Subj : Re: Birthday weekend
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Adept
Date : Tue Dec 09 2025 13:43:43

 pF> I did some back-of-the-beermat math and figured the calories I'd drunk
 pF> in my adult life equalled close to 500 pounds worth of fat.

I'm catching up on messages, but I was entertained by this, as now I'm figuring you're a retired sumo wrestler, able to hold your ground against all comers.

....admittedly, there are likely several things wrong with that image, but it was entertaining, all the same.

 pF> It was refreshing driving through wine country sober when I know
 pF> everyone else on the road's had a few.

When I lived in the area, I was the designated driver for expeditions like this.

Though I still drank things; just that my idea of drinking is to have enough sips to review the wine, and then have someone else finish off the other 2/3rds of my tasting portion.

It was low enough that I never felt different than if I hadn't been drinking at all. Tastings take a while, and I was probably drinking half a drink an hour, at the most.

That said, I'm enjoying my annual wine advent calendar. I don't know if any of the wine is "great", or would be if I got a full bottle and stored them for a while, but it's fun to review, rank, and (eventually) put them on my wine wiki.

I guess this is the 4th year I've had a wine calendar. They've all been from Geile Weine, and most of the reason why I ended up with them is that the bottles are 100ml. Most other wine calendars are 250ml.

And I'm probably drinking about 20ml to do the tasting.

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