tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post7128358103874396299..comments2024-03-23T04:23:48.076+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: A Couple of Days OffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-82448256922106198602012-01-11T15:37:06.875+00:002012-01-11T15:37:06.875+00:00If I have my four units a day for five days im owe...If I have my four units a day for five days im owed a unit? Im going to stick to the usual 21 units on a Sunday evening and then another 21 units after midnight thus still getting the right ammount of units a week. It would therefore be more helpful if the authorities allowed later licensing on a Sunday.Coxynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-82429510324863209322012-01-11T08:08:44.560+00:002012-01-11T08:08:44.560+00:00I think I sort of actually care about my health to...I think I sort of actually care about my health too. It has just felt right for me not to drink every day and anyway as I get older, I'm completely fucked if I do, so there is a practical here and now reason too.<br /><br />Still have 6 or 7 quite happily though sometimes, so fuck you Gilmour.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-33324888081337729062012-01-11T08:00:01.413+00:002012-01-11T08:00:01.413+00:003 BFD's a week for me, normally, too. Purely b...3 BFD's a week for me, normally, too. Purely because I actually care about my health. I'm sometimes shocked when I find out how much some people (albeit in the industry - brewers, beer writers, publicans) actually drink.Leighhttp://www.goodfoodgoodbeer.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-32063802338543333192012-01-10T10:04:29.560+00:002012-01-10T10:04:29.560+00:00In my sad, pub-less life, I drink mostly at home, ...In my sad, pub-less life, I drink mostly at home, except during Biergarten weather. I "limit myself" to around 2 litres a day, mostly homebrew under 3.5% alcohol, weekends somewhat more. Seems to work for me, day in, day out.<br /><br />If I *did* have pubs here though, then I probably *would* need dry days.Erlangernickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564871714656285737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-24746043433836955032012-01-09T20:15:16.044+00:002012-01-09T20:15:16.044+00:00There are a few reasons why I usually drink on onl...There are a few reasons why I usually drink on only 2 or 3 days a week (mostly) nowadays. Firstly, as I get older it is harder to cope with the morning after mid week drinking when work beckons. Also, I've gained a liking for sitting at home with a few strong Belgian or other quality bottled beers with farmhouse cheese. Pleasurable as that is, it is disasterous for the waistline if done too often. Finally, the cost of a night out isn't cheap with the £3 pint starting to rear its ugly head in my area. So its not that I don't want to drink every night, I just don't bother anymore.Birkonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797631050700297107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-83180663978518997692012-01-09T16:33:20.169+00:002012-01-09T16:33:20.169+00:00I agree it's a more sensible approach than say...I agree it's a more sensible approach than saying that if you have 21 units you're fine, but if you have 22, you and yours will be damned unto the 7th generation.<br /><br />But I do wonder how far Ian Gilmour knows what he's talking about. I've known quite a few alcoholics in my time, and most were capable of taking a couple of days off the booze - even weeks occasionally.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-90205306900358316082012-01-09T12:29:51.339+00:002012-01-09T12:29:51.339+00:00Arguably that is more in line with real-world drin...Arguably that is more in line with real-world drinking patterns than suggesting you are a "hazardous drinker" if you exceed one and a half pints in any one day. But the problem with all these guidelines is not that they are bad advice in themselves, but the implication that you fall off a cliff of risk if you exceed them by even a small amount, which is nonsense.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com