Bryan Simmons wrote:

> On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 7:17:03 PM UTC-5, Taxed and Spent
> wrote:
> > On 4/14/2021 2:07 PM, Dr. Bruce wrote:
> > > Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 3:37:44 PM UTC-5, Dr. Bruce
> > wrote: >>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On 4/14/2021 3:55 PM, GM wrote:
> > >>>>> On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 2:37:41 PM UTC-5, Ed
> > Pawlowski >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>> On 4/14/2021 3:26 PM, bruce bowser wrote:
> > >>>>>>> I've noticed that fewer bosses smoke in the building and
> > >>>>>>> stash liquor in the bottom desk drawer. I guess its because
> > >>>>>>> its not politically correct. Its still a shame.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Many places would fire you for any alcohol. I always had
> > wine >>>>>> in the fridge at work. Nothing fancy, just a box of red
> > and >>>>>> one of white.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Work culture - white collar at least - has really changed. I
> > >>>>> watch a lot of older movies, office/work drinking was often
> > >>>>> featured, as a butt of comedy, e.g. Pillow Talk, Will Success
> > >>>>> Spoil Rock Hunter? ...or as tragedy, e.g. The Days of Wine
> > and >>>>> Roses, The Apartment...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Lotsa ads in old issues of The New Yorker and the NY Times
> > for >>>>> those "portable" bars that executives apparently touted
> > around >>>>> on their travels, places like Hammacher Schlemer,
> > Abercrombie & >>>>> Fitch had some very snazzy offerings...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Where my father worked in the late 1950s the two owners had
> > >>>> offices side by side, but another room in between. It had a
> > well >>>> stocked wet bar for when they had visitors.
> > >>> Is a wet bar with alcohol and a dry bar with coca cola and
> > orange >>> juice?
> > >>>
> > >> That is correct.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > Of course that is not correct. A wet bar has running water. DUH.
> >
> A stupid question deserved a stupid answer.
>
> --Bryan

Considering the US' anally retentive puritanism, where cider contains
no alcohol etc, "wet bar" could mean anything as far as I'm concerned.

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