[Rhodes22-list] Balvenie Scotch

Sun Jul 20 20:36:52 EDT 2008

Robert Laddy,

Perhaps I told ya the story of one of my crossings from Anchorage, Alaska
over the pole to Prestwick, Scotland on to London, but this time, we stayed
in Prestwick in the hotel on one of the courses where the British Open is
played.  I hiked into town, Troooooooon, and ordered what I thought I
thought was a sophisticated enough scotch for the environs.  Nope.  The
locals schooled me.

Fast forward a few years.  My builder buddy's son owns a liquor store here
and he gave me a bottle of scotch that cost $130 wholesale (the experience
of drinking it wiped out the memory of the brand).  We were at the home of
the VP of my wife's department a few years back and he loved scotch.  "Joe,
we'll pour one drink apiece from this special stash and save the rest for a
special occasion".  Apparently, the rest of that night was pretty special.

It's illegal to ship liquor across state lines or otherwise I'd oblige MJM.
I'll be back in NYC soon enough.  Paybacks are hell!

Brad

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Robert Skinner <Robert at squirrelhaven.com>
wrote:

> At $50 for 750 ml, a pricey alternative...
> /Robert
>
> michael meltzer wrote:
> > What about a nice single malt scotch, Balvenie Scotch Doublewood 12 Yr?
> >
> > -mjm
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Brad Haslett
> > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:42 PM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fellow list members as straw man targets
> >
> > MJM,
> >
> > You want flowers?  I just sprayed some in my front yard this morning,
> send
> > me your address and I'll FedEx you a dozen. My Bo list penalizes listers
> > with donations to the Margarita fund at the Oshkosh fly-in.  If I had to
> > apologize to everyone I ever offended I'd never have time to fly or sail,
> > that said -
> >
> > Please accept my apology to those of you who feel they have been a
> > "target".  That includes you Al Gore for me suggesting you're a charlatan
> > and you Chocolate Baby Jesus for suggesting you don't have a single
> > significant accomplishment under your belt.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:13 AM, michael meltzer <
> mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Guy's lay-off, and say you are sorry(and be happy this is not costing
> you
> >> flowers), she is not enjoying it...........They are not going to change
> >>
> > the
> >
> >> world here but the still play as a full contact sport...........
> >>
> >> -mjm
> >>
> >> PS. "thin skin" was a pretty good "comeback" and a half way decent joke
> in
> >> context; it was not a "personal attack" more along the lines of topping
> >> each
> >> other.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> >> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Dana
> >> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:37 AM
> >> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> >> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Fellow list members as straw man targets
> >>
> >> Brad, Ed,
> >>
> >> I joined this forum because I had a question regarding anchor lights and
> >> steaming lights.  After one or two posts, Ed compared me to Obama by
> >> calling
> >> me an elitest for preferring to spend time with my children rather than
> >> dropping my mast to replace a bulb.  I ignored it and went away for a
> >> while.  The other day, I had something to add regarding a source for
> light
> >> bulbs.  Within a few posts, I was labeled as having an a-hole hero in
> >> Obama..
> >>
> >> I'm a registered Rebublican, yet you somehow determined (from my
> sailboat
> >> related light bulb posts) that Obama is my a-hole hero.  I asked you to
> >> stop, and you resorted to a personal attack saying that I have thin
> skin.
> >>
> >> You apparently feel such a strong need to attack people and their views,
> >> that you are willing to project your own preconceived (and unfounded)
> >> typecasts on others so that you have a target.  Your credibility takes a
> >> huge hit as a result.
> >>
> >> I know it is a lot to ask, but a little introspection may be in order.
> >>
> >> -Dana
> >>
> >> --- On Sat, 7/19/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Will Al Gore now ask to stop space
> >>
> > exploration
> >
> >> and bring down space lab? [for Dana, Political]
> >> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >> Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 2:46 PM
> >>
> >> Dana,
> >>
> >> If you delete Ed's and my posts then there shouldn't be a problem
> >> should
> >> there? For those who want some more info on global warming here's an
> >> interesting read-
> >>
> >> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12403
> >>
> >> Be sure and use lots of sunscreen on your sail today, Dana.  My guess is
> >> that your skin is a bit thin.
> >>
> >> Brad
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Dana <realnamen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Brad,
> >>>
> >>> I understand that you want to address these diatribes to somebody.
> >>>
> >>  Please
> >>
> >>> pick someone else.  I routinely delete both your and Ed's messages.
> >>>
> >> Other
> >>
> >>> than scanning them quickly, I haven't read (or watched) any of them.
> >>>
> >> I
> >>
> >>> haven't responded with any political content.  Please just go away.
> >>>
> >> I'm
> >>
> >>> going sailing now on an awesome sailboat.
> >>>
> >>> -Dana
> >>>
> >>> --- On Sat, 7/19/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Will Al Gore now ask to stop space
> >>>
> >> exploration
> >>
> >>> and bring down space lab? [for Dana, Political]
> >>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
> >>>
> >> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>
> >>> Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 12:11 PM
> >>>
> >>> John & Dana,
> >>>
> >>> Gore has built a very lucrative business for himself selling "carbon
> >>> credits" (lucrative enough to fly around the globe in a Gulfstream).
> >>> Until
> >>> he got exposed, he lived in a huge Bell Meade mansion in Nashville with
> >>>
> > a
> >
> >>> $20,000 a year utility bill.  He still lives there, except now he has
> >>>
> >> solar
> >>
> >>> panels and some other gimmickry installed.  Gore and his minions serve
> a
> >>> purpose, as useful idiots often do, in that they encourage conservation
> >>> (not
> >>> a bad thing).  The problem with their ideas is they want to take one of
> >>>
> >> the
> >>
> >>> largest segments of the economy and place it under a centralized,
> >>> government
> >>> run command-and-control system.  If you want to get serious about
> >>>
> >> "carbon
> >>
> >>> footprints", tax the carbon and let the market sort out the
> >>>
> >> alternatives.
> >>
> >>> Nukes would be the first winner.  Every time you slap a subsidy on
> >>> something, say 54 cents a gallon on ethanol, you skew the
> attractiveness
> >>>
> >> in
> >>
> >>> the marketplace for less than optimal results - same with wind and
> >>>
> > solar.
> >
> >>> Focus on the carbon if you believe in global warming.
> >>>
> >>> Now as to living on the Gulf Coast, I bought our 1.7 acre Global
> >>>
> >> Corporate
> >>
> >>> Headquarters (housed in a 20 foot shipping container) in Gulfport, MS
> 10
> >>> miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and about 70 ft elevation. If you
> >>>
> >> live
> >>
> >>> near coastal water and get hit by a hurricane, your house is taking a
> >>>
> >> bath.
> >>
> >>> If you choose to do so anyway, don't blame me or expect me to help pay
> >>>
> >> for
> >>
> >>> your loss when the inevitable happens. The biggest reason single-family
> >>> housing is so slow being rebuilt in Mississippi after Katrina is
> >>>
> >> insurance
> >>
> >>> companies won't touch them with a ten-foot pole, or if they do, the
> >>>
> >> rates
> >>
> >>> are four times or more higher than pre-Katrina.  For those of you who
> >>>
> >> live
> >>
> >>> on the East Coast or Florida, expect to pay more. Now as to New
> Orleans,
> >>> much of it is 6-feet below sea level.  Helloooo! Did I mention that the
> >>> area
> >>> that flooded is six-feet below sea level?  Do you need an engineering
> >>> degree
> >>> to understand the implications of this?  Move inland folks!
> >>>
> >>> There, any other problems you need solved today?
> >>>
> >>> Brad
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:34 PM, John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Brad,
> >>>>
> >>>> Please can you tell me how the Amerikans for prosperity managed to
> >>>>
> >> attend
> >>
> >>>> the same event? Did they all walk ride bikes or take public
> >>>>
> >>> transportation
> >>>
> >>>> to get there? I would really like to know why you hate this man so
> >>>> intensely. I can tell you feel he is a hypocrite but I thought that
> >>>>
> >> was
> >>
> >>> one
> >>>
> >>>> of those values you southerners hold so dear. If you feel global
> >>>>
> >> warming
> >>
> >>> is
> >>>
> >>>> so much bs why don't you put your money where your mouth is and
> >>>>
> >> move
> >>
> >>> to the
> >>>
> >>>> gulf coast. Then when the oceans don't rise in 20 or so years you
> >>>>
> >> can
> >>
> >>> laugh
> >>>
> >>>> and say "I told you so".
> >>>>
> >>>> Waiting patiently for the responding diatribe
> >>>> John Shulick
> >>>> Pgh Pa elevation Approximately 720 ft above sea level (for now at
> >>>>
> >> least)
> >>
> >>>> Dana,
> >>>>
> >>>> Here's your a-hole hero exposed-
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESxvY1tQHTo&eurl=http://michellemalkin.com/20
> >
> >>
> >
> 08/07/17/limousine-liberal-video-of-the-day-gore-and-his-gas-guzzling-fans-e
> >
> > xposed/<
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESxvY1tQHTo&eurl=http://michellemalki
> >
> n.com/2008/07/17/limousine-liberal-video-of-the-day-gore-and-his-gas-guzzlin
> > g-fans-exposed/>
> >
> >>>> I used to live down the road from Big Al.  What an ass!  I mean,
> >>>>
> >> HERO!
> >>
> >>>> Brad
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> View this message in context:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> http://www.nabble.com/Will-Al-Gore-now-ask-to-stop-space-exploration-and-bri
> >
> > ng-down-space-lab---for-Dana%2C-Political--tp18533759p18540982.html<
> http://w
> >
> ww.nabble.com/Will-Al-Gore-now-ask-to-stop-space-exploration-and-bring-down-
> > space-lab---for-Dana%2C-Political--tp18533759p18540982.html>
> >
> >>>> Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> >>>>
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