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Skriven 2008-08-25 11:27:44 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: RE: not-so-B B  816
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Hola Michael!

->  -> Mean barstools indeed. Just so they don't get rid of my
->  -> Courvoisier.
->  HN> Perhaps you should bring a fresh durian aboard
->  HN> just so they'd bring back the free service!
-> 
-> Strangely, you are not the only person who has thought of this.
-> 
Great minds and all that you know (grin)

->  HN> The threat of continued durian "essence"
->  HN> on the plane might help them see the 
->  HN> good sense in providing combstables
->  HN> of THEIR choosing!
-> 
-> http://tinyurl.com/duriandurian
-> 
->  -> I've found that some lesser but still worthy Scotches benefit
->  -> from a little water - more a "drap" than a "dram," though. 
->  HN> Depends on how much scotch you pour 
->  HN> into the glass the first time!
-> 
-> There are those who advocate a 25 to 50% admixture of the
-> hydropoison, but I am not with them. For a good smooth 12-y-o
-> without too much peat in it, I say 0, but for younger less
-> well-behaved Scotches, a couple drops of water (say up to
-> 10%, about 5 to 8 mL) may help a bit. 
->
25% seems a bit excessive to me, but anything 
below that seems fairly reasonable depending 
upon your tastes. Of course we are NOT talking
about cask strength scotches here! I'd generally
agree with the 10% (ish) range. Just enough to 
"open up" the scotch...or the taste buds (grin)!
 
->  ->  HN> A wee dram won't hurt ye...but stopping at a wee 
->  ->  HN> dram is often easier said than dun! 
->  -> I have been known to cut myself while stone cold sober.
->  -> Didn't want to tempt fate and stuff like that.
->  HN> Lordy no! Not the way you bleed!
->  HN> You'd scare the children out of the
->  HN> kitchen for years! (grin)
-> 
-> The only children who spent any noticeable time near the
-> kitchen were Alex and Charlotte, neither of whom looks to
-> be easily scareable by such silliness as an ounce of blood
-> - though I don't know how they felt about the durian.
->
Do you often stop at a single ounce?

->  HN> I've really got to start keeping a journal on my scotch
->  HN> tastings! I've had balvenie, but not sure if it was
->  HN> a "doublewood", and now I can't remember if I 
->  HN> liked it (probably did) or not!
-> 
-> You liked it.
->
I can remember what the bottle looks like.
But I'm not sure if I had the bottle or it was
someone elses! Dang, this getting old is heck
on the memory!! (grin)
 
->  -> Seven & Seven
->  HN> Used to drink a lot of 
->  HN> those when I was younger!
-> 
-> So this blonde goes into a bar and orders a "fifteen." The
-> bartender does a doubletake and then asks, "what's a fifteen?"
-> The blonde looks at him blondly and says, "well, duh, seven
-> and seven."
-> 
Geez! That's even older than me!!(grin)

Met a nice family from Boston yesterday at the
ballpark, they just happened to be in Seattle 
on vacation and decided on a whim to come 
to the ballgame. (we won!!) They were 
amazed that one of our biggest houses
are when the Sox come to town...I explained
to them how the "West Coast Swing" works
and now they are planning on returning to
Seattle next year to see the BoSox in 
Safeco...btw they loved the ballpark!

chat with you soon!
hap 
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