DC> SB> Hmmm -- that *does* sound like a good cure.  I wonder whether 
ailey's
  > SB> Irish creme would work.  That's one of my favorites, you know?
DC> It's a matter of degree, really... ONE is a 'cure', your suggestion is
  > ongoing 'preventative' treatment.  Another alternative is IRISH COFFEE.
  > But again, purely for medicinal purposes...
Actually, I realize this has slipped into an area that is potentially
dangerous.  I don't want any natives reading this board to take this
conversation as permission to go out and get drunk.  Alcoholism is a
major problem for Indians; I've seen its destructive hand up close in my
own family; and I mostly recommend that Indians don't drink.  I've seen
very few Indians who will take one drink and stop.  It's mostly an all
or nothing thing.  Alcoholism kills.  It killed my father.  It has
killed other people in my family, either directly or indirectly.  I do,
very, very rarely, take a drink.  I never, ever take a second drink.
Well, except at Jewish passover.  I have close friends who are Jewish,
and my family celebrates passover with their family every year.
I drink the traditional four (or five) glasses of wine there.
Otherwise, it's an absolute policy of mine never to have a second drink.
I joke about the use of alcohol, but, for me, it's only joking. Except
for that very rare social situation when it is almost impossible to
avoid it, I don't use it.  We do keep wine in the house, but that's
because I cook with it. And I refuse to cook with "cooking wine."  I
cooked with good drinking wines. It makes for a better tasting dish.  I
also have an agreement with my husband, that if he ever sees any signs
that I am misusing alcohol, he is to sit me down and talk with me about
it, and I am to accept his word for it, and act accordingly.
DC> Let's see, we've had a few Robins and others... they got snowed on hard
  > this week.  There is some sign of life in the rangelands in the hills
  > around town... on the south facing slopes... or at least there WAS...
  > We don't have a lot of deciduous growths in sight, mostly conifers...
  > forecast is for a below normal MARCH... which might be good thing 
consideri
  > how much snow is on the ground in the hills... a slow melt is critical 
this
  > year... I've been watching the news and feel sorry for some of my friends
  > in W.Va and that area bounding it... also Ohio...
The cold is returning.  The artic winds are sweeping down from the north
again.  But I don't care.  It is *still* spring, no matter what the
thermometer says.  It *can* snow in the spring, you know.  (said as I
stick my tongue out at the weather) (g)
                           Sondra
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