I didn't know until now that beverage alcohol was right wing, or left wing,
or centrist.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lori Allen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: A Question for the Alcoholic List


> Great thread!!!!!!   I'd like to see some discussion about this from those
> of you who have expertise.....  .....Alcohol, despite the right-wing's
position, is a
> big part of American history and to ignore or delete it from the story
seems
> much like revisionist history to me. Please respond on or off list.
>
> Lori Allen,
> Graduate Student, UMSL
>
> PS: Indigo, I drink coffee in just about every form imaginable with the
> exception of flavored or with flavored syrups added (too much of a
purist).
> I am on a first name basis with most of the staff of the three Starbuck's
I
> visit regularly.  I don't drink diet anything - EEWWWW.  If you are going
to
> drink whiskey, I highly recommend Gentleman Jack.  Very smooth, but don't
> dilute it with anything other than the Lynchburg Lemonade recipe (I will
> forward it if you need it - perfect for summer afternoons).  My favorite
> drink is probably a good glass of red wine, and second choice is a
> Cosmopolitan.  No, I am not an alcoholic, as I don't drink that regularly.
I
> also don't know anyone in the museum field who doesn't drink save one and
> she was AA before joining the field.  As for what started this small-town
> girl drinking anything other than an occasional wine cooler....marriage
and
> children.  My husband taught me to drink.  Motherhood demanded it.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Feltus, Pamela
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:09 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: A Question for the Alcoholic List
>
>
> There must be a way, beyond planning a museum-l happy hour at AAM that the
> alcoholic tendencies on this list can be put to good.
>
> At my last job, we were working on the Archives and a Museum for Brown
> Forman, which seems to either make or market about every type of booze
(the
> samples that tempted in the Collections!), as well as fine china and
crystal
> brands. By the time I left, it seemed the museum wasn't going to become a
> reality, so don't get too excited planning field trips.
>
> But in the process of processing we ran into an interesting problem:
>         The alcohol. And by extension, all food products in collections.
Do
> you keep them intact or dispose of the contents and just keep the
packaging?
> There is the issue of alcohol, and some food, evaporating or emitting
scary
> gasses and hurting your collection. But the food itself might be important
> in the future. You might have the only sample of the original Old
Foresters
> KY Bourbon from 1870. Or a Twinkie. Or hardtack.
>         As much as I wanted to be in the front of the disposal line, I
also
> remembered a wine bottle from ancient Rome being found and the information
> that was gleaned from studying the contents. As much as I can remember,
the
> balance we struck was sealed bottles were kept intact and opened ones
> emptied.
>
> So, from a varying degree of purists, anyone have theories on this type of
> thing?
>
> And in defense of diet coke as a mixer- if you get used to it, regular
coke
> will just disgust you. For a diet coke drinker, there's nothing wrong with
> jack and diet coke!
>
>
>
> Pamela Feltus
> Curator
> National Museum of American Jewish Military History
> 1811 R Street NW, Washington DC 20009
> 202-265-6280 x201
>
> www.nmajmh.org
>
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