Posted: 2/11/2011 2:25:34 PM EDT
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I could really use a beer (or 12) tonight. LONG WEEK. ...BUT... There are some possible problems: 1. I'm going out with the wife and several friends from church. One of the couples would be OK with the beer, and would prolly get one themselves. The other couples will likely freak. 2. In TN, one may not drink whilst carrying a firearm. I ain't leaving the gun at home, nor in the car. It stays with me. Solutions? (in before the "eject" and similar...) |
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Here's the deal: I could really use a beer (or 12) tonight. LONG WEEK. ...BUT... There are some possible problems: 1. I'm going out with the wife and several friends from church. One of the couples would be OK with the beer, and would prolly get one themselves. The other couples will likely freak. 2. In TN, one may not drink whilst carrying a firearm. I ain't leaving the gun at home, nor in the car. It stays with me. Solutions? (in before the "eject" and similar...) Why would the other couple freak if you had a beer .... because they know you are carrying? |
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Here's the deal: I could really use a beer (or 12) tonight. LONG WEEK. ...BUT... There are some possible problems: 1. I'm going out with the wife and several friends from church. One of the couples would be OK with the beer, and would prolly get one themselves. The other couples will likely freak. 2. In TN, one may not drink whilst carrying a firearm. I ain't leaving the gun at home, nor in the car. It stays with me. Solutions? (in before the "eject" and similar...) Why would the other couple freak if you had a beer .... because they know you are carrying? Nope - really uptight (re-read the part about them being friends from church, then think of somebody you know that is religiously uptight, and you will get the general idea). ETA: Ghost, I would not want to fuck the people I'm with - none of 'em are hot, and the wife unit might frown on that. Moreover, the restaurant might also frown on that. 
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Here's the deal: I could really use a beer (or 12) tonight. LONG WEEK. ...BUT... There are some possible problems: 1. I'm going out with the wife and several friends from church. One of the couples would be OK with the beer, and would prolly get one themselves. The other couples will likely freak. 2. In TN, one may not drink whilst carrying a firearm. I ain't leaving the gun at home, nor in the car. It stays with me. Solutions? (in before the "eject" and similar...) You answered your own question there then didn't ya? |
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Nope - really uptight (re-read the part about them being friends from church, then think of somebody you know that is religiously uptight, and you will get the general idea). I would get new friends. Good idea. They aren't my only friends, though. Only do things with this group about 2x per year - and I am looking forward to socializing with them. But, I know that having more than one or two friends is a foreign concept to 87% of Arfcommers! 
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You know the rules......where's your offering to ARfcom of said pic of the wife???  Wife sitting behind me... the look on the redhead's face indicates I will not be posting pictures of her. Besides, the only pics I have of her would get me the boot in GD. I'm not ponying up for a membership... so you will just have to imagine strawberry pie with 38-DD's. 
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1. Drinking in Tennessee while carrying is illegal. 2. You're going to be carrying. You're not really asking what you should do, are you? The "don't want to freak out my nondrinking church friends" issue is something separate. Shush! This is GD... I am trying to entertain myself until we drop off the kids at church (it's a "Parent's Night Out" thing). |
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Quoted: Yep. If you drink any detectable amount and then have to use your firearm, you have officially fucked yourself on so many levels you won't need to get laid the rest of your life.Quoted: Here's the deal: I could really use a beer (or 12) tonight. LONG WEEK. ...BUT... There are some possible problems: 1. I'm going out with the wife and several friends from church. One of the couples would be OK with the beer, and would prolly get one themselves. The other couples will likely freak. 2. In TN, one may not drink whilst carrying a firearm. I ain't leaving the gun at home, nor in the car. It stays with me. Solutions? (in before the "eject" and similar...) You answered your own question there then didn't ya? |
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I don't know why you bothered mentioning #1, when #2 precludes drinking regardless.
That is, of course, unless breaking the law in an option you'd consider. In which case, your best bet is to hack up your church friends, stuff them in the recycle bin, claim ignorance when your wife asks if anyone's coming, and then sit back with your 12 pack and 'wait' for them to show up. |
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What part of TN, middle, east, or west? Mt. Juliet. (Middle TN for the rest of you...) Or....another arfcommer can go with you as an armed bodyguard and you can pound beers at home, and at the restaurant! I have so many good ideas!  Good idea... Keep 'em coming! |
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Nope - really uptight (re-read the part about them being friends from church, then think of somebody you know that is religiously uptight, and you will get the general idea). I would get new friends. Good idea. They aren't my only friends, though. Only do things with this group about 2x per year - and I am looking forward to socializing with them. then don't drink tonight, next question. |
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What part of TN, middle, east, or west? Mt. Juliet. (Middle TN for the rest of you...) Or....another arfcommer can go with you as an armed bodyguard and you can pound beers at home, and at the restaurant! I have so many good ideas! You are one step behind me, hence the question of what part of TN
OP, I'll be in the restaurant, covering your 6. Feel free to leave your carry piece at home or in the car, your choice. I've got your back tonight! I was planning on going to that restaurant anyway. ETA: Which restaurant was it again?
Ok, sorry, bad joke. I am in Mid TN too, but way down in the southern part. Plus I just put dinner in the oven. Good luck, and don't drink and carry, that's bad juju! |
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Quoted: Quoted: 1. Drinking in Tennessee while carrying is illegal. 2. You're going to be carrying. You're not really asking what you should do, are you? The "don't want to freak out my nondrinking church friends" issue is something separate. Shush! This is GD... I am trying to entertain myself until we drop off the kids at church (it's a "Parent's Night Out" thing). Got it. Let me recalibrate . . . Okay! My daughter introduced me to a show called "Justified" –– kind of a "Good ol' boys in Harlan County, Kaintuck" theme. Tennessee's got the same setup, right? In that case, you're GTG. While there are apparently laws on the books, local convention allows pounding down shots with pistols in the belt or hand, driving around with pump shotguns poking out the windows, and in general public asshattery of ANY kind regarding alcohol and/or firearms. |
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Go, drink ONE beer, after that drink whatever you want. Anyone who freaks over the consumption of one beer is either an ex alcoholic or a fucking moron. Stop saying baby shit like "prolly". You're an adult and you carry a gun dammit.
Damn...  Yeah... this is why I started this thread! Oh, and DV8: Get a hot tub and a webcam.
You do not want to see that. Only one that would be respectable would be the wife unit. Otherwise, this party will be me, others less attractive than me (and I'm a 2 on a scale of 1-10 at best). |
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Here's the deal: I could really use a beer (or 12) tonight. LONG WEEK. ...BUT... There are some possible problems: 1. I'm going out with the wife and several friends from church. One of the couples would be OK with the beer, and would prolly get one themselves. The other couples will likely freak. 2. In TN, one may not drink whilst carrying a firearm. I ain't leaving the gun at home, nor in the car. It stays with me. Solutions? (in before the "eject" and similar...) 1. The churchies are not an issue IMO. If they have a problem with it, that is THEIR problem and not to concern you so long as you're not being a jerk because of the alcohol and ruining their expectations for the evening. 2. Don't drink or leave the piece at home. That is a responsibility you've decided to take on and you shouldn't be a dick about it. I agree that you should be allowed to carry when in a place with alcohol, and really, I'm OK with someone carrying and having a drink within the constraints of the law for OWI, but that's just me. However, it is the law where you are, and you should work at changing it if you don't like it, not ignoring it because you're somehow above it. This is what ruins things for everyone else. Don't be that guy. |
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You know the rules......where's your offering to ARfcom of said pic of the wife??? Wife sitting behind me... the look on the redhead's face indicates I will not be posting pictures of her. Besides, the only pics I have of her would get me the boot in GD. I'm not ponying up for a membership... so you will just have to imagine strawberry pie with 38-DD's. Dont be a fuckin tease. 
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Well, it's over. There was no beer. There was a gun, though nobody saw.
There was no fucking (yet, anyhow). There was no freaking out (though I might do that sometime with folks I don't like... drink in front of them just to stir the shit up) There was no ejecting. There was no beer afterwards (yet, anyhow). But I still had a good time. And GD did not fail to deliver the entertainment. Thanks, folks! 
... Now I gotta turn around and learn the Sunday School lesson so I can teach it to the same folks (plus a few others) Sunday morning. Any suggestions to liven that one up? |