Drunk pilot loses certificate

"Big John" wrote in message
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Dean (and Dr James)

Your last in this part of the thread so will get the reply attached to
your post.

If you read close I said one Oz not a fifth. Guess you speed read and
jumped over that?



Also in the past few years the AMA has stated that red wine is good
for the heart (based on some studies of people in Italy).

I've heard that it has to be red wine that has been processed with the grape
skins.

Recently
they have changed their recommendations to a couple of Oz's of alcohol
a day to get the benefits and reduce heart attacks.

So alcohol is not the evil portrayed in this thread. If does have some
socially redeeming values.

On the subject of reaction time and drinking. I have always been able
to catch eating utensils before they hit the floor if I knocked them
off the table. I am still able to do that even after my evening
libations and I use it as a measure of how much (if any) I have slowed
down with old age (somewhere over 80)

The statements that he put many people at risk I seriously doubt. This
group has had so many posts about how GA is taken to task for how
dangerous it is to everything and everyone. The media pains GA as the
worst thing that ever has happened to America and we see strong
opposition to their actions from all on the News Group. GA may kill
those in the aircraft but they just don't kill people on th ground. It
does happen, but is so rare to almost be a non event

Enough ranting. Need a night cap to calm down to get a good nights
sleep.

Big John


On 27 Jan 2004 20:48:09 -0800, (Dean
Wilkinson) wrote:

2. Your statement about night vision I take exception to. During my
tenure in the Air Defense Command (USAF) where we flew at night and in
bad Wx a lot, a study was commissioned and the results showed that an
ounce of alcohol would increase night acuity (and adaption) and reduce
accidents.

So if a shot is good, a fifth should give you X-Ray vision. Somehow I
doubt that the pilot in question had a blood alcohol of 0.15 from 1
shot, or that his vision was better with that much alcohol in his
system. Yes, a small amount of alcohol can be beneficial, but give me
a break!

I for one am glad that he lost his license. He doesn't deserve to
have it after showing such poor judgement. Pilots can and should be
held to a higher standard than drivers in this regard. For that
matter, drunk drivers often get away with DUI after DUI until they
finally kill someone.

Dean

"John E. Carty" wrote in message
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"Big John" wrote in message
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Dean (and Dr James)

Your last in this part of the thread so will get the reply attached to
your post.

If you read close I said one Oz not a fifth. Guess you speed read and
jumped over that?



Also in the past few years the AMA has stated that red wine is good
for the heart (based on some studies of people in Italy).

I've heard that it has to be red wine that has been processed with the
grape
skins.

You have heard wrong, any alcohol works for cardio vacular health.

The AMA is just shy of the religious and since wine is recommended by Paul
in the Old Testiment for health, they are safer from attack for saying
something true.

"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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"John E. Carty" wrote in message
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"Big John" wrote in message
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Also in the past few years the AMA has stated that red wine is good
for the heart (based on some studies of people in Italy).

I've heard that it has to be red wine that has been processed with the
grape
skins.

You have heard wrong, any alcohol works for cardio vacular health.

Some work more than others. Red wine:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1719675.stm

Not just red wine:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3266819.stm

The grape-skin thing:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1219062019.htm

And a rather strange sort of supporting view (amazing what
google comes up with sometimes!)
http://www.islamicgarden.com/truthredwine.html

Quoting:
Though initial studies conducted by non-Muslims appeared to indicate that
moderate drinking could provide protection against certain diseases, later
studies concluded that the alcohol component of wine plays no part
whatsoever in the seemingly miraculous effects of the beverage. In fact,
further trials have demonstrated that plain grape juice is just as effective
in boosting the body's immunities to the same diseases. What's more, it is
now understood that almost all red-pigmented fruits such as red and purple
grapes, strawberries and raspberries share common properties which serve to
improve the health of individuals who consume such fruits on a regular
basis. (And Allah knows best.)


I thought I'd leave the bit in brackets at the end! :-)

Paul

"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message
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I like the UK studies of alcohol best, as they do not get involved in
politically correct religous ass kissing.

"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message
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I like the UK studies of alcohol best, as they do not get involved in
politically correct religous ass kissing.

To add to this:

A human body creates about 1 ounce of alcohol each day, if you do not
consume alcohol. Two ounces of Wild Turkey each day is much more healthy
than the carbo-loading recommended by the FDA.

UK studies of 70 year olds yielded the following results:

1. Drinkers live, on average, 5 years longer than tea todlers.

2. Men who were light drinkers in their youth are ten times as likely as a
tea todler to know their own name at 70 and even those that were heavy
drinkers as youths are 3 times as likely as a tea todler to know their own
name at 70.

"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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"Paul Sengupta" wrote in
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I like the UK studies of alcohol best, as they do not get involved in
politically correct religous ass kissing.

To add to this:

A human body creates about 1 ounce of alcohol each day, if you do not
consume alcohol. Two ounces of Wild Turkey each day is much more healthy
than the carbo-loading recommended by the FDA.

UK studies of 70 year olds yielded the following results:

1. Drinkers live, on average, 5 years longer than tea todlers.



"Tea todlers"? Children who drink tea? You mean "teetotalers".

Earl G

"Earl Grieda" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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"Paul Sengupta" wrote in
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I like the UK studies of alcohol best, as they do not get involved in
politically correct religous ass kissing.

To add to this:

A human body creates about 1 ounce of alcohol each day, if you do not
consume alcohol. Two ounces of Wild Turkey each day is much more
healthy
than the carbo-loading recommended by the FDA.

UK studies of 70 year olds yielded the following results:

1. Drinkers live, on average, 5 years longer than tea todlers.



"Tea todlers"? Children who drink tea? You mean "teetotalers".

I mean a tea drinker, as opposed to alcohol. It is an old social trick, for
those who would rather not drink.

Tarver Engineering wrote:

"Tea todlers"? Children who drink tea? You mean "teetotalers".

I mean a tea drinker, as opposed to alcohol. It is an old social trick, for
those who would rather not drink.

Then Earl is correct. A teetotaler is one who completely abstains from alcohol.

George Patterson
Love, n.: A form of temporary insanity afflicting the young. It is curable
either by marriage or by removal of the afflicted from the circumstances
under which he incurred the condition. It is sometimes fatal, but more
often to the physician than to the patient.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote:

"Tea todlers"? Children who drink tea? You mean "teetotalers".

I mean a tea drinker, as opposed to alcohol. It is an old social trick,
for
those who would rather not drink.

Then Earl is correct. A teetotaler is one who completely abstains from
alcohol.

I didn't know and I was not disagreeing with Earl.

Earl

Are you kidding or don't you know the English life style?

Big John



On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:37:45 GMT, "Earl Grieda"
wrote:


"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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"Paul Sengupta" wrote in
message
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I like the UK studies of alcohol best, as they do not get involved in
politically correct religous ass kissing.

To add to this:

A human body creates about 1 ounce of alcohol each day, if you do not
consume alcohol. Two ounces of Wild Turkey each day is much more healthy
than the carbo-loading recommended by the FDA.

UK studies of 70 year olds yielded the following results:

1. Drinkers live, on average, 5 years longer than tea todlers.



"Tea todlers"? Children who drink tea? You mean "teetotalers".

Earl G