re: What’s wrong with my Eagle Rare

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I raised one daughter to adulthood, she either was perfect or got away with murder. Two boys not far off from teenhood....I better sharpen up my skills.

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I'm just a few years behind you. Daughter will be a teenager very soon, and is a saint most of the time. She doesn't quite judge us as much for drinking as she used to. My wife still pours her daytime beers in a tumbler with a good lid though. It is the two boys I'm worried about. But the oldest just turned 7, and by the time they're teenagers their big sis will be out of the house.

It also takes me back to when I was about 15. My parents drank in front of us, but never excessively. Dad liked his whisky, and kept it in a box in a lower cabinet near our ice maker. Some of my friends and I got into some JD and tried to add some water to keep it at the same level. Not sure if Dad ever caught on, but not long after that he didn't care if we drank as long as we stayed at our house. This was when we were all of driving age. He even told me to help myself to the beer but leave the liquor alone if friends are over.