Re: New Bike Path

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:
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On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:50:33 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
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On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 17:34:52 -0000 (UTC), Ted Heise <theise@panix.com>
wrote:
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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.

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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.

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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. 
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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."

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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.

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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>
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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.