Nicolas Alvarez nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/13 19:55:
> Sabrina Kilian escribió:
>> For me, alcohol removes the socially inept part of my brain that tends
>> to over think everything. I can sit around with strangers in public, and
>> no longer be worried that the people next to me are thinking I am
>> strange. They probably are, by that point, but it just no longer bothers
>> me.
>>
> 
> Maybe I should start drinking.
Maybe, but you should learn where your limit IS. Go near it, on ocasion, but try 
not to go pass it.

Geting drunk is NOT a pleasent experience.

-- 
Alain
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> M_a_r_c wrote:

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>>> And a few seconds later, I felt inexplicably warm. I mean, like, 
>>> *stupidly* warm. As in, I was sweating and I had to start taking clothes 
>>> off... Random!
>>
>> Alcohol is a well known vaso-dilatator.
>
> Why would that make you warm?
>
> (If anything, shouldn't that make you *cold* since you loose more heat?)
Because the heat sensors are in your skin and vaso-dilatation -as you say- 
actually let heat get out and warms your skin while your internal body gets 
colder.

Marc

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Ross wrote:
 > I hate going out with the sole purpose of drinking.

Now, if you'd said 'the sole purpose of getting drunk' I'd agree, but I 
usually go to pubs with two main aims; a) socialising with friends, and 
b) (sometimes primarily) drinking fine beers whose taste I enjoy and 
savour. As a side effect, we naturally become somewhat slarmy and end 
up, obviously completely coincidentally, having a hilariously good time. 
;-)

I particularly like the mid-colour British real ales (as distinguished 
from the somewhat ambiguous term 'bitter' by their method of delivery - 
the good ales are usually hand-pulled from non-pressurised casks), 
grades B-D on the scale A-E, A being lager-coloured and E being 
Guinness-coloured.

I'm also rather fond of German and Belgian beers (especially the ones 
from those Trappist monasteries - consume with caution!), which for 
sheer variety of flavour and strength cannot be beaten anywhere in the 
world, although some New Zealand beers get quite close.

> I can't drink more than 4 beers before I feel done. Physically, mentally,
> done. A whole evening of it will get me in the worst mood.

Everyone's different. Scott's comments about building up a resistance 
are completely on the nose - I can quite easily consume four or five 
pints of ale (no more than 5% alcohol by volume) during a night out, go 
home no more than pleasantly inebriated, and get up the next morning 
with no problem other than slight tiredness (the booze stops you 
sleeping properly). But I've been a serious ale fan for over a decade...


Enjoy in moderation. Kids! Don't take drugs!

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Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Ross wrote:

> I'm also rather fond of German and Belgian beers (especially the ones
> from those Trappist monasteries - consume with caution!), which for
> sheer variety of flavour and strength cannot be beaten anywhere in the
> world, although some New Zealand beers get quite close.

Have you tried Hoegaarden? I must say that I am fond of it. Other that that I

get a pint of heavy.

> > I can't drink more than 4 beers before I feel done. Physically, mentally,
> > done. A whole evening of it will get me in the worst mood.
>
> Everyone's different. Scott's comments about building up a resistance
> are completely on the nose - I can quite easily consume four or five
> pints of ale (no more than 5% alcohol by volume) during a night out, go
> home no more than pleasantly inebriated, and get up the next morning
> with no problem other than slight tiredness (the booze stops you
> sleeping properly). But I've been a serious ale fan for over a decade...


too much for my stomach. Three pints and I spin, pitch and yaw. But whisky, I
can drink that until I fall down and still feel OK.
You are right about alcohol disrupting your sleep. One drink can relax you but
more than that stimulates you unless you drink enough to fall into a drunken
stupor.


>
> Enjoy in moderation. Kids! Don't take drugs!


tests.

Stephen

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Stephen wrote:

>> Enjoy in moderation. Kids! Don't take drugs!
> 

> tests.

More specifically, what indications would you prescribe it for? ;-)

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>
> More specifically, what indications would you prescribe it for? ;-)

Ask Ford Escort : muscle relaxant :-)

Marc

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Stephen wrote:

>> Enjoy in moderation. Kids! Don't take drugs!
> 

> tests.

Random: It has been conjectured that Asprin would be prescription-only 
if it was discovered today.

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Stephen wrote:
> Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> Ross wrote:
> 
>> I'm also rather fond of German and Belgian beers (especially the ones
>> from those Trappist monasteries - consume with caution!), which for
>> sheer variety of flavour and strength cannot be beaten anywhere in the
>> world, although some New Zealand beers get quite close.
> 
> Have you tried Hoegaarden? I must say that I am fond of it.

Hmm, I can take or leave Hoegaarden; I find the taste a little strange. 
For widely available draught beer I prefer Leffe, especially the darker 
(brune) variety. That's the beauty of these beers though; the wide range 
caters to all tastes! Some of the fruit beers (e.g. Fruli) are starting 
to become available over here too now, although they're definitely not 
for all palates.


> get a pint of heavy.

Ahh that's a shame. It's worth trying ales from all over the UK though, 
the flavours are as varied as the continental ones. Most real ale 
doesn't tend to travel very far because the breweries are small.


> too much for my stomach. Three pints and I spin, pitch and yaw. But whisky, I
> can drink that until I fall down and still feel OK.

Ah, now whisky's another tipple I have time for, particularly the single 
malts. Scotch seems to have the widest range (Talisker is a personal 
favourite), but there are a couple of good Irish ones too (whiskey in 
that case - note the e, pedants). I'm not keen on bourbon; some might 
say it barely qualifies as whiskey but I shan't be going down that road 
today!

I tend to get really wasted with really bad hangovers if I drink 
whisk(e)y with beer, but if I stick to one or the other I'm generally OK.

> You are right about alcohol disrupting your sleep. One drink can relax you but
> more than that stimulates you unless you drink enough to fall into a drunken
> stupor.

I read somewhere that one or two actually act as stimulants but the 
depressant effects take over quickly after that. Apparently it 
suppresses REM sleep.

>> Enjoy in moderation. Kids! Don't take drugs!

> tests.

Ah, I was just being silly. If alcohol were invented today it'd probably 
be a class A. Kids! Don't take drugs! Leave some for the rest of us! :)

Bill

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>
> >> Enjoy in moderation. Kids! Don't take drugs!
> >

> > tests.
>
> More specifically, what indications would you prescribe it for? ;-)

Sobriety!

Joking aside, my grandmother was prescribed a glass of Guinness a day after
being in hospital. Also alcohol is used in tinctures to dissolve other drugs.
BTW Queen Victoria was prescribed tincture of cannabis, so there, we were
amused :)


Stephen

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Invisible wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
> 
>>> Enjoy in moderation. Kids! Don't take drugs!
>>

>> pass the FDA
>> tests.
> 
> Random: It has been conjectured that Asprin would be prescription-only
> if it was discovered today.

If Asprin were not discovered till today, codeine would be over the
counter. Or we would have THC pain pills, or both.

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