Very sophisticated!
Posted on 08/21/2014 2:13:56 PM PDT by Kaslin
Actually both make you smarter. Just [as] a predator increases the average speed of the herd by taking the slower and weaker members, alcohol and weed make you smarter by taking the slower and weaker brain cells.
The author of this ‘article’ clearly never used weed. But he’s probably drank his share of the hard stuff.
Another silly talking point. People generally smoke or drink until they reach the desired level of intoxication. Just because you drink a couple of pints of beer after work, doesn't mean you drink a couple pints of scotch. Likewise, back in the day people used to smoke a whole joint to get high, now they only need a few tokes. Probably better for you since it's a lot less smoke going into your lungs.
“Let me clarify that by saying, in the company of others. If you do it while alone, you REALLY have a drinking problem.”
I will occasionally have several drinks, enough to catch a buzz, my myself. I don’t have a drinking problem. I often go weeks, months even, without a drink. I can take it or leave it. But sometimes I like to take it.
A drinking problem is not classified by how one drinks, or how much one drinks, but why one drinks.
If you're drinking as a means to escape life, then you've got a drinking problem.
Only a Englishman or some other silly sh@t. I know what they say about a slash of branch water but I have never seen no branch water. I like it neat no water or soda just the Highlands and me.
As for marijuana you have not smoked tell you try the Matsue Valley Alaskan Thunder F##k.
Very sophisticated!
Absolutely a travesty. Ice is worse, especially when talking about a fine single malt (Islay preferred) - just a wee bit of water to cut the burn.
I have not scrolled through the posts yet, but I am encouraged by the outpouring of sentiment.
A decent single malt is nice with a little cracked ice allowed to melt, same thing you’re saying essentially but the flavor is somehow different. The whole “neat” thing arose two decades or so ago with new-found single malt snobbery coming from people who had never drank it before, and doing ridiculous things like dipping their Cohibas in it.
LOL.
lol! :-)
I’m not sure I like Islay whiskey, but I know I want to like them. Had some Ardbeg 10 at the Whiskey Museum in Edinburgh a few weeks ago, and it was solid, but not my favorite. Picked up some Johnnie Walker Double Black, and that stuff had some all around goodness. Smooth, deep, a little smoke, a little sea. Nice. Too many good whiskies out there.
And I’d rather drink them alone, or with one friend at a time, than “loosening up” at a party. Sit quietly, with a book, or a lake, or fireflies, or a fire, and spend an hour sipping good scotch or Knob Creek bourbon.
I drink more than some, but I don’t need it anymore than I need a cheeseburger. Just another vice. No problem in its time and place.
I have one 2 oz. drink occasionally near bedtime, my Dr. advised me not to drink it straight so I now add 2 ice cubes. Lately I’ve been drinking 15 yo Glenfiddich.
And just to throw some gas on the fire, there is this!
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/250050.php
“Regular marijuana usage has been linked to a higher risk of testicular cancer, researchers from the University of California have revealed.”
...A previous study in February 2009, carried out by scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, also suggested a link between regular marijuana usage and testicular cancer...
..Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer found in men aged 15 to 45 years....”
To be fair, I researched Scotch as well and found;
http://whiskyguyrob.com/press-releases/
“Drink Whiskey While Supporting Testicular Cancer Research!”
Posted by Rob / July 11, 2014
“OriginalBOS, a Southern California company manufacturing drink coolers with a cause has launched its most recent whiskey chiller, named Balls of Steel. The Balls of Steel are designed to spread awareness and raise funding for testicular cancer. Balls of Steel…Continue Reading ›”
Humm. not quite what I was looking for. I did find this! (Direct comparison!)
“A review concluded that “There is no firm evidence of a causal relation between behavior risks [tobacco, alcohol and diet] and testicular cancer.”[135]”
Good news Scotch drinkers; But warning!
Alcohol and Hormones - Alcohol Alert ...
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa26.htm
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism No. 26 PH 352 ... Alcohol is directly toxic to the testes, causing reduced testosterone levels in men. In a study...”
BTW, I don't smoke pot, and my alcohol consumption is so low that a perfectly good bottle of liquor actually went bad on my kitchen shelf because it took me over 5 years to get through it. I don't have a dog in this fight.
But I hate stupid articles written by asses. What a colossal waste of bandwidth. Kinda wish I hadn't clicked on it, now I'm cranky. :)
Good stuff. Mr. GG2 rolls with BowMar. I’m a Dewar’s girl or I like my Irish whiskey. Black Bush or Middleton.
Blasphemy, blasphemy, I tell you. I usually transition from beer to Scotch or two on the rocks about 9:00 pm.
Re: “I fail to see how anyone can smoke that stinking weed.”
I think the response to different kinds of drugs are uniquely individual.
I drank as a young man, but only because my friends drank.
I found the taste and smell to be slightly nauseating, the buzz was harsh, and the hangovers were ridiculous.
I haven’t had a drink in 30 years, and I have never missed it.
Quite the opposite for marijuana.
One hit of premium bud, and every of trace of physical tension disappeared from my body.
I would often read, or listen to classical music, or watch educational programs or PBS costume dramas.
For me, it was also a wonderful sleep aid, and I would wake in the morning feeling completely rested and calm.
And, most interesting, most rewarding, it was an awesome aphrodisiac.
I quit 25 years ago, at age 40, because I’m a life long runner, and it’s obvious that smoking anything is bad for you.
I still miss those good times, though.
I can actually buy it legally just a few minutes away in Seattle, but, so far, I have not been tempted, although I have thought about it.
Based on my experience I agree with you, that there is no "danger" in eating a cookie." However, lately there have been reports of fatal consquences from eating pot laced cookies and candy.
I don't know enough about these particular cases to pass judgment on whether marijuana is the cause of these unfortunate outcomes, or whether these people had severe mental problems to start with. Certainly, such events must be very rare, in any case.
My only point is that the fastest way to experience the effects of pot is to smoke it. The effects take much longer to manifest if you're eating it in cookies, buttered toast or candy. So I can understand how people who ingest it end up taking in more than they can handle, especially if they've never tried it before.
When I was in the navy in the early 70s, you could really tell the drinkers from the pot smokers. We had to take liberty boats to/from the shore. Officers had their own boats, Chiefs and 1st classes were segregated from the rest of the enlisted. Almost exclusively, the ones that were on their hands and knees puking were the officers and senior enlisted. The ones that were laughing and eating were the E-4s and below.
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