"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

sogflash said:
Jack Black, can you try to describe where the coin from Norway is?
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I think Gevonovich would know better than me. Hope I'm right. There were coins from a lot of different countries. I only had a glance at them before putting them in the post, as I know Gevonovich collects.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
He's doing good, and mad that he can't drive for the next three days. I'm going to see him tonight after work.
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Three days with no driving is a cheap price for the gift of longer life. When did the doctors say he could drink?

When Bill Moran had his brain surgery to remove the clot from his brain he got from falling off the back porch, the doctor told him all these rules, and put him on all kinds of anti sezure meds. Bill went home, tossed the bottle of pills in the trash can, and poured himself three fingers of his Evan Williams black label. He was fine for many more years after that.

Something to think about. :D

Carl.
 
sogflash said:
Jack Black, can you try to describe where the coin from Norway is?
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I don't see a Ore or a Krone or Kroner but a few of these have similar designs to some Norway coins. Thanks for the inquiry ....I learned a lot about Norway coins.

There still are a few I have not identified yet....I will continue to look.
 
jackknife said:
Three days with no driving is a cheap price for the gift of longer life. When did the doctors say he could drink?

When Bill Moran had his brain surgery to remove the clot from his brain he got from falling off the back porch, the doctor told him all these rules, and put him on all kinds of anti sezure meds. Bill went home, tossed the bottle of pills in the trash can, and poured himself three fingers of his Evan Williams black label. He was fine for many more years after that.

Something to think about. :D


Carl.
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Speaking of Evan Williams, I love the stuff, lol.
Anyone else like a little whiskey or whisky in the evening?
 
jackknife said:
Just the evening???

Sometimes a little toddy with the breakfast puts a whole other glow on the day!:D
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Yes, it does seem to make the day a little more interesting.
I prefer a shot of bushmills in a little bailys for an irish breakfast shot.
 
BJE said:
Speaking of Evan Williams, I love the stuff, lol.
Anyone else like a little whiskey or whisky in the evening?
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Whiskey? That stuff cuts into the knife fund... ;)

Not much of a whiskey drinker, but I did try a bottle of single barrel Evan Williams last year. Good stuff that.

My go-to drinks are Aberlour 12 and Macallan 12.

- Christian
 
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BJE said:
Speaking of Evan Williams, I love the stuff, lol.
Anyone else like a little whiskey or whisky in the evening?
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I love whisky. The water of life.

BJE said:
Yes, it does seem to make the day a little more interesting.
I prefer a shot of bushmills in a little bailys for an irish breakfast shot.
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I am however disgusted that you would do that to the finest liquid to ever come out of Northern Ireland. Baileys indeed, shame on you, Shame!

:)
 
pmew said:
I love whisky. The water of life.



I am however disgusted that you would do that to the finest liquid to ever come out of Northern Ireland. Baileys indeed, shame on you, Shame!

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It not too bad for Protestant whisky, lol.
Wait til you find out I am not very fond of scotch:eek:!
Maybe I just haven't had the right one yet, but every time I order one, I regret that it isn't bourbon.

Maybe I just have faulty taste buds, I once had a bit of bushmills 21 year old and I prefered the original bushmills, even though it was a $180 bottle and hard to get in the states.
 
BJE said:
Wait til you find out I am not very fond of scotch:eek:!
Maybe I just haven't had the right one yet, but every time I order one, I regret that it isn't bourbon.
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Ahh, the quiet elephant in the room!

Don't feel bad pal, I've never been able to develop a taste for the stuff either. I guess I just prefer the home grown corn whiskey that doesn't taste like it's been in a peat fire.
:D

Carl, Grand High Muckba putting on armor plate. :eek:
 
I'm right there with you, Carl. Scotch always just tasted a wee bit off to me. I'm far from a whiskey snob, though. A little Jack Daniels in a glass with plenty of ice works just fine for me.

-Dan
 
jackknife said:
Ahh, the quiet elephant in the room!

Don't feel bad pal, I've never been able to develop a taste for the stuff either. I guess I just prefer the home grown corn whiskey that doesn't taste like it's been in a peat fire.
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Parke1 said:
Scotch always just tasted a wee bit off to me.
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You do realize that there are different types of scotch right? Stay away from the Islays and try a nice Speyside.

- Christian
 
jackknife said:
Ahh, the quiet elephant in the room!

Don't feel bad pal, I've never been able to develop a taste for the stuff either. I guess I just prefer the home grown corn whiskey that doesn't taste like it's been in a peat fire.
:D

Carl, Grand High Muckba putting on armor plate. :eek:
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Horses for courses.

When I was in my teens I drank Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, Bulliet, Knob Creek etc and thought Scotch was awful. I couldn't stand the taste of it, like drinking a glassful of pins.
I liked the syrupy, sweeter taste of bourbon, the harshness of Scottish Whisky was too much for me.

Then I moved to Cardiff in my late teens and was introduced to Penderyn (welsh single malt). It was mind blowing. A revelation. So many subtle and distinct tastes in a drink, I had no idea it was possible. I then graduated to Irish and Northern Irish malts (there is a distinct difference, I am about to marry a girl from East Belfast and I have to make that clear) when I moved to Ulster.

The final graduation occurred when I moved back to Scotland and started into proper stuff again. I began with the sweeter, softer ones and then slowly as my taste for it developed and changed I began to appreciate the differences between the regions and the subtleties therein.

I can understand why someone who doesn't drink whisky and only drinks whiskey could be handed a Bunnahabhain and dislike it straight away, it's the difference between a Mitsubishi Evo IX and a Vauxhall Chevette. Totally different animals, completely different styles and taste. Anyone can jump in an Evo and drive it fast, you have to take time to learn how to drive a Chevette. I am by no means belittling bourbon. I love bourbon too and still drink it when a nice bottle is put in front of me. Bourbon holds still further worlds of taste and refinement...but tht is for another post :)

There is also a modern misconception that an aged single malt is the best. Which is absolute nonsense. Single malts have only really been sold on their own during the last century. Up until then blends were the true art. Take some superb ingredients and combine them to make a truly fantastic sensation. If you eat a steak with no seasoning, no sauce, nothing to go with it, just the flavour in its own right, a delicious steak it may be but there is only steak. Don't get me wrong, I love single malts. I adore single malts, but many people drink only single malts out of snobbery. More fool them.

Don't forsake your blends and your vatted malts gentlemen!


I am stopping now. I could type for ever about whisky. Mixed in with knives it could be very, very dangerous indeed ;)

Paul
 
Paul, have you tried the relatively new Powers John's Lane 12 year old pot still whiskey?
It could wade right in amongst the Islays and come out winner.
 
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