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  • christineK
    christineK Member Posts: 735
    edited July 2006
    lini- hi and welcome back.
    Bombay Sapphire is actually the top of the line Bombay Gin from London.
    bombay
    I am a vodka drinker, but I do like the smell of good gin. Tanqueray Ten, smells great, but I don't think I can drink gin at all. Although last night, I did have a drink made with Bombay Saph, simple syrup, and juiced cucumber. It was so refreshing and yummy!
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006
    Thanks Christine.

    I do vodka, not gin also. "Gin'll make you sin", and it has, so I stick to the vodka. Although the drink you mentioned sounds yummy. How do you juice a cucumber?

    lini57
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited July 2006
    on my way to chicago gals........i haven't eaten yet today in anticipation of pizza, chicago dogs and a few beers!!!!

    i hope i actually learn something at my seminar tomorrow lol!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 2,728
    edited July 2006
    Shel: Darn, wish we could have connected. Enjoy the seminar. And the beers lol.

    NuttyNurseNicki
  • sherryhaire
    sherryhaire Member Posts: 2
    edited July 2006

    New to this site, Don't know how I missed it this is great--Has anyone tried Bombay Saphire with a Fresca? So refreshing

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006
    Sherry - Welcome to the happiest, friendliest site here. I'll may have to pick up some Bombay. Is it as expensive as Grey Goose? I have to ration that stuff.

    Shel - Have a great time in Chicago! Hey, isn't Janis from there also?

    Lini
  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited July 2006
    Well, Shel is gonna be sweatin' 'cause it's not only hot here but humid, too. We got a break yesterday so I turned off the air but it's back on tonight. I bet she'll just stay in the bar!

    Me, I can't decide to be on or off the wagon. I think I just need to eat more when I drink so I don't get so drunk!

    Tonight it's the second half of a very nice cabernet by Steven Vincent. I'm having all kinds of plumbing problems which are totally fustrating me because I'm not a plumber! I swear, in my next life I'm going to be a 'handyman'!

    Cheers!
    Janis L
  • PoohRN1962
    PoohRN1962 Member Posts: 176
    edited July 2006
    This thread just keeps crackiing me up. IS it the longest thread on here (32 pages long now?????)

    I had my first post-op glass of wine last night, after being sober for two weeks. Damned if I didn't fall asleep before I finished it.

    I am SO out of practice!
  • Karenfrew
    Karenfrew Member Posts: 6
    edited July 2006
    A daily vodka & tonic is one of the things keeping me sane. I am doing rads but also sitting home on oxygen trying to heal my lungs from pneumonai and a small blood clot.

    Kathy
  • SonjaR
    SonjaR Member Posts: 21
    edited July 2006
    Quote:



    Bombay Sapphire is a vodka and I don't really drink vodka so don't know what to do with it but Anne was talking about a Dry Bombay Sapphire martini and with all this heat it sounds so good!!!!
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    Ladies, my last posting - so sorry, CHEMO BRAIN SET IN!!!

    To think I wrote that BOMBAY SAPPHIRE is a vodka!!

    SO SORRY! Last night tied one on with my sister-in-law from out of town. I brought up the BOMBAY SAPPHIRE and freaked!! Saw it was GIN and not VODKA!!

    I'm into GIN more than VODKA but with this chemo brain I'm not so sure what I'm into these days!!
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    Ehh!! Vodka, gin. Gin, vodka. Basically the same results. That's okay. At least you can blame it on chemo brain. What's my excuse??

  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited July 2006
    I read both posts but didn't catch either blooper! I'm blaming that on the fact that I'm a wino!

    Janis L
  • christineK
    christineK Member Posts: 735
    edited July 2006
    This is what I have found from personal experience and many years in the bar/restaurant business. Most people that drink gin, don't drink vodka and vice-versa. Most people that drink scotch don't drink bourbon, maybe Irish Whiskey though, close to scotch. Some that drink only beer, never drink wine or anything else.
    I am vodka, scotch (Dewars, J&B, Walker Red, Single Malts and other light scotches- Not Chivas or Walker Black)wine and light beer. Oh and the occasional tequila (Margs) or rum (Capt & Diet) drink.
    All of the above, but not all of the time!
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    Okay, so I do vodka, not gin. Brandy, not whiskey, scotch, or bourbon. I drink both beer and wine. I do tequila, not rum. I like Bailey's in the winter with my coffee. So what's that say about me? I never mix, usually have only one with dinner, unless I'm on vacation or celebrating. Thank goodness I'm still in control of the situation.

  • christineK
    christineK Member Posts: 735
    edited July 2006
    Lini- you are very normal. Extraordinary, yet when it come to drink choices, it looks like you fit in main stream.
    Luckily, neither one of us says anything goes...yet! lol

    Oh btw, I like red wine but white will do in this heat w/ the hot flashes.
  • lreich
    lreich Member Posts: 2
    edited July 2006

    I'm so glad I found this, I am new to using a message board. I love my wine and crown on the rocks but I would feel that I was defeating the effects of tamoxifen. Maybe I don't have to feel so guilty anymore?

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006
    Welcome to the happiest thread on these boards Ireich. No guilty feelings allowed.

    lini
  • lreich
    lreich Member Posts: 2
    edited July 2006

    Thanks, I'll make sure I pop back in every now and then. If I have posted to other categories, how do I find which message board it was on? I did one for hair loss and switching from tamox to arimidex. Is there a find by my log in name? Mahalo, Lianne

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 282
    edited July 2006
  • baldeagle
    baldeagle Member Posts: 97
    edited July 2006
    Ladies,

    How I would love to join you - but the chemo makes everything taste ugh. Haven't been able to even think about a glass of wine or a beer or cocktail for months. But you remind me that this will soon be on my agenda (I hope).

    Meanwhile does anyone remember the tune with these lyrics?

    Oh it's gin, gin that makes me want to sin
    In the corps, in the corps
    Oh it's gin, gin that makes me want to sin in the quartermaster's, quartermaster's corps.

    My eyes are dim I can not see
    I have not got my specs with me,
    I have not got my specks with me.

    Oh it's rum, rum, that makes me feel so dumb.....

    Jeannette
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 282
    edited July 2006
    Hmmm..I'm laughing here Jeanette, reading those lyrics, because at first I didn't recall them and all of a sudden the tune came to me..and for some reason I seem to recall singing that at Explorers or CGIT (like brownies and guides but through the Baptist Church)..and for the life of me, I don't know WHY we'd be singing about gin at a Baptist Church! Maybe the first verse wasn't about gin there, but I do remember the quartermaster's corps and the second verse verbatim.

    Does this make me officially "old"???
  • baldeagle
    baldeagle Member Posts: 97
    edited July 2006
    Not old, just a good memory. Now perhaps we can add some other verses?

    J.
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006
    how 'bout..

    Oh it's wine, wine
    That makes me feel fine
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006
    Oh, it's tequila, tequila
    That makes me want to feel ya
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    Come on J., help out here

  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited July 2006
    Huh??? You want me to come up with a drinking song?
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    morningskywoman, but Janis I know you can do it, too

  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited July 2006
    Let me have some wine and I'll think on it!
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited July 2006
    99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 botttles of beer.........just kidding!

    i need a nap lol!
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited July 2006

    98..

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