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Drinks are too expensive at bars

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Wonderful Pork

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Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Originally posted by: Wonderful Pork
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Originally posted by: Wonderful Pork
the only problem with getting hammered before going to a bar is getting to the bar. While bar tabs are annoying, cabs are expensive too, and driving drunk is just plain stupid.

it's cheaper to preparty + cab then it is to run a tab + cab

i preparty, take a cab there, get loaded again, and then take a cab back (going clubbing)

somehow even after consuming massive amounts of alcohol at home i still manage to spend like 60 bucks on drinks @the bar

In theory it should be cheaper to preparty+cab, however if I'm bombed at the bar and its early we usually start buying rounds of shots. So it actually works out cheaper if I dont drink before.


lol that's your fault then

i preparty before hand (usually Mr. H or Crown or some goose + redbull), and then when i get to the club or whatever I go straight for the bar, get an Adios, maybe another adios in half an hour, and then mebbe an alize on the rocks to top off the night.

then i go home pass out and wonder WTF i was thinking the night before

I agree its completely my fault. But I guess thats what happens when you move to a city from a pretty much rural college, where a crazy night of drinking cost all of $10.

 

Kerouactivist

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Jul 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: edmundoab
well if you think the US drinks are expensive,
you should come to malaysia and face the heavy tax on alcohol..

so much for being an islamic country LOL

how much is, lets say a beer in american $$$
 

Raincity

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Originally posted by: edmundoab
well if you think the US drinks are expensive,
you should come to malaysia and face the heavy tax on alcohol..

so much for being an islamic country LOL

And the Malay Gov officials wonder why a big black-market exists.
 

murphy55d

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man I'm glad I live in central PA... most ive ever paid for a mixed drink was $5. long island iced tea...in a very large glass.
 

oogabooga

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beers domestic are 3.50-4.50
good beer is 4.00-6.00
mixed drinks range from 6-12bucks.
and these are just at sports bars..

at a club? multiply all those prices by 2...

a night out can become very expensive very fast.