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Nice! Hope to be there in a couple of weeks.

Don't get me wrong, I have drunk every one of those sometime in my life, but I am not going to waste the space in that refrigerator to keep those "beers" cold. That is an Edgestar. Marvel also makes a 15" unit but I could not justify a cost 3x that of the Edgestar.

Damn, I do like the look of the Regas. Nice Ric.

Aahh, you are progressing well young Padawan. First make sure to realize that modern Lillet Blanc has a different, sweeter and less bitter, flavor compared to the older Kina Lillet. In cocktails that call for Kina Lillet, a good substitute is Cocchi Americano. For Lillet Blanc cocktails, one of my favorites is the Bourbon Dynasty. 2 oz Bourbon 1 oz Lillet (white) 1 tsp crème de cassis 2 dashes of Peychaud’s bitters lemon peel (garnish) Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Twist a piece of lemon peel over top, releasing the oils and drop in drink.

A bit of in experimentation. First as the essence of a dry Martini. Gale Force is very mild and subdued, reminds me a bit of Plymouth. North Shore 6 has the most complex herbal flavorings and the most bite. North Shore 11 has less bite and the herbal taste is less up front. Where you want the flavor of the gin to come through, i.e. a Martini, the winner is North Shore 6. Next we have three mini Vespers. The Gale Force is lost in the Vesper and North Shore 6 dominates the Cocchi Americano. Winner here is the North Shore 11. Very well balanced and you first notice the gin flavors but the Cocchi is not lost and makes a nice complex finish.

Impressive selection Shelly. Have fun.

Not as nice as the one in Mayberry, but I was limited to less than 18 inches wide. Note: Stock photo. Not my beverages.

Yay. Cool Monkey is cool

So Al, which is better traditional or Bonal Vieux Carre? The less sweetness with the Bonal is intriguing me. Edit: Oops you slipped in the description as I was typing this. Question answered

Nice twice!

I do all the laundry in our household, so I control all separating of laundry and all drying times. Less long term stress.

Hendricks has a cucumber and a bit of pepper taste to it. The Gale force has more juniper (but not like Junipero) flavor. Hendricks to me is an outlier among gins flavor wise. Not that that is a bad thing or I wouldn't have a bottle of Hendricks in the house. When I was getting back into gin, both Shelly and Al suggested using a Blanc vermouth rather than dry when making a Hendricks Martini. That was an excellent suggestion. I've drunk quite a bit of gin out of all kinds of non approved glassware, just not very good gin and not recently.

I like the Gale Force, not as refined as Blackwoods but I want to do a taste-off with North Shore 6 and 11.

The Happiest of Birthdays to you Antonio. Pedro Ximénez FTW.

Good choice when dealing with repair people.

Happy Birthday to you Steve!

Dog Days Dortmunder style lager in my new Sam Adams glass.

Dinny, I use a a 24" Asus as an external monitor for my MBA. I will have to agree that it does not have the pixie dust of the Apple monitors but It works very well considering I could buy five of them for the price of the Thunderbolt. Besides my MBA does not have a thunderbolt port. Like Dan however, most of the time I just use the built-in display, unless I have a big-ass spreadsheet.

I figured as much, but just checking to be sure. Carry on.

Better drink those beers in the fridge before they get too warm.

Hope your daughter heals well Larry. Set 100 small mammal traps so I can get up early, drive 25 miles and check them tomorrow morning.

Smith & Cross Cuba Libre with Coca Cola hecho in Mexico.

No, my son was born in 2004, so around 2026 seems about right.

I think all of my time has been spoken for through about 2026.

And none of those reasons would save me enough time to make up for all the wasted time I would have spent trying to figure out why my iPad was fucking up, not to mention the time lost actually being able to use the iPad for something productive.