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re: Small convenient store on east side Tiger Stadium in the 80's
Posted on 6/1/11 at 9:59 am to LSU Weirdo
Posted on 6/1/11 at 9:59 am to LSU Weirdo
Served the worst damned burritos in the world.
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Posted on 6/1/11 at 10:01 am to ELVIS U
If LSU was as awesome for me as it was in the early 2000s, this all sounds about 20X better. 
Posted on 6/1/11 at 10:34 am to ArkLaTexTiger
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There used to be a pub in the basement of Johnston. Beer in a freshmen dorm was not a good idea.
The pub was actually in Hatcher. And I thought it was a really good idea!
Posted on 6/1/11 at 10:48 am to MountainTiger
Yep, it was in the same room as the laudromat...I remember doing clothes and "hanging around" the store while I was waiting for the clothes to be done...the dude who ran it was a mean SOB and I remember one morning him and John (Col.) Purdy, who I worked for an a student athletic trainer go into it.
Purdy was a small guy but mean as a fricking badger...he had to be dragged out of there before he beat up the old blind dude....
Purdy was a small guy but mean as a fricking badger...he had to be dragged out of there before he beat up the old blind dude....
Posted on 6/1/11 at 10:54 am to Moist Tiger
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Yeah it was definitely located inside the stadium. Remember the Tiger Gift center in the stadium too? And when I say inside I mean part of the structure not beyond the gates. The gift center was on the West side.
Yes, I remember the gift shop inside the west side of Tiger Stadium. Do you remember when the scandal of all the purple as well as gold rabbit fur coats in 1981/82? They looked like something a crack whore would wear.
Posted on 6/1/11 at 10:58 am to MountainTiger
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The pub was actually in Hatcher. And I thought it was a really good idea!
I remember the cafeteria was in the basement of Hatcher. Grits and eggs for breakfast.
Posted on 6/1/11 at 11:37 am to ArkLaTexTiger
The drinking age was 18 back then and they didn't card anyone. Most of the dorms were unairconditioned back then. Are there any unairconditioned dorms left?
Posted on 6/1/11 at 11:48 am to LSUDonMCO
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Most of the dorms were unairconditioned back then. Are there any unairconditioned dorms left?
None I know of.
And I remember that convenience store. That was back when the North and South stadium dorms were still available for use. They weren't popular, but it was an option if you didn't like having a roommate, or didn't like the roommate you got.
I remember LSU gave you a free can of paint if you wanted to move into North stadium. They were very popular with foreign students, who weren't as used to having AC as Americans were.
As far as the convenience store, it was run by a guy who was legally blind, and he was a crusty dude, but cool once you got to know him.
There were foosball tournaments held there, and it was at that store where I learned to play Hi-lo, or in-betweens.
You'd draw two cards face up, then you would bet the pot, or a portion of same that your next card would be between the two previous cards.
There were cards games held there most every night for the regulars, and the house took a share of the pot.
Good times.
Posted on 6/1/11 at 12:12 pm to ArkLaTexTiger
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I remember the cafeteria was in the basement of Hatcher.
Exactly. The Pub was right next to the cafeteria. One night a friend of mine and I were having a beer at The Pub. We both lived in Johnston. We were sitting at a small table near the door. He tells me, "Go hold the door open for me." I gave him a look like a cow staring at a new gate. "Go get the door!" he says. Ok, so I go open the door and stand aside. He grabs the table and dashes out of The Pub. He needed the table for his room.
This post was edited on 6/1/11 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 6/1/11 at 12:34 pm to MountainTiger
These stories make me jealous. LSU isn't 'cool' as it was in the 70s-early 90s. Wanted to change our image as a party school.
Posted on 6/1/11 at 12:37 pm to MountainTiger
The kids now have been "nannied" so much. Many of the people I was in school with worked and paid for school all on their own. Their parents didn't help them and had told them when they were growing up that at 18 they were on their own.
Posted on 6/1/11 at 1:10 pm to ArkLaTexTiger
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There used to be a pub in the basement of Johnston. Beer in a freshmen dorm was not a good idea.
Wow....I used to have an office in the basement of Johnston Hall, when I worked at LSU.
Never knew that.
This post was edited on 6/1/11 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 6/1/11 at 1:40 pm to Simon Phoenix
[quote]If LSU was as awesome for me as it was in the early 2000s, this all sounds about 20X better.[/quote
Yes, it was, son. Yes it was. Spent freshman year in South Stadium in mid-80's and would get my chocolate fix there.Oh, the beer flowed so freely around campus in those days. Sigh.......
Yes, it was, son. Yes it was. Spent freshman year in South Stadium in mid-80's and would get my chocolate fix there.Oh, the beer flowed so freely around campus in those days. Sigh.......
Posted on 6/1/11 at 2:25 pm to los angeles tiger
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los angeles tiger
Small convenient store on east side Tiger Stadium in the 80's
The kids now have been "nannied" so much. Many of the people I was in school with worked and paid for school all on their own. Their parents didn't help them and had told them when they were growing up that at 18 they were on their own.
I agree L.A.Tiger.
While at LSU from '80 to '84, I remember getting in the student line at Tiger Stadium at 3:00 for a 7:00 game. You just needed your ID then.
Also, the student section was JUST AS ROWDY and crazy then as it is now, if not crazier, WITHOUT the monumentally stupid curse word chants.
TGBFTL played EVERY song back then, without the worry of thousands of idiots RUINING it for the rest of the 80,000 (then) people, and TV audiences.
The 1982 Florida State "orange" game is an example. It was and still is the LOUDEST Pre-game I have EVER heard in almost 35 years of going to LSU games. An LSU student dressed up like Florida State Seminole, and (the costumed) Mike mockingly attacked him and broke his spear. The student section went absolutely nuts.
Those were the days.
Posted on 6/1/11 at 3:46 pm to MetryTyger
Didn't Mike do a pre-game "skit" every week back then ?
Posted on 6/1/11 at 3:50 pm to MetryTyger
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Also, the student section was JUST AS ROWDY and crazy then as it is now, if not crazier,
The current students aren't nearly as rowdy as we were. When we marched out onto the field for that Florida State game in 1982, the roar from the crowd was deafening. Oranges were flying onto the field and it seemed like we were going to make some type of orange wine as we stomped on so many of them. Once we were in the stands, everyone in the GBFTL was talking about how many times they were hit by an orange.
Posted on 6/1/11 at 3:55 pm to MetryTyger
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The 1982 Florida State "orange" game is an example. It was and still is the LOUDEST Pre-game I have EVER heard in almost 35 years of going to LSU games. An LSU student dressed up like Florida State Seminole, and (the costumed) Mike mockingly attacked him and broke his spear. The student section went absolutely nuts.
I remember that! God how I wish I could find film!
Posted on 6/1/11 at 3:59 pm to TigerFreddy
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Yes, it was, son. Yes it was. Spent freshman year in South Stadium in mid-80's and would get my chocolate fix there.Oh, the beer flowed so freely around campus in those days. Sigh.......
Beer flowed so much on campus back then that you would have thought it was illegal to not drink.
Posted on 6/1/11 at 4:04 pm to los angeles tiger
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Beer flowed so much on campus back then that you would have thought it was illegal to not drink.
Pretty much. And I loved the trick Pizza Hut used to pull, too. You know the one where the delivery guy rings your bell...they did that almost everyday in Tigerland back then...and says he can't find the address, and would I want a pizza at a discount?
Fell for that one every time...
Posted on 6/1/11 at 4:07 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Remember the Popeyes just north of campus on Highland. They were always out of chicken and it got to be a joke where we would say "We're outta thighs and breasts but we got lots of chicken lips."
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