DFB - Modular Homes

[snowman]

I used to work in a small store in the late 70's and early 80's -
construction crews were regulars - get coffee, donuts, and
a few cases of beer in the morning for the daily shift.

Used to have one customer who operated his own backhoe
service - drank a few cases of Black Label beer a day. He had
a heart attack and his doctor put him on a diet, so he
switched to Miller Lite ponies. He wasn't a stumbling drunk;
he was a very nice guy who always had a smile on his face.
If you didn't know, you could never tell he was such a heavy
drinker (except for his belly).

 

[scruffy]

<font color=blue>Bird</font color=blue>, Sounds like you had my Uncle Harold build them for you! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Never wore his dentures, and always had a 16 ounce coors in his hand!!! Shorter if he couldn't find the 16ounce. Wonder how many walls he insulated with them? /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by scruffy on 09/14/01 06:38 PM (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[Bird]

Scruffy, I went through a few of those Coors myself, before I went back to Bud products./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif For 11 years, I had a friend (neighbor across the alley) who bought nothing but Coors. He and I did quite a number of mechanicin', re-modelin', plumbin', and buildin' projects together, and every time we goofed, he'd just say we had too much help from Adolph./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird

 

[scruffy]

<font color=blue>Bird</font color=blue>, can remember a few of those times myself, but not in many a years now. (quit in '75') It seems in my family (different sides) we got preachers, or moonshinin' hill-billys! The Uncle I was referring to was one of the top-rated housing contractors in Dallas. Short little fart..only 5'2" tall or so. Don't know what happened to him, cause his bro's were 6'2"+, 250+ pounders! Just like my oldest brother and I, and we have a shorty in between us.
Uncle H got turned around down there in WW2 and having no trees or mountains to use as landmarks, could never find his way home to Oregon!
Darned good builder though!

 

[Bird]

Scruffy, you know they didn't even sell Coors in Texas until the late '60s (or possibly early '70s). I know the first time I ever saw it was on a trip to Colorado in '65. And yep, I've got quite a variety of characters in my family, too, from teetotalers to heavy drinkers, Baptist preachers to . . . ., well, I won't go into that./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif And I guess I'm the runt in my family; lack a quarter inch or so making 6'.

Bird

 

[scruffy]

<font color=blue>Bird,</font color=blue> The first time I was down there, he went out to get some beer, I think he drove 7 or 8 miles to a drive in (?) and bought Coors. That was in '69', maybe early '70'. Up to that point, I had never heard of a beer drive in, much less seen one! Where he lived (Jim Miller Rd) it was 'dry', he had to go over a county line (I guess) to buy beer.

 

[Bird]

Scruffy, that area is still "dry". Texas quite possibly has the most ridiculous, convoluted, and lengthy liquor laws in the nation. Our county seat is dry (except for "private clubs"), so people either go 4 miles north or 4 miles south of town on the Interstate to buy whatever they want. Some places still have "drive up" windows and some even have "drive through" facilities. You know you could buy beer and wine, but not mixed drinks, in Texas until '72 (except in private clubs - which are a joke, of course).

Bird

 

[StoneHeartFarm]

Bird,

We couldn't even get Coors here until either the late 70's or early 80's. I believe Pabst is the drink of choice among the builders around here.

I've got my brother-in-law taping and floating drywall for me. His choice is Old Milwaukee. You bet I've already warned him I will stomp his ever loving dirty dog bleepedy bleep right into the dirt if I catch him nippin when he's on the job with me. Course, it makes getting the drywall done real slow, because I've got to be there to swing the baseball bat, BUT, he's doing a top notch job. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

SHF

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>His choice is Old Milwaukee</font color=blue>

If he can drink that stuff, he's tougher'n I am then./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif If Schlitz & Corona were the only brewers left, I guess I'd be a teetotaler./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Bird

 

[GlueGuy]

An old buddy of mine spent part of his military time down in Alabama (I think, don't quote me on this). The county the base was in was "Coffee County", and it was dry. He and a couple others that play guitar wrote a cute little song about "no drinking in coffee county".

And I'll second you opinion of Corona, Shlitz, and Old Milwaukee, and throw in Pabst, Coors, Bud, and a few others that I can't think of right now.

However, I do have a conversation now and then with old "Sammy".

The GlueGuy