"1"^^ . "4"^^ . "2015-06-11T00:00:00"^^ . . . "6"^^ . "1"^^ . "Flew into Cleveland and was having my parents pick me up at the airport. However I told them my flight was delayed so I could rack 4 hours of drinking. Since they still own 2 VCR's calling my bluff on the internet was impossible.\n\nIt's the name that pulled me in: Winner's. It's 7:45 AM and I'm having drinks-this is winning in the full Charlie Sheen sense. Drinking in this bar before noon is the closest any of us will get to being in the dugout while someone is pitching a no-hitter: everyone knows what is happing but no one is talking about it. And the \"it\" is morning drinking without judgement. Maybe you're on vacation, maybe you have some unpleasant business to attend to or maybe you drive a school bus and don't want to have fingers pointed at you for having a Jack and Coke to take the edge off.\n\nThe bartenders are the key to the place. Not only do they need to pass a security check to work here, they need to be versed in sign language as we work on a system of head movements and quick finger gestures to conduct business. Here are the signals:\n\nNOD - Dude... Over here.\nSINGLE FINGER - Hit me.\n2 FINGERS - I want the double for $2 more.\nTHUMB OVER SHOULDER - Going to the bathroom.\nTHUMB OVER SHOULDER FOLLOWED BY EXTENDED PINKY - Hit me again while I'm in the bathroom.\nWAVING HAND UNDER CHIN WITH FINGERS IN TIGHT FORMATION - Give me the check, I'm going to the brew house in concourse B."^^ . .