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On Jan. 1, the diary has him visiting four bars, running up tabs totaling almost $40. If that seems low, Steinberg notes that in 1972 a six-pack of beer cost $1.29.
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Steinberg says that Caray viewed entertaining fans and celebrities as part of his responsibility. If so, he comported himself nobly: By Dec. 24, 1972, says Steinberg, the diary shows he had spent at least 354 of the previous 357 days in bars.
Doesn't sound like he was flying solo. Maybe my hero for buying drinks for others.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
