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The advantage of not drinking

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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    And much to my surprise, when I stopped drinking I started sleeping better, and more effectively. When I was drinking, I needed 9 or 10 hours sleep, and was generally still felt tired when I woke. Without the booze, I need 5 or 6 hours, and don't!

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    Lost User
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    I still drink (more than I should) but rarely need more than 6 hours sleep. There are other downsides, but at my age they are not worth worrying about.

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      veni bibi saltavi

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      Rob Philpott
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      The next day, that feeling of dreaded anxiety mixed in with a dollop of self-loathing and a general feeling that everything and everyone you know are totally pointless. I don't like that.

      Regards, Rob Philpott.

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        The next day, that feeling of dreaded anxiety mixed in with a dollop of self-loathing and a general feeling that everything and everyone you know are totally pointless. I don't like that.

        Regards, Rob Philpott.

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        "I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day." — Frank Sinatra

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          veni bibi saltavi

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          Simon_Whale
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          For me the immediate advantage was not being arrested and haven't been boozing since I was 20

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            Where is Nagy, and what have you done with him?

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            Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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            It is Nagy! Only Nagy can not find a single advantage of not drinking, even his life depend on it...

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            • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

              It is Nagy! Only Nagy can not find a single advantage of not drinking, even his life depend on it...

              Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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              Nah...Nagy would throw a null reference exception at the thought of not drinking...

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                "I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day." — Frank Sinatra

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                Sander Rossel
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                Maybe if you're a morning person. I don't feel good until I get up and wash my face with cold water X| And I don't get really active until somewhere after dinner. I'm at my best when "normal" people go to bed. And of course I'm a wreck again the next morning, because I didn't go to bed at that time. The sad thing about this world is that it's all about morning people. Why the heck do school/work days start at 8-9!? I do my best and make it at 9:30-10, but in weekends and vacations it doesn't really start until 12-13.

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                Regards, Sander

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                • N Nagy Vilmos

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                  veni bibi saltavi

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                  dan sh
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                  ... any of those soft drinks is that you save money for beer.

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    Where is Nagy, and what have you done with him?

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                    Nagy Vilmos
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                    TBH, drinking is not a good idea in this heat, though I would murder for a G&T. Wine is plentiful, beer available but spirits appear to be as common as rocking horse shit.

                    veni bibi saltavi

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      Nah...Nagy would throw a null reference exception at the thought of not drinking...

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                      WiganLatics
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                      He'd certainly throw something... possibly a hissy fit

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                      • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                        Maybe if you're a morning person. I don't feel good until I get up and wash my face with cold water X| And I don't get really active until somewhere after dinner. I'm at my best when "normal" people go to bed. And of course I'm a wreck again the next morning, because I didn't go to bed at that time. The sad thing about this world is that it's all about morning people. Why the heck do school/work days start at 8-9!? I do my best and make it at 9:30-10, but in weekends and vacations it doesn't really start until 12-13.

                        Read my (free) ebook Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly. Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles here on CodeProject.

                        Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

                        Regards, Sander

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                        W Balboos GHB
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                        Sander Rossel wrote:

                        The sad thing about this world is that it's all about morning people.

                        As a morning person, I heartily encourage you* to sleep through the day so we don't accidentally get a good look at you:  and those eyes hoping for death so they might again close. And the air will remain fresh; free of the taint of perpetual morning-mouth. * Night-Owls, &etc.

                        Ravings en masse^

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                        • N Nagy Vilmos

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                          veni bibi saltavi

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                          W Balboos GHB
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                          The advantage of not drinking? Dry Drool?

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            Where is Nagy, and what have you done with him?

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                            Nish Nishant
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                            I just realized something - I believe nagy actually means snake in Hindi and Urdu. Hindi speakers can confirm this or correct me :-)

                            Regards, Nish


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                              I just realized something - I believe nagy actually means snake in Hindi and Urdu. Hindi speakers can confirm this or correct me :-)

                              Regards, Nish


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                              I thought that wa Naga, rather than Nagy? I could very well be wrong...

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                              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                I thought that wa Naga, rather than Nagy? I could very well be wrong...

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                                Nish Nishant
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                                Oh okay. That may be right. I remember a movie called Nagina (means female snake woman) from when I was very young. So yeah, it's probably naga for male and nagina for female. How do you know Hindi anyway?

                                Regards, Nish


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                                • N Nish Nishant

                                  Oh okay. That may be right. I remember a movie called Nagina (means female snake woman) from when I was very young. So yeah, it's probably naga for male and nagina for female. How do you know Hindi anyway?

                                  Regards, Nish


                                  Website: www.voidnish.com Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                                  I have no idea. I know bits of a huge range of relatively pointless subjects - Herself won't play "Trivial Pursuits" against me any more! :laugh:

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    I have no idea. I know bits of a huge range of relatively pointless subjects - Herself won't play "Trivial Pursuits" against me any more! :laugh:

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                                    Nish Nishant
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                                    LOL, nice skill to have :-) Knowing multiple languages, even minimally, is also a sign of intelligence - but then with you, that was never in question I suppose.

                                    Regards, Nish


                                    Website: www.voidnish.com Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      Nah...Nagy would throw a null reference exception at the thought of not drinking...

                                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                      Foothill
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                                      I figure it would look more like this:

                                      RUN "\LifeChoices\ChooseNotToDrink.exe" ERROR FileNotFound

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                                        I figure it would look more like this:

                                        RUN "\LifeChoices\ChooseNotToDrink.exe" ERROR FileNotFound

                                        if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); } Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016

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                                        OriginalGriff
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                                        Possibly more like your sig:

                                        if (numberOfGinsInFutureLife == 0) { Nagy.Universe.Implode(); }

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                                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                          Possibly more like your sig:

                                          if (numberOfGinsInFutureLife == 0) { Nagy.Universe.Implode(); }

                                          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                          Foothill
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                                          :thumbsup: :laugh:

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