Common Ground
A homeowner in Waukesha for 20 years, Steve is president of the Waukesha Dog Parks Organization and enjoys motorcycling, fishing and staying on top of politics.
Did You Drink Responsibly?
I go through $30 MP3 players like water. Something quickly goes wrong and I try another bargain priced one. Finding out my woes with them, a son bought me a genuine Apple iPod Touch for Christmas. Quite a nice device!
I knew about the many applications available for them and after getting fairly familiar with the device, I surfed on over to shop for applications. I first got the mandatory "carpenter's level" program which serves no purpose other than being "neat". I also found a star chart program which helps me identify stars, constellations and other astronomy information. As most of my dog park visits are at night, I often gaze at the sky while taking a break from hiking around with Kanook.
There is one application that I found, that I will cherish and show off the most to my friends and coworkers. It is named "Can I Drive Yet?". It is a program where you enter some personal information which is stored for future use. If you find yourself having a few drinks somewhere, you easily enter the type of drink it is, when you started drinking and how many of those drinks you have had. It then calculates what your blood alcohol level may be and if over .08%, suggests an alternative way to get home but also tells you how long it will likely take for you become legal to drive again. It also says how long it will take for all the alcohol to metabolize and become sober.
One of the shocking things that it does demonstrate is how your weight affects what your blood alcohol level will be. Often when socializing, a group of people will finish off the same amount of drinks. What their individual blood alcohol level will be will vary greatly however.
This is but one of other devices that can help a person be a responsible drinker. Until our legislators and the Tavern League show some responsibility in enabling, no, make that force people to drink responsible at the point of consumption, I highly recommend that every drinker have a device with a program like this or purchase your own Breathalyzer device. Walgreens and CVS sell those. You can even buy them on the Internet with your iPod Touch.
There. No excuses. Drive sober!
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