Alcoholic is not what I said and is another matter. There is very regular mention here of Booze and Need! No wine so had to have chocolate etc.
Clive's suggestions re ammount of wine to bring to tasting + I gather there is Lutz input,this suggests a more than fair consumption as I guess you wiil not be tasting and then spitting it out refreshing the palate with water.
Being assumed to be an ageing hippy and growing up the days of hippies does not mean that I or any of my peers ever took drugs(people that know me know the police would have been called all though I know some people that have but none of my peers ever have to my knowlege.
Having a training guy sceaming at you that you are a "killing machine" does leave an impression, if I have used that training to the full I'll leave you to assume and ponder!
As for French and other Europeans families drinking, I can never remember any such people being drunk or showing "merry" behaviour on camp sites and rarely if at all on continental streets.
I can not say the same about the UK, one of the reasons for taking my kids abroad when they were young !
Maybe it's the booze but there were never 2 topless women, read througn the various posts and see how booze comes across on this site.
Re speeding, I would feel safer at 100 mph than with a driver and passengers who may have drunk a bottle of wine or more within the last 24 hours. And Drove and Drive and Past and Now is two different things as is Ilegal and Legal speed that you seem to forget.
It is though "bizzare" how people can be so quick to jump on others as soon as what they seem to perceive as resonable action comes under question.
Turning on the Radio or TV, War, Killing and Death face any anti war campaigners so if a remark in jest re my past offends I would worry for those people, your post Lisa seems to assume that I am a violent killer and would thrive on war. You may have noticed that I am not a fan of our Government and I am opposed to war despite my past.
When I mentioned religeous beliefs and others religeous beliefs it was OK for that to be mocked on here. Some posts and views here give an unfortunate view re Alcohol and If youngsters read this site as I'm lead to believe I do care about the example that sets.
I guess I may have touched a nerve from the tone of your post, in todays society and all the pressures, I also wonder about reference to "chocoholic" tendencies. People are concerned about the health of our children re diabetes and other health issues, postings suggesting that Chocolate can be some sort of Comfort Crutch that can even be used to replace Alcohol leaves me dumfounded.
Bizarre or what ;-)