Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand, I am sure you are right. Luckily I still have about a dozen assorted bottles of the good stuff. Unfortunately, none of them is full! However, I will toast Catalunya and Scotland tonight. John On 12 September 2014 18:54, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > The price of malt whisky is doomed to go up for the near future. Thanks to > recessionary conditions in the 1990s for Scotch, most distilleries did not > distill and lay down stocks for maturation to the extent of capacity, and > so there is a severe shortage of stock from that period. This can be seen > most clearly from the profusion of NAS (No Age Statement) releases, which > allows blending young whisky with older stock, and thus stretching out the > available supplies. Added to this, there is a severe shortage, at present, > of good quality barrels for maturing, exacerbating the problem further. It > will take at least 5 years to get over this hump, and you can be sure that > prices will stay up. The hardest hit distilleries are supposedly Macallan > and Ardbeg. A bottle of 18yo Macallan Sherry Wood which cost GBP 60-70 a > few years ago costs GBP 200+ today. Either we accept a drop in quality of > mainstream offerings, or pay higher prices for the good stuff. > Cheers > Jayanand > > Sent from my iPad > > > On 12-Sep-2014, at 10:52 pm, John Beeching <johnbeeching at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > While I think it is fine to celebrate cultural diversity, I have always > > considered nationalism to be at best reactionary and at worst dangerous. > > With Scotland, of course my major concern what independence will do to > the > > price of malt whisky! > > > > John > > > >> On 12 September 2014 11:52, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > >> wrote: > >> > >> I thought it was a larger factor in Thatcher's day? > >> > >> john > >> ________________________________________ > >> > >> Natan, > >> Do you have any idea how UK finances will stack up without North Sea > oil? > >> That is what saved Blair, Brown and Cameron fiscally. > >> Cheers > >> Jayanand > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > >> frozenlight.eu> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> It certainly is getting a lot of coverage in the otherwise very > >>> ethnocentric Spanish radio and TV. The obvious comparisons are being > >> drawn, > >>> and some commentators compare the UK (where the people decide and the > >>> campaign has been peaceful) favourably with Spain (where the central > >>> government denies Catalonia the right to vote). > >>> > >>> Having said, this I see a lot of silly nationalism both on the Scottish > >>> and Catalan side. > >>> > >>> Incidentally, if Scotland becomes independent, it may well be Spain, > not > >>> the UK, that blocks its EU accession, just as Spain is one of only 5 EU > >>> countries (and the only important one) that has not recognised Kosovo. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Nathan > >>> > >>> Nathan Wajsman > >>> > >>> Alicante, Spain > >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >>> http://www.greatpix.eu > >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > >>> > >>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > >>> > >>> YNWA > >> > >>>> On 12 Sep 2014, at 05:27, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> You must be waiting for the Scotland vote with bated breath! > >>>> Cheers > >>>> Jayanand > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 2:00 AM, Lluis Ripoll < > >>>> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Here are some shots from the Demonstration of the Catalan People for > >> the > >>>>> right to vote > >>>>> > >>>>> Pictures processed in Capture One 7Pro with only a general automatic > >>>>> adjustment, all the pictures are with Leica M9, Tri Elmar 28-50-35, > >>> Elmarit > >>>>> 21mm, Summicron 90 AA > >>>>> > >>>>> < > >> > http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/catalonia-for-the-right-to-vote-national-day-of-catalonia-2014/ > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome > >>>>> > >>>>> Saludos cordiales > >>>>> Lluis > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > -- > > John Beeching > > http://johnbeeching.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- John Beeching http://johnbeeching.com/