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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFriday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.
Thats right. I bought some vodka on the way home. One of the many reasons why Im late getting here.
Its good to be back.
I love you all
Ocelot II
(115,924 posts)Phoenix61
(17,023 posts)Aristus
(66,484 posts)Pretty good neat or in a vodka-tonic. Kind of sweet, with some peppery notes.
Phoenix61
(17,023 posts)Half the sugar of Schweppes.
Aristus
(66,484 posts)Its still tonic-y.
cilla4progress
(24,789 posts)I got some Haku at my local Grocery Outlet. Very smooth!
However, I've drunk myself out of my fevertree tonic (the only one my delicate stomach can handle), so it's been martinis the past few evenings!
Great to see ya here!
Aristus
(66,484 posts)mountain grammy
(26,661 posts)infection and strong antibiotic.. it's working good though and I think Sunday I'll celebrate..
Aristus
(66,484 posts)Drinks are on me when you are better
OAITW r.2.0
(24,694 posts)I assume the seal wasn't cracked on the bottle Doc, on the way home!
It's good to have you back and firing on all 8 cylinders!
Aristus
(66,484 posts)At home. In my bathrobe and jams. On the couch. Immovable.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,694 posts)The 2nd one....thank God I did not effect anyone else. Learned a life long lesson, 36 years ago..
Aristus
(66,484 posts)And so is everyone you didnt harm all those years ago.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,694 posts)Foot and a 1/2, maybe 2 ft drop - headfirst - on the roof. So drunk, did not think to lose consciousness.
But you made it back from the brink
OAITW r.2.0
(24,694 posts)But only because there were no other victims. To this day I feel guilty that I could have killed a person or a family in my fucked up moment.
Probably feels good to be back! It sounds like the universe has been smiling on you lately with your work scene, hope that continues. It is good to have a time, like Friday evening, to chill out and be with friends, catch a little buzz and enjoy a little private interest time.
Aristus
(66,484 posts)Yeah, a little buzz feels good right now. Ive missed it. Mind-altering drugs make life on this forlorn little pebble a little more bearable
Flat out keeps me sane and bearable for others!
These days, I'm all for mental floss taken as needed.
Aristus
(66,484 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,344 posts)I'm too old to drink all day so I wait until minimum 8:00 pm to start. I'll be joining you with some Jim Beam on the rocks shortly.
Aristus
(66,484 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,694 posts)Knows his limitations and knows how to pace himself.
The goal is not how much you could drink. but how much you could drink and still think.
Aristus
(66,484 posts)Cry for happy
OAITW r.2.0
(24,694 posts)And an automatic cheers for you and your profession. I live in Central Maine and I have the best healthcare crew I could be blessed with. My urologist diagnosed and dealt with my low cancer mass. He's from Lebanon, I couldn't have had a better Dr. I love immigrants.
Aristus
(66,484 posts)Less-time-with-patients, more-profits crowd.
Mr.Bill
(24,344 posts)I have a 250 ml flask and that's my limit. Usually less. Depends on what I need to do in the morning, and what time morning is going to be.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,694 posts)Do some shit - business and house-wise, then enjoy the remaining sun time on the deck . Listen to tunes, drinking something, smoking something, thinking about something.
Marthe48
(17,065 posts)Have fun!
Aristus
(66,484 posts)3catwoman3
(24,083 posts)
beverages for me. Family lore has it that my maternal grandmothers parents were both alcoholics, so Ive had a lifelong personal policy of never drinking alone. Seeing as a second glass of wine makes me very drowsy, I dont think Im at any risk of ever having a drinking problem, but it seemed wise not to tempt fate.
So, I will hoist a glass of Trader Joes organic green tea and lemonade mixed 2:1 with their sparkling grapefruit soda and say a hearty Welcome Back to Friday evening buzz sessions -
I actually prefer to drink alone. I can get as crazy as I want, and nobody sees it. Its very cathartic.
cilla4progress
(24,789 posts)Aristus
(66,484 posts)!
Trueblue Texan
(2,448 posts)
you probably wont see this until Saturday, but I want to ask you when I can lay the anxiety aside for fear TFG will be in our lives forever. I just want to be done with him.
I hope all DUers are doing well this weekend. And I want to thank all the attorneys who are fighting for our democracy.
Aristus
(66,484 posts)It imparts a light, pleasant giddiness that makes dancing a transportive joy.
Enjoy!
TexasTowelie
(112,558 posts)Yes, I remembered.
I'm finishing dinner, but I bought pomegranate juice today and I have some Sprite and Skyy vodka plus I unpacked some martini glasses a few weeks ago so that should make for a showy cocktail.
It's kind of strange that I haven't been able to find pomegranate arils for salads the last few weeks. I guess that they are out of season.
Aristus
(66,484 posts)I think by reducing my drinking and increasing my cardio both to pre-COVID levels, it will take me the rest of the way.
I have a few suits that I will probably have to swallow my pride and have let out. Theyre too high quality to be hanging unworn in the closet.
Wolf Frankula
(3,602 posts)Just curious.
Wolf
Aristus
(66,484 posts)I tried it, and disliked it so much, I couldnt finish the bottle; not even as a mixer. Too bitter. It tasted like juniper, which is what you want in a gin, but not a vodka.
Mme. Defarge
(8,055 posts)Just sipped something white at dinner, then watched Casablanca. Absolument magnifique!
Heres looking at you, kid. . . 🥂🍾
Aristus
(66,484 posts)🥂
The scene in the bar where everyone tearfully sings the Marseilles is still uplifting and entrancing, eighty-odd years later.
Lovers of Liberty, and those fighting oppression will not be silenced
Mme. Defarge
(8,055 posts)It did not disappoint.
Le jour de gloire est arrivé! Or, for us, sometime soon jespère. Marchons!