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[quote=plasticfantastic]Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

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Yep, you’d die of alcohol poisoning long before you get even a slight effect from the thujone. (see http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/absinthe.htm). Even the original absinthe from the early 1900s had practically no thujone (as confirmed by gas chromography) The effects people saw were simply from being blind drunk.

Also, wormwood can be purchased at most nurseries (it is a pretty plant and smells nice).

[CavalierLion]

[quote=plasticfantastic]Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[/quote]

Yep, you’d die of alcohol poisoning long before you get even a slight effect from the thujone. (see http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/absinthe.htm). Even the original absinthe from the early 1900s had practically no thujone (as confirmed by gas chromography) The effects people saw were simply from being blind drunk.

Also, wormwood can be purchased at most nurseries (it is a pretty plant and smells nice).

[CavalierLion]

[quote=plasticfantastic]Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[/quote]

Yep, you’d die of alcohol poisoning long before you get even a slight effect from the thujone. (see http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/absinthe.htm). Even the original absinthe from the early 1900s had practically no thujone (as confirmed by gas chromography) The effects people saw were simply from being blind drunk.

Also, wormwood can be purchased at most nurseries (it is a pretty plant and smells nice).

[CavalierLion]

[quote=plasticfantastic]Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[/quote]

Yep, you’d die of alcohol poisoning long before you get even a slight effect from the thujone. (see http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/absinthe.htm). Even the original absinthe from the early 1900s had practically no thujone (as confirmed by gas chromography) The effects people saw were simply from being blind drunk.

Also, wormwood can be purchased at most nurseries (it is a pretty plant and smells nice).

[CavalierLion]

[quote=plasticfantastic]Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[/quote]

Yep, you’d die of alcohol poisoning long before you get even a slight effect from the thujone. (see http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/absinthe.htm). Even the original absinthe from the early 1900s had practically no thujone (as confirmed by gas chromography) The effects people saw were simply from being blind drunk.

Also, wormwood can be purchased at most nurseries (it is a pretty plant and smells nice).

[CavalierLion]

CL-Where in the world did you use to live?

Amidst the Amish. (they had buggies attached to their horses). Frankly, if you are looking for a high quality of life, there is perhaps no better place in the world to live. It was like living in the Shire or other mythical places where everyone is nice and little to no risk of crime or the other troubles of the modern world. Someday I will return – once I have finished with this adventure.

[CavalierLion]

CL-Where in the world did you use to live?

Amidst the Amish. (they had buggies attached to their horses). Frankly, if you are looking for a high quality of life, there is perhaps no better place in the world to live. It was like living in the Shire or other mythical places where everyone is nice and little to no risk of crime or the other troubles of the modern world. Someday I will return – once I have finished with this adventure.

[CavalierLion]

CL-Where in the world did you use to live?

Amidst the Amish. (they had buggies attached to their horses). Frankly, if you are looking for a high quality of life, there is perhaps no better place in the world to live. It was like living in the Shire or other mythical places where everyone is nice and little to no risk of crime or the other troubles of the modern world. Someday I will return – once I have finished with this adventure.

[CavalierLion]

CL-Where in the world did you use to live?

Amidst the Amish. (they had buggies attached to their horses). Frankly, if you are looking for a high quality of life, there is perhaps no better place in the world to live. It was like living in the Shire or other mythical places where everyone is nice and little to no risk of crime or the other troubles of the modern world. Someday I will return – once I have finished with this adventure.

[CavalierLion]

CL-Where in the world did you use to live?

Amidst the Amish. (they had buggies attached to their horses). Frankly, if you are looking for a high quality of life, there is perhaps no better place in the world to live. It was like living in the Shire or other mythical places where everyone is nice and little to no risk of crime or the other troubles of the modern world. Someday I will return – once I have finished with this adventure.

[CavalierLion]

The reality is that riding the horse likely costs them nothing. These kids are all members of the FFA. So, there’s a good bet that they already owned the horses, already had to feed them, and need to regularly ride the horses anyway.

So riding the horses to school is essentially free. I spent most of my life in a town where a good percentage of the population uses horses as their sole means of transportation (e.g., there are places for people to tie their horse at the local grocery stores, etc.)

What these kids are doing makes a lot of sense. Free leisurely transportation to school that is also fun. However, it really isn’t possible in most of San Diego where people don’t have barns.

[CavalierLion]

The reality is that riding the horse likely costs them nothing. These kids are all members of the FFA. So, there’s a good bet that they already owned the horses, already had to feed them, and need to regularly ride the horses anyway.

So riding the horses to school is essentially free. I spent most of my life in a town where a good percentage of the population uses horses as their sole means of transportation (e.g., there are places for people to tie their horse at the local grocery stores, etc.)

What these kids are doing makes a lot of sense. Free leisurely transportation to school that is also fun. However, it really isn’t possible in most of San Diego where people don’t have barns.

[CavalierLion]

The reality is that riding the horse likely costs them nothing. These kids are all members of the FFA. So, there’s a good bet that they already owned the horses, already had to feed them, and need to regularly ride the horses anyway.

So riding the horses to school is essentially free. I spent most of my life in a town where a good percentage of the population uses horses as their sole means of transportation (e.g., there are places for people to tie their horse at the local grocery stores, etc.)

What these kids are doing makes a lot of sense. Free leisurely transportation to school that is also fun. However, it really isn’t possible in most of San Diego where people don’t have barns.

[CavalierLion]

The reality is that riding the horse likely costs them nothing. These kids are all members of the FFA. So, there’s a good bet that they already owned the horses, already had to feed them, and need to regularly ride the horses anyway.

So riding the horses to school is essentially free. I spent most of my life in a town where a good percentage of the population uses horses as their sole means of transportation (e.g., there are places for people to tie their horse at the local grocery stores, etc.)

What these kids are doing makes a lot of sense. Free leisurely transportation to school that is also fun. However, it really isn’t possible in most of San Diego where people don’t have barns.

[CavalierLion]

The reality is that riding the horse likely costs them nothing. These kids are all members of the FFA. So, there’s a good bet that they already owned the horses, already had to feed them, and need to regularly ride the horses anyway.

So riding the horses to school is essentially free. I spent most of my life in a town where a good percentage of the population uses horses as their sole means of transportation (e.g., there are places for people to tie their horse at the local grocery stores, etc.)

What these kids are doing makes a lot of sense. Free leisurely transportation to school that is also fun. However, it really isn’t possible in most of San Diego where people don’t have barns.

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