They cut me off for the very first time....

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FrankieT

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from the bar.


Is getting sloshed good camo, or would it make them think you are a real lousy counter? I could probably count a 2 decker in a coma. The amount of errors might go up by a sliver, but nothing significant.
 
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Sucker

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No; and NO.

Put it this way - you would NEVER work with any team, at least any of the teams that I know, or have known in the past. Every drinker that I've ever had the misfortune to temporarily work with has ALWAYS believed that they can do it while drinking.
 
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tthree

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You can appear to be a drunk, but you want to be stone cold sober. You need a clear head to make good, quick and accurate decisions. Many bring a clear drink(water, tonic water or club soda) with an olive in it if that is their cover strategy.
 
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Your denial of the facts not withstanding; alcohol (and/or marijuana) will cripple your judgement
and abilities to where you will transmogrify into a ploppy while being blithely unaware of same.
 
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FrankieT

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Well I am an exceptionally gifted drunk. During my most recent OWI, I performed all the tasks the officer gave me better than a sober person - he looked amazed after he saw what the breathalizer said! He hadn't even pull me over because I was driving recklessly - it was only because I had a warrant for domestic violence, meth possession, and animal sexual abuse.
 
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LovinItAll

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FrankieT said:
Well I am an exceptionally gifted drunk. During my most recent OWI, I performed all the tasks the officer gave me better than a sober person - he looked amazed after he saw what the breathalizer said! He didn't even pull me over because I was driving recklessly - it was only because I had a warrant for domestic violence. meth possession, and animal sexual abuse.
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You, too?! :whip:
 
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Sucker

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FrankieT said:
Well I am an exceptionally gifted drunk. During my most recent OWI, I performed all the tasks the officer gave me better than a sober person - he looked amazed after he saw what the breathalizer said! He didn't even pull me over because I was driving recklessly - it was only because I had a warrant for domestic violence. meth possession, and animal sexual abuse.
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Did he at LEAST charge you with making up stories to tell your friends on the internet? :laugh:
 
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aslan

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FrankieT said:
from the bar.


Is getting sloshed good camo, or would it make them think you are a real lousy counter? I could probably count a 2 decker in a coma. The amount of errors might go up by a sliver, but nothing significant.
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Even if you can count well even when high, why would you want to? Better to splash the whiskey on your face and neck so that you smell like a distillery than drink it and take the chance of impairing your abilities, even though you normally don't find this to be the case. Better not to mix business with pleasure. Take care of business, and there will be plenty of time (and money) for pleasure.
 
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tthree

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Some people pickle their brain so much and so often that drunk is their unimpaired state of mind. They drive worse sober. They may even count cards worse sober. Someone who fits this bill usually drinks a fifth or more of their hard stuff a day.

We watched a study on alcohol and driving in drivers ed in the mid-seventies. They had a bunch of volunteers who drove a course sober confirmed by blood alcohol testing. Next they went to a trailer and were allowed to drink as much of anything at the bar that they desired. The 2 extremes were:

A slender young women drank a half glass of wine and when poured into the car drove a straight line at slow speed over the cones and crashed into the padded retaining wall.

The other extreme was a huge guy who after finishing the quart of scotch that was at the bar started rummaging through the bottles to see what else he could drink. The doctors on hand stopped him to take his blood alcohol. They discovered it was close to a legal overdose and cut him of. He scored higher on the course after they cut him off than he did sober. Sober he gazed 2 cones. He drove the course perfectly and in less time "drunk".
 
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aslan

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Playing drunk may be AP for you, but it lowers HA*.

*Health Advantage

Also, do not interact with Valium. Not only is this combination dangerous, but when you lose count, you won't care and will keep on playing. :grin:
 
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FrankieT

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tthree said:
Some people pickle their brain so much and so often that drunk is their unimpaired state of mind. They drive worse sober. They may even count cards worse sober. Someone who fits this bill usually drinks a fifth or more of their hard stuff a day.

We watched a study on alcohol and driving in drivers ed in the mid-seventies. They had a bunch of volunteers who drove a course sober confirmed by blood alcohol testing. Next they went to a trailer and were allowed to drink as much of anything at the bar that they desired. The 2 extremes were:

A slender young women drank a half glass of wine and when poured into the car drove a straight line at slow speed over the cones and crashed into the padded retaining wall.

The other extreme was a huge guy who after finishing the quart of scotch that was at the bar started rummaging through the bottles to see what else he could drink. The doctors on hand stopped him to take his blood alcohol. They discovered it was close to a legal overdose and cut him of. He scored higher on the course after they cut him off than he did sober. Sober he gazed 2 cones. He drove the course perfectly and in less time "drunk".
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I did have some anxiety over some of the sweaty pit bosses, and the booze did help me ignore them (that's the secondary reason i was drinking other than it being a camoflauge ploy).

I usually drink vodka red bulls and jager bombs, so I am an alert drunk.

If anybody wants to wager some decent money and see if my 2 deck counting skills aren't adversely effected while drunk, i'll take the action.
 
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FrankieT said:
I did have some anxiety over some of the sweaty pit bosses, and the booze did help me ignore them (that's the secondary reason i was drinking other than it being a camoflauge ploy).

I usually drink vodka red bulls and jager bombs, so I am an alert drunk.

If anybody wants to wager some decent money and see if my 2 deck counting skills aren't adversely effected while drunk, i'll take the action.
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If the pit bosses are getting sweaty and eyeballing you, down your drink, smack your lips, and slam the drink on the table and yell "Serving wench, bring forth me more of this delicious intoxicating ale, which clouds my mind, makes me bet wildly, go to the bathroom often, and make strange decisions like doubling 8 v 6!"
 
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Canceler

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Tangentially-related mini-story:

Last night I played poker with a guy that was so drunk they wouldn't serve him any more beer. Although he seemed to be trying hard to lose all his chips, it just wasn't working out. He left the table with more than 4 racks. :cry:
 
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