Frank Drackman said:


"nospambob" wrote in message
.. .
Believe the Irish have a tradition of pouring scotch over the grave
and one asked "Do yee mind if I process it first?". Sounded
reasonable to me.


I think that it Irish Whiskey, not scotch...

Unless it's an enemy.
And it definitely gets pre-processed. g


Greg G.

Lew Hodgett wrote:
max wrote:
I am working on some Jack Daniels at the moment. Robin Williams like to say
that " If alcohol is a crutch, Jack Daniels is a wheel chair".

And whatever happened to Wild Turkey?

Lew

I think I drank it all. At least the 101. Used to be my "handle" on the
CB, for anyone old enough to recall the craze for those things. Hard to
believe I ditched the booze and the CB about the same time, about 20
years ago.

Charlie Self wrote:
Lew Hodgett wrote:
max wrote:
I am working on some Jack Daniels at the moment. Robin Williams like to say
that " If alcohol is a crutch, Jack Daniels is a wheel chair".

And whatever happened to Wild Turkey?

Lew

I think I drank it all. At least the 101. Used to be my "handle" on the
CB, for anyone old enough to recall the craze for those things. Hard to
believe I ditched the booze and the CB about the same time, about 20
years ago.

Somebody changed the name to joke, and speaking of jokes, especially
old ones, I see Pat Robertson has told Dover, MD not to expect help
from God because they voted ID approving board members out of
office--en masse.

Let's see: it was Orlando he was last calling down the wrath of God
upon.

Talk about an argment against ID: Pat Robertson.

And ... some professed Christians just don't seem to get:
"Blessed are the peacemakers ..."

J

"Rod & Betty Jo" wrote in message
...
hold me up when the rest of me couldn't.....I love that stool as it stands
for that long road back to whatever life and purpose I have left......The
kitchen shelf looks pretty good as well......Rod


Nice Rod. Thanks and Best wishes for a continued, prolonged recovery.
Here's hoping there's more shelves in your future!

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:27:37 GMT, Lew Hodgett wrote:

No self respecting Irishman would even consider allowing scotch to touch
his lips.

Likewise, I just haven't found an enjoyable Irish whiskey. Haven't
found one with anything approaching the complexity and character of a
_good_ single-malt Scotch.

Now OTOH, Jameisons Irish whiskey is quite another matter.

I was underwhelmed by that one. Unless there's a special one?

I keep a jug of Rebel Yell around for those who appreciate good sippin
whiskey.
Straight up, no ice, no chaser.

Of course.

For those of you not familiar with Rebel Yell, it is 100 proof, Kentucky
sippin liquor, made in Louisville, KY and sold only South of the
Mason-Dixon.

Unless you have a great local source...which I do. I'll try it, thanks
for the suggestion. Been out of Bourbon for months.

On 11 Nov 2005 06:20:32 -0800, wrote:
And ... some professed Christians just don't seem to get:
"Blessed are the peacemakers ..."

Note to self: gotta buy me a Peacemaker...

Charlie Self wrote:
...

Somebody changed the name to joke, and speaking of jokes, especially
old ones, I see Pat Robertson has told Dover, MD not to expect help
from God because they voted ID approving board members out of
office--en masse.

That's Dover, PA.


Let's see: it was Orlando he was last calling down the wrath of God
upon.

Talk about an argment against ID: Pat Robertson.

(and in favor of abortion, though in his case it's too late)

I'll believe he's a Christian right after I see a camel pass through
the eye of a needle.

--

FF

Darn I knew I was born too late...I still have a cb.....

Deborah

"Charlie Self" wrote in message
oups.com...

Lew Hodgett wrote:
max wrote:
I am working on some Jack Daniels at the moment. Robin Williams like to
say
that " If alcohol is a crutch, Jack Daniels is a wheel chair".

And whatever happened to Wild Turkey?

Lew

I think I drank it all. At least the 101. Used to be my "handle" on the
CB, for anyone old enough to recall the craze for those things. Hard to
believe I ditched the booze and the CB about the same time, about 20
years ago.

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 02:20:17 -0800, Charlie Self wrote:

Gotta love 'em. I hear NY has done one thing right: made yakking on cells
illegal while driving. I hope it's true, and that VA follows suit very
soon.

Agreed - and then we can start in on leafblowers!

As you can tell, our quiet neighborhood isn't these days :-).

Deborah Kelly wrote:
Darn I knew I was born too late...I still have a cb.....

Deborah

Must be a lot less traffic than there was in the late '70s, early '80s
now that truckers have their toy mostly back in their hands.

Today, every other driver seems to have a cell phone upside his or her
haid. One little momma driving a big momma (refrigerator white Yukon)
almost got me yesterday, chatting on the phone, 2-1/2' into my lane on
a blind curve on a narrow road, and managed to give me the finger when
I blew my horn.

Gotta love 'em. I hear NY has done one thing right: made yakking on
cells illegal while driving. I hope it's true, and that VA follows suit
very soon.

"Charlie Self" wrote in message
oups.com...
Today, every other driver seems to have a cell phone upside his or her
haid. One little momma driving a big momma (refrigerator white Yukon)
almost got me yesterday, chatting on the phone, 2-1/2' into my lane on
a blind curve on a narrow road, and managed to give me the finger when
I blew my horn.

Gotta love 'em. I hear NY has done one thing right: made yakking on
cells illegal while driving. I hope it's true, and that VA follows suit
very soon.


They make 'em with speakers now, and jacks for mikes. Can't figure out why
anyone would have to give a hand to the phone just to converse. Rousted my
daughter out to go shopping yesterday without taking the thing out of my
breast pocket.

Day after they ban cell phones, it's gotta be the turn of fast food.

"Charlie Self" wrote in message

Gotta love 'em. I hear NY has done one thing right: made yakking on
cells illegal while driving. I hope it's true, and that VA follows suit
very soon.

CT has done it also. Too soon to tell if it will matter.

Edwin Pawlowski said:

"Charlie Self" wrote in message

Gotta love 'em. I hear NY has done one thing right: made yakking on
cells illegal while driving. I hope it's true, and that VA follows suit
very soon.

CT has done it also. Too soon to tell if it will matter.

As has Florida, several years ago.
Hasn't stopped 'em, however.


Greg G.

Yep it's illegal to talk on a hand-held cell phone in NY while driving
unless it's an emergency call to 911.

Other than that - no one pays attention to laws in NYS anyway.....

Bob S.


"Charlie Self" wrote in message
oups.com...

Deborah Kelly wrote:
Darn I knew I was born too late...I still have a cb.....

Deborah

Must be a lot less traffic than there was in the late '70s, early '80s
now that truckers have their toy mostly back in their hands.

Today, every other driver seems to have a cell phone upside his or her
haid. One little momma driving a big momma (refrigerator white Yukon)
almost got me yesterday, chatting on the phone, 2-1/2' into my lane on
a blind curve on a narrow road, and managed to give me the finger when
I blew my horn.

Gotta love 'em. I hear NY has done one thing right: made yakking on
cells illegal while driving. I hope it's true, and that VA follows suit
very soon.

Charlie Self wrote:


Gotta love 'em. I hear NY has done one thing right: made yakking on
cells illegal while driving. I hope it's true, and that VA follows suit
very soon.


A little trivia.

Believe it or not, you have Brooklyn, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb, to thank
for that.

Not only was Brooklyn the first city to enact a seat belt law back in
the 60's, they were also the first to ban cell phones while driving.

Lew

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:32:38 GMT, Ba r r y
wrote:

On 12 Nov 2005 02:20:17 -0800, "Charlie Self"
wrote:

Gotta love 'em. I hear NY has done one thing right: made yakking on
cells illegal while driving.

So did CT. 6 weeks after the law took effect, it's back on the phone.
The law will probably be as effective as laws pertaining to fart
exhausts, car boom-box stereos, pedestrians in crosswalks having the
right of way, and municipal 25 and 35 MPH speed limits. Totally
unenforced...


which touches on a weakness of our legal system- it's a lot easier to
get bad laws passed than to get them removed... so we have so many
laws that it takes specialists with decades of intensive training to
understand them.

banning of cel phones is bad law because it imposes a penalty
disproportionate to risk. smoking, eating and adjusting the radio
cause a lot more accidents than cel phones, but banning phones appeals
to a vocal constituency. so we have another bad bit of law that will
be largely ignored, except when some racist beat cop decides he needs
an excuse to pull over another young black guy...

wrote in message

banning of cel phones is bad law because it imposes a penalty
disproportionate to risk. smoking, eating and adjusting the radio
cause a lot more accidents than cel phones, but banning phones appeals
to a vocal constituency.

Actually, the new CT law bans most any distraction, not just phones. What
makes phones worse than other distractions is the amount of brain power it
sops up from the focus of driving. People get so involved in the
conversation they tune out the driving rather than the opposite. Most of us
listen to the radio in the car. When you get into a heavy traffic situation
you mentally tune out the radio and take care of the business of driving.
too many phone users do not.

Of course, plugging in my hands free set to make a 15 second call is more of
a distraction than the call itself.

George wrote:

They make 'em with speakers now, and jacks for mikes. Can't figure out why
anyone would have to give a hand to the phone just to converse. Rousted my
daughter out to go shopping yesterday without taking the thing out of my
breast pocket.

It's not the handling, it's the lack of attention to driving when
having a conversation on the phone--I doubt the jacks will improve
anything.

Day after they ban cell phones, it's gotta be the turn of fast food.

Yes! Oh, you mean eating while driving. Well, I agree there, too.

lol Well my hubby keeps burning up the ones in his truck and stealing mine
(he's gone through five in three years....lol) he does have a cell phone but
I'm the only one he calls....lmao

Deborah
"Charlie Self" wrote in message
oups.com...

Deborah Kelly wrote:
Darn I knew I was born too late...I still have a cb.....

Deborah

Must be a lot less traffic than there was in the late '70s, early '80s
now that truckers have their toy mostly back in their hands.

Today, every other driver seems to have a cell phone upside his or her
haid. One little momma driving a big momma (refrigerator white Yukon)
almost got me yesterday, chatting on the phone, 2-1/2' into my lane on
a blind curve on a narrow road, and managed to give me the finger when
I blew my horn.

Gotta love 'em. I hear NY has done one thing right: made yakking on
cells illegal while driving. I hope it's true, and that VA follows suit
very soon.

Well I only use my handsfree set be it driving (yes I'm one of the morons
that talk on the phone while driving) or standing out in the backyard. I did
try talking on it once while driving without the handsfree set....never
again I do not see how anyone can pay atention to the road while pressing a
phone to their ear....And I hope it is not illegal here because I see the
cops doing it all the time....lol

Deborah
"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
...
wrote in message

banning of cel phones is bad law because it imposes a penalty
disproportionate to risk. smoking, eating and adjusting the radio
cause a lot more accidents than cel phones, but banning phones appeals
to a vocal constituency.

Actually, the new CT law bans most any distraction, not just phones. What
makes phones worse than other distractions is the amount of brain power it
sops up from the focus of driving. People get so involved in the
conversation they tune out the driving rather than the opposite. Most of
us listen to the radio in the car. When you get into a heavy traffic
situation you mentally tune out the radio and take care of the business of
driving. too many phone users do not.

Of course, plugging in my hands free set to make a 15 second call is more
of a distraction than the call itself.