vincent p. norris wrote:
>> When my mother would rag my father for stopping after work to have
>>a drink with "the fellas," his less-than-perfectly-logical defense was,
>>"It's not the alcohol, honey, it's the camaraderie." Memorist J. R.
>>Moehringer wouldn't just understand that response, he'd think it was
>>perfectly logical.
>
>
> I can too! Although I'm reading this newsgroup because I enjoy beer
> (and wine), I get together with a bunch (ranging from a dozen to as
> many as 22) of other pilots and former pilots every Thursday for
> lunch; no alcohol is consumed.
>
> On Saturday morning, as if we hadn't already had enough of each other,
> we meet at the local airport for coffee and donuts. Again, no alcohol
> is consumed. We've been doing this for years.
>
> It's the comaraderie.
>
> Sometimes we even talk about airplanes!
>

Same with a bunch a woodworkers I get together with for KAUPHY and Doughnuts.
We seem to make it a point to rarely talk about wood.