Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I will and I hope toast with you John! Lluis El 13/09/2014, a las 09:18, John Beeching <johnbeeching at gmail.com> escribi?: > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information