Re: Ich möcht' so gern Dave Dudley hör'n
fronobulax said:
capnjuan said:
Beerman: "How old are you guys?"
Juan and broz (in chorus): "Eighteen!"
Beerman: "What'll it be?"
Which is another attribute of some of the Guild Geezers. We could drink legally at 18.
Did you grow up in Northern VA? Back in the day, the drinking age in the District of Columbia was 18 while, in Virginia which was something of a Bluenose state, the age was 21. Virginia carried 'Blue' laws on its books until the early 1970s; Blue laws precluded the sale of hardware, tools, and building materials on Sunday to deter working on, in lieu of recognizing, the Sabbath. The NoVa teens followed GuildMark's Dicta; drinking early and drinking often as did the teens from the nearby Maryland suburbs.
One irony is that MD teens had to go to the District of Columbia when, at least then, the state of Maryland had the highest per capita ratio of Taverns / 'off' licensed establishments in the country. Some skills learned early last (burp) a lifetime. cj