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With New Year's Eve approaching, it'll be a night of partying... and heavens knows BNers can party!

However...PLEASE keep this in mind:

Almost everyone is going to have some level of impairment even with three drinks in their system...

Studies show the average person metabolizes a single serving of alcohol an hour...

A long island iced tea counts as three servings of alcohol since there are three shots of liquor in a single drink....

If you have to drive... limit yourself to one or two servings of alcohol and don't drive for a couple hours after your last drink...

Just a friendly reminder to keep us safe and sound and out of JAIL !

Have a SAFE and Happy New Year!

good advice, Susan . .

cuz we want all our BN'ers safe and accounted for come Tuesday . .

. .think we should have a head count . . ? ?

I see someone lives where you don't get "style points" for slaloming between parking meters on the sidewalk...

balcony girls wrote:good advice, Susan . .

cuz we want all our BN'ers safe and accounted for come Tuesday . .

. .think we should have a head count . . ? ?

And have you seen the average pricing of hiring an attorney for a DUI in Tampa.... 6k!!!

One of our own had the courage to share what can happen when you make a bad decision with regard to alcohol:

http://www.buffettnews.com/forum/viewto ... ui&start=0

great advice Susan!!

the thing i worry about is the other person........we all feel invincible behind the wheel!!

tequilatom wrote:great advice Susan!!

the thing i worry about is the other person........we all feel invincible behind the wheel!!

and in a 1964 Oldsmobile, you pretty much are...

I am the DD tonight (NYE) ....... so wont drink anything ... not really worried, as I have an early morning 4.5hr flight to Melbourne, followed by a 2.5 hr flight to Newcastle .... so dont want to have to go reaching for the bag

wToplesss

Please party responsibly everyone. I really want the chance to meet you in 2006! But have a great time!

davesnik wrote:wToplesss

Please party responsibly everyone. I really want the chance to meet you in 2006! But have a great time!

Once you've met a balding, bearded, bespectacled, pudgy guy, you've met them all.

The Party is at my house. And yes there will be drinks. And people are required to stay the night if they do, and they will, drink. Breakfast is provided in the morning

This is a great program get the local # for your town.
http://www.saferideamerica.com

me and my friend Wendi are getting a hotel room downtown and splitting the cost...and we are going to stum...err...walk to all the bars....

ToplessRideFL wrote:With New Year's Eve approaching, it'll be a night of partying... and heavens knows BNers can party!

However...PLEASE keep this in mind:

Almost everyone is going to have some level of impairment even with three drinks in their system...

Studies show the average person metabolizes a single serving of alcohol an hour...

A long island iced tea counts as three servings of alcohol since there are three shots of liquor in a single drink....

If you have to drive... limit yourself to one or two servings of alcohol and don't drive for a couple hours after your last drink...

Just a friendly reminder to keep us safe and sound and out of JAIL !

Have a SAFE and Happy New Year!

better yet, STAY ALIVE! Jail time and laywer fees can be repaid but if someone gets hurt or worse that would really stink.

Please don't drink and drive!!!
You might spill your drink and that's alcohol abuse

I won't be drinkin and drivin but I will be drinking and DJing a big party.
Once I'm drunk I might have to hit 'em with some Ice Ice Baby, Girl you Know It's True and a dance version of Sweet Home Alabama

We'll be home and drankin' all weekend. Have food and beverages for all 3 days, and ain't goin' nowhere.

probably one of the biggest fears I have with three young drivers on the road is that they would meet a drunk driver. I have spent a huge amount of time talking to them about never drinking and driving. I've told them i'd pay for a cab, pick them up, anything it takes. j
So remember all those other folks on the roads.

SMLCHNG wrote:We'll be home and drankin' all weekend. Have food and beverages for all 3 days, and ain't goin' nowhere.

true dat . . ! !

cuz I think most BN'ers do have a much higher level of tolerance than most . . .

and we're the ones staying at home . . .

it's those crazies out there that want to cram a years worth of drinking into one night . . .

they are the ones . .and , please . . .think about ths . . .that just might take your life . . .or someone you love . . .

please. . . .don't risk it . . .

balcony girls wrote:

SMLCHNG wrote:We'll be home and drankin' all weekend. Have food and beverages for all 3 days, and ain't goin' nowhere.

true dat . . ! !

cuz I think most BN'ers do have a much higher level of tolerance than most . . .

and we're the ones staying at home . . .

it's those crazies out there that want to cram a years worth of drinking into one night . . .

they are the ones . .and , please . . .think about ths . . .that just might take your life . . .or someone you love . . .

please. . . .don't risk it . . .

we are staying home too, the party is coming to us! the keets can go to bed in their own beds and we dont have to worry about driving.
we have plenty of couch/floor/bathtub/under the table space for evryone too.

the other night i was almost hit, head-on. we arent going anywhere!!!!!

besides...ever try to get a sitter on NYE??

OceanCityGirl wrote:probably one of the biggest fears I have with three young drivers on the road is that they would meet a drunk driver. I have spent a huge amount of time talking to them about never drinking and driving. I've told them i'd pay for a cab, pick them up, anything it takes. j
So remember all those other folks on the roads.

Hear, hear.
And for all you Designated Drivers,
Remember that this is Amatuer Night and you may encounter dozens of drivers who seldom imbibe any other time of year. Even if you are stone sober take sensible precautions.

Watch the intersections.
(Most accidents with injuries take place at intersections)

Watch their wheels.
(Impaired drivers may signal lots of things, but where they point their wheels is where they're gonna go.)

Look both ways, and backwards.
(Just because the light has turned green doesn't mean it's safe to proceed.. and the guy coming up behind you might not know that.)

Use your seatbelts -- and ask others to do so.
(Even though you are buckled up, your front seat passenger may still break your nose with her skull.)


And thanks, from those of us who are not DDs tonight.