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Phil Send message Joined: 19 Jun 99 Posts: 110 Credit: 4,545,588 RAC: 0 |
I don't drink alcohol either. I either sip or gulp ..... ;-) What exactly is quaffing, does it involve rollicking or roistering? |
Paul D Harris Send message Joined: 1 Dec 99 Posts: 1122 Credit: 33,600,005 RAC: 0 |
It appears with young people and alcohol, is trouble in too many cases. I started drinking and drugs when I was a young lad of 15 in 1970 and stopped when I was about 31 or so in 1987. During that time I was on the dean's list in college and went through the USAF it never bothered me in any way I could still function and work pay my bills support my family I only stopped when at work we got some government work and they started testing urine at work. |
arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
Well, the problem with pot is that as long as you stay stoned you don't notice all the things you aren't doing instead of getting stoned. I could not even drink a $200 bottle of wine, actually I probably could but I would be puking it right back up. I just stick with an occasional beer. |
tbret Send message Joined: 28 May 99 Posts: 3380 Credit: 296,162,071 RAC: 40 |
I don't drink alcohol either. I either sip or gulp ..... ;-) Aren't those strictly for guys named Roger? |
tbret Send message Joined: 28 May 99 Posts: 3380 Credit: 296,162,071 RAC: 40 |
Yeah, you absolutely could drink a $200 bottle of wine. Well, ok, half a bottle. The part that really sucks is that unless you want to be sick, you have to share. No, wait... that's the best part. I know a lot of people who think I'm crazy to buy a $180 bottle of wine every couple of months or so. They'd rather spend $140 / month on scotch, or $180 on good beer. A budget's a budget. Of course, I don't have some of their car payments (mine's 19 years old) or some of their power bills (my RAC's not real high). You really don't have to be a Billion Dollar Baby. |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
Once I tried Brunello di Montalcino at abou 50 euros a bottle. Now I drink Montepulciano d'Abruzzo at about 5 euros a bottle and Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon at about 8 euros a bottle. The Brunello is overpriced. Tullio |
perryjay Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3377 Credit: 20,676,751 RAC: 0 |
My roommate at a post while I was in the service was drinking some type of expensive wine. He kept bugging me to try it so I took a glass. He asked me what I thought of it. When I told him it tasted like Ripple gone flat he quit bugging me. PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC |
Albireo380 Send message Joined: 21 Mar 08 Posts: 119 Credit: 1,570,025 RAC: 0 |
Once I tried Brunello di Montalcino at abou 50 euros a bottle. Now I drink Montepulciano d'Abruzzo at about 5 euros a bottle and Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon at about 8 euros a bottle. The Brunello is overpriced. Tullio, what costs about 8 Euros a bottle in Italy, costs a lot more in Pounds Sterling here in the UK. But perhaps that is just as well, as it means I drink less wine, but enjoy what I do drink. Incidentally, I have drunk Montepulciano d'Abbruzzo - it tasted fine with some pasta : ) I do like a couple of glasses of Barollo, though. But that is a it more expensive. Tom |
Lint trap Send message Joined: 30 May 03 Posts: 871 Credit: 28,092,319 RAC: 0 |
The only wine worth drinking is a good Chinese rice wine. Look for the ugly bottle in the back of the store. The one that looks like it came over on a Freight tramp and is not in a purty little box. Smells awful, tastes worse, but after 2 or 3 shots you won't give a da*&! Good Stuff. :) Martin |
Iona Send message Joined: 12 Jul 07 Posts: 790 Credit: 22,438,118 RAC: 0 |
I'll stick with an Australian wine....something I was brought up on, along with VB, Tooheys and Mildura Sherry. I've probably drunk more Italian wines than I care to think of, after working in Italy for two years, but the Australian wine still tastes better - even the cheap Australian stuff, as opposed to the expensive Italian wines, still tastes better. Anyway, shouldn't this thread be posted elsewhere? Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive! |
Fred J. Verster Send message Joined: 21 Apr 04 Posts: 3252 Credit: 31,903,643 RAC: 0 |
Agree on this, there is a lot of good Australian wine. We're just trying a 'Merlot 2007', Australian wine, really nice taste. (Since I, again, sighh, have to take sometimes oxycontin 50mg). I shouldn't drink more then 2, I think, don't have to drive... And also not every day, or just one with your dinner. One does have to develop a taste for wine and is isn't expensive to get a good wine. Ehh, drifting of...............or...I Quit, was/is the title of this tread!? ;^) And looking at my Average Througput, or RAC, I'm going wayyyyy too fast, but not furious. Deadlines appear to be getting longer...... (How much TFLOPS would be needed to process in Real-Time?) And I quit for today, tomorrow another chance.................. |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
Barolo is the king of Italian wines. It comes from the Langhe part of Piedmont, which hosts also the Nutella factory, one of whose owners, the Ferrero brothers, died recently in South Africa while cycling. He was 48 years old. The factory will be run by the remaining brother. The Langhe is also the home region of Cesare Pavese, author of "La luna e i falo'" (the moon and the bonfires) which describes the peasants' life in the Langhe during WW2. Tullio |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Legalize marijuana. No hangover. Some studies show the same with alcohol. I knew one kid from my neighborhood that started having delusions from alcohol abuse alone. However, having previously worked for a Mental Illness facility (up to only a year ago), I know our understanding of mental illness is getting better all the time, and we're recognizing patterns earlier too. The old claim that marijuana causes mental health issues has come into question because in many recent studies that have found that most people who turn to illicit drugs had signs of mental health issues before they turned to drugs. The current belief is that many people who have mental illness somehow feel that they aren't quite right and tend to self medicate instead of seeing a doctor and prescribed legal drugs. But that doesn't mean that every marijuana smoker is attempting to self-medicate. I know about 5 or 6 heavy pot smokers that have been toking for over 20 years, and they're relatively normal (if we can only define "normal"). |
-BeNt- Send message Joined: 17 Oct 99 Posts: 1234 Credit: 10,116,112 RAC: 0 |
The more I follow this thread the more I realize it's in the wrong board in this forum lol. Traveling through space at ~67,000mph! |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
I quit many years ago. Never regretted it. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
David @ TPS Send message Joined: 30 Sep 04 Posts: 70 Credit: 11,323,275 RAC: 0 |
9-8-07 date of sobriety. I too do not regret it at all! |
nemesis Send message Joined: 12 Oct 99 Posts: 1408 Credit: 35,074,350 RAC: 0 |
moving this sober thread |
John Neale Send message Joined: 16 Mar 00 Posts: 634 Credit: 7,246,513 RAC: 9 |
I'll stick with an Australian wine.... Iona, you should try a few South African wines sometime. We're catching up to the Aussies, and making some great wines! |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
9-8-07 date of sobriety. I too do not regret it at all! 08-20-1994 for me. I was a whopping 29 years old. Talk about dirty looks from my fellow sober folk. Comments like "I hadn't done enough harm" or "To young". Jealous of me getting out is more like it. WHy should I suffer 20 more years when I knew I was ready to quit In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
David @ TPS Send message Joined: 30 Sep 04 Posts: 70 Credit: 11,323,275 RAC: 0 |
I was 55 and had done enough damage for both of us! |
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