Gregory Morrow wrote:

>
> Booze - wise I like vodka mixed with some Fresca or Diet 7-Up, with a splash
> of grapefruit juice...I get the very cheapest wodka to use at home with
> these mixers, anything more expensive is a waste [I learned this from
> Sheldon <vbg> ]. If I have company I'll get Smirnoff or Svedka on hand, but
> my guests often will bring a nice bottle of vodka. "Out" I'm partial to
> Effen Black Cherry on the rocks, with Diet Coke as a side...
>
> [I can't believe the people I see out that order mixed vodka drinks with the
> most expensive vodka possible. Once you mix vodka with something, whatever
> high quality it had is greatly diminished by the mixer. Many don't realise
> this - they are wasting their dough but it's good for the bar owners...]
>
> A coupla times every summer I'll have a nice gin n' tonic with lotsa
> lime...otherwise gin for me is gag - inducing, drinking gin in excess is
> about the closest thing one can get to taking LSD...all the severest and
> nuttiest alkies I encounter are gin drinkers.
>
> But mostly I drink ice water, and huge quantities of it. We have excellent
> water here in Chicawgo, plus it's certainly cheap...
>

I also enjoy vodka and Fresca on occasion. I am not really a soda
drinker - and I really don't like diet soda but I do like Fresca. I top
off my vodka (cheap brand of choice:Gordon) with a splash of diet
cran-grape. But mostly I like gin and tonic. I am not a nutty alkie! Really.


Tracy