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Posted by Transmute Jun on 30-09-2012 at 21:39:

Hot tea with honey and lemon! Hope you feel better, Daniella! Huggles

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Posted by Victoria on 01-10-2012 at 02:28:

Long Island ice tea. Hmm... It's been a while since I had one of those. Pretty delicious. Though my personal favourite is the Green iguana. God, I love them. Though right now I can't really afford their components. And then there's that alcohol ban going on in Czech rep. ;_; Have to stick with wine.

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Posted by ElectricWhite on 01-10-2012 at 02:54:

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And then there's that alcohol ban going on in Czech rep. ;_; Have to stick with wine.

That reminds me of an old joke from the old Soviet Union days, when vodka was banned...

Two men were standing in line. "Wouldn't you know it?" the first man said, "Gorby just had to be a teetotaler! I'm miserable!"

"It could be worse." the second man replied, "He could be celibate."

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Posted by Victoria on 01-10-2012 at 05:29:

I wonder which one would actually be worse for the people of Soviet Union (don't have much experience myself. I was five when it all came crashing down. Hardly remember the Velvet Revolution). But right now, 26 people have died because of methanol in bottles of spirits, so everyone seems to be kind of paranoid over here. Well, I've got my Moravian Muscat, so at least I can drink at peace. Drunk Drunk Drunk

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Posted by Daniella T on 01-10-2012 at 11:56:

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Originally posted by Daniella T

Turning back to rant, can I add my own ranting here? Just came down with a bad cold, and it's the busiest time of the year at work whoo

I'll see your cold, I've had it for the last four days, and DH had it before that (missed two days of work); and raise you an F*d up toilet: my toilet is leaking from underneath the base at the floor. Nothing like trying to mop up standing off of the floor when all you want to do is crawl under the covers and die.

Ooooops! Yes, that indeed makes me feel a bit better! Now if I could only breathe...

Good luck with your cold/flooding loo, Ame!

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Posted by Daniella T on 01-10-2012 at 11:56:

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Originally posted by ElectricWhite

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Originally posted by Victoria
And then there's that alcohol ban going on in Czech rep. ;_; Have to stick with wine.

Maybe he drank but didn't swallow...

(just one of the permutations of "I smoked but didn't inhale quip).

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Posted by Daniella T on 01-10-2012 at 11:57:

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Originally posted by Transmute Jun
Hot tea with honey and lemon! Hope you feel better, Daniella! Huggles

Thank you, TJ!

That's indeed what I'm having -- occasionally with a drop of grog inside!

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Posted by ElectricWhite on 01-10-2012 at 17:24:

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But right now, 26 people have died because of methanol in bottles of spirits

You know, it's amazing how often people stubbornly refuse to learn from others' mistakes (myself included). For example, banning alcohol didn't work in America in the 1920's, so why do other governments think it would work for them? (You don't have to be much of a student of American history to see what I mean -- if you know anything about Al Capone, then you have some idea of how much of a failure Prohibition was.)

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Posted by ChrisW on 01-10-2012 at 23:38:

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You know, it's amazing how often people stubbornly refuse to learn from others' mistakes (myself included). For example, banning alcohol didn't work in America in the 1920's, so why do other governments think it would work for them? (You don't have to be much of a student of American history to see what I mean -- if you know anything about Al Capone, then you have some idea of how much of a failure Prohibition was.)

Well, the thing is, the same lessons don't always carry over from culture to culture. Take a country where almost everyone is staunchly the same religion, and that religion strictly bans drinking. Banning alcohol there entirely might not have the same level of blowback that it did in the US.

That said, human nature being human nature, sometimes banning something just makes it more intriguing. Tongue

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Posted by gatchamarie on 02-10-2012 at 08:41:

Now that I've only had the chance to read this thread once the month of October has already begun, I so so hope that things are turning out better for you, EW! Huggles You'll see ... some day you'll see the light ... cause there is one, isn't there?! Puppydogeyes Please, feel free to find me if you'd ever need to talk! And, one other thing ... if you need to discard one or both of those vodka bottles, I wouldn't say no if you'd decide to kindly pass them over to me!! Bounce2

Daniella and Amethyst ... hope you're both feeling much better also, now! Sending chicken soup bowls your way!!

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Posted by amethyst on 02-10-2012 at 15:03:

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Daniella and Amethyst ... hope you're both feeling much better also, now! Sending chicken soup bowls your way!!

Thanks, Marie! The cold is slowly getting better, not fast enough, though.

We are still not sure what caused the toilet to back-flow, but it happened in another apartment, too (only into their bath tub), so something in the line is blocked or messed up. The plumber changed the seal (I forgot the technical term) underneath our toilet and snacked the line, but they are just temporary fixes. The toilet needs to be replaced, most likely tomorrow. As for the snaking being temporary, we've done it ourselves as the toilet has a history of clogging, but this time it didn't come from the toilet. I think we just have old, narrow lines that easily clog; or there is a root in the line somewhere that likes to catch things.

Hope everyone is starting off October on a better note. Out here, October has started off with a heat wave, and some of the warmest temps of the year. And my baseball team that I've followed since I was little clinched a playoff berth. So this month is looking up so far.

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 02-10-2012 at 20:50:

I'm glad things are improving for you, Amethyst! Hope you get that new toilet soon!

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Posted by Daniella T on 02-10-2012 at 21:07:

After stuffing myself with meds, cold is better...fingers crossed!
Thanks for the hugs and wishes, guys!

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