If its any consolation Joy, I saw the error Sam made and I got your
reference to it as well.   As a lifelong spelling maniac, I've noticed that
not every body "gets" that joke.  Oh well.......

On 10/20/06, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Wow, did _everyone_ miss the "spelling geek" crack?
>
> Joke, Sam, it was a _joke_.
>
> What you wrote was that alcohol dilutes the veins.  What you _meant_ to
> write, had you paid attention to the spelling geek, was that it dilates
> the
> veins!  Which perhaps we knew already?
>
> Or do I just have to give up on making jokes about spelling mistakes and
> typos?!?
>
> But just imagine if alcohol diluted your veins, it would be really gross!
> :-)
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
> ****************************************************************
> Joy Hecht
> now living in a real house in northern Virginia
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
> now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
> lugging Joy and her stuff around...
>
> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> http://www.joyhecht.net
>
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>
>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> :::Of Sam Walters
> :::Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 10:43 PM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..(NVC) alcohol's impact
> on
> :::blood vesses and skin
> :::
> :::Joy,
> :::
> :::I wasn't saying that you'd search the vanagon archive for info about
> :::caffeine, but I was just referring to your not infrequent comments
> about
> :::coffee while traveling in Matilda, not so much research on caffeine.
> :::Don't think I need Google for that.   Doubted that you meant an all out
> :::ban on caffeine intake since you like coffee so much.
> :::
> :::Obviously, I wouldn't search the vanagon archives for scientific data
> :::about biological functions of any sort.
> :::
> :::However, if you'd Googled alcohol effects on blood vessels, you'd have
> :::found that what I wrote about alcohol and blood vessels was correct.
> :::You should have stopped when you said you didn't know much about the
> :::effects of alcohol on the body and searched Google as you suggested.
> :::
>
> <snip>
>

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Jake
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