How much do you drink?

[hammegk]

At a guess, 20 full-blown alkies, over 1/4 of the sample.

That's maybe 3 times more than would be expected in a random sample of US adults.

 

[Kimpatsu]

At a guess, 20 full-blown alkies, over 1/4 of the sample.

That's maybe 3 times more than would be expected in a random sample of US adults.

Not everyone on this board is American...

 

[jj]

Good point. I use a personal rule: I offer guests alcohol once. Unless they actually say "maybe later", I don't repeat the offer if they decline. They know all they have to do is ask if they change their mind.

Hans

I don't even serve guests. I tell them where the beverages are, and keep an eye out if somebody starts to look too, err, indulgent.

(I have a personal strong dislike of drunk drivers. Drink all you want, as long as you're under self-control, just don't do anything responsible afterwards. And I'm not kidding about that self-control part, either. Biochemistry can be treacherous.)

 

[jj]

At a guess, 20 full-blown alkies, over 1/4 of the sample.

That's maybe 3 times more than would be expected in a random sample of US adults.

What's the data your guess is based on, Hammegk?

What do you consider an "alkie"? Does the ability to stop at will make any difference in that determination?

 

[hammegk]

Not everyone on this board is American...

No ◊◊◊◊, sherlock ...

 

[Kimpatsu]

No ◊◊◊◊, sherlock ...

No, Watson. Someone has stolen our tent...!

 

[hammegk]

What's the data your guess is based on, Hammegk?

A selection of the nevers, the weekenders, and the several per dayers.

What do you consider an "alkie"?

No accepted general definition exists. Obviously, alcohol related problems.

Does the ability to stop at will make any difference in that determination?

Sure. Anything is possible.

 

[Kimpatsu]

Sure. Anything is possible.

Including squaring the circle...?

 

[Beleth]

One glass of red wine with dinner, every dinner it's feasible to.

Doctor's orders.

Seriously.

 

[hammegk]

Including squaring the circle...?

Well, my calculator says a square 1.77245 on a side has the same area as a circle with radius 1.00000 .

 

[roger]

Well, my calculator says a square 1.77245 on a side has the same area as a circle with radius 1.00000 .

QED

 

[Kimpatsu]

Well, my calculator says a square 1.77245 on a side has the same area as a circle with radius 1.00000 .

OK, clever dick, now try striking a light using a burned match and a bar of wet soap.

 

[hammegk]

OK, clever dick, now try striking a light using a burned match and a bar of wet soap.

Sure. I just take the burned match, soap & a cigarette aboard my boat, throw the ciggie away, and the whole shebang is a ____?

 

[c4ts]

Including squaring the circle...?

This thread has lost all semblence to rationality.

 

[Kimpatsu]

Sure. I just take the burned match, soap & a cigarette aboard my boat, throw the ciggie away, and the whole shebang is a ____?

The whole shebang is afloat, proving that you're wet.

 

[Kimpatsu]

This thread has lost all semblence to rationality.

Yeah, but we're too drunk to care...

 

[jj]

Well, my calculator says a square 1.77245 on a side has the same area as a circle with radius 1.00000 .

Exactly 1.77425?

 

[jj]

Can't actually answer this one.

Some months, zero alcohol. Some a glass of red wine every other night or so.

It's a rare day that I go beyond one drink a day. I'm too clumsy, as my detractors here will be willing to tell you.

 

[c4ts]

Well, my calculator says a square 1.77245 on a side has the same area as a circle with radius 1.00000 .

Please draw the squared circle.

 

[Normstock]

blah blah blah

I have 2-3 drinks a month. I used to have 2-3 drinks a night, but a new relationship, a screwed up digestive system and impending fatherhood have conspired against me in the recent years. I miss my drinking buddies sometimes, and I miss a tidy buzz sometimes too. I don't miss the detached brainstem headaches some mornings though....