tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441964287069378605.post5518588549750445721..comments2023-10-30T08:31:30.437-07:00Comments on Smokes and Booze: Never Trust NASAedbellmcsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07263919297406152341noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441964287069378605.post-84029535977117328402010-09-08T05:32:52.561-07:002010-09-08T05:32:52.561-07:00Hum, Whiskey or Water (Yes Pun intended)
Least we ...Hum, Whiskey or Water (Yes Pun intended)<br />Least we forget NASA, gave us Tang and who can drink Tang without alcohol :)MySideOfTheBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07192892887431759418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441964287069378605.post-8121630694880908732010-09-07T08:26:46.930-07:002010-09-07T08:26:46.930-07:00Nice. I don't think I could've done it. Mo...Nice. I don't think I could've done it. Mostly because I hate whiskey.Jayrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01843981209989297884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441964287069378605.post-84697730258772546402010-09-07T08:04:25.298-07:002010-09-07T08:04:25.298-07:00Jayro, just check out this story
http://smokesand...Jayro, just check out this story<br /><br />http://smokesandbooze.blogspot.com/2010/01/haiti-and-whiskey.htmledbellmcsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263919297406152341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441964287069378605.post-86201803238477999622010-09-07T07:56:35.008-07:002010-09-07T07:56:35.008-07:00I can see NASA's point. I mean, dehydration ha...I can see NASA's point. I mean, dehydration has to be one of the many concerns with being stuck in a mine for weeks at a time. That said, I don't see why they can't at least send down light beer... it's mostly water anyway, right? <br /><br />And how many times have you seen a story where someone is trapped with only a case of beer to sustain them, and they stick it out? I can think of one story off the top of my head where a guy was trapped in his car by an avalanche and sat there drinking a case of beer until he was rescued.<br /><br />Liquid bread: is there anything it can't do?Jayrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01843981209989297884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441964287069378605.post-55942732053770389182010-09-07T07:50:31.222-07:002010-09-07T07:50:31.222-07:00Agreed.
In fact, in Zagreb at Camp Pleso, they h...Agreed. <br /><br />In fact, in Zagreb at Camp Pleso, they had the first bar that I had ever seen in a warzone. <br /><br />In friends I spoke with, it was due to the UN "Running the show".<br /><br />That was the most laid back atmosphere I had ever been at during a deployment....people didnt get drunk, but had a few. Stress seemed at a low.<br /><br />One or two beers or a bottle to pass around would really keep those guys from getting cabin fever.<br /><br />Sorry NASA, you blew this one.edbellmcsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263919297406152341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441964287069378605.post-55989874161679141922010-09-07T07:44:25.509-07:002010-09-07T07:44:25.509-07:00I hate to pull the soldier card... but, this is an...I hate to pull the soldier card... but, this is another call by a person who has never looked death in the face. Ed, we both were in the Army and were in the first Gulf War. We know the that the axiom, "there are not atheist in foxholes," has real merit. It is for this reason, this sense of mortality that the Army has issues with soldiers and drinking. The constant feeling of being on or near the edge facing ones own death requires you to take that edge off... releasing that stress. <br /><br />I doubt that the men in that mine are asking for cases of alcohol so they get completely fucked up and out of control... rather, I think they are just asking for a little beer to relax, take the edge off and help the time go by with ease. I mean hell, it's not like the folks up top cant control how much they send down. A couple of six-packs will do a hell of a lot more good than bad.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09175891799765128931noreply@blogger.com