Doug,

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>Andy,
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>>Gotcha.. I've just never had a taste for alcohol though I can think of one or twice, on a really hot day, a beer tasted pretty good. Just don't like the effects.
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>>Here in Utah there is a LOT of pressure against alcohol of any sorts, though there are, from what I've been told, some VERY GOOD micro-breweries. I think a lot of the pressure is a waste of time. People who want to drink will so do no matter what.
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>Is the pressure coming from the Mormon religion?

Yes, primarily the LDS folks. I'm not a member of the LDS religion but like quite a few religious systems they can sometimes get carried away a bit. <g> As an aside.. Any time any 'religion' places man-made interpretations and rules on what the Historic Christian faith (I don't know about Islam or other faiths but I think they have prohibitions on alcohol consumption as well) does not there's going to be a problem.

I just think that drinking can lead to all kinds of unwanted and unintended side effects.

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>>I've seen a LOT of people's lives hurt & ruined as a result of alcolhism and I guess I dislike alcohol for that reason as well.
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>Yes. I've seen it first hand in my family.

Yeah, I had a cousin who had troubles as a result too. Nasty...

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>>Still, I'm glad you enjoy it so much. I have a real weakness for apple juice and Welch's Grape Juice. <g> I can drink a gallon in just a few minutes. Does that count as an addiction? *bg*
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>I don't drink at all, only about once a month. I actually don't care for the taste alcohol. But I will on occasion have one.

Right. I don't like the taste m'self. Some do.


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>set soap box on
>Like most things, alcohol is neither good or bad, it's the responsibility and maturity of the person drinking it that matters.
>set soap box off

You bet. Even programming with FoxPro. *bg* In the hands of a rookie you can get in trouble. *bbg*

Best,

DD

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>Cheers :)
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>>Best,
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>>DD
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>>>>Andy,
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>>>>I'm clueless as to what that is. Beer, wine or hard liquor?
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>>>>Best,
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>>>It's a beer brewed in the hill country of Texas near Austin. YUM, YUM.