View Poll Results: How do you drink when you work on the car?
I don't drink.
10
14.29%
I only drink when I'm finished.
25
35.71%
I drink while I work, after I know the car won't crash down on top of me
29
41.43%
I get good and drunk before I start work, it's more fun that way.
6
8.57%
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Drinking and working
#4
Cpt. Slow
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I went over to my boss' house to install my new suspension a year or so ago. Him and my friend had a bunch of beers, I only had one. By the end he was laying under my car (no where near the suspension) laughing cause he couldn't get out cause his beer belly was wedged under the door frame.
#10
Boost Pope
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Chicago. (The less-murder part.)
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Total Cats: 6,588
I tend to consume beer at a fairly linear rate while I'm working on the car. And yes, I've noted that an inverse relationship between the number of beers consumed over the preceding two hours and my productivity. (Fortunately, no serious injuries have occurred, though there have been some shitty looking welds.)
#14
Senior Member
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Falls Church, VA
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Total Cats: 17
If I'll be doing menial or tedious stuff I'll crack open a beer or two, but if any brain power is required I'll hold off until the work is done.
The title of the thread mentions nothing about cars, so I was expecting a bunch of replies from people who drink during their day jobs, like carpenters and painters. In grad school I used to drink then work (Friday afternoon beer hour) but my current employer frowns upon that type of thing.
The title of the thread mentions nothing about cars, so I was expecting a bunch of replies from people who drink during their day jobs, like carpenters and painters. In grad school I used to drink then work (Friday afternoon beer hour) but my current employer frowns upon that type of thing.
#19
Tour de Franzia
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Republic of Dallas
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Total Cats: 375
If its major surgery, I stay sober. However, little **** involves a large dose of #4 from the 512 brewery. Actually, over the last few weeks pretty much anything I've done involves a large dosage of beer. It also helps that the brewery is roughly 1500' from my local eddy control dyno of choice. Large amounts of brew are consumed after dyno play-time.
#20
I measure any job by how many beers it's going to take to do it.
Ex:
Oil Change - 2 beer job (second after done just to hang out in the garage some more)
Brake Pads - 3-4 beer job, usually split a sixer with a friend
Shocks - 6 pack job with hydraulic spring compressor, 0 beer job with suicide sticks
MS - **** me, I could have killed a 12 pack last night trying to make that **** run
Ex:
Oil Change - 2 beer job (second after done just to hang out in the garage some more)
Brake Pads - 3-4 beer job, usually split a sixer with a friend
Shocks - 6 pack job with hydraulic spring compressor, 0 beer job with suicide sticks
MS - **** me, I could have killed a 12 pack last night trying to make that **** run