Tickling the Ivories - Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo

[Shadoewolf]

1 hour ago, Snarkylark said:

It sure can. Some generics don't work as well for people for whatever reason. I'm on a natural dessicated thyroid, Armour. It contains both T3 and T4. 

LOL at some of your names for Kum&Go! And, yes, Wisconsin's alcohol culture is horrible. I hate it. I don't drink. 

I'm going to second the difference in generics. Their fillers can be vastly different, which can cause reactions in some people. My doctor wanted me to try Armour but after the company got bought out and it was reformulated I asked for Nature-throid instead. Before I finally found a provider who would write for naturally dessicated, I was ordering Thyrovanz online. It kept my levels pretty close to normal. 

I strongly recommend reading Stop The Thyroid Madness. They also have a website and a Facebook page. They talk about Levo/Synthroid, naturally dessicated, healing the adrenals, what labs to ask for or how to order your own. They can also point you toward accommodating providers in your area. I have Medicaid and my meds are fully covered. If they weren't, my dose would be $10.37 for a one month supply at Walmarts pharmacy. They're still tweaking my dosage, but starting to feel better after so many years of just surviving is so liberating!

[grandmadugger]

There are few liquor laws in Missouri. Including no open container law unless it's a city law, they lose federal funding over that.  Now over here in Kansas it's a whole other story. We can get beer at grocery stores or gas stations but it's 3.2 and can't be sold on Sunday unless preapproved by the local government. Liquor stores vary by county the neighboring county just allowed liquor stores in the last few years. One town had an exemption and could have liquor stores but only if they were so far away from a church or school. The same rule applied to restaurants and there was a huge battle over a sports bar. When it got out that the plans for the building was a sports bar a church snatched up a bunch of land around it and fought that the bar couldn't be opened. They lost. 

[ClaraOswin]

Most of my family is from the midwest. Many came out to California for our wedding. In the evenings at the hotel, they would sit outside their rooms in this little courtyard area chatting and drinking. They didn't get crazy drunk or anything. But they still were told by the hotel staff that it was apparently illegal for them to be drinking there. We all found it to be a bit odd. But I don't know...maybe there are laws like that here too but no one enforces them.

[feministxtian]

I live in Las Vegas...on the strip, people are drinking as they're walking down the street. Theoretically, in the hotels, there are signs at the casinos that say "no alcohol beyond this point" but I don't think they're enforced. Hell, the movie theater we always goes to has a full bar in the lobby. 

The really funny part is that neither hubby nor I drink. He's a recovered alcoholic and won't touch the stuff and I'm just not all that interested in drinking...no reason other than I don't like being out of control. We live in "sin city" and don't drink...how funny!

Yes, I will have an occasional margarita if we're out or buy a cheap-ass bottle of wine that will last for a month or more...but, in reality I can happily live the rest of my life without booze. 

[Shadoewolf]

Baxter County, AR is a "dry" county. The restaurants get around it by making you sign a register and carrying a card that says you are a member of their "private club". Can't buy alcohol past 10pm during the week and not at all on Sundays. 

 

[eveandadam]

12 hours ago, missegeno said:

 In England and Europe (primarily Italy) I saw lots of sneaking booze and flasks into places, in part because it's cheaper than buying drinks on location (same as in the us). But it is a lot less hidden in general there. My mom (who now lives in a state with real liquor in grocery stores) was really amazed when she saw people pull out drinks on the national rail trains in England.

same here! people will drink beer on their way home on the underground trains and on busses as their "after work beer".

[wikinggirl]

12 hours ago, KelseyAnn said:

Minnesota has some massively strict alcohol rules, too. For example: You can only buy liquor from a liquor store- no exceptions. It's so strict our Walmarts have liquor stores built right beside it. 

You also can't get liquor on Holidays or Sundays. 

Plus, liquor stores can only be opened until 8 am to 10 pm. 

That's probably because of all the people of Scandinavian decent, because it sounds awfully Scandinavian (well, not Danish, but Swedish/Norwegian)

[marmalade]

On 1/11/2017 at 2:17 AM, nastyhobbitses said:

If a wedding vendor/coordinator did something against my express wishes (especially adding something to my DRESS), I would be pissed. Like, really, really pissed.

And by "designed" I think she probably means that she ordered the dresses in the colors Jinger wanted and altered them for the bridesmaids (since they are all very different shapes and sizes).

 Then probably put her own tags in them. Anyone can have them mass-produced. 

[Queen]

2 hours ago, wikinggirl said:

That's probably because of all the people of Scandinavian decent, because it sounds awfully Scandinavian (well, not Danish, but Swedish/Norwegian)

Ha, exactly! Strict laws over here. We also have a very high tax on alcohol - booze is hella expensive!, in order to limit drinking. So naturally many Finns take the ferry to Estonia to buy loads of it, since it's so much cheaper there. 

When I went to Sweden two years ago and for the first time was old enough by Swedish laws to buy alcohol from a liquor store, I was astonished by your low prices! Not as low as Estonia's, but almost. And I guess our countries, Sweden and Finland, are on roughly the same level expense-vise, so I had expected Swedish booze to be more expensive 

[livinginthelight]

16 hours ago, BadMurphy said:

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is there anywhere (besides predominantly religious areas) where there isn't a ton of drinking? CT sure likes to get its drink on too. 

I really think it depends on who your friend circle is. I live in Southern California, in a bedroom city for Los Angeles. The people I socialize with are the wine-with-dinner types, and I have never seen any of them get drunk. (Personally, I stop at 1 - 2 glasses because I hate the feeling of being out of control like that.) But I have clients who travel in crowds where getting drunk = "fun", and they have a hard time imagining any other way to have a good time.

Each of us would give a very different description of the same city.

[wikinggirl]

1 hour ago, Queen said:

Ha, exactly! Strict laws over here. We also have a very high tax on alcohol - booze is hella expensive!, in order to limit drinking. So naturally many Finns take the ferry to Estonia to buy loads of it, since it's so much cheaper there. 

When I went to Sweden two years ago and for the first time was old enough by Swedish laws to buy alcohol from a liquor store, I was astonished by your low prices! Not as low as Estonia's, but almost. And I guess our countries, Sweden and Finland, are on roughly the same level expense-vise, so I had expected Swedish booze to be more expensive 

I'm Norwegian so our prices are probably like yours, super expensive because of the taxes.  Sweden and Denmark is a lot cheaper. Not as cheap as the Baltics, but still cheap. 

[elliha]

59 minutes ago, Queen said:

Ha, exactly! Strict laws over here. We also have a very high tax on alcohol - booze is hella expensive!, in order to limit drinking. So naturally many Finns take the ferry to Estonia to buy loads of it, since it's so much cheaper there. 

When I went to Sweden two years ago and for the first time was old enough by Swedish laws to buy alcohol from a liquor store, I was astonished by your low prices! Not as low as Estonia's, but almost. And I guess our countries, Sweden and Finland, are on roughly the same level expense-vise, so I had expected Swedish booze to be more expensive 

It used to be cheaper to buy at least beer and wine in Finland I know some that went there to buy that if they were having a party. I am from northern Sweden so a visit to IKEA in Haparanda could be combined with a visit to Alko in Tornio. 

[Gobbles]

When I grew up I was always allowed to drink the foam (not sure if it is the right word, the white stuff on beer). I think especially in South Germany beer is not really considered alcohol. Many women (at least those I know) do not like beer, but for me it is my favorite type of alcohol. Screw those cocktails and everything else. :-D 

Are there "Schnapspralinen" (chocolate filled with hard liquor, aka the best thing ever) in the US? And if there are, do you need to be 21 to buy them? 

 

[seraaa]

17 minutes ago, Gobbles said:

When I grew up I was always allowed to drink the foam (not sure if it is the right word, the white stuff on beer). I think especially in South Germany beer is not really considered alcohol. Many women (at least those I know) do not like beer, but for me it is my favorite type of alcohol. Screw those cocktails and everything else. :-D 

Are there "Schnapspralinen" (chocolate filled with hard liquor, aka the best thing ever) in the US? And if there are, do you need to be 21 to buy them? 

 

lol. It's just so ubiquitous!

[DugFan]

On 1/11/2017 at 8:47 AM, karen77 said:

Someone should chime in with Utah's liquor laws, they are crazy.

I'll chime in on Colorado's.  We had the no-Sunday thing up until a few years ago.  But we still have this franchise law that a company can only have one liquor store in the entire state.  So, for example, in other parts of the country you might be able to buy wine at any Target.  Here Target is allowed to only have it is ONE store (luckily, I live close)

[allthegoodnamesrgone]

9 minutes ago, DugFan said:

I'll chime in on Colorado's.  We had the no-Sunday thing up until a few years ago.  But we still have this franchise law that a company can only have one liquor store in the entire state.  So, for example, in other parts of the country you might be able to buy wine at any Target.  Here Target is allowed to only have it is ONE store (luckily, I live close)

That explains the weed consumption. What a very strange law to have. 

[KelseyAnn]

1 hour ago, Gobbles said:

When I grew up I was always allowed to drink the foam (not sure if it is the right word, the white stuff on beer). I think especially in South Germany beer is not really considered alcohol. Many women (at least those I know) do not like beer, but for me it is my favorite type of alcohol. Screw those cocktails and everything else. :-D 

Are there "Schnapspralinen" (chocolate filled with hard liquor, aka the best thing ever) in the US? And if there are, do you need to be 21 to buy them? 

 

 

Speaking as a former bartender, the foam is called the 'Head.'

[Gobbles]

1 minute ago, KelseyAnn said:

Speaking as a former bartender, the foam is called the 'Head.'

Thanks! In Germany we say "Schaum" which directly translates to "foam".

[Queen]

2 hours ago, wikinggirl said:

I'm Norwegian so our prices are probably like yours, super expensive because of the taxes.  Sweden and Denmark is a lot cheaper. Not as cheap as the Baltics, but still cheap. 

Oh, my bad, I somehow confused you with someone else. I'm sorry. Norway is such a beautiful country btw, have been there once  

[Carm_88]

I'll chime in! Legal drinking age here is 19 years old, you can buy beer in the gas station as long as the gas station is open. For actual liquor you have to go to the liquor store which is open most days of the week, Sunday may be a shortened day but you can usually get something. Bars shut down at 3am and last call is usually around 2:30. Which leads to the famous "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."

[BrandoBarks]

2 hours ago, wikinggirl said:

I'm Norwegian so our prices are probably like yours, super expensive because of the taxes.  Sweden and Denmark is a lot cheaper. Not as cheap as the Baltics, but still cheap. 

That's so funny, a lot of people I know who are from Germany and who like to go camping/on vacation in Sweden, Norway or Denmark are always always taking wine and beer with them. They say that in Sweden and Denmark alcohol is extremely expensive. Here you can get wine even at the drugstore and liquor at any grocery store and as far as I know there are no laws limiting time or place of drinking. 

Some people really take advantage of that: the other day, at 5:30 in the morning, I saw a man on the train drinking his before-work-beer :-D 

[wikinggirl]

2 hours ago, Queen said:

Oh, my bad, I somehow confused you with someone else. I'm sorry. Norway is such a beautiful country btw, have been there once  

No worries! I know we're several Scandinavians on here. 

1 hour ago, BrandoBarks said:

That's so funny, a lot of people I know who are from Germany and who like to go camping/on vacation in Sweden, Norway or Denmark are always always taking wine and beer with them. They say that in Sweden and Denmark alcohol is extremely expensive. Here you can get wine even at the drugstore and liquor at any grocery store and as far as I know there are no laws limiting time or place of drinking. 

Some people really take advantage of that: the other day, at 5:30 in the morning, I saw a man on the train drinking his before-work-beer :-D 

Well, Germany is a lot cheaper again. The Norwegians go to Sweden to buy alcohol (and candy and bacon!) and the Danes go to Germany. Of the Scandinavian countries Denmark is the cheapest for alcohol and you can get it almost everywhere. Norway and Sweden is a bit different. I totally understand bringing alcohol, I hardly think you can get a bottle of wine for under €8 here...

[lomo6]

@Queen Foam works, too! That's what I would call it at least (and I've lived in four states in different parts of the country, excluding the South). I've heard "head" too, but I don't think non-drinkers would necessarily know that word. 

[NewOrleansLady]

17 hours ago, grandmadugger said:

There are few liquor laws in Missouri. Including no open container law unless it's a city law, they lose federal funding over that.  Now over here in Kansas it's a whole other story. We can get beer at grocery stores or gas stations but it's 3.2 and can't be sold on Sunday unless preapproved by the local government. Liquor stores vary by county the neighboring county just allowed liquor stores in the last few years. One town had an exemption and could have liquor stores but only if they were so far away from a church or school. The same rule applied to restaurants and there was a huge battle over a sports bar. When it got out that the plans for the building was a sports bar a church snatched up a bunch of land around it and fought that the bar couldn't be opened. They lost. 

Here in The Greater New Orleans area, you can walk around with an open container as long as it is covered by a paper bag.  Beer and  the hard stuff are available 24/7 and can be purchased any/every where.  Still have to be 21 to drink (we really ,really need those road building federal funds)  We are in the midst of the carnival season.. so everyone is drinking. (Not me, too many meds).  DWI's will be up, assults will be up, and the drunk tank will be filled.

[NeverBeenKissed]

4 hours ago, DugFan said:

I'll chime in on Colorado's.  We had the no-Sunday thing up until a few years ago.  But we still have this franchise law that a company can only have one liquor store in the entire state.  So, for example, in other parts of the country you might be able to buy wine at any Target.  Here Target is allowed to only have it is ONE store (luckily, I live close)

You must live near Hot Target in Glendale!