Remember home bars?

rgp said:
Living in our litigious society of today, I'd be afraid to have one ... and actually use it.

One friend has a wreck on the way home [even not at fault] ..... and the other guy could own everything you own ... including the bar.
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Life has changed, it was another era back then. It seemed years ago we used to have such times, getting drunk and enjoying long leisurely nights with good friends.

I like the idea of a bar at home for parties with friends, as long as taxis are taken.
 
Bella said:
My parents didn't have a bar but my college boyfriend's parents had a wet bar in their rec room. There was a beach scene mural painted on the wall behind it complete with Tikki huts and ocean. It was cool. :cool:
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They had imagination and a capacity for enjoying life.
 

katlupe said:
I didn't have an actual home bar but had a liquor cabinet that had a door that dropped open and could be used as a table to make drinks on.
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Yep. We had a similar one. Around about the time we got ours, most of the neighbours also got one, so we had an "opening of the bars" event. This was pretty much the same as a pub crawl where you have a drink at each waterhole. We enjoyed it so much that we had another one the next year that was dubbed the "anniversary of the opening of the bars".
 
Nathan said:
Basements are few and far between, I've personally not seen basements , except in a few hillside homes. I think basements are an east-of-the-rockies thing.

It's ironic though, here in arid /semi arid SoCalif. where the water table is typically low, a basement would be a nice feature. Back east, where many areas have a high water table the basements are typically musty and moldy.
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We can't have basements in this area. Too much sand. I miss having one.
 
rgp said:
Living in our litigious society of today, I'd be afraid to have one ... and actually use it.

One friend has a wreck on the way home [even not at fault] ..... and the other guy could own everything you own ... including the bar.
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That is why Canadian companies have mostly done away with "christmas parties " where alcohol is served. Dry and sober is the way to go up here. There have been a few Canadian criminal trials where a bar/lounge has been charged with "over serving the customer " who drove afterwards, crashed and was charged with " impaired over 80 and care and control while intoxicated " The courts have ruled here that if you provide alcohol ( even as a home owner) to a guest, YOU CAN BE PROSECUTED. So can liquor license holders. Ergo the end of company meetings or parties where alcohol is served. One of the most widely seen TV ads is produced by the Canadian Insurance Industry Board, in conjunction with Mothers Against Drunk Driving. BTW in Canada, being intoxicated by DRUGS OR ALCOHOL is treated the same in court, with the same penalties and jail sentences. A recent Ontario case, where a Mother and her three kids were killed by a drunk driver, saw the convicted driver get a 11 year prison sentence, and a life time ban on driving again. JimB.
 
I do remember back in the seventies my friends parents having bars in the house, also refrigerators that held a beer keg with the tap mounted on the outside. We helped ourselves to a lot of booze in those days!

The house my daughter purchased has a finished basement that has a bedroom, living room, bathroom and a very nice wet bar. They rent the basement out to her uncle-in-law who uses the bar area as a kitchenette, so while the home bar craze may be over they can still be functional if repurposed.
 
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