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The Alcohol thread...
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the one time i drank a quantity of absinthe i had the worst hangover of my life the following day. i dunno about the sugar, i think it is something to do with the additives. wormwood is some pretty toxic shit.
Hangovers aside, each time absinthe has been involved in a night out I have lost recollection of the whole, or at least, very large sections of the night. Regardless of the drink, I have been known to experience memory loss from other alcoholic beverages due to drinking to excess, but it seems like a given when absinthe is involved. Plus a partner cheated on me once when absinthe was involved, so I'm bitter at that.
TripppAR
Bluelighter
Last time absinthe was involved in my night out I woke up with an IV drip in my arm in hospital not knowing WTF was going on at all... Ripped it out of my arm, still drunk.. and stumbled towards some sort of door I hoped would lead me out of the labyrinth!
Anyways I'm on my way out and this lady calls out for me to sign a form haha... walked outside and walked around the dead streets for a few minutes, relieved upon seeing the harbor bridge in the distance hahaha! Anyways got in a taxi and went home and ended up with an $800 ambo ride bill I couldn't recall.
Fucking absinthe.
Anyways I'm on my way out and this lady calls out for me to sign a form haha... walked outside and walked around the dead streets for a few minutes, relieved upon seeing the harbor bridge in the distance hahaha! Anyways got in a taxi and went home and ended up with an $800 ambo ride bill I couldn't recall.
Fucking absinthe.
nobodyspecial
Bluelighter
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TripppAR
Bluelighter
I was drinking a sapporro last night... what I thought was a japanese beer.
Turns out it is MADE in CANADA - Imported to Australia Via a NEWZEALAND COMPANY and then finally owned by some Australian sub-company...
:-S
Turns out it is MADE in CANADA - Imported to Australia Via a NEWZEALAND COMPANY and then finally owned by some Australian sub-company...
:-S
TripppAR
Bluelighter
Damn rats.. they get all the good shit.
Busty St Clare
Ex-Bluelighter
Invent a pill that gives you that first beer buzz then come and see me.
TripppAR
Bluelighter
You mean for like a sustained period?
Busty St Clare
Ex-Bluelighter
Yeah, first beer buzz is superior to "drunk"
^ Agreed, and the same can be said for the first noticeable impact of any booze you drink. If you know your liquor and are sensitive to the come-up effects you can ride the initial buzz for quite a while if you're clever with how much more you drink and how fast you do it. Drunk is drunk.
TripppAR
Bluelighter
Yeh I hate drunk and rarely drink to get drunk now unless its like an event or something in which case it helps with a bit of anxiety so i will get a little more pissed..
I would get a six pack and open it around 12.30 in the arvo or something and I would finish it by like 5.30ish... So I basically like to maintain that first beer + 2nd beer buzz. I usually try drink at the rate in which I metabolize ..
I would get a six pack and open it around 12.30 in the arvo or something and I would finish it by like 5.30ish... So I basically like to maintain that first beer + 2nd beer buzz. I usually try drink at the rate in which I metabolize ..
poledriver
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NZ - Why is Steinlager much cheaper overseas?
NZ - Why is Steinlager much cheaper overseas?
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NZ - Why is Steinlager much cheaper overseas?
A major New Zealand beer costs almost three times as much here than in the United States or Britain.
A six-pack of Steinlager Pure typically sells for about $16 in New Zealand. But travel 10,000km from where it is brewed, to America, and it can be bought for about $6.
And at British supermarket Asda, a six-pack of Classic sells for the equivalent of just over $4.
Lion Breweries, which makes the beer, says the prices fall in line with its competitors overseas and reflect the different marketplaces.
The six-pack in New Zealand is also at somewhat of an awkward price point - on Countdown's online shopping site, six stubbies of Steinlager Pure cost $20, but a dozen on special goes for $25 (normally $42). Twelve regular Steinlagers are on special for $18.
But a New Zealander who had recently been on holiday in the US said the difference was enough to make him want to stop buying the beer here.
"I came across it in the shop and thought, 'You've got to be joking'.
"There have previously been articles on the price of milk [overseas], and New Zealand is up in arms... [but] this is much more extreme - the difference is up to $15, which is a huge margin."
A six-pack in New Zealand includes about $2.70 in alcohol excise tax, which is calculated per litre of alcohol. There is also about $2.10 in GST for a $16 case.
The remainder is $11.20, still almost double some overseas prices.
Lion external relations director Liz Read said beer prices in different markets had been set over time, and it would be difficult to break down their components.
"I guess overall you could say it's a reflection of the different marketplace for beer pricing.
"It will be a whole lot of factors... Some of it will be tax, some of it will be making sure the pricing is in line with the other beers that it competes with in the marketplace.
"Sometimes it's a matter of retail behaviour, as well.
"In the wine market in the UK, for example, the supermarket environment is very competitive so that's influenced the price of New Zealand wine [being sold there]."
Many New Zealand-made products were cheaper overseas, she said.
"If you look at any category you will find the same thing.
"The price of New Zealand butter in Europe... could well be cheaper than here.
"Comparing New Zealand domestic prices for any product category with overseas prices is a somewhat futile exercise, given there are so many factors that contribute to market conditions and prices in different countries."
New Zealand prices are more expensive than the US, but Australia's are higher still.
A six-pack of Steinlager Pure at an Australian online retailer costs about $23, including a higher alcohol excise tax.
"Historically, when there's been a bit of a price rise, it's stuck," Ms Read said.
PRICEY BREW
Steinlager Pure, six 330ml bottles
* Countdown - $20
* Trader Joe's (US) - $6.40 (US$5.29)
* The Beer Store (Aus) - $23 (A$18 )
Steinlager classic, six 330ml bottles
* Asda (UK) - $4.10 (£2.17)
By Michael Dickison
A six-pack of Steinlager Pure typically sells for about $16 in New Zealand. But travel 10,000km from where it is brewed, to America, and it can be bought for about $6.
And at British supermarket Asda, a six-pack of Classic sells for the equivalent of just over $4.
Lion Breweries, which makes the beer, says the prices fall in line with its competitors overseas and reflect the different marketplaces.
The six-pack in New Zealand is also at somewhat of an awkward price point - on Countdown's online shopping site, six stubbies of Steinlager Pure cost $20, but a dozen on special goes for $25 (normally $42). Twelve regular Steinlagers are on special for $18.
But a New Zealander who had recently been on holiday in the US said the difference was enough to make him want to stop buying the beer here.
"I came across it in the shop and thought, 'You've got to be joking'.
"There have previously been articles on the price of milk [overseas], and New Zealand is up in arms... [but] this is much more extreme - the difference is up to $15, which is a huge margin."
A six-pack in New Zealand includes about $2.70 in alcohol excise tax, which is calculated per litre of alcohol. There is also about $2.10 in GST for a $16 case.
The remainder is $11.20, still almost double some overseas prices.
Lion external relations director Liz Read said beer prices in different markets had been set over time, and it would be difficult to break down their components.
"I guess overall you could say it's a reflection of the different marketplace for beer pricing.
"It will be a whole lot of factors... Some of it will be tax, some of it will be making sure the pricing is in line with the other beers that it competes with in the marketplace.
"Sometimes it's a matter of retail behaviour, as well.
"In the wine market in the UK, for example, the supermarket environment is very competitive so that's influenced the price of New Zealand wine [being sold there]."
Many New Zealand-made products were cheaper overseas, she said.
"If you look at any category you will find the same thing.
"The price of New Zealand butter in Europe... could well be cheaper than here.
"Comparing New Zealand domestic prices for any product category with overseas prices is a somewhat futile exercise, given there are so many factors that contribute to market conditions and prices in different countries."
New Zealand prices are more expensive than the US, but Australia's are higher still.
A six-pack of Steinlager Pure at an Australian online retailer costs about $23, including a higher alcohol excise tax.
"Historically, when there's been a bit of a price rise, it's stuck," Ms Read said.
PRICEY BREW
Steinlager Pure, six 330ml bottles
* Countdown - $20
* Trader Joe's (US) - $6.40 (US$5.29)
* The Beer Store (Aus) - $23 (A$18 )
Steinlager classic, six 330ml bottles
* Asda (UK) - $4.10 (£2.17)
By Michael Dickison
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Beat Narrative
Bluelighter
its a disgrace how expensive beer is in Australia compared nearly every other country i have been, however i found a slight saviour in Oetinger.
500ml can for $3.10 and because its German it's brewed under the purity law so there for is damn nice
I never used to like beer out of a can but the 500ml cans when really cold go down a treat, much different to drinking from a stubby
Thank you Germany for your purity laws as i am yet to drink a German beer i dislike
500ml can for $3.10 and because its German it's brewed under the purity law so there for is damn nice
I never used to like beer out of a can but the 500ml cans when really cold go down a treat, much different to drinking from a stubby
Thank you Germany for your purity laws as i am yet to drink a German beer i dislike
Mr Blonde
Bluelighter
Grasp of safe alcohol limits proves to be a long shot
ONLY FIVE per cent of Australians are able to identify safe drinking levels and young people particularly think they can drink far more than is good for them, a national survey shows.
The Centre for Alcohol Policy Research has found that apart from the 95 per cent of people unable to say what are safe drinking levels, up to 50 per cent could not even provide an estimate of hazard-free alcohol intake.
The centre's study, based on analysis of results from surveys undertaken over the past five years, reflect a failure to promote safe drinking guidelines but may also stem from confusion between the guidelines and drink-driving limits, the survey researcher, Michael Livingston, said.
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One, two, three, floor ... safe drinking guidelines misunderstood, study says. Photo: Cathy Wilcox
The national safe drinking guidelines, declared in 2009, state that men and women can imbibe two drinks a day without adversely affecting their health and on special occasions up to four drinks over six hours.
The broad recommendation to those wishing to keep their alcohol level under the .05 drink-drive laws is two standard drinks in the first hour and one drink an hour thereafter.
Mr Livingston said the misconceptions about safe drinking were sharply pronounced among young people.
Young people overestimated the number of standard drinks they could have without exposing themselves to the risk of short-term harms. Young males aged 14 to 19 years estimated 8.8 drinks was a safe limit, while their female counterparts estimated 6.5 drinks, Mr Livingston said.
Big drinkers were even less likely to give an accurate view. People who consumed more than 11 drinks a day were more likely to overestimate the number of drinks they could consume in one session without raising risk of short-term harm.
Men in this category thought 9.2 drinks was a safe limit, while women put it at 5.9 drinks.
Overall, 21.1 per cent of males and 14.9 per cent of females accurately estimated that they should take no more than two drinks a day to reduce the risk of long-term harm to their health.
Only 6.4 per cent of males and 8.2 per cent of females accurately said they should drink no more than four drinks in a sitting to reduce the risk of short-term harm such as accidents.
He said it was possible that the drink-drive advice on alcohol consumption played a role in confusing people, given it was the most commonly-conveyed advice on drinking that people heard.
The Centre for Alcohol Policy Research analysis was based on data from the 2007 and 2010 National Drug Strategy surveys which covered 26,000 people.
Mr Livingston said while there had been a slight change between the two surveys, the study showed the guidelines, formulated by the National Health and Medical Research Council, had not changed broader perceptions.
The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education's chief executive, Michael Thorn, yesterday said that despite the federal government's recognition of alcohol misuse as a priority area for public health, little effective action had been taken.
''People are not going to make healthier choices if they are not even aware what those safe choices are,'' he said.
Link.
ONLY FIVE per cent of Australians are able to identify safe drinking levels and young people particularly think they can drink far more than is good for them, a national survey shows.
The Centre for Alcohol Policy Research has found that apart from the 95 per cent of people unable to say what are safe drinking levels, up to 50 per cent could not even provide an estimate of hazard-free alcohol intake.
The centre's study, based on analysis of results from surveys undertaken over the past five years, reflect a failure to promote safe drinking guidelines but may also stem from confusion between the guidelines and drink-driving limits, the survey researcher, Michael Livingston, said.
Advertisement: Story continues below
One, two, three, floor ... safe drinking guidelines misunderstood, study says. Photo: Cathy Wilcox
The national safe drinking guidelines, declared in 2009, state that men and women can imbibe two drinks a day without adversely affecting their health and on special occasions up to four drinks over six hours.
The broad recommendation to those wishing to keep their alcohol level under the .05 drink-drive laws is two standard drinks in the first hour and one drink an hour thereafter.
Mr Livingston said the misconceptions about safe drinking were sharply pronounced among young people.
Young people overestimated the number of standard drinks they could have without exposing themselves to the risk of short-term harms. Young males aged 14 to 19 years estimated 8.8 drinks was a safe limit, while their female counterparts estimated 6.5 drinks, Mr Livingston said.
Big drinkers were even less likely to give an accurate view. People who consumed more than 11 drinks a day were more likely to overestimate the number of drinks they could consume in one session without raising risk of short-term harm.
Men in this category thought 9.2 drinks was a safe limit, while women put it at 5.9 drinks.
Overall, 21.1 per cent of males and 14.9 per cent of females accurately estimated that they should take no more than two drinks a day to reduce the risk of long-term harm to their health.
Only 6.4 per cent of males and 8.2 per cent of females accurately said they should drink no more than four drinks in a sitting to reduce the risk of short-term harm such as accidents.
He said it was possible that the drink-drive advice on alcohol consumption played a role in confusing people, given it was the most commonly-conveyed advice on drinking that people heard.
The Centre for Alcohol Policy Research analysis was based on data from the 2007 and 2010 National Drug Strategy surveys which covered 26,000 people.
Mr Livingston said while there had been a slight change between the two surveys, the study showed the guidelines, formulated by the National Health and Medical Research Council, had not changed broader perceptions.
The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education's chief executive, Michael Thorn, yesterday said that despite the federal government's recognition of alcohol misuse as a priority area for public health, little effective action had been taken.
''People are not going to make healthier choices if they are not even aware what those safe choices are,'' he said.
Link.
jaurk
Bluelighter
I'm going to a party with my ex, I want to get her as drunk as possible (not going to force anything on her ofc) but I want to see if lowering her inhibitions will show that she has any feeligns for me.
It's probably going to undo all of the detachment work I've been doing over the past many months, but I just can't resist.
4 year realtionship which she broke off, though we still had a thing after we broke up.
Fuckin' tricky shit.
I just hope alcohol will help get what she doesn't want to say out.
It's hard when she's such a reserved person.
It's probably going to undo all of the detachment work I've been doing over the past many months, but I just can't resist.
4 year realtionship which she broke off, though we still had a thing after we broke up.
Fuckin' tricky shit.
I just hope alcohol will help get what she doesn't want to say out.
It's hard when she's such a reserved person.
Nozphexezora
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footscrazy
Bluelight Crew
That doesn't sound like a good idea jaurk.
If her feelings aren't forthcoming whilst she's sober, there's probably a reason for that. You should respect that she doesn't want to say these things, not try and force them out of her. If she does come out with something due to being drunk, she'll probably regret it later and become even more closed off from you, and if she cottons on to your coercion, I'd say your hopes are dashed forever.
If her feelings aren't forthcoming whilst she's sober, there's probably a reason for that. You should respect that she doesn't want to say these things, not try and force them out of her. If she does come out with something due to being drunk, she'll probably regret it later and become even more closed off from you, and if she cottons on to your coercion, I'd say your hopes are dashed forever.