Oh, how I've missed this place!

Mrs Glenfiddich · Post by **Mrs Glenfiddich** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:09 am

I haven't been around this neck of the woods for a very long time, thanks to me embarking on a weight-loss journey after gaining 20kg with my broken ankle/not being able to walk for a year thing...anyway I have lost that weight and I'm hoping to lose a bit more, so I won't be back in full drunkard mode for a while yet.

I do feel a bit ashamed to post on this forum again while my drinking powers are at only half capacity. I hate to admit that I have been drinking sugar-free low-calorie girly abominations and have developed a taste for what I will loosely refer to a daquiris on my recent trip to the Gold Coast. Oh yeah, and my little sister can out-drink me.

So it is all a bit sad on my part, but at least yesterday I found myself in a situation that reminded me this place...I was in severe pain (yes fella's - due to 'lady issues') that painkillers weren't making a dent in, so my lovely boyfriend drove me to Dan Murphy's and purchased a bottle of scotch. We pulled into the adjoining street where early on a Sunday afternoon I started swigging from my bottle of Ballantines. It brought back a lot of good memories. And made me think of the good folk around here...

So, how is everyone? Well, I hope!

Chimneyfish · Post by **Chimneyfish** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:33 am

"The first, indeed the only, requirement of a diet is that it should lose you weight without reducing your alcoholic intake by the smallest degree."

--Kingsley Amis

Then again, he was a huge fatass. But it's entirely possible to drink as much as you want and stay in great shape, which brings me to another of his quotes:

"Food is the curse of the drinking classes."

Mrs Glenfiddich · Post by **Mrs Glenfiddich** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:52 am

Once I'm in the shape I want to be (about another 8kg) then I will work larger amounts of booze back in...but until then...at least I've saved a lot of money! The booze did play a big part in my gaining that amount of weight, for example, my boyfriend would say to me "Going out to water the garden", then ten minutes later he would enter the house with a huge grin on his face and a bottle of tequila in his hands. The tequila (and usually more) would be consumed and the inevitable junk food chaser would follow, along with the greasy hangover cure the next day. But, I will not hold it against the booze! I am going to let myself drink whatever I want this weekend, as it's the Australian Football League Grand Final, which is a holy day in my universe! So I shall honour the spirits!

Cheers!

bluebottle · Post by **bluebottle** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:56 am

i agree. stick with the good hard stuff like bourbon, voddie, or gin - and mix with diet soda pop or tea. green tea makes a great chaser. forget beer or wine, esp. michelob ultra. i tried buying that once and felt like a fool even standing in line with it. we must all watch our figures or we can't see our precious shoes!

Gin McGuinness · Post by **Gin McGuinness** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:25 am

WOW! Welcome back deary! You've been missed! Sorry to hear about your issues - hopefully we'll be seeing a lot more of you, even if you're only at half mass.

Surreal · Post by **Surreal** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:19 am

Ahhhhhh...pain meds. I had some surgery on my knee and Darvocet was the pain med I was discharged with. Darvocet with a Jamesons chaser is probably one of the finest buzzes going. Sublime, absolutely sublime.....

-Surreal McCoy

Crystal · Post by **Crystal** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:25 pm

I'm glad you stopped in! At least you're drinking.

Bender! · Post by **Bender!** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:44 pm

Straight Bourbon.

A weight loss plan I can believe in. Lost me about 20 lbs a few years back on this plan.

cloud8 · Post by **cloud8** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:40 pm

Mrs Glenfiddich wrote:yesterday I found myself in a situation that reminded me this place...I was in severe pain (yes fella's - due to 'lady issues') that painkillers weren't making a dent in, so my lovely boyfriend drove me to Dan Murphy's and purchased a bottle of scotch. We pulled into the adjoining street where early on a Sunday afternoon I started swigging from my bottle of Ballantines. It brought back a lot of good memories. And made me think of the good folk around here...

So, how is everyone? Well, I hope!

He sounds like a keeper. Cheers, Mrs. G!

Cowboy Joe · Post by **Cowboy Joe** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:52 pm

Howdy....I've had some good times slugging down Ballantines. Get's me through the wet cold winters......

grippingthewheel · Post by **grippingthewheel** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:25 pm

Who are you people?

General E. Fubar · Post by **General E. Fubar** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:07 pm

Who am I?

Savage · Post by **Savage** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:41 pm

Mrs. Gf, you do what you gotta do. As always, we're saving your stool for you at the MD bar. I may have to ride the wagon for a while myself and the prospect looms cold and lonely afore me.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:37 am

grippingthewheel wrote:Who are you people?

Nebraska Jimmy Mussolini. And you are?

Mrs Glenfiddich · Post by **Mrs Glenfiddich** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:38 pm

Thanks everyone! It's good to know that there's a bar stool with my butt imprint on it waiting for me. I've missed you crazy drunkards a bunch, and it's good to be back. The main reason I stayed away from this place was it makes me want to drink - a lot, but, I guess that's what the place is for!

bluebottle wrote:i agree. stick with the good hard stuff like bourbon, voddie, or gin - and mix with diet soda pop or tea. green tea makes a great chaser. forget beer or wine, esp. michelob ultra. i tried buying that once and felt like a fool even standing in line with it. we must all watch our figures or we can't see our precious shoes!

Yeah, that's what I've been doing, Scotch and diet dry, etc. My mother actually came home the other week with a 6 pack of Michelob Ultra - that stuff is even cheap in Australia!

Gin McGuinness wrote:WOW! Welcome back deary! You've been missed! Sorry to hear about your issues - hopefully we'll be seeing a lot more of you, even if you're only at half mass.

I've missed you too, lovely lady! I will be around here a lot more, from now on. Well, I don't have a job, so I've got no excuse!

Surreal McCoy wrote:Ahhhhhh...pain meds. I had some surgery on my knee and Darvocet was the pain med I was discharged with. Darvocet with a Jamesons chaser is probably one of the finest buzzes going. Sublime, absolutely sublime.....

-Surreal McCoy

I'd have to recommend Oxcycontin, and I like the Jameson chaser.

Crystal wrote:I'm glad you stopped in! At least you're drinking.

Ah well, you can relive teenagedom whilst trying to get your tolerance back, man that's gonna be fun for us to watch!

cloud8 wrote:He sounds like a keeper. Cheers, Mrs. G!

He is a keeper, he'll even buy me sugar-free girly drinks :-)

Savage wrote:Mrs. Gf, you do what you gotta do. As always, we're saving your stool for you at the MD bar. I may have to ride the wagon for a while myself and the prospect looms cold and lonely afore me.

I'll save you a spot right next to me, most of us have to face the world undrunk at some point. You're tough, if I can do it, you can!

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