The Bar... Volume#2

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:28 pm

Simon of the Playa wrote:not to get off subject, but actually a slight tangent since someone somewhere whether it was the sybil or cassandra foretold of vesuvio blowing his top.

If it happened it was the Sybil. Cassandra was 100s of years earlier (bronze age) and geographically challenged (Asia Minor.)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:30 pm

pinemom wrote: Brothels in Pompeii....sounds about right...but sexuality was so much more open in that era...there really wasnt anything taboo about homosexuality...you just loved.

No, the taboo was against being the "passive partner." Penetrating showed off your power. Being penetrated, well that's for slaves and women. I think that's pretty fucked up, too.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:12 pm

How about some sake tonight?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:14 pm

sweat sake?

I'm wearing 'em now............

I'll be havin' a brandy..........

but, for you.....

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:32 pm

Ah...that looks good.

Brandy is something I have yet to try

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:56 pm

egad........

allow me........

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:02 pm

Really?!? Is that the best? It seems like that's what all the billboards advertise

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:26 pm

Oh, you want the secret best that connoisseurs know about and we pleebs are utterly clueless about.

Okay, I chose that one on the basis of the bottle being reminiscent of a satellite circle a bottle shaped planet.
But they mentioned a Hennessy on the list that google found for me.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:50 pm

hmmmm....might be good.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:56 pm

sputnik wrote:Really?!? Is that the best? It seems like that's what all the billboards advertise

elitism?.....dang........

well, arguably:

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:16 pm

mmmm cognac ...

who cares what it tastes like? it's all about the bottle!

(that's also true about grappa, BTW)

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:19 pm

now, there's a statement to take as analogous to human relations.......

hahahahaa

sip on, McDuff.........

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:27 pm

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:28 pm

gh home again
sort of.

just looking for a cool drink of water

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:44 am

Who knows what the best cognac is?
The single cask cognacs all taste different.
I was looking for the napoleonic period cognac recovered from a shipwreck, but I can't find it.
Maybe the rarest.

I think it is like chocolate.
You can buy the same thing in a presentation box or a cheaper plain box.
Same chocolates.
Does the hennessey taste better in swarovski or the Hines in baccarat?

I think delamain is decent.

Even they have a decanter version.
It's all about the experience though.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:13 am

Air, Fire, Water, Earth

The luxe Lanesborough Hotel in London has just acquired the world's oldest bottle of cognac, distilled in 1770, and is offering it to patrons of their plush Library Bar (above) for Â£4,000, or about $6,000, per shot. That's considerably more than the ultra-expensive Louis XIII Black Pearl Magnum cognac my colleague Lisa Palladino wrote about last summer, which cost $2,500 per shot. In addition to the 240-year-old tipple, the Lanesborough, a St. Regis property, just installed a new walk-in cigar humidor, the first of its kind in a London hotel. The humidor houses 1,000 cigars and contains 25 private lockers for the personal collections of top patrons, who can enjoy Cuban and even pre-Castro smokes in the hotel's posh Garden Room.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6911694.stm
WWI cognac found in trenches

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:24 pm

geez, i can't afford that stuff!

how about a nice PBR?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:33 pm

we've been out of power for several hours now......this big strom is blowing trees and limbs everywhere..............

I'm running on backup generator....yay for that.........

so,
I'll be drinkin' tonight........

anyone join me?

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:41 pm

looks like you have some company ... sure you want more?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:03 pm

just call me "double stuff".........

Risky · Post by **Risky** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:28 pm

littleflower - I want a PBR.
And I'll take one of those sandwiches too!
Does that have bacon in it????

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:41 pm

hey risky! i think it has a little ... would you prefer this one?

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:31 am

Im w/ Risky...a PBR and a Bacon sandwich! Thank ya LF!

Monrin ya'll ...Man what a storm...( & its still here......)

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:17 am

yeah, what a storm indeed!!

we've been out of power since yesterday......luckily, I have emergency backup generators.........

coffee, anyone?

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:57 am

COFFEE!!!!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:02 am

for you , pal........

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:18 am

Coffee, please.

Busy day today. Businesses and banks are back to work after the Thanksgiving weekend and I have bills to pay.

Sorry to hear about the storm down there. Good thing you're a burner, ygmir - you're just as prepared as a scout. Hope no real lasting damage is happening.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:57 am

littleflower wrote:i almost bought that book several months ago, but decided to save my money ...

Definitely worth reading. Worth owning? I dunno. But it came out in 2008, so it's likely a paperback is already out, or you cna find it used on line.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:14 pm

ah...an empty cup, but it has a beaner on it. I really need that as I tend to lose my cups.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:19 pm

'beaners are the best for keeping hold of your cups!