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Posted on 04/21/2005 6:44:57 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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*wink*
Heh heh...
I swear, I'm afraid someone is gonna see me every time I go to the liquor store for my Zin. I could explain, have a good reason and everything, but you know how I am...I doubt they'd believe me! I assume everyone thinks I'm lying!
In all these months I've only bought what? Five bottles maybe? (2 of which, to be perfectly honest, which I always try to be, were the 1500ml ones, just because that's all they had and those two lasted me twice as long!)
I don't think I'm a sot!
I can't see why the church would be put out with you buying wine anyhow.
Now, if you were staggering out of the liquor store with a bottle of tequila under one arm and case of Pabst Blue Ribbon under the other....
Did you call the vet about Bay's pills yet?
GAAAACK! Tequila and PBR don't mix...
Well, at least not until you've had a lot of tequila.
Southern Baptists took the stand during Prohibition and have maintained it all along. The idea is it's a slippery slope and best just avoided all together. But I think if they knew why I took the Zin, they'd understand it. Medicinal use of alcohol isn't condemned. Paul even chastised Timothy a bit for abstaining when a little bit of wine would do his stomach good.
I like it, personally. I think it keeps me evaluating WHY I am drinking it. And it's why I'm not out shopping for something that tastes better.
I also have to be answerable to Steve. You know I insisted he quit drinking all together because he was so irresponsible with it. He can't have it any more because he can't sit down and just drink 4 ounces of wine now and then. So I can't just be sitting around swilling the stuff...it goes against our "personal" family values.
We don't drink.
Now when I take my 4 ounces, can I still say that? I feel like I can. I take Nyquil, which is largely alcohol and still say "I don't drink". I want to be able to look at my children and say "We don't drink." and mean it.
That said, if I EVER got the chance to try Dom Perignon (sp) champagne...I would. Just like I always said if I got the chance to try Wild Turkey, I would. I did and now I don't ever need to try that again! :-) I want to "try" g'nad's homebrewed wine. But that's all...just a sample.
I left a message on the machine...
OK, I'll check in again when I'm ready to leave.
~smooch~
Liquor, then beer
You're in the clear. ;-D
Yes, but if I start with liquor, then all my judgment is gone and I won't remember that...
Unfortunately, my last attempt at a reconciliation went gone down in flames. *sigh* He is just a hard-wired selfish person. I can't change it, but I don't have to live with it.
It's just part of the risks we take in the name of fun.
My head is swimming just reading all that. That's a lot to carry around.
If you want to be into making wine, that's fine. If you're doing that because you fear getting seen at the store with wine in your hand, I'd think that's a shame.
If Steve doesn't have a problem with it, I'd think all the really important people in your life have been consulted, but that's just me.
I'm too old to have that much fun anymore.
I'm so sorry! When was that? Recently?
I sure wish all that would work out...I know things don't always do, but I still wish it...
Bah!
Nonsense that.
We're just ~wiser~ now. We like the buzz, but not the hangover. So we proceed with caution.
I agree 2J. And heaven knows if anyone around here gets uptight about religion, it's me.
My dad was an alcholic, so for years any consumpton of alcohol was considered "sin." And the churches I grew up with and the college I went to taught (teach) the same thing.
I had to deal with it on my own terms. I went through a couple of years in my mid-20s "making up" for not drinking through my teenage years. But then I established a couple of simple rules for myself. I rarely drink alone, and I don't drink because I ~need~ a drink.
We had to deal with the fact that our parents had to accept alcohol in our house. But as long as we're responsible with it, it no longer seems to bother them.
Whatever your reason to drink the wine the fear of being seen by someone in the liquor store should not be one of them.
And if they say something. Ignore them.
Or ask 'em to recommend a winery (because I bed they could).
Life is way too short to worry about people's opinions on stuff that just doesn't matter.
the kits they have now make it vey easy to make surprisingly good wine...
the Home Brewery in Ozark is the closest place...
here's there red wine kits...
http://www.homebrewery.com/wine/wine-kits-vintners-reserve-red.shtml#VRZin
basic starter kit is $69...
http://www.homebrewery.com/wine/wine-gs-basic-kit.shtml
"Caution" for me includes avoiding brown likker.
I've told this story haven't I? About the Christmas party where I started out with two double bourbons and water? By the end of the evening the PR director and I were swilling the remnants of all the red wine bottles on the table.
I was pukin' fer days...
Earlier this year I thought we may have had a good chance.
But he drops into this "comfort zone" and starts falling into his old habits and routines.
I've come to the conclusion that there are "givers" and "takers" in this world, and the takers will always gravitate towards givers. At first, the givers enjoy the takers because the givers enjoy giving.
But giving without receiving grows tiresome. Especially when the demands of the taker exceed what the giver can provide.
This well's run dry, so he'll have to find water somewhere else.
I'm giving to my girls now. It's a better investment. :-D
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