tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419060323134295102.post4610936944713810988..comments2024-03-09T21:40:09.277-05:00Comments on That 70's Blacksburg: Hop InDennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17891247963294265269noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419060323134295102.post-2696981980054322442013-12-12T21:08:06.993-05:002013-12-12T21:08:06.993-05:00If I remember right, I hit the drinking age just a...If I remember right, I hit the drinking age just about right: when I was 18, 18 was the legal drinking age and then when I hit 21, they changed the drinking age to 21!!! I thank the Lord for a resilient liver. Jack Daniels was $7.25 a fifth at the ABC store at Gables SC when I was 15. No one ever asked for an ID card!Professor Zerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859594901473817534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419060323134295102.post-84943371628980789852013-11-22T18:20:33.064-05:002013-11-22T18:20:33.064-05:00I worked at the Hop-in at 1704 South Main Street f...I worked at the Hop-in at 1704 South Main Street for about a year June 74-May 75. Mostly the midnight shift. Funniest things were the stoners coming to buy hoagies that they'd heat up in the microwave while still in the wrapper. They came out like mushy soup. Then there was an old guy who came in Saturday mornings to get coffee and bananas - he wanted the bruised and/or overripe ones because we'd give them to him for free. I saw him squishing some and then wanting them for free because "no body else would want them. We had a bakery and a deli in the store. We also sold wines of all price points - all the way up to $150 a bottle! Fun place to work.golfermikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329992835171451441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419060323134295102.post-64646861601286262632012-03-18T08:39:32.494-04:002012-03-18T08:39:32.494-04:00Thanks for chiming in, Sharon. I'm not a bit ...Thanks for chiming in, Sharon. I'm not a bit surprised about the alcohol without ID thing .... that seemed to happen a lot back in the 70's. All you had to do was LOOK old enough.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891247963294265269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419060323134295102.post-46700592571444967372012-03-17T05:56:18.159-04:002012-03-17T05:56:18.159-04:00I grew up on Draper Road, and we used to walk to t...I grew up on Draper Road, and we used to walk to the Hopin to buy candy--I was a little young at the time for beer and cigarettes! ;) In high school rumor had it that you could buy alcohol there without an ID. I never tried it; I didn't get into the party scene until I hit Radford, LOLSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04137051756147544296noreply@blogger.com