"I've reached that age when..."

[2muchcoffeeman]

I've reached the age where, when I buy a suit, suspender buttons are sewn into the slacks every time.

I've reached the age where I don't wear a suit. Or a tie.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I've reached the age where I don't wear a suit. Or a tie.

I wear suits and ties to job interviews and perhaps, weddings and funerals. I've more or less stopped wearing ties because 1. I don't like them and 2. They're not comfortable.

I'm at the age where I don't really care if other people get annoyed that I don't have an extra piece of cloth hanging from my neck. My physical and mental comfort is more important than other people's opinions.

 

[playthrough]

Just yesterday I got fit for new glashes with progressive lenses. I didn't know those exist now without the telltale line of bifocals, so I'm pleased to have made that concession to age without the world knowing.

But I do need to get a hearing aid in the next year or so and there's no hiding that.

 

[Driftwood]

I wear suits and ties to job interviews and perhaps, weddings and funerals. I've more or less stopped wearing ties because 1. I don't like them and 2. They're not comfortable.

I'm at the age where I don't really care if other people get annoyed that I don't have an extra piece of cloth hanging from my neck. My physical and mental comfort is more important than other people's opinions.

I went to my niece's wedding last Sunday. Earlier in the week, one of my bro-in-laws texted me and asked what I was wearing. I said suit. He said OK. I told my wife I was reserving the right not to wear a tie with my suit. She said OK. We got there. I had my tie in the truck just in case but decided not to put it on. Got inside, me and two other bro-in-laws all had on suits, no tie. We just laughed.

 

[Driftwood]

Do people still order pitchers of beer anymore? That used to be the rule, rather than the exception, at pizza places, bowling alleys, bars when they were still legit bars. I probably haven't gotten one myself in 20 years.
I think it was a right of pashage to go into Pizza Hut and get a pitcher of beer.

 

[I Should Coco]

Do people still order pitchers of beer anymore? That used to be the rule, rather than the exception, at pizza places, bowling alleys, bars when they were still legit bars. I probably haven't gotten one myself in 20 years.
I think it was a right of pashage to go into Pizza Hut and get a pitcher of beer.

Excellent question.

My kids — and several of my coworkers — are in their 20s, and in the few times I go out to bars with them, they usually order either a cocktail or a craft-brewed beer, whether it's in a bottle/can or on tap. If it's the latter, they always order a pint, not a pitcher.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Do people still order pitchers of beer anymore? That used to be the rule, rather than the exception, at pizza places, bowling alleys, bars when they were still legit bars. I probably haven't gotten one myself in 20 years.
I think it was a right of pashage to go into Pizza Hut and get a pitcher of beer.

Goddamnit now all I want is to go into a Pizza Hut, order a pan pizza with pepperoni and demand the waitress just bring us pitchers of Pepsi until we explode. It tasted so much better at Pizza Hut than anywhere else. darn you Drift!!!!

 

[ChrisLong]

A story from a long time ago. I covered UCLA football and there was a road game at Washington State. Of course, we were staying at the University Inn in Moscow, across the road from the U. of Idaho. Friday night, hotel bar, drinks are $1. I ordered a draft beer -- $1. Drank it down and I asked the bartender if I could get a pitcher so I didn't have to keep getting the glash refilled. He said sure.
He brings me a pitcher of draft.
"How much?" I asked.
"I told you," he said. "All drinks are $1."
"Yes, but how much for a pitcher?"
"$1."
A little while later, some of my media cohorts showed up. I told them the price of drinks and said, "I don't think we can ever leave this place."

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Do people still order pitchers of beer anymore? That used to be the rule, rather than the exception, at pizza places, bowling alleys, bars when they were still legit bars. I probably haven't gotten one myself in 20 years.
I think it was a right of pashage to go into Pizza Hut and get a pitcher of beer.

Reminds me of my first night out in college after I turned 21. The most popular college bar had Thursday nights where it was $3 for the first pitcher and 25 cents (yes, cents) for each additional pitcher. Drank three full pitchers on my own for $3.50.

Next day, I only had one clash, at 1 p.m. Rolled out of bed with a terrific hangover, staggered up to clash as one of my friends kept waving me in the right direction. Spent clash holding my head as the professor and the other kids kept asking me if I was alright. My friend reashured everyone by telling them I just turned 21.

I miss the ship out of college.

 

[Driftwood]

I'd hate to think of paying for a pitcher of craft beer. It sure as heck wouldn't be the prices aforementioned.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Goddamnit now all I want is to go into a Pizza Hut, order a pan pizza with pepperoni and demand the waitress just bring us pitchers of Pepsi until we explode. It tasted so much better at Pizza Hut than anywhere else. darn you Drift!!!!

I can't remember what thread it was on, but we had discussion of the clashic red, plastic Pizza Hut cups. Every beverage seemed to taste better in those.

I ordered six of them and could not be happier with the purchase.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Do people still order pitchers of beer anymore? That used to be the rule, rather than the exception, at pizza places, bowling alleys, bars when they were still legit bars. I probably haven't gotten one myself in 20 years.
I think it was a right of pashage to go into Pizza Hut and get a pitcher of beer.

I first shared in a pitcher of beer at Pizza Hut when I was 15. Rite of pashage indeed.