Yeah, I'm always prepared. You should have seen my front seat, a bloody mess of cds, cigarette packs, Diet Pepsi, and about 20 packs of Xtra gum. I actually think I had about that amount too, about 50 cds or so. Weird. No Pilates though....By the way, is the moratorium on booze over yet?!

I have a lot of black panties but only a few black bras.

Pilates = splates. I like to call him "Pilates". Hehe!

20 packs of Xtra gum? Should I ask?

And, nope...moratorium is still going strong. I'm gonna be some cheap ass date when I arrive in Scotland. I plan on returning an alcoholic, though, so there is hope for me.

i have the opposite problem.

Ha! I was gonna say, what's up with bring a workout thingie on your trip? My bad. You are gonna be a cheap date! Mind you all that UK beer is pretty low alcohol if I'm not mistaken. I think you'll be alllll rigghhht!

Au contraire, mon frere, UK beer has a higher alcohol level than American beer. Two pints in and I'll be fucked up! Ok, maybe three pints.

I always get confused about this, US beer is pretty low then, right? Canadian beer is pretty high, I think, running around 5-7%. Is UK beer the same? Either way, good times ahead for you.

As a guideline, typical American beers (lagers) are generally 3.6 to 3.8% by weight (approx. 4.5 to 4.7 by volume), although, as mentioned, some states mandate a 3.2 beer by weight (4% by volume). A "light" beer, on the other hand, is between 2.3 and 3.2% by weight (2.8 - 4% by volume).

Since the terms lager, ale and stout do not use the word "beer," their alcohol content is initially impossible to estimate.** However, the shocker is that many British lagers are only 2.6 -3.2 (3.2 - 3.9% by volume), and British bitters, porters, and stouts are generally 2.8 - 3.2 (3.5 - 4% by volume) while British premium lagers and British special bitters are 3.2 - 3.9. No wonder Britain is noted for its phenominal consumption of beer; at that strength one can consume a good many "pints" in a social atmosphere without being totally inebriated.

less beers, more bras.

I found this cool site that provides the alcohol content on a lot of beers: http://www.realbeer.com/edu/health/calories.php . Who would've known that a Sam Adams beer would have over 17%?

Of course they didn't list any of the belgian trappist ales i'm trying to hip you to.

Ooooh, ooh, nice music change at the neighbour's ... roc en español!! They're playing La Ley (Chilean band) who I absolutely love! Why didn't they switch to this earlier?