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Skriven 2011-10-27 12:17:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Ärende: Hawaii 110
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 HN> my blood has gotten used to what we 
 HN> have here and anything above 72-75 is
 HN> "too" hot.

I find I have to acclimate rapidly and do. For you
being out of practice, it might not be so quick, but
it most likely can be done.

 -> Oh - they must have moved the boat moorings
 HN> The yacht harbor is right where the Ala Wai 
 HN> Canal empties into the sea...most of it is 
 HN> on the Waikiki side, but there's a small section
 HN> on the "Ewa" side of the canal...that's where
 HN> my boat was moored.

Ah: I pass that area on the bus periodically but
never have had the urge to investigate.

 -> All the Sheraton properties there are owned outright by a
 -> Japanese company now. I believe no timeshares any more.
 -> Wonder how much it cost to buy them out?
 HN> Dunno...but when I left the Japanese
 HN> companies were just making their first
 HN> strong inroads into Hawaiian real estate.
 HN> Common saying in those days was: "There
 HN> will never be another Japanese attack on
 HN> Hawaii...they have a strong aversion to
 HN> destroying their own property."

One of the ironies is that both the Germans and the Japanese
ended up getting most of what they wanted. And learned that
the inferior races that they tried so hard to exterminate
ended up being the engines of their economic success.

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 HN> Primo was the first beer that I 
 HN> really enjoyed drinking. And I
 HN> did manage to down quite a bit 
 HN> of it at times...still I preferred
 HN> hard liquor more often than beer.

The incarnation of it that I encountered had a bit of that
weird off wintergreeny taste that I associate with PBR, Gansett,
and Yuengling Light (blue) among other cheap brands.
Interestingly, Beer Advocate rates PBR and Gansett quite highly
- apparently others are not so sensitive to this taste as I am.

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 -> The level of civilization depends on the amount of
 -> liquor involved, I suppose.
 HN> The more civilized the more liquor?
 HN> or vicey versy?

You puzzle that out for yourself!

Palm Breeze
cat: booze
servings: 1

fill 16 oz glass with ice
1 oz vodka
1 1/2 oz peach schnapps
fill glass to halfway point with orange juice
fill rest of glass with blue Hawaiian Punch

multi colr levels should be visible through side of glass

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