If you don't drink any alcohol at all, having a beer a month before the flight might be someone's definition of wrong, I don't know.

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"Alcohol makes you lose heat much more quickly and makes it harder to regain heat afterwards, so don't drink until you come out of the water and rewarm, " says Traill.

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If you don't use a laptop, take a big drink of water before settling in to answer your email.

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However and wherever you party, stay safe out there -- friends don't let friends drink and text their estranged exes.

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The school also offers programs showing that, according to research, "students think that other students drink much more than they do, " and therefore "you don't need to go out there and try to keep up, " Rogers said.

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Old political hands have a saying: If you can't drink their whiskey, eat their food, smoke their cigars and turn down their requests, you don't belong in politics.

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