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Old 01-26-21, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by ls01
Rum and coke and coffee! Genius!
Nope! But 2 parts rum, 1 part kahlua and 1 part Bailey (Blind Cuban*) makes a pretty good fireside drink in the winter, though too sweet at times, so to be consumed sparingly.

*that’s my twist on White Russian.
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Originally Posted by kissTheApex
Nope! But 2 parts rum, 1 part kahlua and 1 part Bailey (Blind Cuban*) makes a pretty good fireside drink in the winter, though too sweet at times, so to be consumed sparingly.

*that’s my twist on White Russian.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
I like those proportions, and right about the rum, nothing else will do, but for authenticity, it must be Barritt's ginger beer. After the finish of any race in Bermuda, the first Dark and Stormy is drunk while motoring from the finish to the club in Hamilton and it's really nice if the boat has a good fridge.



The D & S is the national drink of Bermuda. Bundaberg is antipodean rotgut, pure and simple.



Disgusting.



See top post. There is only one way to make a Dark and Stormy, although no bartender is going to give you LOP's proportions.
they must be doing it right then.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Just a funny remark about Pcad from an old thread I was perusing. He was one of a kind.
That he was. May he RIP.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
A friend of mine told me about a friend of his, who, having been given a couple fingers of a very nice single malt Scotch, took a sip and asked, "Do you have any Coke?"

After that, my friend said he never offered him anything better than Jack Daniels.
I approve of your friend’s decision whole heartedly.
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Riding during rush hour is sketchy. No angry drivers but def aggressive. Ended up making a right turn when I wanted to go straight because I didn’t think they would let me over.

Not going to lose sleep over it, but cyclemeter shows average speed of 19.1, when it transfers to strava it drops to 18.3? I feel bad for getting angry at kate, she was telling the truth.

Didnt go to bars from much, but I do remember someone ordering me a surfer on acid once. I think it was Jager, pine apple juice and something else. It was good, somebody should try it.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
A good bottle of single malt usually lasts me a year. I would have been pissed too.
My FIL hammered on my wife’s bottle of Lagavulin pretty hard at thanksgiving and we ended up having to move him to the Japanese whiskey in order to at least have a little bit left. It had lasted 2 years until then.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Riding during rush hour is sketchy. No angry drivers but def aggressive. Ended up making a right turn when I wanted to go straight because I didn’t think they would let me over.

Not going to lose sleep over it, but cyclemeter shows average speed of 19.1, when it transfers to strava it drops to 18.3? I feel bad for getting angry at kate, she was telling the truth.

Didnt go to bars from much, but I do remember someone ordering me a surfer on acid once. I think it was Jager, pine apple juice and something else. It was good, somebody should try it.
Drivers are way worse at 5PM than at 6 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
What would The Dude say about that?
I know, sacrilege!
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Decades ago, my Dad discovered Laphroaig in a liquor store in Westminster MD (PA's weird liquor laws were even weirder and more restrictive then), and bought a bottle. Before he even had a chance to try it, Thanksgiving weekend happened, and I and my 5 siblings, and our spouses and children arrived. Between me and my brother, two brothers-in-law, and a nephew, we polished it off and he never got a drop.

He was some pissed, I can tell you.
I'd be pissed as well if I brought a bottle of Laphroaig and didn't get to get a drop of it. So what did you buy him as a peace offering?
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
My FIL hammered on my wife’s bottle of Lagavulin pretty hard at thanksgiving and we ended up having to move him to the Japanese whiskey in order to at least have a little bit left. It had lasted 2 years until then.
he’d better not be allowed back in the house unless the good stuff is under lock and key!

Though I have to admit, I’d have to be under lock and key to have a bottle of Lagavulin last 2 years! 4 months is tops under my roof.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Saran wrap?
I guess he could but he's going to be hot in there....
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Correct. (Mostly) empty land doesn't fight.

I wasn't aware that crabon corroded and "fused" like that.
electrolysis (not the hair removal kind) its a battery. Causes corrosion
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Originally Posted by ls01
electrolysis (not the hair removal kind) its a battery. Causes corrosion
oh wait that's right you have a Madone , no?vand carbon seat post? Yes.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Drivers are way worse at 5PM than at 6 AM

I should have waited til 8 pm. Oh well.
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Originally Posted by velo vol
people in the east fought over empty land in the west.
did not! You take that back!
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Precisely, that's all heathens need. Or maybe Royal Crown.
Crown Royal... mmmmmm....
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Drivers are way worse at 5PM than at 6 AM
Are you sure?
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oh wait that's right you have a Madone , no?vand carbon seat post? Yes.
wut
Crabon frame + post. How do they "fuse"?
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Originally Posted by gnome
I'd be pissed as well if I brought a bottle of Laphroaig and didn't get to get a drop of it. So what did you buy him as a peace offering?
I gave him a choice between two cd versions of Handel's Messiah. He took the one with Kiri Te Kanawa.
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Originally Posted by datlas
What would The Dude say about that?
He's not a stickler. After all, he is know to use non-dairy creamer in his Caucasians.

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Originally Posted by datlas
What would The Dude say about that?
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Originally Posted by ls01
did not! You take that back!
I regret to inform that people have been wrong in this thread today.
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2 of us rode 60 miles today with some steep climbs. It was 40 at he start and got up to about 50 where we went and it was windy the whole ride. One of those rides when the wind seems to be in your face no matter which way you go.
We went 8 miles up a canyon and crossed over to a different canyon on a road that had a short dirt section on each end and was only one wide lane, There was some granny gear grunting and swirling wind and some traffic due to road closures in the area from snow.

Of course after a sweaty climb comes a screaming descent while you are wet. Fun day, beautiful in those hills. Rain is supposed to be here and the snow might come down to 2500 feet.
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Friend of mine wants to start mountain biking. He almost pulled the trigger on a marlin 7, I talked him into a roscoe 6. Naturally he will end up with some kind of GT.
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Originally Posted by big john
2 of us rode 60 miles today with some steep climbs. It was 40 at he start and got up to about 50 where we went and it was windy the whole ride. One of those rides when the wind seems to be in your face no matter which way you go.
We went 8 miles up a canyon and crossed over to a different canyon on a road that had a short dirt section on each end and was only one wide lane, There was some granny gear grunting and swirling wind and some traffic due to road closures in the area from snow.

Of course after a sweaty climb comes a screaming descent while you are wet. Fun day, beautiful in those hills. Rain is supposed to be here and the snow might come down to 2500 feet.
One day I will experience this.
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