@Jimbo: Ever have "cold tea" in Chinatown at 3 in the morning?
Fun fact: it's beer served in a tea pot
Lots of times, especially in the bad old days when last call was at 1:00AM and most bars still didn't pack beers to go in paper bags.
It wasn't beer in those days though, usually rye, but it was cheaper than booze cans.
I don't bother any more though. I live in the neighborhood so we usually just get a few beers to go at 2:45 and go to someone's house for an afterparty where we can smoke, toke, drink and do whatever away from prying eyes and ears.
Only suburbanites and other tourists go to booze cans any more... too much cocaine, too expensive and they're all under control of the bikers and infiltrated by cops. In the old days they were actual booze cans, catering to entertainers and bar employees., and run by members of the community.
On-topic: Price dipped back under $260 again but has since gone back up almost to $261.
Happy Canada Day once again. Too bad I cant send you a shot of Crown Royal through the blockchain. C'mon Vitalik, get that together.
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Edit: The weirdest cold-tea-style experience I've had was in Little Italy in the early 1980s. The men's Barzula joint across from our gig offered us a "special" coffee after hours despite the fact we were "Inglese" because we were musicians.
I was appalled to see them lace our coffees with what appeared to be olive brine, but the olives must have been wax or plastic because the "brine" turned out to be overproof grappa. Go figure.
Oh, we were briefly over $261 and now we're back under $260.
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