Yeah, Curtis, my folks; the back stories are equally interesting. And as you can see, the red wine (and the vodka) apparently haven't diminished their capacities too much. It's just a life and every life is a story that each one of us has the opportunity to enrich every day. I always appreciate the stories shared on this forum with a community I feel so lucky to be a member of.
Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > wrote: > > > > Curtis, here's another story I think you might enjoy told last year > > to a local Saint Louis PBS station in Saint Louis, accompanied with > > some inexpensive red wine. > > Totally blown away! Thanks for sending this Marek. Your folks? What > a fascinating couple. What a life! I live for stories like this! > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0HVg1kCpxU > > > > ** > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe the spounge analagy was misplaced, but acting as an > > anesthetic > > > > it creates dullness. > > > > > > I understand the "alcohol bad" position and lived it for years. If > > > that is how you enjoy to live, good for you. Dullness is the last > > > attribute I would give alcohol's effect if you don't drink too much, > > > and drink with the right people. Removing the drink from the set > > and > > > setting that it can enhance, misses the point IMO. It can be a part > > > of social customs and cuisines that I enjoy. > > > > > > A chilled martini at a jazz club with an acoustic jazz trio in the > > > background. > > > > > > Some top shelf bourbon bought for you by a young couple after your > > > last set, who had never listened to acoustic blues before, and have > > > many questions about what blues artists they should download. > > > > > > A bottle of local Virginia wine over dinner with a friend who just > > > came back from visiting Africa and has many stories to share. > > > > > > A chilled Czech Pilsner Urquell beer at boating picnic while eating > > > Chesapeake Bay crabs. > > > > > > Greek brandy with your Greek friends as they tell you about how they > > > survived during WWII in Greece on an olive farm, while eating sheep > > > feta cheese and dipping crusty bread into oil from this year's olive > > > harvest. > > > > > > Toasts with Hennessey cognac with the bridal party at your > > Vietnamese > > > friend's wedding after all the other guests have left. > > > > > > A friend's homemade wine at their farm after riding their horses. > > > > > > Joining a Thai friend as he closes up his restaurant and eating home > > > style fiery hot Thai food with the staff with Thai Singha beer. > > > > > > Drinking chilled vodka shots with your Russian girlfriend over the > > > traditional meal she cooked for you. > > > > > > Sharing the Brazilian national drink, the Chaiparinya. (limes,sugar > > > and Cachasa) with a raven haired Brazilian girl while watching World > > > Cup soccer. > > > > > > A smoky Lagavulin scotch with my father over stories of his > > > experiences in the South Pacific theater of WWII and the occupation > > of > > > Japan. > > > > > > Making handmade pasta, covering them with fresh steamed clams, with > > a > > > glass of Sauvignon Blanc and your best friends. > > > > > > A glass of sweet port with a plate of Stilton with your girlfriend > > > while the snow falls outside. > > > > > > Some of these experiences would be plenty cool without the shared > > > beverage. But sometime it is the ritual of sharing the drink that > > > connects people. Alcohol is just sugar molecules with an attitude. > > > It is a type of food, and each culture has it's special version. > > You > > > may associate it with dullness if you prefer. I prefer to associate > > > it with the way peoples eyes crinkle up at the edges during > > conversation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ethanol is a two-carbon alcohol and can be considered an active > > brain- > > > > drug and an all-purpose cellular toxin. Even moderate alcohol > > abuse > > > > distorts the personality, emotions, and intellect of the `social > > > > drinker', which is a direct consequence of brain dysfunction > > caused > > > > by ethanol and other chemical pathogens in alcoholic beverages. > > Even > > > > low doses of alcohol interfere with memory and make it difficult > > for > > > > the hippocampus to process new information. As a brain drug, > > ethanol > > > > acts to depress the brain function from the top down, very much > > in > > > > the style of an anesthetic. Acetaldehyde is particularly toxic. > > > > {nutramed.com, Apr. 2003} > > > > > > > > http://www.jrussellshealth.org/alcbfm.html > > > > > > > > > >
