numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I don't smoke
I don't drink
I don't have sex
I don't drink
I don't have sex
Don't drink, Don't smoke, what do you do?
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Davidc
Guru
- Location
- Somerset UK
Doing some things at all is a bad idea (smoking, taking heroin as examples)
Doing almost anything to extreme is bad (drinking, watching TV as examples)
Far worse than either of those IMO is being a puritan who'd like to stop people from doing what they want to do in a way which doesn't adversely affect others.
Doing almost anything to extreme is bad (drinking, watching TV as examples)
Far worse than either of those IMO is being a puritan who'd like to stop people from doing what they want to do in a way which doesn't adversely affect others.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
Never one to let a Dexys reference go unnoticed, I should point out that bits of Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes", which includes the lines "You don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?" are widely interpreted as a dig at Dexys singer Kevin Rowland, who was into having the band not drink and not smoke etc blah blah. Sorry, just had to point that out. As you were.
hackbike 666
Guest
Don't drink now.Just have a bottle of 1963 Port in the house.
Don't smoke and haven't for over ten years.
I have a condition that I am allowed to drink on holiday abroad if I want to.
Condition,no drinking at home.Im happy with it and my health has improved and also noticed a difference on my commute.
I started drinking in the mid 80's so I did get into it a bit late.Also same with cigs.
I think my health is more important.It's been suffering as was my cycling for the last few years and is why I gave up cigs so long ago.
Anorak,slighty off track but how did you make your avatar?
Don't smoke and haven't for over ten years.
I have a condition that I am allowed to drink on holiday abroad if I want to.
Condition,no drinking at home.Im happy with it and my health has improved and also noticed a difference on my commute.
I started drinking in the mid 80's so I did get into it a bit late.Also same with cigs.
I think my health is more important.It's been suffering as was my cycling for the last few years and is why I gave up cigs so long ago.
Anorak,slighty off track but how did you make your avatar?
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
I used to smoke, no more. Can take or leave drink but sometimes it is nice to have a few. If not to excess it reduces inhibitions and gives a happy feeling. If there were no merits to it no one would drink. It is the associated medical and social consequences that are the problem.
wafflycat
New Member
- Location
- middle of Norfolk
Don't smoke. As a teenager I tried it, but it held nothing for me, so after about six ciggies, that was it. I have alcohol occasionally. Last time was the small amount of Tamnavulin I had one night over the Christmas/New Year. I like alcohol, but can live without it perfectly contentedly. I don't need either to relax & have fun.
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
I like an occasional drink, but don't drink out of habit, and can't rememebr the last time I went to the pub for a drink alone.
I used to smoke like a chimney, loved my roll-ups and used to get through half ounce of Drum every day. Gave up in August and don't miss them now!
Anorak, I know the feelings that prompted this. It seems an awful lot of people expect you to drink regularly, and suggest you're a bit weird if you don't? That's their problem, literally.
I personally like to stay in control of what I say and do, so even if I'm having a drink now I very rarely get hammered. I'm too old to enjoy hangovers, and so now tend to head for a decent session bitter and enjoy several, so I'm buzzing and relaxed rather than aresholed like back in the Rugby/early work years where a 12 hour "througher" would see me enjoying anywhere between 20 and 30 pints.
I can think of better things to spend that sort of money on now anyway. Repeat those sorts of sessions twice a month and you've spent the equivalent of a top quality wheelset by Easter!
The biggest thing though is setting an example to the kids. Mine have seen me drink over the course of a sociable evening for example on holiday, or when friends are round to dinner. They have only ever seen me really pissed once, and apparently they said I was just talking crap and heading for bed! What also helps is that our friends are of the same mindset.. sociable moderate drinking with only the occasional "one too many"
I was having a chat with the kids the other day about drinking and we were able to get across the idea that you can have a drink and enjoy yourself without getting utterly w*nkered. As a town centre cop I see people who genuinely believe that if you start to drink you have somehow failed if you don't reach the vomitting and hands and knees stage. That's where it all seems so wrong... that the ONLY result of drinking is incapacity.
I used to smoke like a chimney, loved my roll-ups and used to get through half ounce of Drum every day. Gave up in August and don't miss them now!
Anorak, I know the feelings that prompted this. It seems an awful lot of people expect you to drink regularly, and suggest you're a bit weird if you don't? That's their problem, literally.
I personally like to stay in control of what I say and do, so even if I'm having a drink now I very rarely get hammered. I'm too old to enjoy hangovers, and so now tend to head for a decent session bitter and enjoy several, so I'm buzzing and relaxed rather than aresholed like back in the Rugby/early work years where a 12 hour "througher" would see me enjoying anywhere between 20 and 30 pints.
I can think of better things to spend that sort of money on now anyway. Repeat those sorts of sessions twice a month and you've spent the equivalent of a top quality wheelset by Easter!
The biggest thing though is setting an example to the kids. Mine have seen me drink over the course of a sociable evening for example on holiday, or when friends are round to dinner. They have only ever seen me really pissed once, and apparently they said I was just talking crap and heading for bed!
What also helps is that our friends are of the same mindset.. sociable moderate drinking with only the occasional "one too many" I was having a chat with the kids the other day about drinking and we were able to get across the idea that you can have a drink and enjoy yourself without getting utterly w*nkered. As a town centre cop I see people who genuinely believe that if you start to drink you have somehow failed if you don't reach the vomitting and hands and knees stage. That's where it all seems so wrong... that the ONLY result of drinking is incapacity.
Rhythm Thief
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ross on Wye
I just want to put this on record ... I love booze, and while I probably could live happily enough without it if I absolutely had to, I think my life is immeasurably richer for enjoying Taylor's Landlord to excess every now and again.
Rhythm Thief
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ross on Wye
Cubist ... half an ouce of baccy a day? Crikey, even when I was smoking regularly I struggled to get through half an ounce in a week.
darkstar
New Member
'embarrassed to be a man", say wha?? In my experience lads drink more but girls go way beyond their limits. No, this is not a sexist comment, it's just the truth. I'm at uni so everyone i know gets hammered regularly, the girls go beyond their limits though.
As for not drinking, good for you, just don't question peoples choice to drink, i enjoy going to the pub for a few hours of drinking with friends, playing pool etc
Smoking has never interested me, apart from the od joint (literally one every few weeks, not regularly) Might be because my dad put me off them when he used to smoke (he gave up 6 years ago)
As for not drinking, good for you, just don't question peoples choice to drink, i enjoy going to the pub for a few hours of drinking with friends, playing pool etc
Smoking has never interested me, apart from the od joint (literally one every few weeks, not regularly) Might be because my dad put me off them when he used to smoke (he gave up 6 years ago)
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Rhythm Thief said:Cubist ... half an ouce of baccy a day? Crikey, even when I was smoking regularly I struggled to get through half an ounce in a week.
Never mind the half ounce of baccy - it's the beer!!
Cubist said:
I don't drink in the week and stick to a few on the weekend, although I've not had anything since the start of the new year and I'm quite enjoying it....so far.
nosherduke996
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Newdigate,surrey
You only get 1 shot in this world so if it floats your boat then do it.
I like going to the pub for a couple of pints of ale, and I like a glass or two of red wine. I don't smoke, never have done. I would never preach to others about their lifestyle as mine may not be the the healthiest around, but within moderation most things are ok. Peoples views on moderation may vary though.
