I know what the guidelines say but it's subjective. 14 beers a week is considered light drinking. So how 15 beers a week goes from light drinking to heavy drinking? This is just incorrect. 3 beers a day is considered light to moderate drinking, so that would be 21 in a week and still not heavy drinking.
I personally am a weekend binger I'll admit that, but don't drink M-T, just Friday Saturday and moderate hair of the dog on Sunday. In Britain, 3 beers a day and up to 21 a week are considered light drinking. So I'm going on the British system. And when I do drink I usually drive on the left hand side, so I must be British mate! Ok never drive drunk! Back to the regularly scheduled program. Oh and beer count last 2 days 0.

Never mind put the spotlight back on Captain John. This is his ship!

That's quite the morbid theme? That's about as tasteful as having dinner with Jeffrey Dahmer.

I think you need to look at those guidelines again. https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/moderate-binge-drinking#:~:text=NIAAA%20defines%20heavy%20drinking%20as,than%207%20drinks%20per%20week

https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/moderate-binge-drinking

Ok you're right, I'm wrong. Thanks!

I have a beer tapper fridge in my basement. I might have a beer a day, and on weekends(Fri & Sat) 4 to 6 total for both days. Sunday, I do not drink. Sundays I stay clean because I have a business to run on Monday. That's completely being in control of my imbibing.

There are established expressions that go with the theme. Campy dark humor. They even made a move called, Dead Hooker in the trunk. That's what I'd be going for.
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It's not that anyone is right or wrong, this is what our medical doctors and government have decided are the guidelines for alcohol abuse. Your personal experience may vary.

Your wife was a dead hooker???

You're a heavy alcohol user. But that doesn't necessarily mean you're an alcoholic. That has its own criteria.

My wife is a teetotaling doctor. I've had to hear a lot about the criteria for light/heavy drinking, abuse, and alcoholism...

To be fair, I was a high functioning alcoholic years ago. Hardly drink anymore now. Smoke too much pot though. One vice in exchange for another I suppose.

My response was a bit snarky so I apologize for that. You were in fact correct though checking back on the guidelines.
They medical authorities do have to be real about the possible consequences of course I get that too. And yes as you said everyone's different and we all have our life to run on our own terms, and our own tolerances of what we can do and still stay healthy. It is good to keep the ship from sinking though!

The only thing I got from this thread is that it depends what part of the world you live in that makes you an alcoholic

How am I a heavy drinker? I have 8 to 10 drinks in a week, tops, spread over 6 days.

I think he was responding to someone else, oops no I see he WAS talking to you.
I agree your drinking sounds pretty moderate. It does seem he may have responded to the wrong post though

I read your weekend count wrong. I thought you mean 4-6 each day of the weekend, not 4-6 total over two days. I was mistaken

That has no effect on the definition. It affects how he tolerates alcohol consumption, not if he is medically considered a non/light/heavy drinker when a doctor is evaluating him.

Not sure why this is being debated, the guidelines for alcohol intake haven’t changed recently as far as I know. It’s always been 2 drinks or less per day for men and 1-2 drinks per day for women. Anything more than that is considered excessive drinking.

Yeah.. but you're failing to convert from USD to CAD

Heavy drinker? how do you know how much he weighs? it was a joke people, play on words, don't you get it? Duh...

What about drinks with umbrellas in them? Is that a counting loophole I can use?

This is the type of statement that could benefit from some explanatory details.

That reminds me of a joke an electrician told me at work the other day.
He says, “Whats the difference between a dead hooker and a Lamborghini?”
The punch line: “I dont have a Lamborghini in my garage.”

You'll need a warrant.

See, this is what I'm talking about. Dark Humor.

https://worstjokesever.com/dead-hooker

In my edgelord days these were dead baby jokes. Pretty much all the exact same setup and punchlines.

Might be time to have a think about your health.

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/high-functioning-alcoholic

“What Are the Signs I’m a Functioning Alcholic?

What is heavy drinking? For women, it’s having more than three drinks a day or seven a week. For men, it's four or more per day or 14 a week. If you drink more than the daily or weekly limit, you’re at risk.”

Take care champ.

rd

<edit> I posted “mid thread catch up”. Looks like multiple people had the same thoughts while reading the thread. Hey - I can slam back beers with the best of them. But not 50 a week …

Someone mentioned how drinking is viewed differently in Europe and it made me curious. I found this alcohol consumption guideline put out by the English government. This does look more accepting compared to how we view it in the states, as someone who is considered a heavy binge drinker here (>4 units/day or 14 units in a week) could score a 5 on the England scale.

Keep in mind their point of reference is 1/2 imperial pint = 9.6oz(US) of 3.8% beer = 1.1 unit.

So a typical 12oz 5% beer = 1.8 units.
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What in the hell are you talking about, my wife drinks once a day!

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I married a FDS woman. Fat, drunk and stupid.

I figure I’m in the 6-7 range.

Drink 1 or 2 times a week.

Beer 98% of the time.

Michelob Ultra for the carb count mostly. Like drinking water?

Coronas, Love Street, Hoppadillo and various IPAs for a change of pace.

I’m 6-3, 215 pds

As for this thread and project I don’t see why we wouldn’t continue to have fun with it for the next six months.

Contrary to what some might believe I’m not doing this “out of spite” to Ben or anyone else.

Don’t need or care about the attention. I do like hanging out and seeing what happens.

#1 I like John and his attitude. And I like the “underdog”

I think he’s being underestimated in what he and his crew can accomplish. I get the skepticism, they say “pinball is hard”.

No need to make any more out of this than it really is, just a fun pinball project.

My next thing is working on an artist for the game with John.

Who could that be? How much?

Odds that Iceman Jones pursues a hot free agent replacement and pulls the plug midseason on GWJ for RM?

These charts are BS! Can you imagine if a public health advisory set much higher numbers? Call me skeptical.

Can we make up for years that we didn’t drink?

Went out & got myself some new shoes from the discount store "Winners". I will blame my accident on my worn out ones, & they went into the trash. Had 2 beers at my local this afternoon.

Yes people always seem to under estimate what can be done by myself with contractors & vendors the last 15 years. Some of my ideas in the past towards uv inkjet production was called out. But I was proven right on that one. Same with being one of the smallest doing new playfields & backglass. The playfield production & who does them is a very select group, if your not into mass production.

Like I say enjoying the last week before the build gets underway.

Why are you waiting a week? Why did you wait all of August?

Nobody else is coming on board. Get to work.

Like I said and many others......what in all fuck are you waiting for????

Oh yeah, your schedule. God forbid you get a jump on things.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink (because it wants beer, not what fish fuck in)

Can’t help people who don’t want help

What I wonder is what John is going to do for months after he builds a white wood and gives it to a coder. Well actually I know what he’ll do to spend the time…. so nevermind!

Don’t worry fellas, any delays will just be blamed on supply chain issues relating to the pandemic. It will not be johns fault.

Seriously though, get your butt going John. You got your mini investor, get cracking. You wanted this, I would think you would be thrilled to start the project and prove pinside wrong.

Cheers,

C.

for some reason Ice has through end of Sep to request rules and lock down theme. I repeat, to lock down theme.

benheck please change your avatar picture! YOU ARE the voice of reason, your pedigree is incredible but everytime I see your pic you look like a… « R » word

You are ready for a change!
PS; Im canadian so assume I’m drunk

So that explains it.

When I saw John's heart was red I thought his conscious finally kicked in for using Robin's website for promotion all this time without donating a few bucks of his beer money.

I should have known better.

That photo was taken at MGC many years ago. I was tweaking pinball code AT THE SHOW and double-fisting beers.