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 > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" > (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . 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