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I generally have two fingers of a decent whiskey just before bed. I hold both fingers straight out from my fist and use it as a guide as to just how much I am getting. If it has been a tough day, I may repeat the process. The two fingers I use is the pinky and the index finger.
If I could have just convinced some of the bartenders to measure like that. It's been a good while since I've seriously prospected for the bottom of a bottle. I like to think I've gotten wiser. One of these days I'll tell you about the ghostly encounter that set off just such a prospecting adventure.
Osayo, my brothers and sisters, the month of February is known as Bony Moon,Kagali.
This is the traditional time of personal family feasts for the ones who had departed this world. A family meal is prepared with place(s) set for the departed. This is also a time of fasting and ritual observance. A community dance officiated by a "doctor" Didanawiskawi commonly refer to as a Medicine-person. Connected to this moon is the "Medicine Dance".
So when you celebrate the family this month don't forget those that have come before us and have set the foundation for who we are, set a place for them at the family table in honor of their memory and talk of the things that they have contributed to making us who we are today and always keep them within our hearts and our minds. osay
Osayo, my brothers and sisters, the month of February is known as Bony Moon,Kagali.
This is the traditional time of personal family feasts for the ones who had departed this world. A family meal is prepared with place(s) set for the departed. This is also a time of fasting and ritual observance. A community dance officiated by a "doctor" Didanawiskawi commonly refer to as a Medicine-person. Connected to this moon is the "Medicine Dance".
So when you celebrate the family this month don't forget those that have come before us and have set the foundation for who we are,
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set a place for them at the family table
how similar to Elijah............not really Jewish are you??????????????????
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in honor of their memory and talk of the things that they have contributed to making us who we are today and always keep them within our hearts and our minds. osay
The Scots have nothing on the Irish (and my mothers father was a MacKenzie).
I am a fan of Laphroaig. I LOVE their cask strength. Their 10 yo single malt is great. I love the heavy peat of the Islay Scotches.
I just finished a bottle of Connemara single malt Irish. It is a peated single malt from the Atlantic side of Ireland. every bit as nice as the Laphroaig. Unfortuantely all I got was the last 2 fingers (see above) in the house. How could I ever forget it was there? Actually I know....was saving it for a special occasion. But it sure hit home tonight.
The Scots have nothing on the Irish (and my mothers father was a MacKenzie).
Nope! In fact the Irish seem to have a leg up on the Scots. Irish whisky is triple-filtered (at least), while Scotch Whisky is typically (but not always) double-filtered. It DOES make a difference!
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I am a fan of Laphroaig. I LOVE their cask strength. Their 10 yo single malt is great. I love the heavy peat of the Islay Scotches.
I just finished a bottle of Connemara single malt Irish. It is a peated single malt from the Atlantic side of Ireland. every bit as nice as the Laphroaig.
And that clarifies the inevitable human differences in preferred tastes!
Personally I do not care, at all, for what I classify as the "sea-weedy" taste of the peated liquors such as Laphroaig, no matter where they may originate or how many times they're filtered. Many of them come from Scotland (Islay scotches), and more than a few come from Ireland.
Once the "sea-weedy" taste has been eliminated, I prefer that my liquor have SOME taste other than the alcohol itself. I do not like, for example, any of the Glenmorangie varieties of Scotch because the alcohol always seems to dominate. Neither do I truly appreciate "The Glenlivet" Scotch because to my palette it tastes like water with added alcohol. I DO like MacAllen and Balvenie Double-Wood because, to me, the alcohol takes a back seat to the other, definite, flavors. And, as I've said before, I like Jameson and Powers' Irish Whisky.
To my long-term friend Goodpasture I say, should you ever show up on my doorstep, I'll have a bottle of Laphroaig or Connemara waiting for you.
To the rest of you, all ya gotta do is communicate your tastes BEFORE you show up on my doorstep, and the same hospitality will be waiting.
To my long-term friend Goodpasture I say, should you ever show up on my doorstep, I'll have a bottle of Laphroaig or Connemara waiting for you.
I need to get you some Choctaw beer some day. You know who the Choctaw are, right?
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In 1894 a report to the U.S. Congress claimed that Choctaw beer was a "compound of barley, hops, tobacco, fishberries, and a small amount of alcohol."
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In the mid-1900s, when questioned about his choc beer, an Oklahoman said, "It won't hurt nobody cause fruit's good for ya, but it'll make you drunker than a fool. Don't put snuff in it, that would kill a dog! As good as it is, every body should have two or three glasses a day. My family always felt good."
CHOC BEER Stanley Clark, "Immigrants in the Choctaw Coal Industry,"The Chronicles of Oklahoma 33 (Winter 1955-56). Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), 23 September 1915, 28 November 1942, and 17 August 1981.
Who will sit with me in the sacred circle of peace, harmony and understanding.
Among my culture we have a tradition that has existed for centuries.
Whenever we come together to discuss things of great importance it is always done within the sacred circle. Anyone is welcome to come and sit within the sacred circle and participate in the discussions, however all animosity, hatred and prejudice are left outside of the sacred circle, these things are not allowed within its confines and each individual who steps within the sacred circle is expected to help govern it and be responsible to see to it that peace, harmony, and understanding prevail within the sacred circle.
So now my brothers and sisters, I invite you to step within the sacred circle and tell us about your beliefs or non-beliefs without criticism or animosity to one another.
Remember, all are welcomed here who come with a good heart.
i love u. peace to u from my heart to yours
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