From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Nov 21 07:52:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA29817 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 07:52:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from troll.uunet.ca (troll.uunet.ca [142.77.1.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA29806 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 07:52:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost by troll.uunet.ca with SMTP id <21007-8300>; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 10:51:59 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 10:51:57 -0500 From: Cat Okita To: Greg Lehey cc: Paul Richards , FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: Drinking (Was: We want Perl!) In-Reply-To: <199611211427.PAA00663@freebie.lemis.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Greg Lehey wrote: > Hmmm. Yes, I know more teetotallers or light drinkers in the US than > elsewhere, and I've seen my share of alcoholics there, too, but then, > I've seen my share of alcoholics over here as well. I used to have a > right load of boozers working (if that's the word) for me. I think > the big difference between the US and Europe (I don't think Canada's > really on either side) is that many US Americans have a real load of > guilt pumped into them, and that fashions their drinking habits. More to the point, alcahol seems to be a normal part of life in many other countries/cultures. A glass of wine with dinner, or a pint with lunch is nothing exceptional in many places in the world. A bottle of rye with dinner would be strange there, as well as here. No kidding about the guilt though! cheers! cat