drinking rules in the garage?

[Piper]

So 2 days ago I finished the install of my brand new mohawk system 1 two post lift. I'm pretty pleased as you can all imagine.

Up to this point I haven't thought much about drinking in the garage during or after repair jobs but standing there with my 3 buddys having a beer got me thinking. I'm planning on a "no beers full access, 1 beer no lift but all else, 2 beers no power/air tools, 3 beers eyes only" sort of policy. I'm wondering what other guys do.

The "safety only takes a minute; accidents take a second" you do the math sort of notion pops into my head here.

What do you guys do regarding alcohol in the garage?

Piper

 

[mikevango]

can you guys come over and help work on something? you can have one beer. umm no thanks

 

[truckdriver]

I don't own a professional shop but if I had any kind of no drinking policy my help would never come over. Beer and pizza is the only payment my friends will accept.

 

[Bull]

My policy is to drink in my garage.

Alone.

 

[Major Ramifications]

Any alcoholic consumption in the garage is strictly social, never when any work is being done.

 

[X1 Mike]

No beer policy....and you call yourself a Canadian?

 

[nate379]

Hard to limit like that. I have some friends that consider an 18 pack warming up before going to the bar and others are plowed with 3 or 4 beers.

 

[Crizzle]

No beer policy....and you call yourself a Canadian?

This just made me Co-workers gave me a dirty look.

 

[baugie]

in my garage.............
drink all you want BUT drink only what you can handle.....NO PUKING!

 

[usmc_noma]

finish the work first then drink all you want.

 

[gonzoengineer]

Drinking, if at all is usually pretty light when actually working on something. It isn't intentional, it just happens that way. Now in the weekend evenings, drinking is at an all time high and usually results in intentionally dangerous situations.

Example, my friend has a 90cc pit bike he keeps in the garage. He lives literally around the corner from a bar. After a few (many) drinks a new game was invented. You have to hold your full drink in the air with one hand, leave the garage, go around the corner to the bar, do a lap around the bar and return without spilling any of your drink. If you spill, then you have to take a big swig.

The last venture into this game, which I'm glad (for once) I was unable to partake in, ended with one guy loosing a fingernail, another with a ****** arm and with the third breaking his collar bone.

 

[M900]

finish the work first then drink all you want.

+1.

Plus, I get more done / drink less now that I dont drink till everything is done.

 

[Mr.Nutcase]

I dont drink......................

 

[mikevango]

in my garage.............
drink all you want BUT drink only what you can handle.....NO PUKING!

we'll be right over to help

 

[Cobra4B]

Depends on what we're doing... if we're doing engine work then a few beers max. If we're doing body work... i.e. sanding... well then we bust out the jack and coke and get shitfaced.... sanding is so much easier when you're wasted

 

[STORMEASTON]

The only rule I have is if you pass out on the floor your stay'n there till you wake up. We don't do baby sit'n. We might move your head if ya fall in a wash bucket or someth'in, but your pretty much on your own.

 

[Crizzle]

Drinking, if at all is usually pretty light when actually working on something. It isn't intentional, it just happens that way. Now in the weekend evenings, drinking is at an all time high and usually results in intentionally dangerous situations.

Example, my friend has a 90cc pit bike he keeps in the garage. He lives literally around the corner from a bar. After a few (many) drinks a new game was invented. You have to hold your full drink in the air with one hand, leave the garage, go around the corner to the bar, do a lap around the bar and return without spilling any of your drink. If you spill, then you have to take a big swig.

The last venture into this game, which I'm glad (for once) I was unable to partake in, ended with one guy loosing a fingernail, another with a ****** arm and with the third breaking his collar bone.

The game sounds like fun. Minus the bodily harm.

 

[larry4406]

It's not important how much you drink, but rather that you drink all you can.

 

[Old Donn]

finish the work first then drink all you want.

Right. Finish up, then hit the bevvies. That way if somebody has one too many, no big deal.

 

[Joe69]

I'm not good at working and drinking, so I drink after I'm done working. It works out pretty good, because If I drink a couple of beers, I'm out of the mood to work.

Joe

 

[mrshaun]

the only thing I really work on is the pool table and that is a guarantee of beer. thats why the fridge sits right on top of the SNAP ON desk ( reward for selling too many tool boxes )

 

[woody 73]

Hi, A person would be crazy if they drank in my garage,have you ever seen a planer in action ? Trust me they are not very forgiving; (it's like seeing the movie Fargo you know the wood chipper scene). I just turn off all the power and let everyone drink it's better this way.

 

[rsanter]

drinking is for after the work is done for the day

bob

 

[Coach James]

Zero alcohol until all work is finished. Plus I'm usually alone. Working two jobs doesn't leave much time for hanging our with friends. If I'm working on something, time is usually short so socializing while I'm working I usually avoid.

Coach

 

[TAftw]

Depends on what we're doing... if we're doing engine work then a few beers max. If we're doing body work... i.e. sanding... well then we bust out the jack and coke and get shitfaced.... sanding is so much easier when you're wasted

The body guy we use for all our cars is always destroyed every time I go to his shop.

 

[nissan_crawler]

Too hard to say. It's usually just me. 2 6 packs last me 2-3 months, so it's not like I drink much to start with. I'll have a beer or two on rare occasion, depending on what I'm doing.

I'm probably pulling a t-case, and tearing two of them down for rebuild today, I see nothing wrong with a beer or two while doing that. If I actually will have one, who knows?

 

[Cobra4B]

In reality I'm only a social drinker... if I'm actually working on something alone I rarely drink anything at all. If my buddies are over and it's serious work then a beer or two max if any at all. If it's evening and we're working/bullshitting then we will drink a few.

 

[Danglerb]

Drink? I don't even play the music all that loud.

 

[jeepnut24]

I don't drink....

 

[charlie_nj]

Yes, it does.

 

[alex71]

I'm not good at working and drinking, so I drink after I'm done working. It works out pretty good, because If I drink a couple of beers, I'm out of the mood to work.

Joe

couldn't have said it better. plus, beer=sloppy welds.

 

[D KRAGER]

I'm not good at working and drinking, so I drink after I'm done working. It works out pretty good, because If I drink a couple of beers, I'm out of the mood to work.

Joe

Yep that's the way it goes with me and my buddy. We've tried to have few beers and work at the same time, doesn't work. You forget where you put your beer at, spend half the time looking for your beer. We just drink when we're done working.

 

[expatriated]

No beer policy....and you call yourself a Canadian?

You beat me to it.

We used to have a canadian on my hockey team and half of his equipment bag was filled with Labatt. He drank it out of his water bottle the whole game.

 

[jpoe]

To each is own in my shop. Everyone that works in my shop uses good judgement. When the work is done it is time to do as you see fit. If there is no work being done, drinking is usually the reason we are in there.

If cleaning or organizing, well, why in the hell would you stay sober? Everyone in my neighborhood has a shop, we all have a beer fridge, and we all feel that is the way God wanted it!

 

[chrislehr]

depends on what you are doing.. An engine swap, only when we're done. Woodworking is safe under 4-5 beers. No power tools or heavy stuff ever after 4-5 beers. No ladders either.

 

[Griff93]

couldn't have said it better. plus, beer=sloppy welds.

I've found I actually weld better after 1 to 2 beers. Any more than that and I start going downhill. My hands seem to be steadier and I guess I'm more relaxed.

 

[krusty the clown]

i have a three drink minimum.

 

[Hiball]

i have a three drink minimum.

Lol.. I was thinking the same thing. We must do things differently here in Misery.

 

[Identaltech]

rules are keep the beer in the glass cold and the beer out of the glass in the gut.
used beer goes into the urinal.

 

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hmmm.... beer goes down so quickly--- only wish work would go as fast!!! I work out of my shop, which is downstairs. I guess I don't quite fit into this site as I'm a woodworker and not a mechanic. But, I suppose drinking is something a lot of us have in common!!! FOr better or worse, alcohol consumption remains a "common bond" between anyone!
I can say one thing for sure--- sanding requires drinking! Afterall, how long can you look at the same peice of wood, continually be covered in sawdust, and look at the same tiny "scratch" in a peice of furniture you've just built? Drinking is required for the mundane parts of life.... sweeping up sawdust in my shop, organizing hundreds of peices of wood, cleaning tools, re-calibrating machines, sharpening tools, and, for God's sake-- calling customers!!!!!
If I were rich, the first thing I'd do is hire someone to deal with "customers/ clients." I hate calling someone I don't know on the phone-- let alone someone I do know! I live alone for a reason.... Bean, my dog, is about the only live being that I can be around. She doesn't talk back, doesn't demand much, doesn't "nag" about whether this, that, and the other is done. After a long relationship, I find myself happy to be alone, keep a consistant mess in my house, and can lock my door (leaving a note that says 'don't bother me'."
So drinking? I love it!!! But, as previously stated, get the hell out of my shop if you plan on being a drunk idiot!! Those moments where you have to rip a one by two peice into a one by one peice is probably not the right time to be drinking. It's all about common sense, and if you don't have it, don't come around at all!!! cheers, bird