For me, if there's no wine I'm fine

I've got a ton of other booze for guests, xmas, etc, but I'm not bothered by it. So the secret is simply not to have any wine in the house during the week otherwise it's too tempting.

Posted By: yarmyyarmy on June 4th 2015 at 16:34:37

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TEA (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 15:34:49
- just imagine how nice it'll taste when you start brewing it at the correct temperature (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 4, 17:11:31
- Hogs Back Brewery TEA is nice (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 4, 16:11:24
  - My local brew (General Chat) - Surrey Yella, Jun 4, 21:05:55
  - isn't it just! yes from me. Traditonal English Ale. (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jun 4, 16:15:28
- i haven't gone a single day without tea since i was about three (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:06:35
  - As a telecoms engineer I was brought up on the stuff. (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Jun 4, 16:10:17
    - fixed finally (touch wood) on monday chairs (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:12:59
      - Good. (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Jun 4, 16:15:14
        
        i think i will too, proper yorkshire tea (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:18:12
- This is the best tea I've had recently... (General Chat) - bird table, Jun 4, 16:02:44
  - oh balls! (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 4, 16:12:02
    - Ha! Spot on though. (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, Jun 4, 16:18:40
  - I like that too (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:03:30
    - the two times my wife has gone back to the UK with me (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 16:08:03
- Did you see that atrocity of a fucking middle-class ragebait trollspasm in the Graun the (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 15:59:44
  - Ha. I did see that. Thought it was particuarly stupet ragebait (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:02:00
    - (the last bit was an In Character joke. I've written to my MP plenty about actual (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:03:31
- Never understood why it is so popular (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 15:54:58
  - that's just off the scale weird (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:07:46
    - No wonder he fled the country (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 16:21:55
      - I hate coffee as well so when I am offered tea or coffee and I ask for water (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 16:33:06
        
        in the middle east it's a massive affront if you refuse their brew (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:34:50
        
        And in Tunbridge Wells (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 16:43:18
        
        and Craggy Island (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:53:45
        
        all of ireland really (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:55:20
        
        never egg, always cheese and/or ham (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:58:48
        
        i must just be super unlucky at sandwich roulette then (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 17:00:53
  - Ireland get through more tea per-capita than Britain does. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:00:32
    - yeah probably...I said "two of the biggest" (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 16:02:15
      - Turkey are number 1, UK is 5th and Chile 22nd (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 16:05:25
        
        I've always wanted to try that. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jun 4, 16:34:44
        
        I've got some Yerba Mate on my desk. I think it's Brazilian. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:43:03
        
        i've got some coffee mate in my shed (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:56:18
        
        Yerba mate (mostly popular in Argentina and Uruguay) is more bitter than mate de coca... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 16:54:40
        
        I'm probably making it wrong. It is a bit bitter, and a bit smoky. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:56:15
        
        Does it come in a teabag? (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 17:01:24
        
        here's a video on how to make yerba mate properly (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 17:12:06
        
        No, it's loose leaves, and I make it in a Scandinavian teapot like this (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 17:30:53
        
        no no no, you need a proper gourd. Mate is *all* about the ritual (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 4, 18:08:15
        
        haha indeed, I forgot how difficult it was to get right (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 19:14:39
        
        Turkish mountain tea is supposed to be good for curing hangovers (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:50:20
        
        It is like your average Ippo fan (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 16:39:31
  - Horrible stuff (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 4, 15:56:34
- Mozzers red label... good tea (n/m) (General Chat) - promethian1, Jun 4, 15:51:49
- Wouldn't bother me tbh but I'd be pissed off if there were no longer (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 4, 15:50:25
  - On the subject of alcohol - are there are any other non-weekday drinkers on this board (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 15:56:20
    - I tried not to drink during the week and failed (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 16:23:47
      - For me, if there's no wine I'm fine (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 4, 16:34:37
        
        Yes (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 16:40:40
        
        that's a lot of wine OG you must havea massive cellar (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:59:43
        
        It's bigger than usac's telly (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 17:30:03
        
        lolf (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 4, 16:45:09
        
        That doesn't include the stuff in storage in Octavian (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 17:29:29
      - thank the stars you aren't a pilot then (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:28:34
        
        No way (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 16:42:11
        
        yes of course (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:53:31
      - I do it most weeks. Depressingly, it's still a bit of an effort though (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:27:20
        
        I'm pretty much the same. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Jun 4, 21:45:55
        
        Respect to you (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 16:42:29
    - Rarely drink midweek (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 4, 16:08:50
    - only drink on a Sunday if there's a Bank Holiday Monday (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:07:50
    - Saturdays only for me. Bingetastic. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:01:59
      - ooof, couldn't do that (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:02:51
        
        I find having boozes much easier than having just one. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:11:49
        
        *having zero boozes* (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:12:22
        
        Yup. That's the Sunday Trap, in particular (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:22:02
        
        "I'll just have one glass of wine" = bottle gone by half nine (n/m) (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Jun 4, 16:16:41
        
        Thursday to Sunday is the weekend for me (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 4, 16:05:58
        
        Ah, the Cheeky Thursday gambit (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:06:51
    - yes to sunday evening drinks (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 4, 15:59:51
    - Yes definitely. I do now have another problem though. I don't work Mondays so (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 4, 15:58:03
- I love tea, but.............. (General Chat) - pants, Jun 4, 15:47:04
  - causation is not the same as correlation (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:04:20
    - Fair point, can buy into that I suppose (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 4, 16:09:16
  - no tea??! sacrilege! have you tried rooibos for a non-caf option? (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 4, 15:57:16
    - Rooibos is disgusting though (n/m) (General Chat) - matt in london, Jun 4, 16:35:35
      - I'd rather go at my ballsack with a rusty grater than drink rooibos again. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:53:47
  - You really think I'd feel better if I didn't drink tea? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 15:50:40
    - You'd get used to the taste of de caff tea at first (General Chat) - pants, Jun 4, 16:04:20
      - So that's my really long winded way of saying (General Chat) - pants, Jun 4, 16:05:55
        
        likewise, we'd never miss NCFC if it never existed (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:09:55
        
        Oh sure, but I'm talking about how I can dip in and out of these (General Chat) - pants, Jun 4, 16:21:58
        
        oh aye, too much of anything (including flamingoes) is a bad thing (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:32:41
        
        Caffeine dehydration from tea/coffee is a big old myth. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:27:04
        
        i read somewhere that each energy drink contains about a cabbage size amount of caffeine (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:40:26
        
        you'd never miss anything if it never existed (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:17:34
        
        excatly (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:22:37
        
        I don't think he said you'd miss everything that does exist (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:24:58
        
        flamingoes are an anything, they're certainly not an everything (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:28:45
- Bastard. I'll have nightmares about that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 4, 15:38:46

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