Happy Hour my ass.

[canuguzzi]

I often see signs about "Happy Hour". I don't drink so I must admit to not getting it.

I have to wonder though, have these people never ridden a Moto Guzzi much less a motorcycle.

More telling is that the bikes I see parked outside those places are every brand but Moto Guzzi.

Apparently Guzzi riders figured out long ago that the happy hour lasts some minutes where little more than BS is passed around in the hopes someone get lucky while riding a Moto Guzzi makes you happy as long as you care to own one, or two or three...

Apologies to all the drinkers, I know what you're missing.

[rodekyll]

I was driving along hiway 99 north of Seattle and saw the pot bars with happy hour from 11AM -1PM.

Our local hotel used to have a happy hour down in the bar.  The beer was the same price but with it, a pass down the taco bar was free.  A friend and I would go there, order beer and have a pass.  Then I'd give him my beer, he'd give me his taco, and we were both happy for an hour.

[twhitaker]

I think it has more to do with the market share our brand has. Last I heard it was one sixteenth of one percent.

[Jerryd]

I think it has more to do with the market share our brand has. Last I heard it was one sixteenth of one percent.

Exactly! From what I've experienced at MG in the past, many of us are far from being tea totalers 

[kirkemon]

I thought it was when the wife is out of the house.

[not-fishing]

I often see signs about "Happy Hour". I don't drink so I must admit to not getting it.

My Guzzi Happy hour is after a long ride, preferably camped at a rally or credit card tour when the bottle of Grappa is opened.

It must be in my genes because I come from a family of "non-taxed" liquor producers

Also I don't go to bars, to expensive.  My money is better spent on cheap booze and Guzzi parts  It must be the red suspenders

[LowRyter]

I think it has more to do with the market share our brand has. Last I heard it was one sixteenth of one percent.

instead of being 1%-ers  .....we're  1/16%-ers. 

Wow.  Special.

[jbell]

I think it has more to do with the market share our brand has. Last I heard it was one sixteenth of one percent.

Wow, sales are up!

[Kent in Upstate NY]

There was a bar on the north side of Chicago that had a dime beer night. My two friends and I pretty much put an end to that.

[sign216]

In the socialist republic of Massachusetts happy hours are illegal.  Taverns may not have any drink specials.  Some make do with wing discounts or other food sales, but it's not the same. 

[oldbike54]

There was a bar on the north side of Chicago that had a dime beer night. My two friends and I pretty much put an end to that.

  There was a nice bar between Nacogdoches and Lufkin TX , early 1980's . Weekdays from about 4 to 6 they put out a free smorgasbord , a good spread . I've never been much of a drinker , no tolerance for alcohol , but on occasion I would join some friends and partake in the food . Had a chance meeting with the owner a few months after a visit , and mentioned what a nice touch the food was . He frowned and said "Had to stop putting that out , damn bikers were eating me out of business" 

 Dusty

[Perazzimx14]

I often see signs about "Happy Hour". I don't drink so I must admit to not getting it.

I have to wonder though, have these people never ridden a Moto Guzzi much less a motorcycle.

More telling is that the bikes I see parked outside those places are every brand but Moto Guzzi.

Apparently Guzzi riders figured out long ago that the happy hour lasts some minutes where little more than BS is passed around in the hopes someone get lucky while riding a Moto Guzzi makes you happy as long as you care to own one, or two or three...

Apologies to all the drinkers, I know what you're missing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrWoG8IckyE

[Gliderjohn]

In the 70s while in college there was a live band club that on Wednesday evening would allow only women in for an hour and they could have all the free beer they wanted, then they opened up the door to us guys.
GliderJohn

[Cam3512]

Really, are you running out of nonsense to post so you must $&!T on Happy Hour?  Sorry if you don't drink, but come on man.  On the rare occassion I do go, it's not on a bike.  Guzzi riders are just smarter.

[LaMojo]

When I was at Ft. Polk, after work some of us would show up at the local Mexican restaurant about 4 PM (restaurant opened at 5), and go to pool tables in the bar area.  We had our own happy hour and kept our own beer tabs until the bar help show up just before opening time.  As far as I know, no one abused the privilege and the owner was happy with that.

[Cool Runnings]

Drinking Alcohol (Beer, Wine & Spirits) Good for Health and Longevity

"1. Raises the good cholesterol (HDL) even better then the statin drugs (such as Lipitor and Navicor) or running a few miles a day

2. Makes the blood move more freely, preventing clots which can lead to heart attacks and strokes

3. Probably prevents Alzheimer's Disease by preventing "ministrokes" (TIA's) which occur as we age

4. Decreases the chance of getting type II diabetes and probably helps if you already have the disease by increasing the sensitivity of insulin."



Heavy Drinking Reduces Coronary Heart Disease, Reports Study

Both moderate and heavy or hazardous drinking were associated with significantly reduced risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared with abstaining from alcohol.

On the other hand, the risk of developing cardiovascular disease was not significantly different between abstainers and alcoholic (alcohol-dependent) participants.

This is consistent with an earlier study that followed 1,824 older adults over a 20-year period of time. It found that moderate drinkers tended to live longer than either life-long abstainers or heavy drinkers. This earlier study also found that heavy drinkers tended to live significantly longer than did life-long abstainers.


All-Cause Mortality Risk and Drinking Alcohol

Moderate drinkers are generally less likely to suffer other diseases such as these.
•Type 2 diabetes
•Rheumatoid arthritis
•Osteoporosis
•Gallbladder disease
•Enlarged prostate
•Dementia (including Alzheimer’s)
•Kidney cancer
•Thyroid cancer
•Hodgkin’s lymphoma (cancer)
•Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (cancer)
•Peripheral artery disease
•Metabolic syndrome
•Essential tremors
•Hepatitis A
•Kidney stones
•Parkinson’s disease
•Atherosclerosis
•Stress and depression
•Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
•Asthma and lung disease
•Abdominal aortic aneurysm
•Hypertension or high blood pressure
•Helicobacter pylori infection (the major cause of hepatitis B
•Intermittent claudication1


http://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/ 

[Triple Jim]

It's not unusual for a person who doesn't drink alcohol to "not get" drinking alcohol, or even feel superior to drinkers.  It's not unlike someone who doesn't ride a motorcycle not getting why some people do ride motorcycles.

[M0T0Geezer]

20 minutes  from my home in Longmont, CO is a nice reservoir called Carter Lake.  A carvy road and beautiful mountain views follow the easterly side.  Midway is a roadhouse joint that also sells burgers.

Every time I ride by there are 5 to 50 kroozer bikes parked in front, usually with pirate-looking types milling about in the parking lot.

The more beautiful the day, the more actors are outside seeing and being seen.

Being the bigoted, hateful, antisocial, elitist snob that I am, pity for them rises in my craw.  If y'all 'Ride to Live,'  then why aren'tcha?

As for me, I drink my beer at home.

'Geezer

[oldbike54]

 Define "Heavy drinkers"  True alcoholics don't live to great ripe old ages . Nothing wrong with whatever using your drug of choice is in some moderation , hell , a good beer is wonderful , but claiming that drunks live longer than someone who regulates their alcohol intake is like claiming that heroin addicts are gonna outlive us all because well , look at Keith Richards , who by the way has been clean for 30 years .

 Dusty

[donn]

My favorite local very small brewery, "Bad Jimmy's", has pretty good price on a pint by local standards during  "Sad Hour", I believe 10PM on.  (They're currently my favorite because a growler is $7, which  believe it or not is cheap beer compared to the alternatives, and the brews I've tried have been great, particularly a 7.8% Scotch Ale that's very popular around the house and a nice assertive and unsophisticated IPA.)

[Cool Runnings]

Define "Heavy drinkers"  True alcoholics don't live to great ripe old ages . Nothing wrong with whatever using your drug of choice is in some moderation , hell , a good beer is wonderful , but claiming that drunks live longer than someone who regulates their alcohol intake is like claiming that heroin addicts are gonna outlive us all because well , look at Keith Richards , who by the way has been clean for 30 years .

 Dusty

People who drink up to 7.5 ounces of hard liquor daily live as long as abstainers. Government drinking guidelines are plucked up of thin air with political agenda and not based on real research.


Guidelines for Moderate Alcohol Drinking Vary Widely

The United States National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has defined moderate drinking for men as consuming no more than four drinks per day and no more than three per day for women. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture sets the limit at two drinks per day for men and one per day for women.1 Thus, there is disagreement within the federal government as to exactly what constitutes moderate drinking.

The confusion and disagreement is compounded when looking at guidelines from country to country.

British researchers examined the official definitions of standard drinks and alcohol consumption guidelines for all 27 European Union member states and of countries from all other geographic regions of the world.

The investigators found that ”There was a remarkable lack of agreement about what constitutes harmful or excessive alcohol consumption on a daily basis, a weekly basis and when driving, with no consensus about the ratios of consumption guidelines for men and women.” Recommended limits in some countries are many times higher than in others.

The scientific research findings about the health consequences, both positive and negative, of consuming different amounts of alcohol are known around the world. The same is true of the safety consequences.

Thus, it appears that the differences in recommended guidelines are not based solely on the scientific medical evidence, but on cultural and political considerations. That is, the guidelines are highly arbitrary.


http://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/files/Guidelines-for-Moderate-Alcohol-Drinking-Vary-Widely.html


Official Maximum Alcohol Drinking or Consumption Guidelines and Limits

research suggests that the recommended guidelines (21 units* per week for men and 14 for women) may be rather low. The World Health Organization's International Guide for Monitoring Alcohol Consumption and Related harm has identified drinking below 35 units per week as low risk for men an above 53 per week as high risk. For women it identified below 17.5 units per week as low risk and high risk being above 36 units per week.

A study of 12,000 men found that the lowest mortality rates were among those drinking between 20 and 30 units of alcohol every week. To reach the death risk experienced by alcohol abstainers, a man would have to consume 63 units per week. That's equivalent to drinking about a bottle of wine or five shots of whiskey each day.


http://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/HealthIssues/Official-Maximum-Alcohol-Drinking-or-Consumption-Guidelines-and-Limits.html

[oldbike54]

 Well , and there you have it , and of course it depends on body weight and other health conditions.
Hell , I had a neighbor that consumed more than the sort off agreed on upper limit before he left the house in the morning . He died at 58 , the doctors told his wife that his liver looked like an old chewed up rawhide doggie treat . My point is , too much alcohol isn't good , not crusading against alcohol , or whatever one's drug of choice is , but over consumption of alcohol is as or more dangerous than any other drug . Just ask my deceased neighbor .

 Dusty

[canuguzzi]

Really, are you running out of nonsense to post so you must $&!T on Happy Hour?  Sorry if you don't drink, but come on man.  On the rare occassion I do go, it's not on a bike.  Guzzi riders are just smarter.

Sorry you didn't get the post, some others did, yet others ran with it anyway. Stuck in neutral?

[Cool Runnings]

Well , and there you have it , and of course it depends on body weight and other health conditions.
Hell , I had a neighbor that consumed more than the sort off agreed on upper limit before he left the house in the morning . He died at 58 , the doctors told his wife that his liver looked like an old chewed up rawhide doggie treat . My point is , too much alcohol isn't good , not crusading against alcohol , or whatever one's drug of choice is , but over consumption of alcohol is as or more dangerous than any other drug . Just ask my deceased neighbor .

 Dusty

U shaped curve............ hope my liver lasts. 

[Cool Runnings]

Sorry you didn't get the post, some others did, yet others ran with it anyway. Stuck in neutral?

Seems like the Harley crowd tends to like bar hopping. Nice day and the watering holes are full. Personally, I don't drink and ride.

[mach1mustang351]

I used to have a no drink and ride policy until recently.  Back when I enacted the policy, I went to a buddy's house and had a single beer.  I got on my R6 and rode home.  I felt like the bike was all twitchy and it wasn't a safe feeling.  Now days I am not opposed to walking across the street to the local bar and having a drink with my coworkers after work.  One beer in an hour doesn't seem to be impairing anything anymore.  I now tend to blame the R6 and its steep steering angle.  Lately it has been so nice after work I want to ride further and not even think about the beer.     

[azguzzirep]

Seems like the Harley crowd tends to like bar hopping. Nice day and the watering holes are full. Personally, I don't drink and ride.

I belonged to A.B.A.T.E of Arizona for many years, but didn't go on many 'tours' with them becouse theystopped at a bar in every city they drove through.

I also don't drink and ride anymore. Very difficult to do in Germany!!

Tom

[Penderic]

You guys crack me up!

Last Call!


 

[oldbike54]

 Damnit Pennie , all over my screen again ...

 Dusty