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Skriven 2009-01-20 21:52:14 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 19874 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: Re: scotch
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-=> Quoting hap newsom to Nancy Backus on 19 Jan 09  19:20:08 <=-

 ->  ->  hn> Hey, I'm the oldest in a large family too!
 ->  -> How many in yours?  Eight kids here, six girls, two boys (#6 and 8).
 ->  hn> Not THAT big! (grin) 4 kids, but my mom
 ->  hn> is one of 13 kids, so I have always had
 ->  hn> tons of relatives! (grin)
 -> 4 kids isn't all that big... although I'll admit, with today's even
 -> smaller families, 4 or 5 sure seems bigger than it used to... :)  I also
 -> have to admit that your mom's family has us beat... (G)
 hn> It wasn't considered big when I was a kid, but
 hn> by today's standards it's fairly large (grin).

OK..  :)

 hn> My family (mother's side) was a farming family so 
 hn> they needed lots of kids to do all the chores. 
 hn> By the time I came along there were lots and
 hn> lots of grandkids to do the chores as well! 

That works, too... at least until they grow up, too...  ;)

 ->  hn> I have a sister in Knoxville, and one
 ->  hn> in South Carolina. I'm on the west
 ->  hn> coast and quite happy with the miles
 ->  hn> in between me and them (grin)
 -> Hmmm...  ;)   We've generally all gotten along pretty well... and enjoy
 -> spending time together when we can work it out.  We do try to all get
 -> together for Christmas (not all can make it, though), and likewise, for
 -> a week of camping together in the summer....  Gives the cousins a chance
 -> to know each other better, too...  Now that the kids are growing up to
 -> have families of their own, we've got 4 generations getting together...
 -> and LOTS of people...  (G)
 hn> My youngest sister and I are like gasoline
 hn> and a match...you know there's gonna be
 hn> an explosion, you just have no idea how
 hn> big it will be. My other sister and I get along
 hn> famously. I'm happy on the west coast and
 hn> if we were closer it would just mean more 
 hn> fights so it's better this way (grin)

I have a couple of sisters that one has to be careful with, to avoid
starting (or accelerating) conflicts... Usually we're on our better
behaviour, when we all get together... and one can usually find a way to
not have TOO much contact, even during camping...  :)

 ->  ->  hn> Pretty much, smokey and peaty with overtones of the sea!
 ->  -> I thought so.  Since I really am not fond of peaty at all (or smokey
 ->  -> either, for that matter), I probably wouldn't care much for it.  Given
 ->  -> the chance to taste, I might still do, though... :)
 ->  hn> You'll never know if you don't try em! 
 -> Maybe... although peaty scotch has become a bit more like beer, so far
 -> anything I've tried I haven't liked...  I've wondered if that might be
 -> part of what contributed to my not liking the blended ones...
 ->
 hn> I like some of the blends, just like the singles better.

Before I knew of the singles, I liked a few of the blends ok... once I
knew the difference, well...  ...ok, I can survive some of the top
blends that I used to think were good enough...   (G)
 
 ->  -> Once when I was in Scotland, I bought a map that showed all the
 ->  -> different distilleries and went somewhat into which single malts were
 ->  -> produced where... still have it somewhere... :)
 ->  hn> When I was in Scotland I tried to drink
 ->  hn> the distillaries dry...never managed though
 ->  hn> (at least as much as I can remember!)
 -> I imagine you didn't...  they're still producing...  (G)
 -> But, I see you put forth a mighty manly effort!  :)
 -> 
 hn> Well, not to brag,.....but I did have em working
 hn> overtime (grin) 

Bet they were glad to see you leave?  Or were they glad because you
bought lots to take home with you...??  (BG)

ttyl      neb

... Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.
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