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Posted: Dec. 04 2007,05:38

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Curry on a date? Bold choice!

You're a very confident chap aren't you, Steve?

Confident that he is going home alone, I'd say.

FWIW, I am a jalfrazi kind of guy. The local Indian joint we favor makes it mild, but the place we dined at in St. Louis kicked it up a notch and I liked it better.

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Posted: Dec. 04 2007,18:02

the only fallout from the dinner was that on the way home I spilled a lot of the vindaloo onto my sportscoat, and today I took it to the dry cleaners and from what I can tell from the woman's broken english, there's a good chance they won't clean it. "Big stain. If smell bad they send back." is the best I could get from her.

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Posted: Dec. 04 2007,18:16

Quote (stevestory @ Dec. 04 2007,18:02)

the only fallout from the dinner was that on the way home I spilled a lot of the vindaloo onto my sportscoat, and today I took it to the dry cleaners and from what I can tell from the woman's broken english, there's a good chance they won't clean it. "Big stain. If smell bad they send back." is the best I could get from her.

You asked for 'extra hot' -- how hot did they make it? Did they crank it down for the white guy?

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Posted: Dec. 04 2007,18:18

I think they did crank it down. It was hot. Not too hot, but hot enough. Not as hot as the chili from brueggers i had today.

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Posted: Dec. 04 2007,20:36

To Whom It May Concern,

I was once like you:

I didn't think a Black & Tan would mix well with Christmas petits fours. I was as wrong then as you are now.

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Posted: Dec. 04 2007,20:59

what's 'a drink'? Because airplane bottles are 50 ml, I assumed 50 ml was a single drink. So this 375ml bottle of gin I've got is about 7 drinks. No big deal. But a friend who's an almanac maniac says a drink is an ounce, or roughly 30 ml of booze. That would make this small bottle about 12 drinks. A big difference. Which is correct?

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Posted: Dec. 04 2007,21:06

Quote (stevestory @ Dec. 04 2007,21:59)

what's 'a drink'? Because airplane bottles are 50 ml, I assumed 50 ml was a single drink. So this 375ml bottle of gin I've got is about 7 drinks. No big deal. But a friend who's an almanac maniac says a drink is an ounce, or roughly 30 ml of booze. That would make this small bottle about 12 drinks. A big difference. Which is correct?

Depends on which side of the Atlantic you're currently standing.

A commenter on one of Dr. BA's recent threads pointed out the difference in a pint between there and here, a difference which puzzled me when I was in London, but until now hadn't gotten my head around. I thought those suckers looked a little supersized!

It seems we're about 4 oz short, and truthfully, it makes a big difference at the pub.

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Posted: Dec. 04 2007,21:08

Quote (stevestory @ Dec. 04 2007,20:59)

what's 'a drink'? Because airplane bottles are 50 ml, I assumed 50 ml was a single drink. So this 375ml bottle of gin I've got is about 7 drinks. No big deal. But a friend who's an almanac maniac says a drink is an ounce, or roughly 30 ml of booze. That would make this small bottle about 12 drinks. A big difference. Which is correct?

Why do you ask? Are you taking one of those "you might be an alcoholic" quizzes where question 3 is whether you drink more than 9 drinks a day?

EDIT:

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Posted: Dec. 06 2007,10:31

lol. no. I'm asking because I'd like to accurately estimate the number of drinks in various form of delivery, the better to choose what to buy depending on the occasion. If you want to merely get tipsy, for instance, you don't want to miscalculate and find yourself roaring drunk.

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Posted: Dec. 06 2007,13:31

Quote (stevestory @ Dec. 06 2007,10:31)

lol. no. I'm asking because I'd like to accurately estimate the number of drinks in various form of delivery, the better to choose what to buy depending on the occasion. If you want to merely get tipsy, for instance, you don't want to miscalculate and find yourself roaring drunk.

A drink is one 12 fluid ounce (A volume measure, abbreviated fl oz) regular strength beer. �So, 5% times 12 oz is 0.6 fl oz of pure alcohol.

Wine at 15%, to have 0.6 fl oz should be 4 fl. oz in a drink.

Liquor, at 40%, to have 0.6 fl oz should be 1.5 fl. oz.
32 fl. oz = 1 quart = 946 mL, so a drink of usual strength liquor is 44 mL, pretty close to your 50 mL.

This ends the units conversion lesson for the day.

*Edited because I could. [Nelson Muntz] Ha-Ha! [/Nelson Muntz]

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Posted: Dec. 07 2007,22:32

Tonight:

Yeah, baby!

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,07:01

an emergency project came up at work last thursday and instead of normal business hours I've been working from late evenings to 6, 7, 8, even 9 am for the past week. Well, it's totally destroyed my drinking schedule. I'm not going to get off at 8 am and have some drinks. Nor am I going to go to sleep, wake up at 5 pm, have a few drinks, and then sober up before working. So I have nothing interesting to report on the booze front.

But on the food front, we're currently noshing on some smoked gouda,

and some Lindt 85% cacao:

and then some Cool Ranch Doritos. After that breakfast of champions, it's off to bed.

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,07:03

The smoked gouda is good. Better by far than the Yancey's smoked cheddar I had this weekend.

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,07:07

A small number of certain types of cheese cause an unpleasant itchiness on my tongue. I haven't studied which types in depth, but IIRC they've tended to issue from some of the stiffer, drier types.

Does anyone know what's going on there?

Edited to add: no, I'm not lactose intolerant.

Edited by stevestory on Dec. 12 2007,08:20

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,07:15

the overnight work schedule is fine, the only problem is sleeping during the day. There was that dreadful apartment fire at my complex in September, and now heavy machinery lurks about during the day pushing the rubble to and fro.

Some legislator, who I can only assume was also a tax cheat and a child molester, decided that any time a piece of construction equipment is in backwards motion it should activate an air-raid siren. If I ever meet the man responsible for this regulation I will hunt down the nearest cord and garrote him until he is stone dead.

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,07:15

Quote (stevestory @ Dec. 12 2007,08:01)

an emergency project came up at work last thursday and instead of normal business hours I've been working from late evenings to 6, 7, 8, even 9 am for the past week. Well, it's totally destroyed my drinking schedule. I'm not going to get off at 8 am and have some drinks. Nor am I going to go to sleep, wake up at 5 pm, have a few drinks, and then sober up before working. So I have nothing interesting to report on the booze front.

Holy Crap, is nothing sacred anymore?

A job should NEVER interfere with alcohol consumption, and should in fact CAUSE alcohol consumption. It's a law, I think. Federal, maybe. Call OSHA.

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,07:30

Office of Sleeping off HAngovers?

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,07:36

Quote (carlsonjok @ Dec. 04 2007,06:38)

Quote (Louis @ Dec. 04 2007,04:17)

Curry on a date? Bold choice!

You're a very confident chap aren't you, Steve?

Confident that he is going home alone, I'd say.

FWIW, I am a jalfrazi kind of guy. The local Indian joint we favor makes it mild, but the place we dined at in St. Louis kicked it up a notch and I liked it better.

I was confident. But, while the date went fine that day, the situation went to hell shortly thereafter. For unspecified emotional reasons. I live in Chapel Hill, so on the plus side, I date 20-year-olds, but on the negative side, I date 20-year-olds.

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,08:56

Quote (Tracy P. Hamilton @ Dec. 06 2007,13:31)

32 fl. oz = 1 quart = 946 mL, so a drink of usual strength liquor is 44 mL, pretty close to your 50 mL.

Only in the US system. In the UK it is 40 fluid ounces to a quart.

I've just been trying to explain the UK/US system to a group of Canadian adults who are only familiar with litres. The US system is even crazier than the UK system, with different sizes of barrels and quarts depending on what is in them, tons that are noticably smaller than metric tonnes, grain that is measured in bushels but converted to tons using different conversion factors for each crop and so on.

After that, I really feel in need of a soothing drink. . .

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,09:35

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I date 20-year-olds.

I bet Steve meets them by offering to buy them beer.

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,10:45

Quote (Richard Simons @ Dec. 12 2007,08:56)

Quote (Tracy P. Hamilton @ Dec. 06 2007,13:31)

32 fl. oz = 1 quart = 946 mL, so a drink of usual strength liquor is 44 mL, pretty close to your 50 mL.

Only in the US system. In the UK it is 40 fluid ounces to a quart.

I've just been trying to explain the UK/US system to a group of Canadian adults who are only familiar with litres. The US system is even crazier than the UK system, with different sizes of barrels and quarts depending on what is in them, tons that are noticably smaller than metric tonnes, grain that is measured in bushels but converted to tons using different conversion factors for each crop and so on.

After that, I really feel in need of a soothing drink. . .

A note for those used to a UK pint being 20 fl. oz: �what many US bars call the "pint" glass is really a 13 oz "standard" glass.

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,16:23

Quote (Lou FCD @ Dec. 12 2007,08:15)

Quote (stevestory @ Dec. 12 2007,08:01)

an emergency project came up at work last thursday and instead of normal business hours I've been working from late evenings to 6, 7, 8, even 9 am for the past week. Well, it's totally destroyed my drinking schedule. I'm not going to get off at 8 am and have some drinks. Nor am I going to go to sleep, wake up at 5 pm, have a few drinks, and then sober up before working. So I have nothing interesting to report on the booze front.

Holy Crap, is nothing sacred anymore?

A job should NEVER interfere with alcohol consumption, and should in fact CAUSE alcohol consumption. It's a law, I think. Federal, maybe. Call OSHA.

"Work is the curse of the drinking class."

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,16:32

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I was confident. But, while the date went fine that day, the situation went to hell shortly thereafter. For unspecified emotional reasons. I live in Chapel Hill, so on the plus side, I date 20-year-olds, but on the negative side, I date 20-year-olds.

I'm feelin' your pain, Steve.

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,16:33

Quote (khan @ Dec. 12 2007,17:23)

"Work is the curse of the drinking class."

"Work is the cause of the drinking class" as well.

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,16:45

Quote (Lou FCD @ Dec. 12 2007,17:32)

Quote (stevestory @ Dec. 12 2007,08:36)

I was confident. But, while the date went fine that day, the situation went to hell shortly thereafter. For unspecified emotional reasons. I live in Chapel Hill, so on the plus side, I date 20-year-olds, but on the negative side, I date 20-year-olds.

I'm feelin' your pain, Steve.

Ha ha. Seriously, though. 20 year olds are hot and all, but everyone knows women are at their best around age 35.

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Posted: Dec. 12 2007,16:54

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Quote (Lou FCD @ Dec. 12 2007,17:32)

Quote (stevestory @ Dec. 12 2007,08:36)

I was confident. But, while the date went fine that day, the situation went to hell shortly thereafter. For unspecified emotional reasons. I live in Chapel Hill, so on the plus side, I date 20-year-olds, but on the negative side, I date 20-year-olds.

I'm feelin' your pain, Steve.

Ha ha. Seriously, though. 20 year olds are hot and all, but everyone knows women are at their best around age 35.

Oh, I was totally (Ok, mostly) serious. I was going to Marshall, living just off campus, and working in a bar just across the street from the stadium while I was divorced.

I. am. totally. there.

(It was fun while it lasted, though!)

Edited by Lou FCD on Dec. 12 2007,17:55

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Posted: Dec. 15 2007,19:28

For the party tonight:

hot wings, sierra nevada pale ale, lox on french bread, and, if serious drinking breaks out, gin and cranberry juice.

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Posted: Dec. 15 2007,19:38

Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Dec. 12 2007,10:35)

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I date 20-year-olds.

I bet Steve meets them by offering to buy them beer. :p

It's very easy to meet people. Just go to a coffeeshop and be sociable. Or go to Meetups or book discussions. Or speed dating. It's easy to meet a bunch of people. The problem is unmeeting them when you've met the wrong one. As far as drinking with the underaged, it can be done, but you have to know the right bartender. I'm not trying to meet 20-year-olds, it's just that Chapel Hill is stuffed to the gills with them. It's refreshing to meet someone who's a grad student or young professional.

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Posted: Dec. 15 2007,19:47

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The problem is unmeeting them when you've met the wrong one.

I like good coffee, and in Chapel Hill / Carrboro that means Open Eye, Starbucks, Caribou, Driade and 3 Cups. I had to stop going to one of them for a while because this guy, let's call him Vance, was the wrong kind of person to have met. Real time-wasting moron. You'd go, get some coffee, have a smoke, and before you knew it Vance was sitting at your table explaining how the big businesses keep the vaccine for AIDS supressed so they can make money off the treatments, or how Hitler's inspiration was Christopher Columbus, or the local government was doing experiments on his brain against his will, etc etc etc.

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