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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: New Bike Path
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 14:22:47 -0400
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On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 11:13:10 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:

>On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 13:59:01 -0400, Catrike Ryder
><Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:50:33 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 17:34:52 -0000 (UTC), Ted Heise <theise@panix.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:02:19 -0700,
>>>>  Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:
>>>>>  On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 03:56:41 -0400, Catrike Ryder
>>>>> <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> >This morning I only walked a little over one mile, My balance issues
>>>>> >were bothering me, as they often do, and I must have looked like I was
>>>>> >totally drunk by the time I got back. I wasn't, of course. I'd last
>>>>> >had a couple of ounces of Cognac last night at about 1800.
>>>>> 
>>>>>  For amusement, I ran those numbers through an online blood alcohol
>>>>>  calculator.  
>>>>> <https://www.calculator.net/bac-calculator.html?csex=m&bodyweight=180&bodyweightunit=pound&thour=8&tmin=0&ba=2&bsize=b330&babv=5&wa=&wsize=c150&wabv=12&la=&lsize=s50&labv=40&oa=&osize=2&osizeunit=oz&oabv=50&x=Calculate>
>>>>>  The results were zero percent blood alcohol level after 8 hrs sleep. 
>>>>> 
>>>>>  I had to guess at most of the parameters:
>>>>>  Weight = 180 lbs
>>>>>  "a couple of oz" = 2 oz
>>>>>  Cognac is about 50% alcohol
>>>>>  "last night" sleep time = 8 hrs.
>>>>> 
>>>>>  I suspect that 2 oz of cognac is wrong and that "a couple of 
>>>>>  oz" really means the traditional "tulip glass" which is 6 oz.
>>>>
>>>>Not sure what glasses you're looking at, but they might be only 
>>>>partly filled (i.e., 1-2 ounces) if used anything like a snifter.
>>>
>>>Something like these:
>>><https://www.google.com/search?q=cognac+glasses&tbm=isch>
>>>However, you're right.  I didn't notice that such tulip glasses always
>>>are shown partly filled.  From the original text, I interpreted "a
>>>couple of oz" to mean two oz.  
>>>
>>>That makes me curious why one would use a rather large glass for a
>>>rather small amount of cognac.
>>><https://www.tastingtable.com/1474019/how-to-choose-glass-drink-cognac-neat/>
>>>"Cognac experts claim that tulip glasses give a wider range of smells
>>>due to the shape, whereas brandy snifters trap all of the aroma inside
>>>the glass leaving you with only the harsh scent of the alcohol."
>>
>>Much if the enjoyment of fine brandy involves the aroma. You're
>>supoose cup your hand around the bottm if the snifter to warm the
>>brandy and release the aroma.
>
>Well, if aroma is what you really want, may I suggest what I did in
>college.  I had an early nebulizer:
><https://www.google.com/search?q=nebulizer&tbm=isch>
>I loaded it with all kinds of intoxicating and psychoactive chemicals.
>The idea was to vaporize the liquid and absorb it through the lungs or
>in some cases, through the skin:
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_inhalation>
>
>Hint:  Ingesting alcoholic beverages through the stomach is
>inefficient.  Most of the alcohol is removed by the kidneys and liver.
>Entering through the lungs is more efficient because the alcohol goes
>directly into the blood stream.  However, there are some major risks:
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_inhalation#Effects_and_health_concerns>
>I soon found that it was very easy to get seriously intoxicated
>without noticing that anything had changed.

I'm after the taste as well as the scent. I'm not interested in
intoxication.