Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Martin V. Howard" wrote: > > I remember visiting the Jameson distillery in Middleton in Ireland > during the summer of 1997. At the end of the tour, they had a tasting > session, where you could compare whiskey, whisky and bourbon. There > was a few different sorts of Irish whiskey, Johnny Walker as the > representative of the Scots, and Jim Bean bourbon. > > Frankly, Jim Beam tasted like baby-oil ;) Why anyone would wish to > drink it rather than use it as lubricant, perhaps for Leicas (on topic) > is beyond me. > > Then again, I'm British and I drink industrial-strength Ty-Phoo which > is probably brewed for waaaay too long, I live in Sweden and enjoy the > occasional "sill" (pickled fish), so national heritage probably has a > lot to answer for ;-) > Is that why it goes down so smoothly? If am proud to be born in Brooklyn, New York but have undoubtedly a recessive Kentucky Gentleman Gene. My Swedish wife can't stand Pickled fish which I have always found delicious. My mothers fathers name was a Welshman, Evans drank many cans of Miller beer which is said to be responsible for his eventual demise. Jim Beam Lover, Mark Rabiner