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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: New Bike Path
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 15:24:32 -0500
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On 7/14/2024 2:52 PM, Ted Heise wrote:
> 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:
> 
>>>>> 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...
> 
> Oh my, and I thought drinking absolute ethanol was adventurous.
> 
That brings memories! When Rich 'Captain America' Hammen was 
national road champion, local parties featured pilfered 95% 
ethanol from the Chemistry Department.

I quickly learned to not drink that.
-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
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