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Aristus

(72,081 posts) Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:32 PM Feb 28

Enjoying a nice frosty Tom Collins tonight.

Gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and club soda stirred together in a tall ice-filled glass. Yummy!

Very much a ‘summer on the verandah’ kind of cocktail, I’m having one at the ass-end of February because I always enjoy one, no matter the time of year.

I’m really liking my bottle of Hendricks gin. I thought nothing could be as good as Botanist. But it’s a terrific gin. It has the usual aromatics, but it’s also a little sweet. Haven’t encountered a gin with that quality before.

I woke up crying this morning. History repeats. And the repetition sucks. Times like these call for alcohol.

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Enjoying a nice frosty Tom Collins tonight. (Original Post) Aristus Feb 28 OP

Celebrating good blood test results? I've done the same. surfered Feb 28 #1

And yours. Aristus Feb 28 #4

I feel the same. I'm usually in a humorous mood. Today, not so much surfered Feb 28 #10

Whatever it takes to dull the pain. Aristus Feb 28 #12

i got a call earlier today asking about me Tetrachloride Feb 28 #2

Call can be stressful. Aristus Feb 28 #5

i am usually more worried on the status of the callers Tetrachloride Feb 28 #9

Someday, we'll be able to party and celebrate. Aristus Feb 28 #13

Very refreshing! Enjoy! yellow dahlia Feb 28 #3

As they do in all difficult times. Aristus Feb 28 #7

The Only Time Ny Dad Drank Too Much, Was... ProfessorGAC Feb 28 #6

It is indeed a good time for a drink biophile Feb 28 #8

No drinks for me tonight True Dough Feb 28 #11

I love a Tom Collins on a hot day Figarosmom Mar 1 #14

surfered

(13,108 posts)

1. Celebrating good blood test results? I've done the same.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:38 PM

Feb 28

To your health 🍷

Aristus

(72,081 posts)

4. And yours.

Reply to surfered (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:46 PM

Feb 28

When the buzz hits, I can pretend for a short time that I’m not trapped on this miserable planet.

surfered

(13,108 posts)

10. I feel the same. I'm usually in a humorous mood. Today, not so much

Reply to Aristus (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:17 PM

Feb 28

Vietnam, Grenada, Iraq. I’ve learned that my government will lie to me and there are human consequences and 99% of Americans don’t really appreciate the sacrifice of the 1% who serve. I knew a 101st Airborne guy (since deceased) who lost both legs in Grenada from friendly fire. Grenada?!?!?

I think I’ll have another 🍷

Aristus

(72,081 posts)

12. Whatever it takes to dull the pain.

Reply to surfered (Reply #10)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:45 PM

Feb 28

Don’t be a hero. Get through it the best way you know how.

Tetrachloride

(9,584 posts)

2. i got a call earlier today asking about me

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:41 PM

Feb 28

can’t drink alcohol as i am on call which is fine

i will make sure my pillow is ok

Aristus

(72,081 posts)

5. Call can be stressful.

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:48 PM

Feb 28

Hang in there.

Tetrachloride

(9,584 posts)

9. i am usually more worried on the status of the callers

Reply to Aristus (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:56 PM

Feb 28

but it was nice to have the reverse for once

cheers to us

Aristus

(72,081 posts)

13. Someday, we'll be able to party and celebrate.

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #9)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:47 PM

Feb 28

Let it be soon…

yellow dahlia

(5,650 posts)

3. Very refreshing! Enjoy!

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:45 PM

Feb 28

Liquor stores must be making a good profit in these times.

Aristus

(72,081 posts)

7. As they do in all difficult times.

Reply to yellow dahlia (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:50 PM

Feb 28

ProfessorGAC

(76,540 posts)

6. The Only Time Ny Dad Drank Too Much, Was...

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:48 PM

Feb 28

...on the night when his medical buddy was shipping out from Naples to go home.
They were drinking Tom Collins and he had too many. For a very light drinker, it didn't take many to get him hungover.
Never drank another TC after that.

biophile

(1,377 posts)

8. It is indeed a good time for a drink

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:55 PM

Feb 28

If there ever is one, it’s now.
My family and I are in a literal fantasy world- Walt Disney World. We may never have this chance again. Our (when I say our, I mean the entire population of the US and probably the world) entire life has changed in ways we cannot foresee or comprehend.

True Dough

(26,440 posts)

11. No drinks for me tonight

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:38 PM

Feb 28

So instead of a Tom Collins, I'll just have to settle for Phil Collins and the gang. You know, this song still seems as fitting today as it was when it was released decades ago...

Figarosmom

(11,547 posts)

14. I love a Tom Collins on a hot day

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 01:40 AM

Mar 1

It's so cooling. Actually anything with Gin is cooling.

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