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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I haven't smoked pot in years. no judgement here in what others do, I just lost interest. I also have a pretty strict 'no drinking before 5pm' rule, but I do occasionally break it if I'm lunching with friends

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Deborah Arapa's avatar

What time zone shall we use to join you in possible day drinking?

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

eastern

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Ransom Rideout's avatar

Greenwitch Mean Time works for me.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

It's always 5:00 PM somewhere.

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Deborah Arapa's avatar

Let those of us in eastern begin!

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Katharine Peck's avatar

Me too! WA State here. Cheers!

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Jan Moon's avatar

It's always 5 o'clock somewhere.

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Bonnie Boyce's avatar

With tRump elected by the worldтАЩs lowest information voters, My new rule is no drinking before 9 am

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Teri's avatar

ЁЯдгЁЯдгЁЯдг

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

Piece oтАЩ cake! I donтАЩt get up until noon anyway.

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Nancy Potter's avatar

As painful as it is to face the news without some something to ease the pain, that's probably fine with them: have we ever heard of a fascist/authoritarian regime where drinking is not a key part of the lifestyle? If we're going to resist, we have to do it with full faculties. Get shitfaced once we win.

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Ruediger Wilke's avatar

I stopped smoking pot during my mid 20's, but kept on drinking. I also adhere to the "no drinking before 5pm" rule, but then again, it will always be past 5pm somewhere on this planet.

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Susan P Thatcher's avatar

Special times call for special measures

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

I also hadnтАЩt smoked pot in decades and instead just enjoyed my alcoholic beverages. Nowadays though, I canтАЩt (well, shouldnтАЩt) drink, so I was delighted to discover Delta-8 gummies a few years ago, thanks to my nephew, whoтАЩs a Gen-X hippie, if there is such a thing.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

There definitely is such a thing, it's all in the attitude, not the birth year!

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

Right you are!

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Legalized weed made life so much better. I can't smoke weed anymore, damn. Gummies don't really do it for me, but it's better than no weed.

Never heard of a GenX hippie before. That's cool.

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

Weed is still illegal here in East Jesus, Republic of Redneckistan, so thank the lord for gummies. Maybe try a different strength? I donтАЩt know. My nephew runs his own CBD store, so thatтАЩs a blessing.

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HulitC's avatar

I тЭдя╕П that тАЬno drinking before 5тАЭ sayingbecause my grandparents had a clock with that written on it while ALL the numbers on the clock were 5s.

The actual rule is heartily ignored here in France where we all drink at any time of day.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

I do remember you describing bending an elbow with Fred C Trump III.

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

If I go to bed at 7PM, but start drinking a 1PM, can it really be called day drinking ? ЁЯдФ

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

No it's normal drinking ЁЯШБ

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

No, youтАЩre good.

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Ransom Rideout's avatar

Understood. I'm right there with you.

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Fastball Fredo's avatar

Jeff тАжu deserve a few days off, too much work and worry. Wish I could join in consuming adult beverages but my docs say otherwiseтАж just edibles for me.ЁЯШЬ

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Karla's avatar

IтАЩm with you. ItтАЩs just not fun, especially when most of the friends you smoked with are dead m

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Rebecca Elliott's avatar

Sensible. LOL, I didn't lose interest, but when I realized how much I could buy, and hold in my hands six months later, if I stopped smoking, I did. As for drinking, long, long ago I instituted this rule: "If I think that I'd enjoy a drink, I have one. If I think I NEED a drink, I do not."

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arne link's avatar

During the last year I had to institute a "no drinking alone at night" rule. Things were so terrible and now they will be worse but my drinking won't help anyone. Now I only drink when I'm with friends.

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Jacqueline Klein's avatar

not much of a drinker. Up until last tuesday I mostly smoked pot for pain and anxiety, but not before 6 or 7. IтАЩve now taken to smoking almost all day,and not stuff that is mostly CBD or CBN. I know staying high and tuning out isnтАЩt the answer, but given the circumstances, I figure I owe myself at least a few weeks to decompress and relax before the chaos starts roiling in like an out of control freight train with no breaks.

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John Draper's avatar

I am your age and I feel the same about pot.

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