Like drinking soda? Think again...

[Lantyssa]

Forget pancreatic cancer, you're just going to DIE if you drink soda.

[01101010]

Forget pancreatic cancer, you're just going to DIE if you drink soda.

Heh. Soda addiction.

[Sjofn]

I don't miss the summer much (NJ summer is ass, humid and miserable), but I miss fall and winter so much. NJ winters are not (usually, this year has been crazy) super cold or snowy, in my opinion, so it's not like I'm yearning for blizzards or anything. Ingmar is a delicate flower that can't stand when it dips into the 50's though (he also hates 80+, but so do I, so we're even there), so I doubt very much I will live through another real winter. I find that kinda sad. :(

[01101010]

I don't miss the summer much (NJ summer is ass, humid and miserable), but I miss fall and winter so much. NJ winters are not (usually, this year has been crazy) super cold or snowy, in my opinion, so it's not like I'm yearning for blizzards or anything. Ingmar is a delicate flower that can't stand when it dips into the 50's though (he also hates 80+, but so do I, so we're even there), so I doubt very much I will live through another real winter. I find that kinda sad. :(

When I look back, I was the happiest when I was in Baton Rouge in the dead of July and August. I thrive in the repressive heat and humidity. There are times when it gets too hot of course, but I prefer sweltering to freezing.

[Lantyssa]

I do, too.  It's likely due to me being raised in that weather along with many generations of my family living in it.  Even with the slight amount of insulation I've put on, the cold cuts right through me.  I'm just bred for the Southern weather.

It also explains my addiction to Coke.

[Sky]

it's not like I'm yearning for blizzards or anything.

I AM YEARNING FOR BLIZZARDS

I prefer freezing to sweltering, because I can get a hot stove going cheaply to warm the house and be comfortable. AC = $$$ and I don't have central air (yet, the fiancee will want it eventually). Also, I can put on a couple layers and be comfortable outside in the winter, but in the summer you can only remove so many clothes and you're still sweating and miserable.

[RhyssaFireheart]

I currently live in the Chicago area, and can't help but marvel at the fact that 8 million other people have chosen to make this place their home.  I mean, the city itself is nice and at least half of the year is pretty nice in terms of weather...but the winter just sucks complete ass.  It's like we're trying to re-experience the ice age, or something.

^^^^^ x a million or something.  Winter in Chicagoland just seems to drag on and on and on and on. 

Since the MiL moved down to NC to be with the FiL, we have no real reason to stay in this area any longer.  I'd happily move somewhere else in the country but the husband isn't buying.  Pretty much the only thing keeping us here is, oddly enough, the husband's hobby.  He's a HS swimming and water polo official and after over 20 years doing this, he's not ready to start over at the bottom in another state.  I suppose eventually we'll leave the area, but who knows when that will happen. 

[Selby]

All I know is that after being 5 years in San Diego and 20 before that in the West Texas deserts, I don't know if I am cut out for these San Francisco winters where it's cold and rainy.  My insulation still exists, but my hands and feet are always cold (just like my mom and sister).  Not sure if drinking more Dr. Pepper would help ;-)

[RhyssaFireheart]

Drinking more Dr Pepper cures anything.  That's my story and I'm sticking with it. 

[Sky]

By Dr Pepper, you two mean scotch, right?

[Pennilenko]

By Dr Pepper, you two mean scotch, right?

I learned recently that scotch is an amazing cure for strep throat, and by cure I mean drinking copious amounts.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Nope, I mean Dr Pepper.  It's one of my "comfort foods" that I only allow myself to indulge in occasionally any more. :(

I'm a real lightweight when it comes to alcohol in general, I'm afraid.  Spent over 7 years in college and never learned to drink beer of any sort; I still don't.  I used to be able to do shots (tequila mostly) but that ended when I was out of college.  Just never went for the hard liquors at all for whatever reason.  People keep talking about scotch though, like it's this almost mystical drink.  It's tempting but I have no knowledge and the expense of getting a good brand just doesn't encourage me to check it out.

[Pennilenko]

Nope, I mean Dr Pepper.  It's one of my "comfort foods" that I only allow myself to indulge in occasionally any more. :(

I'm a real lightweight when it comes to alcohol in general, I'm afraid.  Spent over 7 years in college and never learned to drink beer of any sort; I still don't.  I used to be able to do shots (tequila mostly) but that ended when I was out of college.  Just never went for the hard liquors at all for whatever reason.  People keep talking about scotch though, like it's this almost mystical drink.  It's tempting but I have no knowledge and the expense of getting a good brand just doesn't encourage me to check it out.

Ehh, if you don't have any taste or tolerance for hard alcohol, scotch will either light you on fire and make your chest and stomach feel like you lit a nuclear bomb off or it will change you forever.

[Sky]

Drinking Laphroaig totally spoiled me. Only my brandy gets touched, maybe an occasional rum. All other whisk(e)y tastes like crap now. I just picked it almost at random after discussion here, damned glad I did. If only I could afford to drink it more often...

Alcohol tolerance...mine used to be legendary. I honestly have no idea how I'm still alive.

[Cyrrex]

Alcohol tolerance...mine used to be legendary. I honestly have no idea how I'm still alive.

Your aforementioned tolerance probably helped you to survive.

So anyway, I'm not on a water only drinking thing for a while..  Except for my protein shakes, which I mix with milk.  I've decided that I am going to go out of my way to avoid giving the corn industry in this country any more money than I have to.