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Aristus

(68,884 posts)
8. Well, there are different kinds of warning labels.
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 08:46 PM
Jan 10

Those that seek to inform the consumer of something important. And those that seek to avoid lawsuits. ( “Do not stick fork in electrical sockets.”)

Retail packaging of alcoholic beverages already come with warning labels. And I’m cool with that. My grandfather (a heavy smoker) died of lung cancer at seventy. My father, not a smoker, died of pancreatic cancer at sixty-eight. So I don’t like my chances of living a long life.

So I’m going to enjoy my time while I can.

My mother’s side of the family routinely live into their nineties or to a hundred. But they are long gone in dementia by then.

I don’t know my fate. So I drink to what may come…

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SORRY! FIRST time I recall you say you 'won't have it again.' elleng Jan 10 #1
An expected hazard when trying something new. Aristus Jan 11 #24
I've got one for ya! True Dough Jan 10 #2
Well, there are different kinds of warning labels. Aristus Jan 10 #8
Can totally respect that True Dough Jan 10 #16
Thank you for sharing, True Dough. Aristus Jan 10 #17
Sorry that one didn't work out biophile Jan 10 #3
There's always next time. Aristus Jan 10 #9
May I ask a cocktail-making question? Drum Jan 10 #4
Maybe a Bloody Mary type of drink? nt Ilsa Jan 10 #6
Hadn't thought about going that way... Drum Jan 10 #7
I have no expertise to offer in this. Aristus Jan 10 #11
Sage advice. Thank you. Drum Jan 10 #13
Honored to be able to help. Aristus Jan 10 #15
Yeah, that one sounds a little too out there. catbyte Jan 10 #5
I have a bottle of St. Germaine, which is elderflower. Aristus Jan 10 #12
"Ask me anything." Earl_from_PA Jan 10 #10
Well, a cow has four stomachs, so anything is possible. Aristus Jan 10 #14
And we love you back. You are braver than I, that drink does not sound niyad Jan 10 #18
Both, including the cinnamon stick. Aristus Jan 10 #19
Always! niyad Jan 10 #20
Okay, now for a serious question. How are you feeling about going niyad Jan 10 #21
I'm both looking forward to it and dreading it. Aristus Jan 10 #22
Pretty much what I figured. And you are absolutely correct about mandated niyad Jan 10 #23
Have you ever had a sailor's rum punch Wolf Frankula Jan 11 #25
Not before. But thanks for the recipe. I'll definitely have one now. Aristus Jan 11 #26
Do you like ouzo and root beer? Wolf Frankula Jan 11 #27
Okay, that doesn't sound so bad. Aristus Jan 11 #28
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