Scrooge opts for bunker Christmas

30 years old, shells out over $400 to spend Christmas in a bunker, and feels compelled to tell the interviewer that "Mum and dad" said it was OK with them. Oh well, at least he didn't go to Pakistan and "sign up", like our developmental problem did.
 
To each is own. I suspect it will be a Christmas long remembered. Out of the 68 I've spent on this planet I can remember perhaps a half dozen.
 
He could have taken a hike to the Moores and spend two weeks there(and freeze his butt off) for almost free, now that would be a Xmas to remember!
I could have probably invested that money in some extra house furniture (I'm moving home in January)or a couple of good knives or presents for my friends or drinks (a lot).
Anyway, as Bill said, to each his own.
Fausto
 
Peace and quiet I have nothing against-though there are better locations.

The provisions though!Cold beans and Spam:barf:

What a ******* prat!

Now myself, I think a nice little beach hut on a suitable island in the tropics, ( if I had the dosh to blow I would hire one with the staff etc. ), would be a good start.

The provisions? Perhaps a little hamper from Fortnum and Masons, containing only the bare neccessities of course, ( except the caviar, which I am not too keen on ), a case of krug non vintage, a couple of bottles of the 21 year old Glenlivet Reserve. Finally to while away the evenings, a box of Monte Cristo cigars and a stunning blonde. And I dont care if she is called Christmas either ;)
 
Mike, that sounds like just the ticket, but go for it while you can....in my case, Father Time has outrun Father Christmas, or I'd join you :(
 
Looks like that page expired already -- sorry. Here's the summary from News of the Weird:

Colin Wood, 30, won an Internet auction (about $500) to spend the next 2 weeks in the Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker (near Brentwood, Essex, England) (10-ft-thick concrete walls) in order to insulate himself as much as possible from this festive season.
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When I posted that I thought it was pretty funny, but after all the running around I've been doing today I almost want to hide out for a while myself. Not in a bomb shelter, though ... it'd cost more than $500 to hide out for two weeks in a luxury hotel with room service and hot and cold running girls, but ... hey, what's money for???
 
P.S. The page hasn't expired -- it did load eventually, though it was very slow. Try it again, and be patient ... read five or six threads here while you're waiting....
 
We take what part of the picture we can when we can, be it a beautiful sunset, a fine cigar or good company.

Walosi my friend, there is no doubt of your good taste or you would not be here ;)
 
A question has occurred to me: Does that bomb shelter have a chimney?

Even if it doesn't have a chimney it must have a ventilation shaft of some kind ... besides, when I was a small boy we lived in an apartment with no fireplace and Santa Claus managed to get in anyway (through a window was my guess at the time). Is it even possible to hide from Santa Claus??? He knows when you are sleeping etc.... I suspect that fellow is going to get his gifts (or lumps of coal, depending) regardless, whether he likes it or not.
 
Footnote on Headline News this morning said Colin couldn't stand it any longer - had to come up for a beer :D
 
Originally posted by mjjbecker
Peace and quiet I have nothing against-though there are better locations.
a couple of bottles of the 21 year old Glenlivet Reserve.
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Say Michael, what do you think of The MACALLUM 15 year old?:D

I have yet to try the 21 year old Glenlivet Reserve among many others.
I seldom have a drink because the medicines I take don't mix well with alcohol, but when I do I want to enjoy at least one of the finest and so far the Macallum is my favorite among 4 single
malts. I'm thinking it may be the Old Sherry Casks the whisky is finished in.
Lagavulin isn't bad nor is Bowden. Tallisker is next down from Macallum's, again, so far, IMO.;)
I bought a fifth of Macallum, Tallisker,and Lagavulin to try and am drinking the ones I think are not quite as good, (How can anyone say good single Malt's aren't "quite as good?", but I think you will know what I mean.:)) first.
And I'm thinking I will have to purchase another fifth of Macallum before I finish up the others.
A good friend got me a fifth of the older Bowden and I still haven't decided where it goes in my lineup of Scotch
Whisky's.
Oban is another one that I am also rather fond of that went rather fast after my b-i-l found out I had some whisky around the
house.
I don't mind sharing my whisky, but when one has a glass in his hand every waking hour it doesn't quite matter what that one drinks ainnit?:)
I let him clean out the ones I like least which gives me a good excuse to purchase more that I have yet to try.
There was around a $97.70 fifth of Glenlivet, I believe it was, I saw at my favorite liquor store the last time I was in.
Perhaps one of these days I will see how that one is.:D
But *That* One* will be jealously guarded from the b-i-l.:D:D
 
Hello Yvsa

All exellent choices you mention there, exellent indeed :)

The Macallan is an superb whisky-the benchmark single malt for sure. Unfortunately, the makers know this and so charge a premium for it. The vintage bottles are I think overpriced ( £1500 anyone for a ltd edition? Not me ).

The 21 year old Glenlivet is the finest I have tried bar non-and costs less than the 18 year old Macallan. The 21 year old is incomparably better than the standard 12 year old bottling. Smoother than Tony Bennett in a teflon tuxedo. A must have and at £50 a bottle worth every last penny.

You should try the 21 year old Lagavulin. The last I looked its around the same price as the 15 year old Macallan. It is superior to the Macallan and noticably better than the standard 16 year old ( though that is an exellent whisky ). Again, the extra aging smooths out the all harshness, leaving a whisky that is warm and receptive. Mae West all the way.

You might want to try a standard Bowmore. Very nice and reasonably priced. For something aged in sherry casks, the Bowmore Darkest is a highly regarded choice. Some think it better than the Macallan. More complex for sure and a good price at around £30 a bottle.

At the end of the day it is all a matter of personal taste-and whether that taste is good or bad;)
 
I could get in all sorts of trouble with booze like that -- financially and otherwise. I'll still stick with my Heineken. Cheaper and much, much safer.
 
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