(10-21-2020, 03:41 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(10-21-2020, 02:58 PM)Sammy Wrote: I heard you can use beer as a corona-virus test. You open a beer, smell it to make sure you still have a sense of smell. Then you drink it to make sure you still have your sense of taste.  I took the test 19 straight times yesterday, and was totally convinced I was negative …  Until I woke up this morning feeling horribly sick, weak, and painfully unmotivated. I think I have it.

That test works well with Woodford Reserve as well.  The bonus is that it works as medication as well.

Which brings to mind a "fun" craptastic fact about me. I have an ALDH2 deficiency which means I cannot metabolize alcohol without literally poisoning myself with acetaldehyde, a carcinogen and toxic compound that stores up in the body. My body cannot get rid of the toxin by itself so I have to take a supplement to help my body get rid of it, but it's a very slow process and I can never drink alcohol without doing further damage. 

I can never have a cold beer, rum and eggnog, honey whiskey or a glass of hot Gluhwein ever again in my life. The holidays are gonna suck this year. 

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