Andy_R
Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
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- County Durham
I've never been drunk...at least, not that I can remember......
Sober for October?
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raleighnut
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- One of the 'Elite'
Salad Dodger
Legendary Member
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- Kent Coast
Sorry, no chance.
One of the ukulele bands i belong to is sponsored by a local brewery and we are playing there in a couple of weeks to mark the annual hop festival, and the resulting green hop ale. We will be "paid" in beer, and i have no intention of missing it. Call me shallow, but i dont want to miss the chance of an afternoon of music playing. And free beer......
One of the ukulele bands i belong to is sponsored by a local brewery and we are playing there in a couple of weeks to mark the annual hop festival, and the resulting green hop ale. We will be "paid" in beer, and i have no intention of missing it. Call me shallow, but i dont want to miss the chance of an afternoon of music playing. And free beer......
Brandane
The Costa Clyde rain magnet.
"Burger-All(gust)"?
jefmcg
Guru
So I am currently in oz, home of Movember, and here it is called .....
Octsober
Octsober
If you click the link in the first posting, you can buy yourself a "golden ticket" to get a day off.
jefmcg
Guru
That sounds like the sort of lame justification an alcoholic would give for not stopping drinking. "Only alcoholics take a break from alcohol"Allegedly giving up alcohol for a month is something Alcoholics do to 'prove' they're not an Alky.
Or 'I could stop, but I don't choose to'
Accy cyclist
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- The hills of Accrington
All this talk of being dry and not waking up with a hangover surely is directed at those who can't take a drink in moderation. I know they now class you as an alky if you have a few pints a night. Like my old dad used to say, they'll tell you everything is bad for you but they never say work is bad for you!
raleighnut
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Actually I gave up for 3 months after the 2nd operation on my leg, it was just boring as f***.
jefmcg
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You don't have to stop drinking. I just think anyone who says "alcoholics is the ones who give up drinking for a month" (?!!!) are probably protesting a leeeeetle too much.Actually I gave up for 3 months after the 2nd operation on my leg, it was just boring as f***.
jefmcg
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Alcohol & harms is a dose response relationship. There may be some benefit in low daily consumption, but above that level, the more you take the greater the risk of harm. You have a greater chance of contracting a disease from you alcohol consumption if you drink 3 pints a day compared to a teetotaller, but of course much less than someone drinking 8 pints a day.
Just because you have become habituated to drinking X pints per day, doesn't mean it's not affecting you. Your liver doesn't become habituated. You will be doing the same amount of damage to your liver as person who is falling off their stool after drinking the same amount as you.
The more you drink, the greater your risk of cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, oesophagus, breast, bowel and liver. We need to enjoy are lives. We all die of something. There's a need for an intelligent balancing of pleasures and risks.
(I'm writing this with a glass of wine at my elbow, so not being puritanical. Oh, it's not as bad as you think, it's 10pm here)
I'm going one step further and having a full out stoptober.
I will be giving up drinking, not eating sugary or fatty foods and attempting to run atleast a mile each day. I'm also deactivating facebook so I can't be smug about my success or sanctimoniously post pictures of quinoa salads and posh glasses of water.
I'll probably be here a lot :-)
I will be giving up drinking, not eating sugary or fatty foods and attempting to run atleast a mile each day. I'm also deactivating facebook so I can't be smug about my success or sanctimoniously post pictures of quinoa salads and posh glasses of water.
I'll probably be here a lot :-)
jefmcg
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this hasn't had enough love yet
Be careful being smug about quinoa. Apparently the Peruvians can't afford to eat it any more, because of how much Hampstead residents are willing to pay. Couscous and bulgur aren't so perfect nutritionally, but much better morally.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
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- Bristol
We only eat the amount we grow a year ... so that's not very much.... (it's an absolute pig to harvest the actual grains!!!)this hasn't had enough love yet
Be careful being smug about quinoa. Apparently the Peruvians can't afford to eat it any more, because of how much Hampstead residents are willing to pay. Couscous and bulgur aren't so perfect nutritionally, but much better morally.
