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14. I was a little too young, but my folks would get tipsy, lol. My dad, a Marine Raider in WWII

Mon Mar 24, 2025, 06:07 AM

Mar 24

and then a cop, would get the giggles.

Boones Farm apple and Mateus (so classy -- it had a cork) were more my jam a few years later.

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Thoughts on drinking "Cold Duck" during the Holidays.....45 years ago. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Mar 23 OP

Yes, I do! ScoutHikerDad Mar 23 #1

Boone's Farm....lol. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 23 #2

stains the gold shag carpet when you barf it back up Kali Mar 23 #4

You remember! OAITW r.2.0 Mar 23 #6

oh yeah, mid 70s. the neighbors parents liked to party Kali Mar 23 #7

The sight of that bottle BigMin28 Mar 23 #11

Yes. I fondly remember having it around the holidays Easterncedar Mar 23 #5

Bali Hai Wicked Blue Mar 23 #8

I'm sure I Bali Hai'd a few times. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 23 #10

Did anyone else drink Ripple wine? FuzzyRabbit Mar 24 #12

Too sweet for me. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 24 #13

Good grief. boonecreek Mar 24 #15

MD 20/20 Dulcinea Mar 24 #16

"Cold duck" was originally the dregs of white and red mixed... malthaussen Mar 24 #17

And of course... Lars39 Mar 24 #19

Dear Goddess, you actually drank that swill. .and survived??? niyad Mar 24 #20