[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Wouldn’t that be lack preparation problems.. or several divorces? Some people can never retire due to leaches and some are unemployable so I would put them in retirement category.

Unfortunately there are lots of reasons including lack of prep, divorces, medical, etc.

Also, when 50% of the population does not pay income taxes........they probably ain't saving.

No easy solution.

[MrFlorida]

You have been doing this for 60 years ? Assuming you started in your 20's , if it hasn't killed you yet in your 80's, then by all means keep gooing.

[daca55]

You don’t say how old you are. I am in my 70s and I can tell you that I still drink almost everyday because I don’t want how I feel when I wake up the best I’m going to feel all day!

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Several times year? Only so much you can do before it becomes repetitive clogging up system.

How would a blood test taken several times a year clog up my system?

[gighilton]

Always depends! If you want to play better golf ... quit. If not nobody cares but you!

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by oldtimes

Juice has too much sugar, coffee and tea have caffeine that is bad, decaf is done with chemicals which are bad, even bottled water is now bad so really what can you safely drink?

I know this thread is about alcoholic beverages but I would like to comment on decaf coffee. I've been drinking decaf for over 40 years and never really knew how or what was used to remove the caffeine in coffee. I found this article to be very informative. According to this article, decaf coffee is safe to drink.......

Is decaf coffee safe?

[Professor]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

For someone with no serious health issues, and who has been drinking 3 to 4 alcoholic beverages every day for 60 years, does it really make any sense to quit? Opinions please.

Why even drink 3-4 drinks per day. Life is full of interesting and fun things to do. Alcohol can distort ones thinking even at mild drinking levels, so does anyone need to daily distort their perception of reality? If so, that is rather sad.

I am not against drinking, and I enjoy a good glass or two of Scotch once or twice a week at most, but not daily. Life is too short to waste it, as I learned recently when my spouse passed away after a short battle with cancer. Take it all in each day.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

I know this thread is about alcoholic beverages but I would like to comment on decaf coffee. I've been drinking decaf for over 40 years and never really knew how or what was used to remove the caffeine in coffee. I found this article to be very informative. According to this article, decaf coffee is safe to drink.......

Is decaf coffee safe?

I think the Swiss water process provides chemical free decaffeination.

My father's physician told him to go to decaf after he discovered my father was drinking 22 cups of coffee a day - old time coffee cups, not the large mugs we use today. At that time Sanka was all that was available so he drank that. My father went on to live almost 94 years.

My father loved Jim Beam and Jack Daniels and after he retired during his seventies and eighties drank some from an old time small fruit juice glass at 10, 2 and 4, like Dr. Pepper. In his late 80s he had to cut back on the booze as he and my mother moved to an independent living facility where he could not keep alcohol in the apartment. He had a male friend there with whom he would go out and have a few drinks now and then.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

I think the Swiss water process provides chemical free decaffeination.

My father's physician told him to go to decaf after he realized my father was drinking 22 cups of coffee a day - old time coffee cups, not the large mugs we use today. At that time Sanka was all that was available so he drank that. My father went on to live almost 94 years.

My father loved Jim Beam and Jack Daniels and during his seventies and eighties drank some from an old time small fruit juice glass at 10, 2 and 4, like Dr. Pepper. In his late 80s he had to cut back on the booze as he and my mother moved to an independent living facility where he could not keep alcohol in the apartment. He had a male friend there with whom he would go out and have a few drinks now and then.

If I drank 22 cups of coffee a day would never get more than 10 ft from bathroom before having to go back.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

If I drank 22 cups of coffee a day would never get more than 10 ft from bathroom before having to go back.

My guess is his 22 cups might amount to 7 or 8 of today's size coffee mugs. Our china cups at home were small, the cafe's larger.

His doctor asked Dad to keep track so he made a mark on a piece of paper for every cup. Those years Dad was selling furniture and floor covering (carpets and rugs) at a downtown Montgomery Ward store. The salesmen got breaks and went around the corner to a cafe. A restroom was right there on the floor where he worked. He never had a prostate problem. Doc told my brother when Dad was in his early 90s his prostate was the size of a walnut so that was why he could hold so much liquid, I guess.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by gighilton

Always depends! If you want to play better golf ... quit. If not nobody cares but you!

Huh?? Drinking IMPROVES your golf!

Couple of years back my sister-in-law, an avid golfer, was visiting from Milwaukee. We were playing Saddlebrook and I was having a pretty forgettable round. So my sister-in-law suggested some "aiming fluid", which happened to be a beer. Very next hole, I scored a hole-in-one.

True story.

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

For someone with no serious health issues, and who has been drinking 3 to 4 alcoholic beverages every day for 60 years, does it really make any sense to quit? Opinions please.

An alcoholic should always make an attempt to quit.
Go to an AA meeting.
You should and will glean good, solid information there.

[mikeycereal]

What’s the difference between me and a camel?

A camel can work all week without drinking, I can drink all week without working.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Bonanza

An alcoholic should always make an attempt to quit.
Go to an AA meeting.
You should and will glean good, solid information there.

While AA can offer a good program for some people last I heard only about 3% of its members are able to remain sober the remainder of their lives. Most do not make it.

Some bad folks attend and act as sponsors. Some people attend to deal drugs, others to score drugs - and other stuff. Here is a documentary on the 13th step.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5TW0cDF9cc

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Bonanza

An alcoholic should always make an attempt to quit.
Go to an AA meeting.
You should and will glean good, solid information there.

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There's a dog on the couch there. I rest my case.