[thechat] The Wifely Duty

[Martin Burns]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Erika Meyer wrote:

> I was raised Methodist.  For many years, Methodists didn't drink OR
> dance.

"I was raised Brethren. We considered Baptists to be loose"
Garrison Keillor.

Methodists still frown on drinking, although much of my teenage drinking
was with friends in the attic of our Methodist minister. We moved onto
Thunderbird 'wine' to get us off the Southern Comfort.

Cheers
Martin

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