Alcohol meter - The Final Experiment

OK.

I am working from memory here, but I will post the photographic
evidence later on when I get home. Last night I went in my sauna at
1800 and started drinking 3.8% bitter with added sea salt of course.
At 1900, I had consumed four pints and then I checked my BAC (Breath
Alcohol Concentration) and it was 0.04 gdm-3, the drink drive limit is
0.08.

This ties in with when I was breathalysed in 1982 after drinking four
pints of 3.5% bitter and I was well under the limit then. At 2000 I
had drunk eight pints of bitter and now my reading was 0.08. So that
is a linear measurement, but of course a lot of the alcohol had not
turned up in my breath by then.

At this point, (2000) I switched to 5.0% lager as I always do and by
2100 I had consumed twelve pints in total. At 2100, I had drunk enough
and did not want anymore, so I went to bed. My final reading was 0.20,
which is 2.5 times the drink drive limit.

I awoke naturally at 0100 and checked my breath - it was 0.08 which is
just on the DD limit. At 0200 it was 0.06 and at 0300 it was 0.04. By
0400 it was 0.03 and when I got up for work at 0505, it was reading
0.00.

So I had metabolised around 24 units of alcohol in eight hours putting
paid to the old one unit every 45 minutes theory.

--
Simon Mason

On 11/01/2012 07:53, Simon Mason wrote:
OK.

I am working from memory here, but I will post the photographic
evidence later on when I get home. Last night I went in my sauna at
1800 and started drinking 3.8% bitter with added sea salt of course.
At 1900, I had consumed four pints and then I checked my BAC (Breath
Alcohol Concentration) and it was 0.04 gdm-3, the drink drive limit is
0.08.

This ties in with when I was breathalysed in 1982 after drinking four
pints of 3.5% bitter and I was well under the limit then. At 2000 I
had drunk eight pints of bitter and now my reading was 0.08. So that
is a linear measurement, but of course a lot of the alcohol had not
turned up in my breath by then.

At this point, (2000) I switched to 5.0% lager as I always do and by
2100 I had consumed twelve pints in total. At 2100, I had drunk enough
and did not want anymore, so I went to bed. My final reading was 0.20,
which is 2.5 times the drink drive limit.

I awoke naturally at 0100 and checked my breath - it was 0.08 which is
just on the DD limit. At 0200 it was 0.06 and at 0300 it was 0.04. By
0400 it was 0.03 and when I got up for work at 0505, it was reading
0.00.

So I had metabolised around 24 units of alcohol in eight hours putting
paid to the old one unit every 45 minutes theory.

You couldn't make it up could you?



--
Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster
University

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
...
OK.

What make and model of alcohol meter did you use?

Was it an empty box with a digital display and batteries?

On 11/01/2012 07:53, Simon Mason wrote:
OK.

I am working from memory here, but I will post the photographic
evidence later on when I get home. Last night I went in my sauna at
1800 and started drinking 3.8% bitter with added sea salt of course.
At 1900, I had consumed four pints and then I checked my BAC (Breath
Alcohol Concentration) and it was 0.04 gdm-3, the drink drive limit is
0.08.

This ties in with when I was breathalysed in 1982 after drinking four
pints of 3.5% bitter and I was well under the limit then. At 2000 I
had drunk eight pints of bitter and now my reading was 0.08. So that
is a linear measurement, but of course a lot of the alcohol had not
turned up in my breath by then.

At this point, (2000) I switched to 5.0% lager as I always do and by
2100 I had consumed twelve pints in total. At 2100, I had drunk enough
and did not want anymore, so I went to bed. My final reading was 0.20,
which is 2.5 times the drink drive limit.

I awoke naturally at 0100 and checked my breath - it was 0.08 which is
just on the DD limit. At 0200 it was 0.06 and at 0300 it was 0.04. By
0400 it was 0.03 and when I got up for work at 0505, it was reading
0.00.

So I had metabolised around 24 units of alcohol in eight hours putting
paid to the old one unit every 45 minutes theory.

So you consumed 24 units of alcohol - the best part of a bottle of
scotch - in 3 hours, had a broken nights sleep, then went to work?

You are a serious danger to other road users & your work colleagues.

You need help. http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org....mers/?PageID=2

--
Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster
University

"Dave - Cyclists VOR" wrote in message
...
On 11/01/2012 07:53, Simon Mason wrote:
OK.

I am working from memory here, but I will post the photographic
evidence later on when I get home. Last night I went in my sauna at
1800 and started drinking 3.8% bitter with added sea salt of course.
At 1900, I had consumed four pints and then I checked my BAC (Breath
Alcohol Concentration) and it was 0.04 gdm-3, the drink drive limit is
0.08.

This ties in with when I was breathalysed in 1982 after drinking four
pints of 3.5% bitter and I was well under the limit then. At 2000 I
had drunk eight pints of bitter and now my reading was 0.08. So that
is a linear measurement, but of course a lot of the alcohol had not
turned up in my breath by then.

At this point, (2000) I switched to 5.0% lager as I always do and by
2100 I had consumed twelve pints in total. At 2100, I had drunk enough
and did not want anymore, so I went to bed. My final reading was 0.20,
which is 2.5 times the drink drive limit.

I awoke naturally at 0100 and checked my breath - it was 0.08 which is
just on the DD limit. At 0200 it was 0.06 and at 0300 it was 0.04. By
0400 it was 0.03 and when I got up for work at 0505, it was reading
0.00.

So I had metabolised around 24 units of alcohol in eight hours putting
paid to the old one unit every 45 minutes theory.

So you consumed 24 units of alcohol - the best part of a bottle of
scotch - in 3 hours, had a broken nights sleep, then went to work?

You are a serious danger to other road users & your work colleagues.

You need help. http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org....mers/?PageID=2

I make that more than 24 units. The 3.8% bitter contains 2 units per pint.
8 pints = 16 units. The 5% lager contains 3 units per pint so that's
another 12 units.

28 units in total. More than the recommended weekly limit for a male. And
he didn't feel drunk???!

Someone has a problem.

"Mr Benn" wrote in message ...

"Dave - Cyclists VOR" wrote in message
...
On 11/01/2012 07:53, Simon Mason wrote:
OK.

I am working from memory here, but I will post the photographic
evidence later on when I get home. Last night I went in my sauna at
1800 and started drinking 3.8% bitter with added sea salt of course.
At 1900, I had consumed four pints and then I checked my BAC (Breath
Alcohol Concentration) and it was 0.04 gdm-3, the drink drive limit is
0.08.

This ties in with when I was breathalysed in 1982 after drinking four
pints of 3.5% bitter and I was well under the limit then. At 2000 I
had drunk eight pints of bitter and now my reading was 0.08. So that
is a linear measurement, but of course a lot of the alcohol had not
turned up in my breath by then.

At this point, (2000) I switched to 5.0% lager as I always do and by
2100 I had consumed twelve pints in total. At 2100, I had drunk enough
and did not want anymore, so I went to bed. My final reading was 0.20,
which is 2.5 times the drink drive limit.

I awoke naturally at 0100 and checked my breath - it was 0.08 which is
just on the DD limit. At 0200 it was 0.06 and at 0300 it was 0.04. By
0400 it was 0.03 and when I got up for work at 0505, it was reading
0.00.

So I had metabolised around 24 units of alcohol in eight hours putting
paid to the old one unit every 45 minutes theory.

So you consumed 24 units of alcohol - the best part of a bottle of
scotch - in 3 hours, had a broken nights sleep, then went to work?

You are a serious danger to other road users & your work colleagues.

You need help. http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org....mers/?PageID=2

I make that more than 24 units. The 3.8% bitter contains 2 units per pint.
8 pints = 16 units. The 5% lager contains 3 units per pint so that's
another 12 units.

28 units in total. More than the recommended weekly limit for a male. And
he didn't feel drunk???!

Someone has a problem.

This has already been done to death. Not only does he not recognise that he
has a serious alcohol problem, but he actually brags about his intake.
It goes hand in hand with the description of him as "very argumentative and
unwilling to listen to the opinions of others".

"Partac" wrote in message
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"Mr Benn" wrote in message ...

"Dave - Cyclists VOR" wrote in message
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On 11/01/2012 07:53, Simon Mason wrote:
OK.

I am working from memory here, but I will post the photographic
evidence later on when I get home. Last night I went in my sauna at
1800 and started drinking 3.8% bitter with added sea salt of course.
At 1900, I had consumed four pints and then I checked my BAC (Breath
Alcohol Concentration) and it was 0.04 gdm-3, the drink drive limit is
0.08.

This ties in with when I was breathalysed in 1982 after drinking four
pints of 3.5% bitter and I was well under the limit then. At 2000 I
had drunk eight pints of bitter and now my reading was 0.08. So that
is a linear measurement, but of course a lot of the alcohol had not
turned up in my breath by then.

At this point, (2000) I switched to 5.0% lager as I always do and by
2100 I had consumed twelve pints in total. At 2100, I had drunk enough
and did not want anymore, so I went to bed. My final reading was 0.20,
which is 2.5 times the drink drive limit.

I awoke naturally at 0100 and checked my breath - it was 0.08 which is
just on the DD limit. At 0200 it was 0.06 and at 0300 it was 0.04. By
0400 it was 0.03 and when I got up for work at 0505, it was reading
0.00.

So I had metabolised around 24 units of alcohol in eight hours putting
paid to the old one unit every 45 minutes theory.

So you consumed 24 units of alcohol - the best part of a bottle of
scotch - in 3 hours, had a broken nights sleep, then went to work?

You are a serious danger to other road users & your work colleagues.

You need help. http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org....mers/?PageID=2

I make that more than 24 units. The 3.8% bitter contains 2 units per
pint.
8 pints = 16 units. The 5% lager contains 3 units per pint so that's
another 12 units.

28 units in total. More than the recommended weekly limit for a male.
And
he didn't feel drunk???!

Someone has a problem.

This has already been done to death. Not only does he not recognise that
he has a serious alcohol problem, but he actually brags about his intake.
It goes hand in hand with the description of him as "very argumentative
and unwilling to listen to the opinions of others".

Quite. He's always got to be right. Strangely, one person he does seem to
listen to is thirty-six who I think is a complete fruitcake.

On Jan 11, 10:24*am, "Partac" wrote:

This has already been done to death. Not only does he not recognise that he
has a serious alcohol problem, but he actually brags about his intake.
It goes hand in hand with the description of him as "very argumentative and
unwilling to listen to the opinions of others".- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

In other words, I know my own mind and don't follow people sheep-like
as does the common herd.
I take that as a huge compliment :-)

--
Simon Mason

On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:53:24 -0800 (PST), Simon Mason
wrote:


So I had metabolised around 24 units of alcohol in eight hours putting
paid to the old one unit every 45 minutes theory.

I think you will find it somewhat more likely that you have a faulty
testing apparatus.

On Jan 11, 10:58*am, Peter Parry wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:53:24 -0800 (PST), Simon Mason

wrote:

So I had metabolised around 24 units of alcohol in eight hours putting
paid to the old one unit every 45 minutes theory.

I think you will find it somewhat more likely that you have a faulty
testing apparatus.

Not really.
As I said, it agrees with the 1982 reading that plod measured.

--
Simon Mason