My names Bleedin Thumb..and I'm an alcoholic

[Iain]

I got sauced up on Ouzo in Vietnam, now even the taste of an aniseed lifesaver makes me puke, same goes for rum, bloody awful tongue tearing acid, however, love a good single malt or a properly brewed beer (not the local made tasteless bitter fizz).
My hands shake at times and people assume this is alcohol, never consider the head injury bestowed upon me some years ago in a car accident.
I do get a little p!ssed off about that.

[ian]

Lou,

According to this article: http://health.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=21149 , a maximum of four standard drinks (10 mL of alcohol) a day, is low-risk, NOT two.

I think it is counter-productive to try and scare people off grog by quoting a very low figure as a maximum, since there are many people, and I am one, who drink at the rate of three or four standard drinks a day without any noticeable ill-effect.

Rocker,
as I tell my 7 year old maths is everywhere ...

there's 385ml in a stubbie, so 10ml of alcohol would represent 10/385 = ~2.5% (i.e. a low strength beer)
for full strength beer at 5% alcohol = 385 x 0.05 = ~20ml = ~2 standard drinks
so 3 full strength stubbies would equal a bit less than 6 standard drinks


I'll let you do the maths on your daily tipple ...


ian

[Bodgy]

What happened to the Biffo?

Has Cato swooped?

I was enjoying it.

[Rocker]

Ian,

My daily tipple is two large sherries, 200 mL of 18% alcohol = 36 mL of alcohol; i.e. just a bit below the daily max for low risk of 40 mL of alcohol.

Rocker

[Stuart]

Yeh sorry Bodgy should have been 3 glasses.

I meant this thread as a bit of light hearted humor... I recon some people should sit down, pour themselves a drink and LIGHTEN UP!!!

In fact the drinks are on me!

I thought this was meant to be a bit of light hearted humour as well when I read it when first posted. Got dragged down into boring reality pretty bloody quickly

[Bleedin Thumb]

Yep the wowsers have won

Better go and drown my sorrows

[AlexS]

My standard drink is one bottle of good red, but I don't have one every night....

Sometimes I have it in the morning.

[maglite]

if a bloke drinks mid strength........does that mean i can have twice as many cans

[Exador]

Yep the wowsers have won

Better go and drown my sorrows

The wowsers are just more vocal because they're miserable about not drinking.

4 beers a day is about my lot, starting usually about 3pm-ish to wash the sawdust down, then a couple more before dinner and usually one with. If that makes me an alcoholic, I'll have to up the dose - I hate doing things by halves.

[silentC]

Hey, thanks for the greenie Lou. Betcha meant it to be a red though. Whats the matter, lost your sense of humour?

[Bleedin Thumb]

The wowsers are just more vocal because they're miserable about not drinking.

"I feel sorry for them, they wake up in the morning and thats the best they're going to fell all day" ................Dean Martin

[Daddles]

thats the best they're going to fell all day"

I thought only drunks fell out of bed

Richard

[HappyHammer]

if a bloke drinks mid strength........does that mean i can have twice as many cans

Depends on whether you're in the first or third person..

HH.

[Bleedin Thumb]

Spelling? Grammer? what next? I thought we were allowed to be a bit tardy out here in cyberland.
Better watch my apostrophies or is that apostrophe's??

[NewLou]

Hey, thanks for the greenie Lou. Betcha meant it to be a red though. Whats the matter, lost your sense of humour?

No worries was meant to be green (me attempting to build bridges) still have a very healthy sense of humor



I figure the Reds ain't workin so thought I'd try killing you with kindness


Regards Lou