stalkin' my peeps - Welcome New Members thread!

[Dixie Flatline]

That comes from playing (and occasionally singing) in a Irish Folk band for years If I ever get to Ireland I'll bring my favourite recorder: I'm told you have awesome jam sessions in your pubs. (Had one in Wales, 2 years ago - most fun I've ever had!)

We do! If you ever get to Cork, send me a sub-space message!

 

[rhubarbodendron]

by all means! =) I'm aiming at going to London next spring for my 50est b-day. Depending on how much I can save till then I might take a few detours to Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

 

[kirsten187]

I'm in Scotland if you wish to say hello but no bagpipes - they drive me mad!

 

[rhubarbodendron]

I'm a damned good whistler. And I sing slightly better than a banshee

 

[kirsten187]

Excellent. You'll fit right in.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

I'd stick out again at the first bar crawl: I never drink any alcohol

 

[kirsten187]

Neither do I.

 

[Australis]

You would be what we call in Australia the 'deso'.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syWsq30QadY[/yt]

 

[rhubarbodendron]

Cool video!! (and cute guy!!)

I usually end up as the deso but that's not the reason I don't drink. There were three factors that lead to that decision:

1) I work with alcohol a lot and by inhaling it 8 hours a day I already get so high a dose that my GP once asked me if I was an alcoholic (my liver readings were quite off the score, apparently). I've now developed a new analysis technique that minimizes my contact with alcohol and both my liver and my medicine man are rather pleased

2) alcohol is one of the strongest poisons we biologists know. Even in tiny doses it already damages nervous tissue ( = the brain). You don't notice it at first because the other cells take over for the damaged ones but after a while it gets more than they can handle. Also, an ex of mine boozed himself to death which was no pleasure to watch, I assure you. After a while the pancreas deteriorates and you start to digest your own intestines. A slow and extremely painful death.

3) I am the one who controls my actions. I won't allow any person nor any chemical substance to control me. (Which is why I gave up smoking the instant it became a habit, 30 years ago, and I don't do any drugs at all - neither legal nor illegal ones - save for my migraine meds)

 

[kgibsonuk]

Not so much a new member but an old one returning. Hey everyone!

 

[kirsten187]

Hello

 

[rhubarbodendron]

Kev!!!! Welcome back!!!!

 

[kirsten187]

Someone remembers you! This is good news

 

[SpookyJim]

Hi all

Lifelong Star Trek fan just landed...loved it ever since I was too young to understand the plots!

 

[Xip]

Welcome!
You've landed in the right spot

 

[Australis]

Welcome new peeps.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

welcome Is Spooky Jim your Halloween name or your real username?

 

[kirsten187]

Hi SpookyJim

 

[cooleddie74]

Welcome! Hope you have a lot of interesting fun here.

 

[kirsten187]

Interesting is a good way of putting it