[Leica] (SPAM: ?) Demonstration in the National Day of Catalonia

[Lluis Ripoll]

I will and I hope toast with you John!
Lluis

El 13/09/2014, a las 09:18, John Beeching <johnbeeching at gmail.com> escribió:

> 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
>>>> 
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