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Glad your dad is doing well and enjoying yelling at the TV.

Hormones are powerful. Tread lightly for the next couple of years.

Happy Birthday to The Headphone Czar.

[golfclap]Good show sir! Good show![/golfclap]

Glad you and Debbie like it Mike. Learned about it from eating at Nikolai's roof. It is a house specialty so I forced the exceedingly complex recipe out of them. Can't help you much there. Maybe Dan has some ideas. Decided Shelly's Peralta looked good so started with one of those. A bit sweet, likely because the grapefruit is very sweet. I will try another with less grapefruit and more lemon juice.

Where to in SC Shelly. I may be able to suggest some spots to go to, though they probably can't compete with SF.

^^ That is awesome in so many ways.

That sounds like a good drink and an excellent substitution. Many pre-prohibition cocktails originally called for Boker's bitters but Angostura bitters was substituted when Boker's was no longer produced. You can pretty much substitute the Bokers for Angostura and should probably up the amount as Angostura is a stronger bitter. Al's Remember the Maines looked so good the other night that I decided to follow suit tonight. Though my glass is nt nearly as nice.

Just to do something completely out of character, I will get back on topic. Installed some LED lighting and submitted a quote for a piece of granite.

Can I have an Amen! The Keens have been my "summer" shoe for a good while now. I will be trying on some of the minimal shoes but I don't see them replacing the Keens. We had actually been planning on buying an LG refrigerator next summer but the sale price was so good on this we could not pass it up. Somehow I thought you would approve.

These arrived today to replace my current pair which has certainly seen better days. As did this With this, the old refrigerator moved to the garage, and my new beverage cooler: "So help me God I will never drink a cocktail with warm vermouth again!"

Looks like Al has the drink suggestions for Vodka covered. My goto potato vodka is Luksusowa. It is as good as any other potato vodka I have tasted and it is actually pretty inexpensive. I like the taste of potato vodka better, especially straight and chilled or in a Vodkatini. I also like to make green peppercorn flavored vodka. I take about 30 green peppercorns and place them into a large mason jar. Put in a bottle of vodka (I generally use Russian Standard) and let sit for 12-24 hours, the longer it stands the more peppery it tastes. Then pour the vodka back into it's bottle, cap it back up and place into the freezer. Excellent for sipping on hot days and makes an excellent Bloody Mary.

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Sounds good and as Nate said all that matters is that she likes it. Since we were living in South Carolina at the time I went with the traditional engagement rifle rather than a ring. Since we are still married I assume she liked it.

That is awesome Al and take Dinny's suggestion. I see what you did there

A Mountain Man following Al and Shelly This is a great cocktail and the name alone makes it worthy of a toast to one of our robot friends. Cheers Jacob!

WooHoo! Did not see that one coming. Big congratulations Jacob.

Hail damage is the suck. Hope the insurance comes through for you.

I love the glass Gene. The beer is not too shabby either.

Those are nice Jeff. Great work Smeggy!

Thanks for the warning on the double rye. I guess sometimes moar is not better. I will definitely second Al on the Rendevous Rye as a very good rye and the Willet as good and a definite bargain. The Mountain Man sounds good Al, will definitely put that on the list. Nice choice on the Pimm's Cup Shelly. Sorry about the Berlioni. I wonder if a different gin may be in order. Picked up some Strega the other day so decided to give it a whirl. The Georgia 1 1/4 oz North Shore #11 Gin 1 1/4 oz Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Strega 1/2 oz Gomme Syrup A dollop of egg white Shake well and double strain into a cocktail glass

Hope things turn around for you and your family Larry.

Well the closest I could find was a Jamie Boudreau cocktail called the Dupont 2 oz rye whiskey ¾ oz Campari ½ oz beer liqueur Stir and strain into cocktail glass. Why not name it yourself? How about a Cajun Negroni? The proportions look pretty good unless you want the Campari in the background.

Nice Bensonhurst Shelly. I like all the Borough cocktails. Me: Corpse Reviver # 2 # 2