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> In those days, drink and driving wasn’t a factor, so half a bottle of wine with dinner every night

This surprised me a little. Was drinking and driving so much more prevalent in the past?

Well, "half a bottle" was then considered just "normal" (one for lunch, one for dinner), like if you drank a soda. After all, it was "just wine" and everybody was supposed to still be "sober" and able to drive... Troubles started after a bottle of wine ;-)

It's still the norm in much of Europe, I wouldn't be surprised if half of Europeans would consider it OK to drive home after half a bottle of wine.

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