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chazroh

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I don’t need this. Hell I just got more hooked on Coleman old gear from @chazroh .
Warning, they can be addicting! Just got one yesterday from 1966
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I have a "hobby" of making little alcohol treats for gifts,,,
I usually use Mason Jars as the drink base.

I will place one of the small (7.5 ounce) cans of soda in the jar,,,
Cut a scrap of colorful cloth to decorate the lid,,,
And tie an airline Mini of booze to it.

Jim Beam & Coke
Bacardi Rum & Coke
Southern Comfort and Sprite
Seagrams-7 & and Seven-Up
Captain Morgan spiced rum & Dr. Pepper
Gin and Ginger Ale
Vodka and Sprite
Etc.

I stopped at a garage sale one day and bought,,,
Six dozen brand new Mason jars with lids still in the plastic wrap.

I paid $1.00 per dozen.

When Oklahoma finally allowed the sale of the 50 ml (1.7 ounce) Mini's,,,
All my gift giving problems went away.

I worked at OSU for 21 years,,,
Not a week would go by that someone wasn't having a birthday,,,
I got into the habit of keeping an assortment of a half a dozen or more in my desk drawer.

If someone had an event that merited a small gift,,,
I was armed and ready,,,
So to speak.

Even if you don't use the Mason Jar in the gift,,,
Just tying one Mini to a 7.5 ounce can of soda is a nice treat.

Come Christmas time I would make up a huge basket of assorted treats like that,,,
Then let all of my work acquaintances pick out a favorite drink,,,
Usually cost me $50-60 bucks but that was a bargain.

I schedule a dental cleaning appointment every 6 months,,,
When I go into the reception area I take my basket of alcoholic treats,,,
It's so fun to watch those very nice ladies (who take so good care of me) dive into the basket.

I retired in Jan of 2021 but recently took a part-time job in a Mom-n-Pop liquor store,,,
The Manager saw on of my jar creations and is going to try a Christmas Gift promo.

An ideal "Highball" is 4 parts soda to one part liquor,,,
That's 8 ounces of soda to 1.7 ounces (a mini) of booze,,,
Okay, it's not an exact 4 to 1 ration but it's cert6ainly close enough.

So we did the math and decided that since a mason jar will hold three little bottles,,,
We'll market the jar with three bottles inside of it,,,
Along with two 12 ounce cans of soda.

That makes three 8 ounce portions of soda,,,
That will make three 8 ounce/1.7 ounce Highballs.

Because of the Mason jar,,,
We call it the "Redneck Highball Kit".

I also use the smaller 8 ounce Mason Jars,,,
I tie one Mini of a sipping liquor to it,,,
Something you don't mix with soda.

That and two ice cubes makes a great "On the Rocks" treat,,,
We call this variation the "Redneck Rocks Glass".

Just last week my favorite Nurse at my clinic retired,,,
I gave her a Redneck Highball Glass with three drinks attached.

She told me once she is a whiskey girl so she got a:
So-Co and Sprite, Jim Beam and Coke, and a Seagram's 7 and Seven-Up.

In the same basket ($1.50 at a thrift store) lined with a $1.00 Bandana from Hobby Lobby,,,
She also got a Redneck Rocks Glass with a Mini each of Crown Royal, Even Williams Apple, and Bird Dog Peach whiskeys.

She gave me a Big-old-Hug and started crying.

Mission accomplished! :)

I know this isn't especially gun related,,,
But the OP was for Mason jars,,,
I like Mason Jars.

Aarond

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Thanks for posting this. Some interesting gift ideas.
And way back when, there was a group of musicians that played bluegrass on the Grand Old Opry called "the Fruit Jar Drinkers."
 

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Where are you finding old ones at? If you would be so kind to share? I would like a Red One, Brown One and Silver One. I have a place to display them.
Antique stores, I found this one in Dewey ok. Have also found some at pawn shops( not the big box pawn shops usually). Craigslist occasionally, small town junk stores
 

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My personal affinity for Mason Jars as drinking glasses,,,
Came from a wonderful childhood experience.

Great Uncle Banty and Aunt Lucille had no kids of their own,,,
Every summer they invited any and all of their nieces/nephews to visit their farm.

I spent two weeks there for three summers.

Each of us kids did their own dish washing,,,
We each had different colored plate, bowl, and mason jar.

We decorated the jars with paint so we knew which was ours.

Every meal we lined up to wash our dishes like good little farm kids,,,
I still had the three mason jars with some pictures of us all,,,
Until a Tornado in 1999 took it all away.

Just a bit of pleasant nostalgia for me.

Aarond

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