You have a good grip on the programmes that have already altered your perceptions about your life, John. Good for you - and, hey, don't worry too much about the alcoholic spitting at you - most likely he's been pickled so long that he isn't carrying any live 'bugs' in his system at all! Like most he'll die of a failed organ syndrome ... I never had a cold when I was a heavy drinker long ago ... as for the rest of his abuse... "sticks and stone may break my bones but names will never hurt me..."
Patrick