Posts by Mark Harris
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@Islander
And you can order online! That's lovely, thanks. (except for the prices - aiyeeee!)Lagavulin's nice as well.
And now I find that Wilson's Lammerlaw is reborn as Milford, I might give that a try as well. IMHO Lammerlaw was a fne drop, and up there with many I've tasted from the 'old country'
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@Stephen
Got any good pointers (or links) on home roasting? I've thought about it (creating marvelous new blends etc) but I'm nervous about wasting the beans by making them undrinkable.Like a forgettable brewing experience from the past. (I've never seen so many bottles explode...)
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"conspiracise"???
Nice neologism, I may steal it!
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The best satire I've seen was Bill Maher - second half of this clip
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@Peter
I quite liked the Bruichladdich I had a couple of years ago (I think it might have been on special at Glengarry's) and I'm currently on a cask-strength Laphroaig (courtesy duty free, as you never see it in NZ). Was your "unless" positive or negative? I agree with you about the smoky - it's a key ingredient for me, which is why I like Twinings Lapsang Souchong as an evening tea.We don't have access to quite the range of single malts in NZ that a resident of Dundee might, sadly. I remember a memorable night in the Bouquet Garni bar in Welly (might have been called something different then) at the bottom of Boulcott St. The manager had a wide range of malts and blends and I spent a very pleasant evening on his penny trying a selection ;-)
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And, it being Friday, here's a link I came across about the last major bailout (also by a Bush, but at the beginning of his term, rather than the end) the Savings and Loan crisis in the 1980's.
I was working for PostBank at the time and travelling from Wellington to the Auckland Data Centre in Newmarket (some of the smartest people I have ever worked with BTW) on project work. I spent a number of evenings and weekends at my brother's place in Grey Lynn, where they had this new-fangled Sky thing and the CNN they had was the straight US domestic feed. I watched the unfolding of the crisis and the commentary and remember going into work and saying "the US economy is in meltdown". People were like "wachoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" because Sky didn't have the penetration then and none of this stuff was making it onto our local news programmes. Weird times, and so different now.
I blame the Internet ;-)
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Cultivating connoisseurship beyond what you already like is making a rod for your own back.
Zigackly!
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@Che
you know, i think it's actually *more* of an insult to cameron that no-one gives a shit what he's up to?
You know, I had scrolled back half a page to see who you were referring to before it struck me? Rly.
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Just in from the Anchorage Daily News
Judge refuses to halt Troopergate probe
Published: October 2nd, 2008 05:26 PMAn Anchorage judge today refused to halt the Legislature's investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin and denied the state attorney general's attempt to throw out legislative subpoenas.
Superior Court Judge Peter Michalski heard arguments from both sides this morning and ruled just before 5 this afternoon.
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@sage
Actually it didn't. The Senate has yet to vote. McCain was grandstanding inthe House process.