National Happy Hour Day 2024
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Once upon a time I could be found at some bar downing various alcoholic concoctions, listening to music, and yapping with the other barflies. In the beginning I drank a lot of vodka, but by and large I was a 'gin and tonic' man.
There came a time when I felt the environment lacked sufficient stimulation of the correct type and I that needed to immerse myself in those things which made me more marketable in the work place.
It was about that time that I shunned the bars for overtime and became the proverbial "dull boy" created by all work and no play.
I will say that the rewards were subject to delayed gratification but now I'm sitting pretty with a pension and house that's almost paid for.
One of the things I engaged during my drinking days was happy hour. Typically in the 5-7 pm range — though they actually could vary from establishment to establishment it was a time to tie one on when I felt the inclination.
Happy hours are an evolution of those military types seeking altered consciousness after putting in a rough day. I'm told that they began with the US Navy so I certainly got my attraction to them honestly ... only to drop them when I became overpowered by career consciousness.
Today is National Happy Hour Day.
Nobody knows the actual beginning of the tradition but needless to say it remains available if you need to get schnockered. Unfortunately for me those days passed long ago.
Something about eating and living indoors made them become passe.
See Also:
National Happy Hour Day 2022
Happy Hour Day 2021