Good morning Abberoos ? sorry I have been missing. Just been busy and distracted with other things. My thumb and hand is better ? so thanks ? although I have to be more ergonomic in how I use the computer ? in terms of my hands/arms. Not doing this at the moment as I am sitting up in bed watching the sun rise. Yes, birds are being twitters.
Family asleep still, they do that so well ? but I find it almost impossible to sleep after dawn.
So how is everyone? Post Halloween recovery I take it.
Cinders ? you seemed to enjoy Halloween. Were you still away from home? Little ones can be so lovely ? they believe in magic and simple pleasures light their wee eyes up. Thank goodness for this.
Det ? hope you are getting some sweet sleep, rest and time with your Dx. Away from the AL infused guys. Are they are all guys ? or are them some women there?
Time for an aside. 2 things that pissed me off lately - about AL, gender and the public.
One was an application by a primary school to have an AL tent (for adults) at a school fair ? so that the Dads would attend on a Saturday afternoon, stay longer and spend more money.
The application was declined by both the police and the health authorities on ?moral? grounds (I find the moral bit ridiculous but I suppose that's the old fashioned regulations). So men need AL to entice them to support their kids? So Women don?t drink AL ? especially later in the afternoon after a long day at the fair?
Even more stupid was one supporter?s comment that this would teach kids how to drink responsibly and thus counteract AL abuse in NZ ? because most adults drink responsibly and its only a few who abuse AL. Oh yeah ? pull that one on me!
Same supporter said he couldn't see the problem - Dads have a few drinks at the fair and then go home, end of story (:no: oh yeah???) and everyone's happy.
Another silly thing here is how some wineries here are now developing lower AL-content wines (only 10% as opposed to c 15%) ? to attract the female drinker. And this will be with good quality ethanol-ised grapes. Presumably there is a need to get more women on the higher end booze-bus. But the problem for the industry is that these grapes have to be picked earlier and so need more sugar (thus higher calories) and that won?t attract the ladies. Oh dear!
I can already imagine how you all are picking up the logic in this! Thought it would esp appeal to SF ? who is in the advertising industry (thought of your wine shoot) and Det.
SF ? we always get flu shots. They also knock me out for a night but its so worth it IMO. We have managed to escape most major flu viruses for many years (I did get M1N1 ? the first year it came out as I was travelling)
Bear ? you are making great strides. Doing so well. Hope the weekend is enjoyable and there is no pressure on you to drink.
Nora ? you too are doing really well. Good to see this too.
SL ? you are also clocking up the AF days. Fantastic. Now we have a new month for more clocking up. :goodjob:
Mick ? hope your house is warm. It sounds like you are in for a wild winter but I am sure there will be respite. Hope the bunnies are tucked up in their bunny house.
PPQP ? did you enjoy your meal? Ours was mediocre and very expensive but G. enjoyed his large cut of dead cow- it was called a ?man steak?. Yuk (will leave you to interpret that as you will):H
Sunshine ? did you enjoy your swim to the truck? Haha. Hope AA went well and provided lots of support.
Lav ? nice day off from the kiddie-monsters? Any plans for the weekend. OK here is something to share. My partner as we all know was 50. So he got his head shaved. It looks awful. Really it does. His hair was one of his best features and he is not going bald. This was not shaving to raise money for a charity ? but a whim. Am I about to witness middle-aged male madness? Will I have to get a barn built for him?
Hope you enjoyed halloween Sam? I think you were playing music??? Anyway have a good weekend.
I better go - have drunk all the tea and now off to make coffee.I might peek in later and check on you all.
Have a great soberistic weekend.
Family asleep still, they do that so well ? but I find it almost impossible to sleep after dawn.
So how is everyone? Post Halloween recovery I take it.
Cinders ? you seemed to enjoy Halloween. Were you still away from home? Little ones can be so lovely ? they believe in magic and simple pleasures light their wee eyes up. Thank goodness for this.
Det ? hope you are getting some sweet sleep, rest and time with your Dx. Away from the AL infused guys. Are they are all guys ? or are them some women there?
Time for an aside. 2 things that pissed me off lately - about AL, gender and the public.
One was an application by a primary school to have an AL tent (for adults) at a school fair ? so that the Dads would attend on a Saturday afternoon, stay longer and spend more money.
The application was declined by both the police and the health authorities on ?moral? grounds (I find the moral bit ridiculous but I suppose that's the old fashioned regulations). So men need AL to entice them to support their kids? So Women don?t drink AL ? especially later in the afternoon after a long day at the fair? Even more stupid was one supporter?s comment that this would teach kids how to drink responsibly and thus counteract AL abuse in NZ ? because most adults drink responsibly and its only a few who abuse AL. Oh yeah ? pull that one on me!
Same supporter said he couldn't see the problem - Dads have a few drinks at the fair and then go home, end of story (:no: oh yeah???) and everyone's happy.
Another silly thing here is how some wineries here are now developing lower AL-content wines (only 10% as opposed to c 15%) ? to attract the female drinker. And this will be with good quality ethanol-ised grapes. Presumably there is a need to get more women on the higher end booze-bus. But the problem for the industry is that these grapes have to be picked earlier and so need more sugar (thus higher calories) and that won?t attract the ladies. Oh dear!
I can already imagine how you all are picking up the logic in this! Thought it would esp appeal to SF ? who is in the advertising industry (thought of your wine shoot) and Det.
SF ? we always get flu shots. They also knock me out for a night but its so worth it IMO. We have managed to escape most major flu viruses for many years (I did get M1N1 ? the first year it came out as I was travelling)
Bear ? you are making great strides. Doing so well. Hope the weekend is enjoyable and there is no pressure on you to drink.
Nora ? you too are doing really well. Good to see this too.
SL ? you are also clocking up the AF days. Fantastic. Now we have a new month for more clocking up. :goodjob:
Mick ? hope your house is warm. It sounds like you are in for a wild winter but I am sure there will be respite. Hope the bunnies are tucked up in their bunny house.
PPQP ? did you enjoy your meal? Ours was mediocre and very expensive but G. enjoyed his large cut of dead cow- it was called a ?man steak?. Yuk (will leave you to interpret that as you will):H
Sunshine ? did you enjoy your swim to the truck? Haha. Hope AA went well and provided lots of support.
Lav ? nice day off from the kiddie-monsters? Any plans for the weekend. OK here is something to share. My partner as we all know was 50. So he got his head shaved. It looks awful. Really it does. His hair was one of his best features and he is not going bald. This was not shaving to raise money for a charity ? but a whim. Am I about to witness middle-aged male madness? Will I have to get a barn built for him?
Hope you enjoyed halloween Sam? I think you were playing music??? Anyway have a good weekend.
I better go - have drunk all the tea and now off to make coffee.I might peek in later and check on you all.
Have a great soberistic weekend.
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