On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:37:42 -0800, Winston
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:

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So you cant have a good time unless you are drunk? Blink
blink...blink?

Heh! Actually I have a much better time not
drinking now, than I ever had 'back in the day'.

I would have felt a lot of pressure to pick
up a glass, surrounded by my pals who were
drinking. It is a mindless, operant conditioning
thing. Sorta like some ex-smokers who have
such a rough time *not* sparking up after meals.

Years afterward I was out to lunch with friends
at a different division of the company.
They really could not understand why I would
only have my soft drink and urged me to join
them in a pitcher or two.

*That* was difficult.

I stopped drinking when I was about..humm...22 or 23 yrs old. I think I
related the story of the Pillsbury Dough Girl before..so I wont go into
it again. I found I was drinking out of boredom for the most part. I
still go to bars several nights a week, but I drink coke or pepsi. I
tend to be something of a people watcher..and occasionally a " watch out
for people"..and since Im usually carrying a pistol..booze is
contraindicated.

I suppose I could have more choices of ladies if I drank along with
them.and then took them home and had a drunken roll with them..but
somehow over the years Ive found that to be "less than satisfying". So I
find one who has had only a couple drinks..then take them home and have
marvelous good times with no hangovers and a second time in the morning
when we wake up.
Doesnt happen ever week, or even every couple weeks..but when it
happens..its very nice indeed.

And I do indeed have to deal with peer pressure..so I simply tell em Im
allergic to booze which is why I drink soft drinks. Most folks feel
sorry for me. VBG because of this. And I seldom even have to buy a
soft drink. At $2 a glass..its even cheaper than beer and the bar maids
dont mind doing free refills because I really am a nice guy Grin


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Good for having a smart boss!

Some of the bosses I've worked for since then
make Vic look like an unmitigated blessing.

Which is why I work for myself. Im bad enough damnit!

I really didn't know how good I had it at the time
or how Purely Evil some managers can be.

--Winston -- In tonight's play the part of 'Infinite
Destruction' will be played by Mr. Saeed's
understudy, Satan, the Prince of Darkness.

Reminds me of a guy I worked for named Jerry Mills. He gave his wife
and his girlfriend (secretary) the clap 3-4 times and wrecked 3 cars in
the 2 yrs , 2 months and 9 days I worked for him.
5' 5": and every bit of it was drunken idiot.

Gunner

One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch