It's my birthday, my family and I took a trip to Napa, California's
first big wine region. Did some shopping, stayed at a great
thai-flavored B&B, had dinner at a wonderful restaurant, an amazing
breakfast on the grounds of the B&B and took the scenic route home.

One problem with being in wine country - I stopped drinking a couple of
months ago. Weird, I started journalling what I'm eating and just
stopped drinking when I started factoring in the calories.

I did some back-of-the-beermat math and figured the calories I'd drunk
in my adult life equalled close to 500 pounds worth of fat.

It was refreshing driving through wine country sober when I know
everyone else on the road's had a few.



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Re: Birthday weekend
By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Mon Nov 10 2025 07:56 am

It's my birthday, my family and I took a trip to Napa, California's first big wine region. Did some shopping, stayed at a great thai-flavored B&B, had dinner at a wonderful restaurant, an amazing breakfast on the grounds of the B&B and took the scenic route home.

Happy birthday! That sounds like a good weekend.

One problem with being in wine country - I stopped drinking a couple of months ago. Weird, I started journalling what I'm eating and just stopped drinking when I started factoring in the calories.

I did some back-of-the-beermat math and figured the calories I'd drunk in my adult life equalled close to 500 pounds worth of fat.

It was refreshing driving through wine country sober when I know everyone else on the road's had a few.

I've never drank alcohol much. Even at my age, I'm still unsure of how much (or little) I could drink and still drive safely, so I always err on the side of caution and don't drink if I'll be driving later.

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It's my birthday, my family and I took a trip to Napa, California's

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On 10 Nov 2025, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

It's my birthday, my family and I took a trip to Napa, California's
first big wine region. Did some shopping, stayed at a great

Happy Birthday, poindexter FORTRAN! Sounds like you had a great weekend!

Best regards
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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All <=-

It's my birthday, my family and I took a trip to Napa, California's

Happy Birthday! the 10th is also my 61st. Many more to ya.
... You're sick and twisted. I like that in a person!
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One problem with being in wine country - I stopped drinking a couple of months ago. Weird, I started journalling what I'm eating and just
stopped drinking when I started factoring in the calories.

I stopped drinking a couple years ago but love wine country. I've debated whether or not it would be worthwhile to go back and visit. Your post has
given support to the 'go back' option, thanks!

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I did some back-of-the-beermat math and figured the calories I'd drunk
in my adult life equalled close to 500 pounds worth of fat.

I'm catching up on messages, but I was entertained by this, as now I'm figuring you're a retired sumo wrestler, able to hold your ground against all comers.

...admittedly, there are likely several things wrong with that image, but it was entertaining, all the same.

It was refreshing driving through wine country sober when I know
everyone else on the road's had a few.

When I lived in the area, I was the designated driver for expeditions like this.

Though I still drank things; just that my idea of drinking is to have enough sips to review the wine, and then have someone else finish off the other 2/3rds of my tasting portion.

It was low enough that I never felt different than if I hadn't been drinking at all. Tastings take a while, and I was probably drinking half a drink an hour, at the most.

That said, I'm enjoying my annual wine advent calendar. I don't know if any of the wine is "great", or would be if I got a full bottle and stored them for a while, but it's fun to review, rank, and (eventually) put them on my wine wiki.

I guess this is the 4th year I've had a wine calendar. They've all been from Geile Weine, and most of the reason why I ended up with them is that the bottles are 100ml. Most other wine calendars are 250ml.

And I'm probably drinking about 20ml to do the tasting.

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Adept wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Though I still drank things; just that my idea of drinking is to have enough sips to review the wine, and then have someone else finish off
the other 2/3rds of my tasting portion.

My mother's upbringing of "clean your plate!" apparently extended to
"finish your wine!" in my mind. I learned some time ago that it's OK to
pour the remainder out after a taste -- also, after 3 or 4 full tastes,
my palate is gone and they all taste the same.


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Re: Re: Birthday weekend
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Adept on Thu Dec 11 2025 08:53:35

Hi, pF.

My mother's upbringing of "clean your plate!" apparently extended to
"finish your wine!" in my mind. I learned some time ago that it's OK to
pour the remainder out after a taste -- also, after 3 or 4 full tastes,
my palate is gone and they all taste the same.

I don't remember my parents ever really drinking wine when I was a kid and it took me until my 40s to even remotely enjoy it myself.

A couple of years ago we went on holiday with my parents and my brother's family - my parents are odd, while my brother and I rarely see eye to eye on anything. By early evening each day my brain would be cooked so the wife and I would go for a quiet glass of wine down at the far end of the garden. What made me laugh was that my mum saw what we were up to and started to join us, occasionally staying around for a top-up. She evidently finds our family as taxing as I do :)

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Bob Worm wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

A couple of years ago we went on holiday with my parents and my
brother's family - my parents are odd, while my brother and I rarely
see eye to eye on anything. By early evening each day my brain would be cooked so the wife and I would go for a quiet glass of wine down at the far end of the garden.

During the lockdown in 2020, two of my neighbors started having evening
wine on their respective porches, suitably distanced. I stopped with my
dog (having a dog to walk during the lockdown was a godsend...) and
chatted with them on my way. After a while, they'd put a glass of wine
on the mailboxes between them and I'd enjoy a glass with them.

... Adding on
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