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Physiofly
Skeptic Friend
USA
90 Posts |
 Posted - 02/02/2002 : 00:40:31 [Permalink]
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quote:
"Many kinds of monkeys have a strong taste for tea, coffee, and spirituous liquors: they will also, as I have myself seen, smoke tobacco with pleasure." - Charles Darwin, Descent of Man
Caffeine, ethanol and nicotine - the true ingredients of primordial soup?
"Be careful about reading health books. You might die of a misprint." - Mark Twain |
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Trish
SFN Addict
USA
2102 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2002 : 09:39:15 [Permalink]
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Nicotine - I keep saying I'm going to give this stuff up one day.
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There is no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our world. It underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've known. Sagan |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2002 : 10:40:03 [Permalink]
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Mmmmm. Nicotine.
I like Black Maria cut plug, but mostly I dip snuff. Not so messy. I also smoke a pipe and once in a while, a really good, madura-wrapped ciger. Wish I could afford more of those stogies.
For ethanol, I prefers cheap bourbon.
Deep in the wonders of the primordal soup, am I.
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Garrette
SFN Regular
USA
562 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2002 : 11:00:57 [Permalink]
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Haven't we had this thread once before? The wonders of ethanol are seemingly limitless, no doubt.
Rum and coke. Bourbon straight sometimes, but mostly with coke or ginger ale. Italian iced tea. Vodka.
Oh, yeah, and anything related to jello shots or body shots...
My kids still love me. |
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Xev
Skeptic Friend
USA
329 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2002 : 13:45:46 [Permalink]
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Daquris, Mai Tais, Vodka and Coke, White Russians. Margaritas.
Not much of a beer drinker. Straight Vodka, and Brandy.
Mmmm
Xev-Come not between the creationist and his pseudoscience-Bellringer
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Slater
SFN Regular
USA
1668 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2002 : 14:04:19 [Permalink]
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Huh what? Mai Tais? Did somebody say Mai Tais? Bartender I'll have another.
Garrette you might scoff a caffeine but last week Good Morning America (so you know it's gotta be true) reported that people who have two or more cups of coffee's worth of caffeine a day are 60% less likely to develope Altzheimers than those who obstain.
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Garrette
SFN Regular
USA
562 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2002 : 15:39:56 [Permalink]
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Nah, I don't really scoff at caffeine. I just don't want to be addicted to it again. I literally was addicted to Mountain Dew and Big Red (a regional drink with a tad more caffeine than Mountain Dew). It was not easy getting off them.
I'd be interested to know any confounding variables (is that the right term) regarding the Alzheimer's study. I recall other studies that say mental exercises also work to stave off the disease. Is it possible that coffee drinkers are generally more mentally active?
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ktesibios
SFN Regular
USA
505 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2002 : 21:57:53 [Permalink]
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Canadian whisky.
Coffee.
Camel regulars.
All else is mere commentary.
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Kaneda Kuonji
Skeptic Friend
USA
138 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2002 : 06:49:19 [Permalink]
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That which is a vice to some may be a virtue for others. Strive to find an affinity for thine life's blood.
Not all need caffeine. Some may need sugar or nicotine.
Rodney Dean, CI Order of the Knights of Jubal
Ivbalis.org
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Wendy
SFN Regular
USA
614 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2002 : 15:37:26 [Permalink]
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Ahhh, coffee. Black, like my heart. Is there anything better? I think not. Just the thought of it is exciting. Think I'll go make some.
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