Re: wine

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "X. J. Scott" <xjscott@e...> wrote:
>
> >> wine for nearly the same price John quoted for water. (OK, so
> >> maybe you don't drink alcohol ... but if you do, wine is a healthier
> >> choice than soda.
>
> Monz, you are absolutely correct that beer and wine are cheaper than water
> in Europe. This did not escape my notice. Alcoholism runs in my family and I
> had sworn off the stuff after regaining consciousness choking and sputtering
> in a ditch where my 'friends' had dumped my vomit-soaked body during a rain
> storm when I was 18.
>
> I dearly wanted to imbibe while in Europe. you can't believe the strugglue I
> went through. I did take one sip of wine that was offered me in Otto Via in
> Umbria (forgot the spelling of the city just now - that is sort of phonetic
> there) and drank a whole glass at the home of a dear french family I met in
> Bayeux.
>
> Now I make my own wine and am ok with that. My wife bought me a case of
> Fosters for a holiday and I have been enjoying it tremendously. Australian
> beer is the best. I am glad to be drinking again and do not seem to have any
> problems with it so far.
>
> - Jeff

Excellent. How is your wine turning out? You might have hit upon a solution to the drug war: You are allowed to use drugs, as long as you grow them yourself. Any selling is prohibited.

John Starrett