. What puzzles me is where do they get the money in view of the constant reports of financial hardship that pervades the country.
According to media reports and not for the first time there is a serious problem of excess drinking among students and i assume among teenagers in general. What puzzles me is where do they get the money in view of the constant reports of financial hardship that pervades the country.
Well looking at being 20 years removed from college, I'd say if the media are only just catching up to students drinking to excess, then they should spend less time trying to take pictures of celebrity cellulite and cast their minds back to their own college days.
It always was the case. Young Adults, away from home and the first real taste of responsibility, hardly a surprise. As to the money to afford it, there were always student nights with cheap drink, but then you also had part time jobs just to get extra drinking money. And if that failed, a pleading act to the bank to extend the overdraft because you 'have to buy books'.
The key point is the world didn't when we did it, society didn't crumble, both Sodom and Gomorrah remained in tact. We graduated, got jobs, paid taxes and partied some more, then about five years later slowed down, became more responsible and lamented how the youth of today is a vile disgusting group and how far society has fallen since we were angels without a bean to our name and that summer we walked along the railway tracks because Vern overheard Billy saying Ray Brower's body was in the woods.
Good times.
€5 on a bottle of wine at an off licence is enough to get many of them drunk before they go near the pub !
Purchase drink? No no no, you simply remove a bottle of spirits from your parents cabinet, mark the existing level discreetly, take some (not all, rooky error) and replace it with water. The perfect crime....
To continue the thriftyness, you only have to purchase mixers when in the pub. I worked in a bar during my school/college days & I saw groups of youngin's get suspiciously "wasted" on coke/7Up a number of times.
In fairness, you do that when at school. When at college, it's only right you buy your own.
Listen those weekdays sessions cleaned me out, how else was I to extend the fun to the weekends? It seemed worse to steal from grandparents though?
I was in primary school at that stage so I bow to your experience on the subjectI have vague memories of entering a pub in Ranelagh in the mid 70's & then waking up in 1981 !
We graduated, got jobs, paid taxes and partied some more, then about five years later slowed down, became more responsible and lamented how the youth of today is a vile disgusting group and how far society has fallen since we were angels without a bean to our name and that summer we walked along the railway tracks because Vern overheard Billy saying Ray Brower's body was in the woods.
Alright, before I answer that; how are you on the morality of taking advantage of grandparents with early onset dementia who are easily confused and distracted?
A can of budweiser costs €1 these days.What puzzles me is where do they get the money in view of the constant reports of financial hardship that pervades the country.
When I was in college - I had no money for drink.
Had even to budget during the week for food.
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