Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: We're not gaigin, we're "foreigners of racial distinction"! Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:58:39 +0900 Lines: 51 Message-ID: <413EC9BF.3030006@hotmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 3A3frXGXho5yVEMmzwQFrwGSSxcY1MLHOevTBUHsMjPNKpjwfW User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:18003 mukade@gaijin.co.jp wrote: > 37? Not a heathen - A God! OK then. Genuflect first and then put the money on the fridge. Just don't spill anything. > My collection currently stretches to six, but I'm not a professional > like yourself. I'm no professional, but figure why claim a few computers as a tax expense when you can claim a container load of celtic charm? 24 single malts (nothing less than 10 years), 13 Irish including Midleton's Very Rare (which I sell for 1750 a glass - a bargain sir!). No bourbons etc. There may or may not be other "whiskies" in the house for the coke drinkers and other unwashed, but for fear of embarrassment I'm not going to admit to it in a public forum, let alone on the menu. From there it would be all downhill, all the way to Beaujolais. > It took a while to get into the peat, but now I am a confirmed Islay > fan. I think it takes a bit of time to get past the initial in-your-face aggression, but after that its a delight. I'm trying to get my hands on some others such as Caol Ila or some Bunnahabhain - but no success in Aichi yet. > Laphroaig and Ardbeg 10 yrs can be had for a decent price at my local > emporium, but my wallet(and wife) start to shake when I reach for a > Lagavulin 16. The only Lagavulin I have (and have ever had) is the 16. I can only think of two solutions. One option might be to go shopping sans wife. The other is to open a restaurant and write off all of your booze purchases as expenses. I'm sure there is a niche somewhere in Shizuoka for a combined translation and peat appreciation thingee. > I think I'll have to walk my nose up to the Northern Highlands. Any > recommendations from the barman? I have tried only Glen Ord and > Glenmorangie so far. Dalmore was OK from up that way too. At the moment I'm working my way through the Orkneys, then I'll probably mosey across to Speyside for a while. The Orkney's are a surprise. When I close my eyes I can taste the salt spray of Scapa Flow, and after 4 or 5 slow drams I swear I can see the odd Norse longship or two. -- "Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste." - Tug McGraw