Scotch?
"Poblachd Saorsa," (in English, "Free Republic") the best whisky straight from The Official Distillery of the Undead ThreadTM -- best drunk neat.
(That means "without additives", including dihydrogen monoxide.)
Posted on 07/31/2005 1:19:25 PM PDT by KMB
Fascinating if true. Some of the cancer claims seem a bit high, but I can't refute them. Where did the info come from?
The week is over! It started out fun when I learned that our temp receptionist hails from the same small midwestern city as me. Over the years since my family and I left (1968) I've run into a few people who used to live there, and one who lives there now. But our temp left in 1991 and until now has met nobody from there. She, unlike me, still has family there so she goes back from time to time.
OTOH, I estimate she was born some 4 years after I left, so there were lots of differences for me to learn about (yes, the bandshell's still there but it's not called Central Park anymore, downtown's been revamped and they even have a hotel and convention center, ...). She was quite floored when I came in Tuesday with a map of the place dated 1967!
But after that it was relatively boring, slashing through a bunch of small Things To Do, until early this afternoon when I found in my e-mail, from just before my vacation a month ago, a document I'd agreed to review -- and the review was due today. Mad rush through the afternoon...
I was thinking about taking off a few minutes early with the goodwife to go see "The Great Raid" that just came out, but after the WSJ reviewer panned it today I decided not to. I never go to see movies when they come out anyway; I wait until near the end of their run. (The Passion of the Christ was an exception, but we went to the 10 AM Saturday showing.)
Got some work to do this weekend though. A local city council is looking to pass a stupid feelgood law that's going to hurt them down the road (and others right away), so I have to draft and submit my arguments against to them. And I have a revision of a several years' old study to revise (well) in advance of our legislature's seating next January. And of course there's the ever-present yardwork to be done, and so of course for the weekend it is going to be HOT... (like most Seattleites we don't have air-conditioning).
Is it Monday yet?
How are things by you?
Probably with Darks, who is obviously not even lurking at the moment...
There are all kinds of alcohols. Same with ethers, esthers, and so forth.
We just have a relationship with alcohol.
Wood alcohol comes from wood. It is used to "denature" grain alcohol, which comes from grain, 'natch!
Then you have isopropyl alcohol, (rubbing alcohol), and on and on up the chain of carbon links.
Grain alcohol may be safely consumed in very moderate amounts. Daily consumption of about an ounce, (one shot), is said to be good for you.
Wow. I see that some people actually accomplish things!
I see everyone is typsing rather smoothly, yes. I'm thinking of falling asleep.
That's it! Sometimes flavored, sometimes not. I prefer not.
If the airline offers it, I always ask for it when flying.
...which comes from isoprops.
Gee...nothing as exciting as what you had to tell...:o|
I went and looked at a cute little [940 sq ft] 2 bed, 2 bath "manufactured home" that I really, really want, but I will have to sit on my thumbs until such time as I have been told it's a "go."
I promised Hobbes that we would only move once more, after we got here, and that move would be into our own place...she agreed. ;o]
Of course, I will keep you all aprised as things develop.
"Poblachd Saorsa," (in English, "Free Republic") the best whisky straight from The Official Distillery of the Undead ThreadTM -- best drunk neat.
(That means "without additives", including dihydrogen monoxide.)
I remember milk deliveries to the door, but beer? I grew up in the wrong country! (Or maybe not.)
I can't even begin to want to consider the taste of beer on Post Toasties!
Mmmm... do we drink it straight, or use a glass?
I know you can get carbonic acid (soda water) to use for cleaning purposes, and it does a fair job, but where does one come by a family sized can of CCl4 these days?
I have. A story for another day, though.
Yah...when we were in Germany, we had beer, wine and soft drinks delivered to our door on a weekly basis. We paid him once a month. It was hard to let that go!
I also understand why so many Germans/Scandanavians/etc., settled in the Pacific Northwest. There was a lot about the country that I liked, and the people that I met were very nice to me.
Perhaps that was because I tried so hard to learn their language. However, in doing so, I learned that a lot of English words have Germanic roots.
If the political atmosphere were different, I would love to go back for a few years. It is not a place I would like to be just now.
Sorry hon!
Although I would rather drink hairspray then chicha.
Chicha is a drink made from corn. You grind the fresh corn, put it in a pot and cover with water and leave to ferment.
It wouldn't be bad at all, except that the people making it don't have blenders or anyway of grinding fresh corn other then the old fashion way.
Ewwwww!
"...I know you can get carbonic acid (soda water) to use for cleaning purposes, and it does a fair job, but where does one come by a family sized can of CCl4 these days?"
Yah! What YOU said!
Yes, but I usually soon come to regret my accomplishments...
That sounds difficult.
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