How many units of alcohol do you consume in a ski day?

Oh no Tony, that wasn't in a week.. Silly boy - That was in 2 nights - we bought the beers late on in the week - That bottle of vodka with the studded leather gimp suit on it came with us from home :D

Hi guys

Ihave jsut read through this whole thread - at work mind you - and talk about laugh :D all my collegues keep looking at me wondering what I am laughing at.

Seriously though, I agree with most of you. I had a couple of bad knocks last year on the slopes and I had seen those people downing it over lunch. I like a wine with lunch and (quite) a few reds with dinner but with 3 kids in tow, try to keep it within limits.

Ally, I can relate to your story about the mushrooms. Happened accidentally ) to me in Bali when I was in my early 20's when I traveled there with more 'knowledgable' friend. I was a bit naive I think :oops:.

Lunch, a couple of glasses of red ......... does it make me a bad person !!!! :shock:

AllyG wrote:Ian,
Which one shall we try first :?: :D :D

Ally

Can you imagine skiing on speed - I'm quick anyway (Sastrierre mens downhill in 3.5 minutes) but on speed - hey, I could beat the gold medal time (1.50)

I know when I've had too much as I ski like a weeble the next day.

Some of us ski like a weeble all the time!

Oneffoneff wrote:I know when I've had too much as I ski like a weeble the next day.

Some of us ski like a weeble all the time!

Well, at least you don't fall down.

Trencher wrote:

Oneffoneff wrote:I know when I've had too much as I ski like a weeble the next day.

Some of us ski like a weeble all the time!

Well, at least you don't fall down.

Oh yes I do! Especially when showing off. Seriously tho, I agree with the general concensus of this thread. 1-2 drinks during the day is OK (legal UK limit or similar) then a couple of beers in the evening - I want to ski not struggle with the hangover.

I'd actually managed to forget about this thread.

Telling that story about the mushrooms had rather an unexpected result. I had a private message from a producer working on a series for Animal Planet who wanted to include me and my family in the program because:
'I'm interested in potentially including a case of accidental ingestion of a hallucinogenic drug.'

Anyway, I decided it wasn't worth putting myself and my family through a load of unwelcome publicity, even though apparently they would have used actors if we'd preferred, and Admin very kindly told them to leave me alone.

It just shows how careful we all have to be with what we post up on here. I suppose the producer found my post by doing a general google search for 'magic mushrooms' or something.

As I said before, I don't think anyone should drink over the legal drink/driving limit before ski-ing, but I can't see any harm in having a glass of wine, or something like that, at lunch.

Ally