Roadies

[mcgrawfsu]

Any of you pick up a can of beer in a paper bag for the ride home? I've never done this. Not that I wouldn't enjoy a beer during a commute, but getting an open container stop wouldn't go over well.

Twice this week I've seen professional looking dudes buying a beer in the paper bag for their ride home I'm assuming. Just made me wonder how common it is.

 

[helmetnuts]

Or you just pour it into a yeti........

 

[SeaPA]

There's no store between my office & my house; even if there was, I probably wouldn't stop since it's about a 1 minute drive.
There's a possibility that I might grab a roadie in the summertime for the Friday afternoon drive to the lake place.

 

[NDallasRuss]

Twice this week I've seen professional looking dudes buying a beer in the paper bag for their ride home I'm assuming. Just made me wonder how common it is.

Otherwise known as "functioning alcoholics".

 

[GoNolesTX]

Had a buddy of mine that used to do this when he lived in Safety Harbor but worked across the bridge. Said it was pretty much the only way to tolerate the awful traffic.

 

[funksouljon]

Never.

 

[ReliableOstrich]

Drinking while driving doesn't seem like the best idea in terms of endearing yourself to an overzealous officer of the peace.

I suppose if your commute is on the train, have at it.

 

[Manch.]

I thought it was a law in Florida to put the beer in a bag.

 

[Fijimn]

Sure - go ahead and drink and drive -- it's totally acceptable. But hoovering rails off the hookers ass while drive 80 down I-10 is against the "law." Thanks a lot, Obama.

 

[RunRonnieRun]

Big fan of roadies, but I never stop to grab one on the way home. Night out, last hour of a road trip, headed to the golf course...absolutely.

 

[DFSNOLE]

Otherwise known as "functioning alcoholics".

Also known as future contributors to Tribe's bank account.

 

[seminoledq]

I have no problem waiting until I get where I'm going to crack a cold one.

 

[DFSNOLE]

25-30 years ago it was an every day occurance. You walked into any convenience store and there was a cooler of singles on ice. People really didn't think that much of it.

 

[TallyNole93]

Back in the day.....buy a 6 pack for the road. Back then, 18 yo could buy 3.2 beer. Those were the days. Big difference to drinking and driving and "having one for the road".

 

[SeaPA]

25-30 years ago it was an every day occurance. You walked into any convenience store and there was a cooler of singles on ice. People really didn't think that much of it.

The other thing I remember fro that general timeframe was that the conventional ence store parking lots glistened, because they were pretty much covered with bottle caps and pop tops

 

[DanC78]

I’ve done on a few occasions. Not proud of this decision, but guilty!

 

[DanC78]

Big fan of roadies, but I never stop to grab one on the way home. Night out, last hour of a road trip, headed to the golf course...absolutely.

These are exactly the times I do. One on the way to dinner and before we get to our destination when visiting family, or on way to beach or something like so (I don’t golf). Haven’t done one in the way home from work.

 

[RunRonnieRun]

Does the answer change if you’re in an Uber? Is that even a roadie?

 

[DanC78]

Does the answer change if you’re in an Uber? Is that even a roadie?

It is absolutely a roadie, but not as risky.

 

[Gonolz]

There's no store between my office & my house; even if there was, I probably wouldn't stop since it's about a 1 minute drive.
There's a possibility that I might grab a roadie in the summertime for the Friday afternoon drive to the lake place.

You don't have an office fridge stocked with beer? This surprises me.

 

[SeaPA]

You don't have an office fridge stocked with beer? This surprises me.

Of course I do, especially this time of year. Drinking at the desk is different than drinking a roadie.

 

[PoopandBoogers]

In Louisiana it's legal. They have drive thru daquiri shops and liqour stores, you can even get a draft to go, they just have to put a lid on it.

US Virgin Islands also. It's not uncommon to see everyone pumping gas with a Heineken sitting on top of the car. (That seems to be the locals fav beer, guess it's a holdover from former dutch rule).

 

[cmanole]

Used to do it all of the time. When I commuted to Jax I'd get a quart of Old Swill when I left there and another half way home in Raiford...

 

[billanole]

Used to do it all of the time. When I commuted to Jax I'd get a quart of Old Swill when I left there and another half way home in Raiford...

The ole quart bottle routine. Nowadays the 22 seems to have taken that slot. As others have posted, any stop at a gas station or convenience store back in the day meant waiting in a line full of roadie buyers. Nowadays the line is dominated by those giving money to the lottery.

 

[helmetnuts]

back in the day when you could drive through ABC to buy a pint..a soda and they would give you a plastic cup with ice

 

[BlizzardNole]

Drinking while driving doesn't seem like the best idea in terms of endearing yourself to an overzealous officer of the peace.

I suppose if your commute is on the train, have at it.

I ride a commuter train from DC...some of the long commuters that do the two hour ride drink like crazy on the train. The problem is they drive home from the train station.

Local news a few years ago did a story on it where a woman hid a camera in her bag which showed people partying on the train taking shots of tequila. I guess that's what a two-hour plus one-way commute does to you!

 

[Urban Cryer]

I don't see the big deal, one beer isn't going to get somebody drunk, so what difference does it make if you drink it then drive vs during the drive.

If you're drunk or high, that's a whole other story.

 

[OrlandNole]

The other thing I remember fro that general timeframe was that the conventional ence store parking lots glistened, because they were pretty much covered with bottle caps and pop tops

A tornado hit my hometown when I was a kid in the 80s. I remember the hundreds of glass bottles that were strewn about my aunt's yard from the convenience store next door.

 

[Bartdog]

Nope never.
Cool story though, the canteen downstairs at work I'll often grab a rehab and they'll put it j in a brown paper bag. Definitely turns some heads when I go back to my floor.

 

[F4Gary]

Used to be legal in Texas, then the goody-2-shoes got involved.
You still couldn't drive drunk. There is a difference.

 

[runkpanole]

Back in the day when on a trip to a game or something. If I’m not driving, possible that I will drink one.

This thread did remind me of Bunny Colvin

 

[cmanole]

Used to be legal in Texas, then the goody-2-shoes got involved.
You still couldn't drive drunk. There is a difference.

I used to drive better after I had a few...

 

[FreeFlyNole]

I’ve never made a habit of it. But if I want a beer I’ll have a beer.

I have a beer holder on my beach cruiser. I’ll often peddle around and sip a cold one.

 

[FreeFlyNole]

This is a great method of cooling a beer down on your way to the mountain in Co.

 

[F4Gary]

This is a great method of cooling a beer down on your way to the mountain in Co.

We always parked next to the edge of the parking lot so we could shove some beers in the snow to keep them ice cold for the drive back to Denver.

 

[Semiologist]

Roadies remind me of beer roulette. Back before they were Belgium owned, I knew people who worked for Anheuser-Busch, and was told that the 32 oz. (or 40 oz) bottle of Natty Light was filled with whatever beer missed in the quality test. So you never knew what you were getting in the 32 of Natty. Hence beer roulette.

 

[TallyNole93]

Used to be legal in Texas, then the goody-2-shoes got involved.
You still couldn't drive drunk. There is a difference.

Wyoming was similar years ago. No open container law. As long you were under legal limit, go for it.

 

[cfbfan23]

Wyoming was similar years ago. No open container law. As long you were under legal limit, go for it.

 

[TallyNole93]

Looks like the bed of my truck back in the day. Good ol' Rainier beer.

 

[FreeFlyNole]

I got the flu earlier this season and watched that whole series in the three days I was down for the count. Probably about 60 episodes. Pretty good show, albeit predictable. I really like Lou Diamond too.