three Cheap Recipes For DIY Windshield De-Icers
Throwing vinegar or alcohol on your frozen windshield might be more efficient than hacking away with an ice scraper and cursing the snow, according to Wisebread. Inside, three easy do-it-yourself de-icing recipes that are sure to make those frigid mornings a little more bearable. More » -
mouthwash
That Burning From Mouthwash? It's Cancer
Great news, kids! Australian researcher Michael McCullough says you should stop using alcoholic mouthwashes like Listerine and Scope because they could give you oral cancer. More » -
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happy hour
Money-Conscious Boozers Fight Depression With Happy Hour
Consumers low in spirits are starting to sadden bar owners as they increasingly take advantage of happy hour deals. People aren't cutting back on their drinking, but they are consuming more at home and trying to extract more booze from their buck when they go out. More » -
drunks on a plane
News Flash: "Shoe Bomb" Jokes Are Not Appropriate Airplane Banter
Ah yes, alcohol and planes mix together once again — resulting in three days of jail for one St. Louis man who thinks "shoe bombs" are funny. More » -
cheap booze
Hey! You Can Buy Alcohol At Costco And Sam's Club Without A Membership!
Need some quality alcohol at discount prices? Don't want to sign up for a Costco, Sam's Club or BJ's membership? There may be hope for you! More » -
roundups
It's Midnight Somewhere...
It's New Year's Eve, and we have some drinking suggestions for you. -
sparks
A Farewell To Sparks And Other Alcoholic Energy Drinks
Last week, MillerCoors bowed to pressure from numerous state attorneys general and agreed to decaffeinate its caffeinated alcoholic beverage, Sparks.
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nutrition
Terrifying Website Tells You How Many Calories You Drank Last Night
If you'd like to feel bad, we have a link for you. The BBC's "Alcohol Experiment" shows you the amount of calories you consumed while drinking last night — or any night — and then translates them into (British) food. More » -
drunks on a plane
United Airlines Duct Taped Unruly Passenger To Her Seat
A United Airlines crew was apparently forced to use duct tape to restrain an unruly passenger after the normal ankle cuffs kept slipping off. The passenger, who was apparently quite intoxicated after having several drinks at the airport (she also brought alcohol onto the plane), is accused of slapping a flight attendant on the behind, and grabbing and pulling the hair of a passenger whom she'd fallen on.
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drunks on a plane
United Airlines Pilot Is Too Drunk To Fly
This whole "drunks on a plane" thing is getting out of control. First it was the passengers, then the flight attendants... now it's the pilots. More » -
polls
POLL: Does The Current Drinking Age Limit Actually Encourage Binge Drinking?
A new campaign arguing that the 21-year-old drinking age is not working, and that it "has created a culture of dangerous binge drinking" on college campuses has been signed by an eclectic group of over 100 college presidents, including those of Duke, Dartmouth, The Ohio State University, and Johns Hopkins. More »
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