In article , FedupLurker
wrote:


"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message ...



My preference tended to be for single malts. I did also enjoy some of
the various wood cask finished versions. The Balvenie Port Wood 21
year was a favourite.

The Belvenie was never a favourite of mine but it could be perked by
topping with cola and two chunks of ice, no doubt you like it that way?

Ice, yes. Cola, no. if you are going to add cola then you might as well use
de-icer and max the experience. :-)



The "Win7" part made me lose interest in the rest... :-)

But Jim, over priced/under spec Apple hardware is for girls or men who
wear pink ties. Linux is for old blokes with too much time to spare, but
Windows is for real men.

Reminds me of 'Nice Try'. :-)

Slainte,

Jim

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"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message ...

In article , FedupLurker
wrote:
"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message ...

My preference tended to be for single malts. I did also enjoy some of
the various wood cask finished versions. The Balvenie Port Wood 21
year was a favourite.

The Belvenie was never a favourite of mine but it could be perked by
topping with cola and two chunks of ice, no doubt you like it that way?

Ice, yes. Cola, no. if you are going to add cola then you might as well
use
de-icer and max the experience. :-)

I was trying to catch you out, but you passed with flying colours.
If one is to top up a 40% proof drinky then one may as well opt
for the cheapest on the off license shelves.
Your editor was once the tech ed on a mag where the reviews bloke
by name of Nobby liked Speyside topped up with Babycham, which is
OK with me, Nobby was the type of bloke who didn't view his day as
complete unless he had a couple of empty bottles to show for it.
His priority was to maintain that fine journalistic tradition of chronic
alcoholism. Your Ed will remember Nobby, though I don't know whats
happened to him, if I could recall his real name I'd google him?
I note your Ed raving about your USB testing, so when are you going to
try a bit of NOS'ing? It's all very well you muddling with Linux - or maybe
you get your rocks off with open source software that never quite
functions correctly? But there is wide world of fun to be had out here
and disabling digital filtering opens up a whole new vista to enjoy.
I currently have a Marantz CD50 (TDA1541) ready to be NOS'd.

I've been trying to catch up with the posts in here, but I think usenet
is on it's last legs and about to kick the bucket any day now? It seems
it is just clusters of nutters now?

The "Win7" part made me lose interest in the rest... :-)

But Jim, over priced/under spec Apple hardware is for girls or men who
wear pink ties. Linux is for old blokes with too much time to spare, but
Windows is for real men.

Reminds me of 'Nice Try'. :-)

I'm sure you say that everytime you attempt installing open source software.


Slainte,

Jim

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In article , FedupLurker
wrote:


"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message ...



But Jim, over priced/under spec Apple hardware is for girls or men
who wear pink ties. Linux is for old blokes with too much time to
spare, but Windows is for real men.

Reminds me of 'Nice Try'. :-)

I'm sure you say that everytime you attempt installing open source
software.

Depends what you mean. I certainly do find that software often omits things
I'd want, or has flaws, or doesn't do what I want the *way* I want. This is
true for closed-source as well as open-source in my experience. The
advantage of open source is that you can then decide if you wish to modify
what was provided or nick bits to modify. And quite often you can talk to
the programmers and they will make changes to meet a sensible request.

Also if, like myself, you may need to check how results were obtained from
raw data, so you sometimes need to know the details of how a computation
was done to verify the results. Closed-source packages can get in the way
of that.

To give an example. At present I'm doing some comparisions of SACD with
other sources. That SACD sets out to impede access to the raw data is
a PITA if you want to assess its limitations or possible flaws.

FWIW The worst item of software I ever bought was closed source, costly,
and simply didn't do what the author said. He then said he'd fix this, but
later on simply left the market. Only having the compiled code and it being
'commercial' then made it impractical to fix or alter. So money down the
loo so far as I was concerned. But that doesn't meant all closed-source or
paid-for software is poor. Most of the software I use on a daily basis is
closed-source and paid-for, and works fine. Oh, and isn't running on Linux,
either. ;- Like anyone with any sense, I just do what suits me best.
Happy to leave others to their own choices.

Anyway, this is why Ghod gave us GCC. Teach a man to fish. :-)

So my comment about losing interest when Win7 was mentioned meant what it
said. No more, no less. I don't use it, and have no interest in it. If
others do, that is fine with me.

Slainte,

Jim

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In article ,
FedupLurker wrote:
If one is to top up a 40% proof drinky then one may as well opt
for the cheapest on the off license shelves.

Not so - unless the mixer is designed to obliterate the taste of the
spirit rather than complement it. Certainly the case with a G&T.

BTW, many experience malt whisky drinkers add some water.

--
*Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool*

Dave Plowman London SW
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In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:
In article , FedupLurker
wrote:
If one is to top up a 40% proof drinky then one may as well opt for
the cheapest on the off license shelves.

Not so - unless the mixer is designed to obliterate the taste of the
spirit rather than complement it. Certainly the case with a G&T.

BTW, many experience malt whisky drinkers add some water.

That is also my experience, especially with the ones suppled as 'cask
strength'. Having a small amount of water or ice can make it easier to
taste the distinctive features of the particular malt/finish.

Slainte,

Jim

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Le 21/06/11 16:21, Jim Lesurf a écrit :
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:
In article , FedupLurker
wrote:
If one is to top up a 40% proof drinky then one may as well opt for
the cheapest on the off license shelves.

Not so - unless the mixer is designed to obliterate the taste of the
spirit rather than complement it. Certainly the case with a G&T.

BTW, many experience malt whisky drinkers add some water.

That is also my experience, especially with the ones suppled as 'cask
strength'. Having a small amount of water or ice can make it easier to
taste the distinctive features of the particular malt/finish.

Slainte,

Jim


I always thought that putting ice or water in a single malt was still a
hanging offence in your neck of the woods!

:-)

--
Froggy

Baldrick: I've got this big growth in the middle of my face.
Blackadder: That's your nose, Baldrick.

(Blackadder the Third)

In article ,
froggy wrote:
I always thought that putting ice or water in a single malt was still a
hanging offence in your neck of the woods!

Yet another urban myth surrounding whisky. At one time if you bought a
decent whisky in a bar you'd get a small jug of water with it.

--
*Many people quit looking for work when they find a job *

Dave Plowman London SW
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On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:18:36 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
froggy wrote:
I always thought that putting ice or water in a single malt was still a
hanging offence in your neck of the woods!

Yet another urban myth surrounding whisky. At one time if you bought a
decent whisky in a bar you'd get a small jug of water with it.

Not to mention that the stuff is already 60% water straight from the
bottle.

d

On 25/06/2011 10:48, Don Pearce wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:18:36 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In ,
wrote:
I always thought that putting ice or water in a single malt was still a
hanging offence in your neck of the woods!

Yet another urban myth surrounding whisky. At one time if you bought a
decent whisky in a bar you'd get a small jug of water with it.

Not to mention that the ****e is already 60% water straight from the
bottle.

I reconfigured you post for you, no need to thank me it's a free service.

In article , Don Pearce
wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:18:36 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article , froggy
wrote:
I always thought that putting ice or water in a single malt was still
a hanging offence in your neck of the woods!

Yet another urban myth surrounding whisky. At one time if you bought a
decent whisky in a bar you'd get a small jug of water with it.

Not to mention that the stuff is already 60% water straight from the
bottle.

And the level of alcohol is only one of the lesser aspects of the taste.
Can easily impede appreciating other more subtle aspects. So in my
experience many of those who have an interest in the range of good malts
will add some water or some ice. Depends on the drinker and the drink. So
you might treat a Lagavulin differently to a Laphroig or a Bruichladdich,
according to your preferences. I always added water to Old Fettercairn as
it tastes fairly 'pencil shavings' to me. But many around the Edzell area
might disagree with me.

I suspect the myth about never adding water may have grown from the
'serious drinking' in some bars where it would be a test of manhood to
drink as much, as strong, and as quickly, as possible. So for those who
have no interest in the taste, only in quantity, capacity, and speed of
intoxification.

Slainte,

Jim

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