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The CO · Post by **The CO** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:33 pm

I just got a first edition hardback copy of Declare for $3 at a used book store.

<Happy Dance>

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:57 pm

OregonRed wrote:
PurpleKoosh wrote:d00d! You've gotta come to BayCon next year - Powers is our author Guest of Honor. (Mr.Koosh was over the freakin' MOON when I got to tell him that.)
When is that Koosh? Powers is The CO's favorite author... I'm sure if we could work it out he'd LOVE to be there.

Memorial Day Weekend, here in Silly Valley.

http://www.baycon.org/

You'll get to see me in my OTHER natural habitat!

(One of the traditional items on the schedule is the Chairman's Poker Game on Friday...Mr.Koosh has found the rules for Assumption.

)

Bin Noddin · Post by **Bin Noddin** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:09 pm

Whoa, BC! That just ate my brain. I forgot what I intended to post here. Not my mother's mandelbrot fer sure.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:09 pm

Assumption! Yikes! Goodthing I just don't do poker!

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:38 pm

uhg, was still feeling like shit, took look around house and said thats it! This place is pig sty...started with teenager had pulled out a queen sized bed out into living room stating it was to big for her room, well since WE WERE having multiples of guests coming for BM I said ok, well Bm has come and gone and still there was this damned bed in my livingroom!
I had to get it back in her room like it or not...well that meant Mommy was gonna clean the damn kids room...one last time of her lifetime!
Did that! I clean the fuck outa it!(she never did get it organized since we moved in...so I figured oh what the hell, now I have a slave for weeks at my disposal!!!!!!!!

I NEED a fuckin drink now!

OregonRed · Post by **OregonRed** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:08 pm

Aren't teenagers FUN PM? WHEEEEEEE!!!!

Most of the time mine are great, but there are definately times that I would like to send them off to boarding school til they're 25 and realize that they don't know ANYTHING.

*sigh*

That calls for whisky...

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:22 pm

(((OR))))))...........

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:48 pm

TITWI, somebody on tribe is starting a BRC brewer's guild. Thought you might be interested.

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:28 pm

Oh, hell yea, Fishy.....
It's much better to swim in malt, from my perspective...........

I'll see if I can find it........

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:44 pm

Well concidering my oldest is now 21, this is round two with no sibling influence...kind'a like starting over A G A I N>>>>
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! uhg...

Ok back to cockatils.....lets see who is here...well I cant do that and keep posting over here.
So I will pre-make every one a mix or two of cockatils...
lets see how bout a good old...

and some TeKillia for thoughs a lil' more adventurous...

lets see what else I got back here...ohhhh how bout some Pina~Colada's...

and for the sensitive of taste buds....

I'll have a nice tall glass of Capt'n n coke with my honey...

OregonRed · Post by **OregonRed** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:48 pm

Well how 'bout

for the Whiskey lovers?

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:15 am

Not beinga whiskey or scotch drinker, like most, leaves me slightly out of loop....maybe ya'll can enlighten me, seriously....

What is the differnece of WHISKEY, SCOTCH, and then
SCOTCH-WHISKEY,
single malt, double malt, etc.... etc.....

I know the differnce (kinda) on taste...as in I can enjoy a nice whiskey shot, but scotch really makes me cringe(unless its cold outside, and I NEED it)

Then theres things like SO-CO' Southern comfort, which is a whiskey liquor...(did have a thing for that when I was younger...)
as well as dramboui...yummm and a couple others like....
Yukon Jack, and Seagrams 7,canadian club....etc....
Please enlighten me...pretty please!

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:08 am

Mmm... pour me onna something. Hows about a Baker's & Prat Manhattan? (3 parts Baker's bourbon, one part Noilly Prat Vermouth, dash of Bitters, and a Cherry, rinsed.)

pinemom wrote:Not beinga whiskey or scotch drinker, like most, leaves me slightly out of loop....maybe ya'll can enlighten me, seriously....

What is the differnece of WHISKEY, SCOTCH, and then SCOTCH-WHISKEY, single malt, double malt, etc.... etc.....

Wheee! Single malt is not blended - it's all from the same batch, kinda like Makers is to bourbon. Example - the Laphroaig I keep tempting Fishie with is a Single malt Islay Scotch - it's distilled in one distillery (Laphroaig), is bottled from a single barrel (or a least a single run - it's not blended with a different scotch like, say, Cutty Sark is), it's located on Islay island in Scotland. Now, a double malt (or blend) is a combination of different scotches (think Cutty, Chivas Regal, or Ballentine, for example) put together, to take some characteristics from all of them, make the final beverage smoother, etc.

Sounds good - may I have me a dram of something scottish? (Smack smack...)

OK. The thing that gives Scotch its whang is the peat flavor, and the use of Barley as their grain. Irish is pretty much the same whiskey without the peat (and is distilled in Ireland), tho they use other grains. American Bourbon is predominantly corn (ever hear the term Corn Squeezins?), and Rye is, as the ame suggests, made predominantly from Rye.

pinemom wrote: I know the differnce (kinda) on taste...as in I can enjoy a nice whiskey shot, but scotch really makes me cringe(unless its cold outside, and I NEED it)

It's good for what ails ye!

pinemom wrote: Then theres things like SO-CO' Southern comfort, which is a whiskey liquor...(did have a thing for that when I was younger...)as well as dramboui.../quote]

Sweet. Combined with simple syrup and other flavorings. Kinda icky stuff. But when it's cold... and ya don't have the good stuff... I think Yukon Jack is also in that category.)

pinemom wrote:yummm and a couple others like....
Seagrams 7,canadian club....etc....
Please enlighten me...pretty please!

CC and Segrams and what not are Canadian Whiskies - Blends, using predominantly Rye and Wheat.

The dif in flavors is immense when it comes to a whiskey, and it's the time in what kind of aging device, the grains (and - especially - the water) it's made from (and the blends of certain whiskeys and the way they interact), the amount it's cut from cask strength (the proof it's aged at before it's diluted with water and bottled)... When you hear the term "branch water"... it's water from the same source as the distillery. Not all places offer it, BTW, and it can be 'spensive.

This is really way basic, but kinda gives ya an idea.

The best way is to taste some different kinds and then you can taste and smell and feel the dif.

Hugs from Fridayland...
bb

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:24 am

Thank you BBSue! That was VERY informative!
ya ya I know how is it I can bartend and not be fully versed, well you know.......

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:40 am

We should do a whiskey tasting on the 13th. Amazing how fucked up you can get, er, how much nuance you gather when doing that, and how blitzed, er, make that how much fun, you can have, too!

We did that once with Tequila - THERE was a brawl, er, party to remember!

Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bb

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:55 am

the 13th? does that mean YOUR COMMING UP???? yes yes yes?
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:29 am

I pledge, er, plead a fifth!

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:32 am

...is that pledge to drink a fifth?

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:45 am

Oh yeah! Whiskey tasting. Think I gotta bottle of Booby Bar Booze around here.

Hey all, Hope you are havin' a good time wherever you are.

((((((((hugs)))))))))

The other BB

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:29 pm

Here is something you can have fun with without drinking

http://www.subversiveelement.com/OpticalHome.html

the rebbi

BigCock · Post by **BigCock** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:12 am

I'll add a couple of subtle points to BBSue's Wikipedia post.

Scotch and beer are made with all the same ingredients - barley, water, yeast - except beer also has hops. The malting process involves steeping the grain in local water until it just begins to sprout, then the grain is dried/roasted before getting boiled with the other ingredients. Here is a picture of a malting room. Heat and smoke are precolated through the floor. Different regions of Scotland do different things to the whiskey. The Islay (eye' lah) region in the south uses only peat to dry the grain with, so whiskeys from that region taste particularly smokey. They don't use as much peat in the Highlands, partly because there isn't as much available there, and in some regions don't use any at all or maybe just a chunk of it tossed into the gas flames.

Supposedly 70% of the flavor of the whiskey comes from the barrel. The traditional barrel is an oak barrel used once for aging sherry. Since nobody drinks sherry any more, the barrels aren't easy to come by. So these days you can get bourbon barrel scotch. This works out great because bourbon has to be aged in a brand new oak barrel so there are used ones available. There are actually scotch distilleries that own oak forests in the U.S., make the barrels, lease them to the bourbon makers and then take them over to Scotland for scotch production. As much as half the contents evaporates through the barrel while it's aging, and the bottler waters it back to 70 proof.

Scotch is one of the main reasons I'm not an alcoholic. If I let myself get hooked on alcohol, I won't be able to enjoy good scotch any more. So I pace myself accordingly.

Tinkerbell · Post by **Tinkerbell** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:20 pm

Well I drank a bit last night and feelin the hangover, I think it is about time to have a margarita

BigCock · Post by **BigCock** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:51 pm

Cheers Tink!

So, ya goin to the decomp tomorrow?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:02 pm

I am.

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:39 am

nope....have fun for me and Titwi BC and Fishy!

BigCock · Post by **BigCock** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:43 am

I have decided I am going to treat this like a day on the playa and commence drinking immediately.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:06 am

Hey Box Burner!!! You're back online!!

I see you managed to find a byte pump to get a signal in to you.

And BC!!!

Wow... been a while since I dropped in here.

BigCock · Post by **BigCock** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:48 am

welcome back kitty and box!

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:59 am

Thanks, BC!!!

I'm messing around on the internet today finding lot of links to steam power stuff. I really should get to doing something a bit more productive.

Damn it...

But first, a Xingu!!

Tinkerbell · Post by **Tinkerbell** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:15 pm

BigCock wrote:Cheers Tink!

So, ya goin to the decomp tomorrow?

I wish I could go, but I am in Utah for a bit. I will go to the Salt Lake City one next weekend. I so wish I could afford a ticket back home I would be on myway right now.
meh I got next year

The Bar

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