Bill, I realized some 25 years ago that folks drink for very different reasons. I was leasing the deer hunting on part of my land to a group from a city about an hour away. They fixed up an old tenant house on my land to use as a weekend getaway, base for deer hunting, and cooking. One occasional guest who didn't even hunt was asked one evening why he didn't mix his whiskey with something else, like a soft drink. He replied that if he were to do that it would defeat his purpose for drinking in the first place. I'm thankful that was never my intent, when I pour three fingers of bourbon over ice in the evening.

May God bless America and those who defend her.