Posted on 01/31/2022 10:27:20 AM PST by Red Badger
“...Even Velho Barreiro, which can be used to remove enamel paint.” Lol!
That sounds like OUZO with a dew drop of Schnapps.
It’s “science”, don’tcha know.
When it comes to drinking, its all or f all. And I am speaking from experience.
My great-Grandpa home brewed wine in his basement. There was a bottle on the dinner table every day. He lived to be 98.
My Grandpa and everyone in his village did the same. I loved visiting, everywhere in the village you walked, people would drag you in and pour wine and get out sweets. Grandpa lived to 96. He was a dessert chef at the Ritz Carlton in Boston after emigrating and had a sweet tooth too.
No one is going to decide to drink or not drink based on these sorts of articles. About 11 years ago I went from 1 to 2 beers a night to zero zilch nada and never looked back. But if you like a glass of wine or two then go for it.
My father in law died back in October at the ripe old age of 87. He drank only a little when he was a young man, but never as an adult with a family. He smoked practically his whole life..............
A friend of mine shared a photo of a questionnaire from a doctors office in New York city.
Do you smoke? No
Do you drink alcohol? Yes
If so how many drinks per week? Prefer not to say.
Do you own a gun? [blank]
If so do you store it unloaded in a locked container separate from the ammunition?
Over which he scrawls: Please refer all further questions to my lawyer.
Funny you would say that...I just had a physical a couple of weeks ago, and when my wife was going through the visit notes they sent us, it said had admitted to several drinks a week. I distinctly remember saying it was one or two a month...if that!
So my doctor was saying I drank four times as much as I admit to!
I don’t miss drinking much, but...I do miss drinking with friends!
My dad always had at *least* two drinks, and smoked right up until he died in my arms. He was 80, I was 20. He had three purple hearts from both world wars and never left the house unarmed.
“Don’t drink and drive; you might hit a bump and spill it”
-Dean Martin
This is a lightweight existence for a Catholic. I'm disappointed.
You need a few remedial Long Island Iced Teas.
I’m on vacation. Am working on my next book... I’m all alone in the middle of the North woods with plans to go no further than the kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom...
I have a tall rum and diet coke in a glass at my elbow.
I’ll live as long as I live and I will make no apologies for anything I do between now and the end.
Sounds like the opening of a Twilight Zone episode..........
Sorry. I’ll say an extra Rosary.
I didn’t drink much when I was young because I was always broke, and after my father moved out of state, I couldn’t go drink his beer or scotch (he may have moved out of state because I drank a lot of his beer and scotch, and then nagged him to buy better beer and scotch).
When I became somewhat more prosperous, I tried to drink a little more, but I’d forget to get to the liquor store.
As I’ve gotten even older, half the time I’m on temporary “no-alcohol” restriction for medical reasons.
;-)
Blah, blah, blah. After sifting through all the blather, the bottom line is moderate drinking is unhealthy...got to drink more heavily.😎
I’m 67....Perhaps I should start drinking.......................
I noticed the same thing. I told my new doctor, a couple of glasses of wine a month, occasional shot of scotch.
This turned into 4 - 7 glasses of wine per WEEK, several shots of scotch per month.
I’ll see her next week and will correct her bad misimpression.
Uncle Joe had 2 glasses of red wine every day for many years, but always added a pinch of gunpowder based on advice of his drill sergeant in WW2. He lived to 92. However, he blew a 15 ft wide hole in the crematorium!
Johnny Carson
First it was like: good, then bad, then good, then, well, we dunno.
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