Off Topic Covid 19 restrictions have done one

That will make some ones day

 

You may get your wish, but you should have been more specific ... https://www.itv.com/news/2021-02-06...g-but-alcohol-could-be-banned-reports-suggest

 

I can see Speakesies opening up.

 

I’d not heard you shouldn’t have alcohol either side of the jab?
Where’s that been said?

 

I’d go to pub for a glass of tonic.

...I’d probably wear a man bag too...you know...just in case I needed to take anything else with me for the occasion.

 

Commonly referred to as a 'Shebeen' in Scotland....

 

One source advised not drinking alcohol for 2 or 3 days as it could stop it working as well because of effects on your immune system. Naturally Alcohol Concern, who won't be happy until we have Prohibition or Sharia Law, say 2 weeks. The nurse who gave me my jab said she had heard nothing suggesting you shouldn’t have a drink. Of course her idea of having a drink might not be the same as our idea of having a drink.

 

That's my alcoholic Glaswegian wife's jab null and void then

 

This could open up the 'man bag debate'.

 

Some man bags are coincidentally exactly the right size for carrying a bottle of gin.

Just saying

And actually I do use man bags even when I don’t want to carry gin. Sometimes. Depends what I have with me

 

I think we've had this before, @askewshair is not your man~bag, he's more of a Sherpa...

 

My first annual medical here in Canada was 47 years ago. My G.P. was a Welshman who'd come over 4 years earlier, so probably about my age.
Usual questions:
All the questions about family history first, followed by his last probing angles:
Do you smoke ? Yes
How much ? About a pack a day.
Do you drink alcohol ? Yes
How much ? Between 2-3 or 4 pints of beer per day (lying through my teeth).
He gave me a quizzical glance of disbelief.
I asked "What's up with my last admission doc?".
Dr Hopkins replied as follows:
"Let me put it to you this way. If you were living in the States, that volume would class you as an alcoholic. Here in Canada, you'd be viewed as putting yourself at risk and heading that way. In England, the medical profession wouldn't bat an eyelid - it's the norm."
"What's your recommendation?" I weakly asked.
"**** off back to England." was the laughing reply.
He was an amateur R.U. player at weekends. I'd told him in an earlier question asking if I played any sports that I played football.
I still see him annually.

 

I find it hard to believe that one of Alcohol Concern's dire warnings about the ill effects of a drop of alcohol passing your lips is not correct. Really.

 

47 years ago 3 or 4 pints a day would have been me being on the wagon.

 

How's the vaccination programme going over there?

 

Nowhere near as advanced as in the UK. I still haven't seen a proposed schedule of timings for the various categories (which will likely mirror those of the UK i.e. Care home residents, other vulnerable people medically compromised, critical front line workers (medical front liners etc),descending age bands etc.).
That was a week ago mind but I haven't checked the government's web-sites since then.
I suspect care homes are being addressed and maybe hospital workers, but I'm not sure which vaccine products have been procured.
The beer & liquor stores are still open however. There is a degree of lockdown and hardly any traffic on roads, public transport etc The hit rates (cases, hospitalized, deaths attributed) are lower than the UK. Of course the population density is on average a fair bit lower except for a handful on major cities.

 

Generally speaking, the advice about not having alcohol while on medication is more tradition than for any medical reasons.

It started when STD's started to be treat with antibiotics. The logic was that they would take days to work, but if the patient drank, they were liable to shag around and as they were infections, spread the disease. The logic being, if they stayed sober, they're less likely to shag a stranger.

 

I am on 3 different tablets where I have been told to only drink 2 pints. Funny, 2 pints seems to be some sort of magic number. Anyway 2 pints for 3 of them is 6 pints. Don't have anything for 2 days and 12 pints is OK. And my wife says I show no logic.