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anyone can recommend sparkling sweet wine that is strong enough to knock me out? i find most of them are light alcohol-wise. I'm not really a wine connosseur (sorry for the spelling) and i don't like the bitter taste. from time to time when doing development early evenings my brain couldn't stop working and is still in sixth gear even when i alreadu want to sleep.
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Mad Dog 20/20 or some Night Train mixed with a little club soda for the sparkle. Or go the pro route with a bottle of NyQuil to give you some of them NyQuil Blues...
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anyone can recommend sparkling sweet wine that is strong enough to knock me out? i find most of them are light alcohol-wise. I'm not really a wine connosseur (sorry for the spelling) and i don't like the bitter taste. from time to time when doing development early evenings my brain couldn't stop working and is still in sixth gear even when i alreadu want to sleep.
I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.
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Chamomile makes you drowsy? really? I'm a big one for herbal teas, but never knew that chamomile can make you sleepy. But I'll tell you, when I used to drink alcohol more often, I used to be less tense. Much less. I'm not saying its a good habit, just remembering days when I was more mellow.
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
when I used to drink alcohol more often, I used to be less tense
Well sure! But then you're relying on alcohol to make you less tense, right?! Since my grandma was an alcoholic I'm a little paranoid about using alcohol to often. There used to be a saying that alcoholism skipped a generation (I have no idea whether or not it's true), and I guess I always figured why tempt fate. Plus, in my case, living with three Polish women, I have *plenty* of incentive to hit the vodka on a nightly basis, so I try and avoid that :)
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Wouldn't one of the "drowsy" teas, like chamomile, work better?
Valerian Root tea[^] is better. chamomile never seemed to help me. Of course there is the slight problem that valerian root is a poison in high dosages... but then so is coke and we drink it, right? :laugh:
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Additionally, noone knows how valerian root works exactly. They are only making educated guesses. However, it works on most people, but usually requires that you take it regularly. As to the poison: "Dosis sola venenum facit.", as Paracelsus said. Everything is toxic in high enough doses.
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I was thinking that. Chamomile never really did it for me. My favs are Sage when I've got an upset stomach or acid and a mixed flower bud tea that's awesome for relaxation. There is also this plant named "Melissa[^]" that is a magic cure for headaches. I'll see if I can get Valerian root locally. What else do you enjoy of the herbal teas?
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
What else do you enjoy of the herbal teas?
I trimmed down my collection significantly I used to have about two dozen drinking teas, probably more, and a little fewer than a dozen medicinal teas. With a child in the house now it is not safe to keep something like Valerian root and some of the others, so most of the medicinal teas are gone. We were so cramped in the rental I had to get rid of a lot so just my favorites, mostly Chai blends, are on the shelf. I enjoy many of the herbals at different times.
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Chamomile makes you drowsy?
some people, it never did for me. but there are still other teas that do. If one doesn't work, you find one that does.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
some people, it never did for me. but there are still other teas that do. If one doesn't work, you find one that does.
No, it's the opposite. You need to find one that doesn't do any work. The ones who are working are unlikely feeling drowsy.
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Additionally, noone knows how valerian root works exactly. They are only making educated guesses. However, it works on most people, but usually requires that you take it regularly. As to the poison: "Dosis sola venenum facit.", as Paracelsus said. Everything is toxic in high enough doses.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
Sebastian Schneider wrote:
Everything is toxic in high enough doses.
Unfortunately Valerian root is about as toxic as alcohol, and should be given equal status for keeping out of reach of children. Or if you are afraid to keep alcohol in the house around kids, you should also refrain from Valerian root. :-D Of course the other issue is sometimes they don't really put Valerian root in your "Valerian Root Tea" which I guess is about as odd as using tea to describe herbal teas, since they don't actually have any tea in them... but still... If your Valerian Root doesn't have a little bitterness in it, chances are they didn't put the root in it. Valerian root makes the tea bitter, which is good because if it is too bitter you know it is too strong. :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
a bottle and a half should send you to sleep nicely, but keep water by the bed for the morning!
I started that way... the wine made me drousy, but eventually the tollerance was high enough that two bottles wouldn't cut it and I had to move on to stronger things. I settled on black label whiskey eventually... but when three pints of that isn't doing the trick, it's time to forget the alcohol. :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
After 3 pints of whiskey, I imagine you forget most things! :laugh:
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El Corazon wrote:
some people, it never did for me. but there are still other teas that do. If one doesn't work, you find one that does.
No, it's the opposite. You need to find one that doesn't do any work. The ones who are working are unlikely feeling drowsy.
Xiangyang Liu wrote:
You need to find one that doesn't do any work. The ones who are working are unlikely feeling drowsy.
so you are saying he needs to find an herbal tea extracted from retired Valerian roots... hmmmm... Who do I call to find these?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
when I used to drink alcohol more often, I used to be less tense
Well sure! But then you're relying on alcohol to make you less tense, right?! Since my grandma was an alcoholic I'm a little paranoid about using alcohol to often. There used to be a saying that alcoholism skipped a generation (I have no idea whether or not it's true), and I guess I always figured why tempt fate. Plus, in my case, living with three Polish women, I have *plenty* of incentive to hit the vodka on a nightly basis, so I try and avoid that :)
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Plus, in my case, living with three Polish women
Wow, you did that without any help from alcohol? :-D Note: I have no idea what I am talking about (including both Polish women and alcohol).
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Lambrusco mixed with a dash of Vodka might do the trick.
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I am surely suggesting something very different. But I have gaon through this, found that Yoga and meditation works well for me.
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wine rarely breaks 15%. and i doubt it can even be called "wine" if it breaks 18 or 20%. if you want high alcohol, sweet, and bubbly, try a vodka, juice & soda. orange and cranberry juices work well here. or gin, juice & soda. or gin & tonic. or gin & vermouth (=martini).
Black Tower? (Sorry I meant grape juice)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
a bottle and a half should send you to sleep nicely, but keep water by the bed for the morning!
I started that way... the wine made me drousy, but eventually the tollerance was high enough that two bottles wouldn't cut it and I had to move on to stronger things. I settled on black label whiskey eventually... but when three pints of that isn't doing the trick, it's time to forget the alcohol. :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
I can't sleep on alcohol unless I have a very large amount, but even then I wake up early, like 04h00, as soon as it wears off enough. Then I have a very unpleasant next few hours tossing, turning, and sweating.
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A rich fruity full bodied red, chianti for example, a bottle and a half should send you to sleep nicely, but keep water by the bed for the morning! :-D
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One and a half bottles (750 + 375ml) of 12.5% wine is 14 units! You're not supposed to drink more than about 3 to 4 units per day and you're supposed not to drink more than 21 units a week.
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The closest you are going to get is Champagne. You'll sleep like a baby.
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justfunnin wrote:
You'll sleep like a baby
Waking up screaming every few hours all through the night?
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After 3 pints of whiskey, I imagine you forget most things! :laugh:
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Dalek Dave wrote:
After 3 pints of whiskey, I imagine you forget most things!
unfortunately NOT which is why I gave it up. When seeking an answer to a problem in a bottle, eventually you realize the answer isn't there.... So I threw away my last bottle, divorced my wife, and haven't touched the stuff since... much to the ribbing of my second wife.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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anyone can recommend sparkling sweet wine that is strong enough to knock me out? i find most of them are light alcohol-wise. I'm not really a wine connosseur (sorry for the spelling) and i don't like the bitter taste. from time to time when doing development early evenings my brain couldn't stop working and is still in sixth gear even when i alreadu want to sleep.
I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.
Get a bottle of Mogen-David MD20-20 (aka Mad Dog 20-20) and a straw. Blow bubbles in it with the straw and chug quickly. Goodnight.... :zzz:
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anyone can recommend sparkling sweet wine that is strong enough to knock me out? i find most of them are light alcohol-wise. I'm not really a wine connosseur (sorry for the spelling) and i don't like the bitter taste. from time to time when doing development early evenings my brain couldn't stop working and is still in sixth gear even when i alreadu want to sleep.
I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.