Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]as a sober (20 years) former intoxicant abuser I appreciate your post Mark. And every time I read on this list of the charms of single malts i remember the old days fondly, while also mixed with many regrets happy I lived through many of those times Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Dec 19, 2008, at 12:42 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > One or two people who have been exposed to the effects of > Alcoholism find it > less useful. > Alcohol is oh so wonderfully civilized! > > 75,000 Alcohol related deaths per year in the USA. > > That death number to me is not the number with proper impact. > It's the way it slowly destroys lives. > Don't know what that number is. > > http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/alcoholdrug/index.htm > > mark@rabinergroup.com > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:47:42 +0100 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] A really useful group on Facebook >> >> ...and highly on topic for this list :-) >> >> Here is the description: >> >> >> "The proper drinking of Scotch whisky is more than indulgence: it >> is a >> toast to civilization, a tribute to the continuity of culture, a >> manifesto of man?s determination to use the resources of nature to >> refresh mind and body and enjoy to the full the senses with which he >> has been endowed." - David Daiches, Scotch Whisky 1969 >> >> A place to sit back, relax, and discuss the finer points of Single >> Malt Scotch Whisky, especially the masterfully hand crafted ones >> distilled on the island of Islay - Ardbeg, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, >> Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Lagavulin and Laphroaig. >> >> A place to learn about Single Malts and why people love them. A forum >> for education on the production and proper consumption of Single Malt >> Scotch. This is NOT a group that advocates irresponsible drinking, >> and >> at $40 a bottle and up, it is highly unlikely anyone would want to >> waste even a drop.Single Malt Scotch is not to be guzzled, it is >> to be >> sipped, nurtured, and enjoyed responsibly. >> >> >> >> Call of the Dram >> by Tobias Fiske >> >> Give me your bored, your wasted, >> Your huddled masses yearning to experience taste, >> The despairing masses, dejected from your light beer, vodka and silly >> soda drinks! >> Send these, the hopeless inebriated, to me! >> I lift my glasses beside the amber bottle! >> >> The group is called Single Malt Scotch Whisky. >> >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information