Hunter Aselton’s torso is covered in stab wounds and bruises, including one close to his heart.
“I'm thankful to be alive,” he said. “I definitely want justice.”
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I was probably 27-28 years old before I figured out that I'd been in more fights in or around bars than I have anywhere else combined and it was just a matter of time before I got killed in one.
It never occurred to me to drink in nicer bars.
I figured out I needed to stay away from bars by the time I was 22. There was the bar fight issue, getting home issue, or the bat-shit-crazy women I seemed to attract.
ReplyDeleteIf it ain't a run down, shit kicking, smoke filled dive, biker or honky-tonk bar it ain't worth drinking in. YMMV
ReplyDeleteJD
Ain't that the truth! I've met the most interesting people all over the country in five bars.
Delete"Why did they attack me? I mean, I wasn't robbed..."
ReplyDeleteNo description of the two that suddenly beat him (for no reason) and then went Mexican Singer Sewing Machine on a random White guy...
The booze is cheaper at home.
ReplyDeleteAnd you don't have to worry abut losing your license.
DeleteOr the fines and jail time much less having to hire a lawyer!!!grayman
DeleteEvery single weekend in Grafenwöhr - US ADA guys against the engineers until the MPs showed up then we joined forces and took the mud puppies on. MPs cheat though, they used batons :-P. My girlfriend (now wife of 34 years) always had bandages and ointment in her purse. My knuckles still hurt when its cold outside, and I'm so glad I grew out of that shit.
ReplyDeleteI never drank in bars because the charge 5 times more for a beer than you would pay at the beer store. Same for whiskey etc.
ReplyDeletePlus, bars are full of disgusting drunk people who start fights.
plus, if you are there to pick up a chick, she probably will have a disease of some sort ... or may simply be insane..
You paid for drinks at bars?
DeleteTake care of your bartenders, and your drinks are free. The tips cost less than drinking at home.
Oh BS.
DeleteIt's not worth it unless you have broke college girl's perky tits slapping ya in the face fer a dollar. I'll drink to that!
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Marines, there is no such thing as a "former" Marine.
ReplyDeleteNo such thing as an EX Marine, former is the correct term! A former Marine!!!grayman
DeleteWas in my mid-30s before I came to my senses and stopped bouncing bars. Jeebus, what a bunch of assholes.
ReplyDelete~Unclezip
I discovered being an emergency physician that most beat downs and stabbings happen in bars, after midnight.
ReplyDeleteI don't need any of that silliness...
use'ta work with a fella, his idea of a fun time was going to black or PR bars & pickin fights . . . . . but thats back when folk mostly just used their fists . .. ppl too quick to pull a weapon these days.
ReplyDeleteI worked the oil boom down in Wyoming during the late 70's to 85, humongous bar fights, crazy violent, seen a stripper up on a stage attack a drunk guy who got a little too grabby with her stilletto heels, the guy had a bunch of big puncture wounds in his face, .45 caliber sized holes, then everybody beat the daylights out of him for interrupting the dance, ouch. The management just chucked his ass out on a snowbank and she went back to dancing. Not much mercy down in the oil patch.
ReplyDeleteI've been in two bar fights. I didn't start either one, but I lost both. That's because I was alone in a strange bar and it ended up being me against multiple foes.
ReplyDeleteI still think about the guy who sucker punched me who had nothing to do with anything.
I have been in that very bar several times, always for lunch. Burgers there were pretty good. In fact, I am sitting in a chair right now that I bought from the place. Strange.
ReplyDeleteI could be wrong but I think the last time I patronized a bar a draft beer was 50¢. It was also my policy to be out of there and home before the street lights came on.
ReplyDeleteSome of Mom's good advice lasted a lifetime.