Thread: Games !

Originally Posted by Chris

LMAO so the picture I am getting here is no games without the alcohol then, between you and Alekto it sounds like games night could be more of a 'drinking' games night !!!! pmsl

emmm yeah..... arrrrr!

Originally Posted by donnad

Alekto, that is why we play Farkle! you can play pirate Farrrrrkle too hahaha easy to play even when enjoying rum! arrr me matey
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Originally Posted by Chris

LMAO so the picture I am getting here is no games without the alcohol then, between you and Alekto it sounds like games night could be more of a 'drinking' games night !!!! pmsl

Chris,
When the kids are over it is all games and no drinking, for them at least. Our kids have to drive to our house and they don't drink and drive. None of them do, the law in our state takes that very seriously. Now me and the hubby may have a beer or cocktail to relax, but we are not driving so it is okay When its nice out we like to relax on the patio with a few beers and fire up the chimnia. Our summers are short and we love to sit outside in the evening listening to music and relax. The sound of birds chirping, owls hooting and Beagles baying, oh dang Bentley and Rex will you ever stop?, this is my daydream! hahaha

Originally Posted by donnad

Chris,

the law in our state takes that very seriously.

well I agree with the law in your state - that is serious - we don't drink and drive any more - used to, to be honest, when we were younger - "but I only had a beer" kind of thing - but then we realised one day that we did take the wheel the night before when we were a bit iffy and it scared us - we could have injured someone or worse, and none of us could have lived with it - now, we make sure we let enough time pass to evacuate all the alcohol from our system - we make sure we measure our intake.
in 1 liter of 12 % alcohol wine - if we get half a bottle each it means about 5 points (1 bottle is not 1liter it's 0.75l) - it takes 1 hour for the alcohol to start going through our system, then 5 hours to evacuate completely => we don't drive for 6 hours after we started drinking.
we know also that if we take more than 8 points, from then it's 1.5 hours per point we have to wait - so if we take 7 points, then we have to wait 8 hours, but if we take 9 points, then we have to wait 13 and a half hours because the body can only easily evacuate 8 points but then it starts struggling.
we usually calculate very wide to make sure none of it is left.

Originally Posted by donnad

Chris,
When the kids are over it is all games and no drinking, for them at least. Our kids have to drive to our house and they don't drink and drive. None of them do, the law in our state takes that very seriously. Now me and the hubby may have a beer or cocktail to relax, but we are not driving so it is okay When its nice out we like to relax on the patio with a few beers and fire up the chimnia. Our summers are short and we love to sit outside in the evening listening to music and relax. The sound of birds chirping, owls hooting and Beagles baying, oh dang Bentley and Rex will you ever stop?, this is my daydream! hahaha

I am glad to see you take your drinking responsibly !!! lol Oh for those summer nights over here !!! will we ever get them !! lol

Originally Posted by Alekto

well I agree with the law in your state - that is serious - we don't drink and drive any more - used to, to be honest, when we were younger - "but I only had a beer" kind of thing - but then we realised one day that we did take the wheel the night before when we were a bit iffy and it scared us - we could have injured someone or worse, and none of us could have lived with it - now, we make sure we let enough time pass to evacuate all the alcohol from our system - we make sure we measure our intake.
in 1 liter of 12 % alcohol wine - if we get half a bottle each it means about 5 points (1 bottle is not 1liter it's 0.75l) - it takes 1 hour for the alcohol to start going through our system, then 5 hours to evacuate completely => we don't drive for 6 hours after we started drinking.
we know also that if we take more than 8 points, from then it's 1.5 hours per point we have to wait - so if we take 7 points, then we have to wait 8 hours, but if we take 9 points, then we have to wait 13 and a half hours because the body can only easily evacuate 8 points but then it starts struggling.
we usually calculate very wide to make sure none of it is left.

Oh you have worked this out pretty well havent you !!! lol I take it you are not in the driving seat very often Alekto !!! lmao

Just a wee word of advise.............no seriously............it can take up to 6 weeks for your body to be alcohol free !!! lol

Originally Posted by Alekto

well I agree with the law in your state - that is serious - we don't drink and drive any more - used to, to be honest, when we were younger - "but I only had a beer" kind of thing - but then we realised one day that we did take the wheel the night before when we were a bit iffy and it scared us - we could have injured someone or worse, and none of us could have lived with it - now, we make sure we let enough time pass to evacuate all the alcohol from our system - we make sure we measure our intake.
in 1 liter of 12 % alcohol wine - if we get half a bottle each it means about 5 points (1 bottle is not 1liter it's 0.75l) - it takes 1 hour for the alcohol to start going through our system, then 5 hours to evacuate completely => we don't drive for 6 hours after we started drinking.
we know also that if we take more than 8 points, from then it's 1.5 hours per point we have to wait - so if we take 7 points, then we have to wait 8 hours, but if we take 9 points, then we have to wait 13 and a half hours because the body can only easily evacuate 8 points but then it starts struggling.
we usually calculate very wide to make sure none of it is left.

haha you must figure that out before you start cause after it would be impossible! I could not do that kinda math sober! hahah be safe and have a designated driver!

Chris, alcohol doesn't stay, but the effect of alcohol on the liver can be detected for up to 2 weeks and also the hair follicles - it's not the alcohol that is detected, it is the health of the liver and some agents produced by the hair follicles that will tell you if a person has had alcohol up to 2 weeks after... A while back, after a really heavy party, we calculated that we weren't safe before 2 days!!! 48 hours!! but that was really a few years ago, we've slowed down a LOT ;-)
Donna, yeah actally we do it the next day - usually we have our parties at home or at friends - so we know how much alcohol we have in the house, and if in doubt the next day we look at the number of empty bottles in the kitchen, we kind of divide by the number of guests, and then we assume that Husband has had a little bit more - because he tends to ;-) ... It's rare when we go drink "on the town", and when we do we keep it rather tame - a couple of beers maximum...
we do have a whole policy around that at home - we are terrified to cause injury while out of control - it never happened to us, so I don't know why both of us are like that, but really it does border on paranoia!

That is great, when I was younger we would have our friends out to our place to party and everyone would spend the night. On Saturday morning I would make a huge breakfast and feed everyone before they went home. My daughter grew up having our friends over and called them all Aunt and Uncle. I remember when she was old enough to realize that "hey that's not my uncle!" hahaha She has 2 spare bedrooms in her house and is following the tradition. I would rather feed them the next day then have them kill themselves on the way home.