[tom]

Turkey, on 06 April 2012 - 12:14 PM, said:

So what do people reckon is the sweet spot in terms of #'s of beers before going on to something lighter to drink e.g. bourbon?

For me it varies and I cannot really say why.

Some days the beer goes down like water and I can drink the stuff real easy. Other days it is all too difficult after just a pint or two.

I speculate that for me it is on those evenings that I have to be home, with about an hour to spare, that the beer is so much nicer than other nights when I have the whole night in front of me? It is on those nights I have more time than usual I find after just a few beers I have to swap to spirits.

If I had to average it I reckon it would be after as few as four or so pints that I make the switch.

[Turkey]

This is totally unacceptable! I have been doing my bit for the team, admit it ... who is letting the side down?

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AUSTRALIANS are drinking less alcohol and even the steady growth in wine quaffing has stopped.

The latest figures by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that beer drinking has plunged to a 65-year low.

[Witchsmeller Pursuivant]

Turkey, on 04 May 2012 - 05:39 AM, said:

This is totally unacceptable! I have been doing my bit for the team, admit it ... who is letting the side down?

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In April I wasn't, which is why Mrs Pursuivant and I are having a dry May.

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[Turkey]

Witchsmeller Pursuivant, on 04 May 2012 - 06:16 AM, said:

In April I wasn't, which is why Mrs Pursuivant and I are having a dry May.

I think I had a dry Tuesday. Once. About four years ago.

Just kidding, I usually don't drink during the week and tackle the liver with gusto on the weekends.

[staringclown]

Turkey, on 04 May 2012 - 05:39 AM, said:

This is totally unacceptable! I have been doing my bit for the team, admit it ... who is letting the side down?

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I was keeping up my usual phenomenal work rate until I suffered an elbow strain late last night. Had a physio session over lunch it looks like I'll be match fit again in 20 minutes.

[Turkey]

staringclown, on 04 May 2012 - 07:50 AM, said:

I was keeping up my usual phenomenal work rate until I suffered an elbow strain late last night. Had a physio session over lunch it looks like I'll be match fit again in 20 minutes.

Good work!

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Australians drank on average just under 10 litres of alcohol per Australian aged over 14 in 2010-2011, the first time consumption has fallen on the previous year's intake in 10 years.

10 litres per annum? I would have thought that was nothing more than a good long weekend !!??

Edit: unless they are using the pure alcohol content and multiplying e.g. a 375 ml beer * 4.5% = <calculation too difficult for a Friday night> ml.

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[savagegoose]

stats started plummeting when i started tea totaling

[tom]

Turkey, on 04 May 2012 - 11:27 AM, said:

Good work!


10 litres per annum? I would have thought that was nothing more than a good long weekend !!??

Edit: unless they are using the pure alcohol content and multiplying e.g. a 375 ml beer * 4.5% = <calculation too difficult for a Friday night> ml.

Must be because a carton of beer even small bottoles (330mL) is 8L odd. I would be drinking on behalf of about 30 abstaining Australians I reckon... Indeed the average would be under the recommended amount on those adds.

Then if it is alcohol alone : 400mL per carton. i.e. you would drink a carton every fortnight to get through your ten litres. I guess that seems about right? I am about that I reckon with pubs and home drinking combined with the occasional bender, but most would be under and many I know would be at least double. Yeh it has to be as you suggest pure alcohol content.