Thread: What are you drinking today?

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Are you in Kanchanaburi yet?

No Betty we are doing community service in the UK until end of April will have a jolly first week in May.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

(I wonder if I've got time to interest the neighbour (and work colleague) in a quickee before I go to sleep this evening)?

Depends.


Is he drunk as well?

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Depends.


Is he drunk as well?

It's all a matter of context, Stoker. I will be stone cold sober and sombre for the next 12 months or so (unless the missus decides to take another holiday). Thus, 4 beers won't hurt anyone...

It's all gone. T's probably for the best.

Tastes a bit like wa'er this stuff, I remember it being stronger, or at least I think I do. 500mgs of quite nice 5.4% of wa'er. I think I'll start cleaning the place a bit then head to bed (I'm 2 hours ahead of you lot in Thailand).

At what point is it a late night drink vs an early morning drink?

^^ I hate you Betty!

Originally Posted by kingwilly

At what point is it a late night drink vs an early morning drink?

IMHO If you been drinking into and through the night until morning its a late night drink. Its an early morning drink if you get up and pour.... At least that how I see it. Good times either way.....

Well our 3 day holiday is coming to an end. Presidents days was today so company was off. I spent a good portion of today helping an off-roader buddy of mine drop in an ARB Locker differential to his Toyota Tundra.

After the job was done, hands all cleaned and feet up I'm just about to open this bottle of Russel's Reserve I picked up.

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Back to work tomorrow.............

I'm drinking green tea.
Off the sauce during weekdays.

I have found an answer to my diabetes vs dream of a pint problem at last. It requires a strong after work regime of exercise to get the blood sugar level low enough to allow for a couple of well deserved beers:



Unfortunately, simply raising the glass to the lips is not enough exercise so I have to walk a couple of miles to the shop that sells this stuff each evening after work. The walk has proved more than worth the effort...

Pair of large San Mig this evening. £1.45 each from Tesco. You don't pass that shit up in these here trying times.

Breakfast

^ kingmary?

A friend bought me a bottle of...CASK88 by Kookaburra's. Purchased at Tesco Lotus.

Absolutely delicious.

Originally Posted by JPPR2

IMHO If you been drinking into and through the night until morning its a late night drink. Its an early morning drink if you get up and pour.... At least that how I see it. Good times either way.....

This is an upstanding man of good morals.

Originally Posted by JPPR2

I'm just about to open this bottle of Russel's Reserve I picked up.

With both hands?

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

I'm drinking green tea.
Off the sauce during weekdays.

Good idea I follow the adage "all things in moderation including moderation."

Originally Posted by Troy

I have found an answer to my diabetes vs dream of a pint problem at last. It requires a strong after work regime of exercise to get the blood sugar level low enough to allow for a couple of well deserved beers:

I have found a site (Alcohol: American Diabetes Association®)
that says diabetic men can have 2 drinks per day and women one. It doesn't mention exercise at all (of course, I'm a big proponent of hard exercise):

Wondering if alcohol is off limits with diabetes? Most people with diabetes can have a moderate amount of alcohol. Research has shown that there can be some health benefits such as reducing risk for heart disease. But, moderation is important. If you have any questions about whether alcohol is safe for you, check with your doctor. People with diabetes should follow the same guidelines as those without diabetes if they choose to drink:

Women should have no more than 1 drink per day.
Men should have no more than 2 drinks per day.
*One drink is equal to a 12 oz beer, 5 oz glass of wine or 1 ½ oz distilled spirits (vodka, whiskey, gin, etc.).

- See more at: Alcohol: American Diabetes Association®

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Originally Posted by wjblaney

*One drink is equal to a 12 oz beer, 5 oz glass of wine or 1 ½ oz distilled spirits (vodka, whiskey, gin, etc.).

A UK pint is 20 fl oz (US is 16 fl oz)...so a couple of pints of beer is a little more than the recommendation you have posted. A bottle of wine is around 25 fl oz, which is, again, a tad more than that site would like me to drink.

However, exercise allows those rules to be bent to suit ones lifestyle and shortcomings. I am a sucker for a bottle of wine or a couple of beers every now and again. When I was first diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes the Doc said the next pint of beer would be my last. At the time my blood sugar level was so high he was more than likely right.

I have found a way to exercise in such a way that my blood sugar is low enough to allow me to drink 2 pints of beer without worry...I can even have a bottle of wine every week if I follow a couple of extra rules...Nothing too dramatic, a 3-mile walk every day on a low sugar diet allows me to drink at least one beer and if I run the 3-miles in under 24 minutes I get two!

For the bottle of wine, I get a little high on the sugar in the morning but it is easily burnt off and costs me a few extra home sugar tests. Those test kits are worth their weight in gold!

But the point of my previous post was to plug Marston's IPA...a lovely pint to savour and I found it in deepest Bavaria...

^ Damn, man, more power to you! Exercise is tough for any reason.

I'm not drinking today and that is really irritating me.... Been dry since last Friday. I am feeling a half a bottle night in my near future.

One of my colleague buddies hit me up and said his liver was in recovery mode as he knocked down 13 Hoegaarden's the other night. How can anyone spend the time to drink 13 beers? What a waste of precious drinking time IMHO not counting the 75 piss runs to the bathroom. All good....whatever gets ya to where you are going I suppose.

Originally Posted by JPPR2

How can anyone spend the time to drink 13 beers?

You never been married ?

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Originally Posted by JPPR2

How can anyone spend the time to drink 13 beers?

You never been married ?

Yeah I was and trust me there is no way to drink enough beer to anesthetize oneself in a bad marriage .

I have never enjoyed whisky, but can cope with a whiskey...

...this is not half bad for those that find even whiskey a little too much....

It looks electrifying, Troy. Have you been tippling it tonight? Or perhaps a nice bit of red wine?

Couple of sunset drinks