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Aristus

(68,432 posts)
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 07:48 PM Nov 1

Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.

Two shots to get the party started. Now a Rusty Nail. Scotch and Drambui over ice in a highball glass.

The Scotch is Ardbeg, which I don’t like very much, and I won’t get again when the bottle is empty. But I’ve become very fond of Drambui.

I love you all…

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Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything. (Original Post) Aristus Nov 1 OP
Any novel suggestions for me cilla4progress Nov 1 #1
Some limoncello and tonic water will make a nice tipple. Aristus Nov 1 #2
Thanks! cilla4progress Nov 1 #3
Get some! Aristus Nov 1 #4
If you have a Trader Joe's in your area, they carry a very nice Limoncello. niyad Nov 2 #19
Drambuie is wonderful stuff! redwitch Nov 1 #5
What a man was six foot six Drambuie ... bucolic_frolic Nov 1 #7
Hmmm. redwitch Nov 1 #8
Enjoy! Aristus Nov 1 #15
I'll have to try that! Aristus Nov 1 #10
What is your favorite whiskey/whisky? Easterncedar Nov 1 #6
Lagavulin. Aristus Nov 1 #11
Do you have a pet? True Dough Nov 1 #9
No. Aristus Nov 1 #12
I'm unemployed MacDo Nov 1 #13
Smirnoff isn't exactly a last-ditch vodka. Aristus Nov 1 #16
A story Marthe48 Nov 1 #14
Definitely! Aristus Nov 1 #17
It is my college's sesquicentennial (and, NO, I am NOT one of the original niyad Nov 2 #18
Ignore the athletic events. Aristus Nov 2 #20
Ahhh, thank you. I have yet to find any sport, at any level, to be of any niyad Nov 2 #21
That's a fact. Aristus Nov 2 #22
I figured out the chronic brain injuries in pro footbsll decades ago. And niyad Nov 2 #23
I'm calling it. Aristus Nov 2 #24

redwitch

(15,082 posts)
5. Drambuie is wonderful stuff!
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 08:04 PM
Nov 1

Someday I would love to see the Isle of Skye where it’s made. I like my Drambuie on the rocks with a twist of lemon.

redwitch

(15,082 posts)
8. Hmmm.
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 08:14 PM
Nov 1

I’m wondering now if Jm Bowie drank Drambuie whilst eating Chop Suey.

Sorry! I’m just a bit stoned.🤪

Easterncedar

(3,574 posts)
6. What is your favorite whiskey/whisky?
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 08:05 PM
Nov 1

I was recently given a bottle of Welsh single malt whisky. Haven’t cracked it yet.

I like drambui plain.

Aristus

(68,432 posts)
11. Lagavulin.
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 08:35 PM
Nov 1

Nothing else even comes close. The perfect balance of smokiness and peatiness.

It’s sublime.

I didn’t know that Wales produced a single malt. I’ll have to look for a bottle.

Aristus

(68,432 posts)
12. No.
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 08:37 PM
Nov 1

I don’t like cats. Mrs. Aristus doesn’t like dogs. Our marital compromise was to have neither.

I was raised in a dog family. I love them. But I’ve made my sacrifice.

Aristus

(68,432 posts)
16. Smirnoff isn't exactly a last-ditch vodka.
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 10:49 PM
Nov 1

It’s very good, I think.

But I get the anxiety. Unemployment sucks. Hope things get better soon…

Marthe48

(19,112 posts)
14. A story
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 09:30 PM
Nov 1

When my sister was out of high school, late 1960s, she and her friend started going to see a hypnotist with an act. I can't remember his name. They saw him in Cleveland, where we lived, a few times. They flew to Cincinnati at least once to see him. When my sister saw him in Cincinnati, she drank her first Rusty Nail, raved over how good they were. I've never yet had one. Maybe I should splurge

niyad

(120,272 posts)
18. It is my college's sesquicentennial (and, NO, I am NOT one of the original
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 12:21 AM
Nov 2

graduates!). In honour of this major event, should I at least pretend to care about any of the athletic events taking place, or just enjoy the food, and drink, and women's studies events?

Aristus

(68,432 posts)
20. Ignore the athletic events.
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 12:26 AM
Nov 2

I can’t think of any variation of ball-and-other-apparatus endeavor that beats good food and good drink.

niyad

(120,272 posts)
21. Ahhh, thank you. I have yet to find any sport, at any level, to be of any
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 12:33 AM
Nov 2

interest to me. Understand, I have no trouble with others' interest in such, so long as they ignore me in the process.

Aristus

(68,432 posts)
22. That's a fact.
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 12:38 AM
Nov 2

Professional football used to be eleven guys from the local meat-packing plant playing eleven guys from the local steel mill for five dollars a game and all the beer they could drink.

Now it’s basically which millionaire sustained which joint injury, and how many times did they interrupt play to break for commercial.

niyad

(120,272 posts)
23. I figured out the chronic brain injuries in pro footbsll decades ago. And
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 12:43 AM
Nov 2

the absolute corruption in almost every sport. Colour me soooooo not interested!

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