Retired OFN,ers

[danc]

Four old retired guys are walking down a street in Yuma, Arizona. They turn a corner and see a sign that says, "Old Timers Bar - ALL drinks 10 cents." They look at each other and then go in, thinking, This is too good to be true.

 

The old bartender says in a voice that carries across the room, "Come on in and let me pour one for you! What'll it be, gentlemen?"

 

There's a fully stocked bar, so each of the men orders a martini. In no time the bartender serves up four iced martinis - shaken, not stirred - and says, "That'll be 10 cents each, please."

 

The four guys stare at the bartender for a moment, then at each other. They can't believe their good luck. They pay the 40 cents, finish their martinis, and order another round. Again, four excellent martinis are produced, with the bartender again saying, "That's 40 cents, please." They pay the 40 cents, but their curiosity gets the better of them. They've each had two martinis and haven't even spent a dollar yet.

 

Finally one of them says, "How can you afford to serve martinis as good as these for a dime apiece?"

 

"I'm a retired tailor from Phoenix," the bartender says, "and I always wanted to own a bar. Last year I hit the Lottery jackpot for $125 million and decided to open this place. Every drink costs a dime. Wine, liquor, beer - it's all the same."

 

"Wow! That's some story!" one of the men says.

 

As the four of them sip at their martinis, they can't help noticing seven other people at the end of the bar who don't have any drinks in front of them and haven't ordered anything the whole time they've been there.

 

Nodding at the seven at the end of the bar, one of the men asks the bartender, "What's with them?"

 

The bartender says, "They're retired fishermen from OFC. They're waiting for Happy Hour when drinks are half-price."

[Rattletrap2]

LOL, good one Dan!

[Skipper D]

I wonder what time that starts... lol , thanks for that one Dan .

[Billy Bob]

Did anyone get the address of this bar.....

[aplumma]

That's funny.

 

While not quite 10 cents in 1981 a shot was .65 cents and a large pitcher of beer was $2.00 on base in the military. Coffee was free and is still referred to as the "fuel" that keeps our Navy going.

 

 

Art

[Rizzo]

haha going to have to use that one on the in-laws. I love jokes where you can insult groups of people all at once, saves me time from picking on people individually

[Billy Bob]

When I went to college (you guys didn't know that, did you) Alfred State sold beer for 10 cents a 16 oz cup at the rec center.... ...pop corn was a nickel....

[mercman]

Did anyone get the address of this bar.....

 

 

I knew you would say that !!!!

 

Thanks for the Laff, Dan

[Roy]

When I went to college

 

Yeah, thanks for the laugh.

[mercman]

Yeah, thanks for the laugh.

 

ZING !!!!!!

 

you owe me a keyboard Roy

[lew]

On the Halifax Naval base in the 60's we used to get beer for a nickle a glass on Friday nights. Go in with a $2 bill and party all night.

 

At sea we were allowed 1 beer each evening and then everyday at 11:00 AM whether at sea or in port was "up-spirits" and we received a 2 1/2 oz. tot of rum.

 

If you didn't want the tot, you were paid an additional 7 cents per day....most took the tot

[Billy Bob]

Yeah, thanks for the laugh.

 

HEY, we had computers and everything....errrr, maybe they were just fancy slide rules....

[Skipper D]

I must be a punk then , all i remember about the sixtys was , three black balls for a penny .......lol .

[Tom McCutcheon]

1966 Ceeps Tavern in London. 15 cents for a 12oz draught beer and 1/2 rack of ribs for 30 cents. Of course I wasn't legal age at that time in my life

[irishfield]

3 for a $1 drafts at the Skyline hotel on Dixon Road is the best I can do.... circa 1980

[OhioFisherman]

The was a bar in Parma Ohio in the 70`s, Baron`s, a shot or a mug of beer for 25 cents. I probably spent too much time in there.

[Terry]

there was some pretty cheap beer in the Green and Gold Bar at Cornwallis NS basic training for the armed forces 70s

 

 

[danc]

Best that I can recall is ordering draught by the tray, not the glass, at the Brunswick house while attending George Brown. Cant remember the price, but if us college kids could afford it, it was cheap.