Pint on your lunch break?

3 pints of sam smiths bitter, followed by a trip to sainsbury's for some (fuck) heineken, followed by a session of woodworking, turned out to not be such a good idea. Luckily I didn't cut my little finger off, just chipped the bone. :)

Hmmm... The booze + woodworking machinery = a dangerous combination

You seem like a stand up guy Chris so you probably haven't tried what I'm about to suggest:

Coding after 1 or 2 spliffs is amazing, you are unable to get frustrated and therefore can continue coding for a long time. I hate coding stone cold sober because I just want to punch everyone and everything. It's so frustrating!

Don't you have to throw away everything afterwards that you've done spliffed out?

What's coding on codeine like?

Good.

Although my work also suffers after even a pint. Not particularly good either as I'm in the lab at uni in the afternoon, and if I'm not 100% in the head I could end up hurting myself or ruining a few days worth of work.

Don't you have to throw away everything afterwards that you've done spliffed out?

What's coding on codeine like?

That's less good. I was prescribed codeine when I split my arm open and I had some coding work to do for a uni assignment and I ended up just spaced out on World of Goo for 4 hours. I just could not concetrate.

Why do you say you have to throw everything away? I'm not going to argue about the pros and cons of cannabis but it is my view that mindless, boring, repetitive tasks that require little imagination, and very little recalling of knowledge infuriate me.
It is also my view that mindless, boring, repetitive tasks that require little imagination, and very little recalling of knowledge can be completed without infuriating me if I am a bit high. If I get too high then I just think about food, or start dreaming about building the perfect bike.

Why do you say you have to throw everything away? I'm not going to argue about the pros and cons of cannabis but it is my view that mindless, boring, repetitive tasks that require little imagination, and very little recalling of knowledge infuriate me.
It is also my view that mindless, boring, repetitive tasks that require little imagination, and very little recalling of knowledge can be completed without infuriating me if I am a bit high. If I get too high then I just think about food, or start dreaming about building the perfect bike.

Ah, OK, I thought you might have been programming something difficult. If it's routine stuff, of course that's different.

Oh no, we've tried that a couple of times and you're 100% right. I remember waking up one morning and looking over a first attempt CAD file for a human powered aircraft we'd done the night before. Turns out in our stoned wisdom we decided glass would be the best idea for bearings due to low friction... We also had carbon fibre attached to steel using welds.

Oh no, we've tried that a couple of times and you're 100% right. I remember waking up one morning and looking over a first attempt CAD file for a human powered aircraft we'd done the night before. Turns out in our stoned wisdom we decided glass would be the best idea for bearings due to low friction... We also had carbon fibre attached to steel using welds.

Haha!

I ended up just spaced out on World of Goo for 4 hours.

That is truly disgusting. I hope you wiped up after yourself...

i work in a drinking establishment. so a pint at lunch, and pretty much any occasion, be it a regular arriving or the passing of an hour means its time to have a pint.

it is dangerous though. some days ill have two pints and just feel really tired and not bother talking to anyone. then im pretty much useless. other times ill manage to get 5 or 6 down me and be fucking pissed at 4:00, which is also bad becuase if i continue drinking ill be comletely fuzzed and not be able to do my job, or the hangover will hit me early and ill be really tired and useless.
its difficult to overcome the temptation when its siting there free and your bored. my job is basically to serve drinks and spend all day talking to blokes drinking beer, so its weird if i stick to the orange juice.

ive managed to control it by alternating beer and coffee by the hour. i can easily make a beer last 40 minutes and 2 coffees pass an hour nicely. that is until 11:00 when i basically get pissed for free on morgons/cointreau/lemonade and makers mark.