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InitialDave posted:In fairness, a blend isn't really a negative thing, it's a perfectly traditional way of curating the desired taste etc for a whisky, and there's no inherent "superiority" to a single malt. Well yeah, if a blend tastes great, nothing wrong with that. It's the whole point after all. I just find that blends tend of fall into the "let's try to please everyone" trap, like a taste selection by focus group. Double Black is objectively a really good whiskey. It has a nice whiff of smoke, the taste is good and well-rounded. But it's just a bit too polished, too well put together. You get the immediate rush of flavor that hits all kinds of notes that are generally deemed important, and then it peters out rather quickly. In contrast, the single malts that I have fallen in love with (primarily from Islay) tend to be more of a mouthful at first, especially the cask strength varieties. But this also rewards you with a much longer-lasting taste sensation. It's a bit more "raw" and exciting. Single malts hit higher highs and lower lows, whereas with a blend you're reasonably sure of what you're going to get. It's good for a weekday evening, but you know which bottles you save for when you have some time to really sit down and enjoy it, which bottles you save for special occasions, and they're probably not blends 
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Update on my wife's car getting rear-ended - stayed home from work today because I have the predictable sore back the day after being in a rear-end collision. Couldn't get the at-fault driver's information from the police department's records person until 2:30 this afternoon, then called the insurance company (Erie Insurance, I think they're regional to NY/PA/OH) and got run around from around 3 PM until just after 5. The adjuster assigned to the claim never called me back after I left her a voicemail, and then I spent the next two hours calling, being placed on hold and eventually getting a voicemail box for the person they transferred me to. Finally spoke to a non-receptionist just after 5 who told me the claim is "on hold" until they speak with their insured, who did not return a call placed today. Meanwhile I'm stuck with a car that's just over the "not" side of the "is it roadworthy" line, another that inexplicably disabled itself and I'm going to rent a car on my own dime and hope they reimburse me later.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I have only watched the first season which was interesting but haven't watched any others. I have also given up on The Walking Dead as of last season. The plot moved at a glacially slow pace. I've given up on TWD too. Seems to be an awful lot of talking and little zombying. Feels like a HUD committee meeting that never ends. I am trying Sons of Anarchy and it's not bad so far. Mind you, they are the cleanest bikers I have ever met.
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Dec 16, 2016 23:53
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I just found a bottle of mount gay i didn't know i even had  Also on the subject of scotch if it's not islay I'm not interested, which leads me to ask the question: why are the islay single malts the hip scotch to drink because it seems "serious scotch drinkers" all agree that they are the best??
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Dec 17, 2016 00:03
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Looks like the Roadkill lads are back in Australia, this time to challenge the Mighty Car Mod lads on their turf. I hope they get to do up a Valiant
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Dec 17, 2016 00:30
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spog posted:I've given up on TWD too. Seems to be an awful lot of talking and little zombying. Feels like a HUD committee meeting that never ends. I gave up on TWD because it just became too depressing. I can cope with all the deaths but watching them just consistently make the wrong choices and do stupid things all the time got too much.
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Dec 17, 2016 01:04
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I still watch TWD, and do get enjoyment from it, but it does get a bit samey at times. I'm not really convinced with the current season's arc.
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Dec 17, 2016 01:10
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spog posted:I am trying Sons of Anarchy and it's not bad so far. Mind you, they are the cleanest bikers I have ever met. It's starts kinda fun but by the last season I felt it had become a chore. I'll run TWD in the background and catch the highlights. I'm only like season three I think. trouser chili fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Dec 17, 2016 |
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Dec 17, 2016 01:25
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trouser chili posted:I'll run TWD in the background and catch the highlights. I'm only like season three I think.
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Geoj posted:Update on my wife's car getting rear-ended - stayed home from work today because I have the predictable sore back the day after being in a rear-end collision. Couldn't get the at-fault driver's information from the police department's records person until 2:30 this afternoon, then called the insurance company (Erie Insurance, I think they're regional to NY/PA/OH) and got run around from around 3 PM until just after 5. The adjuster assigned to the claim never called me back after I left her a voicemail, and then I spent the next two hours calling, being placed on hold and eventually getting a voicemail box for the person they transferred me to. Finally spoke to a non-receptionist just after 5 who told me the claim is "on hold" until they speak with their insured, who did not return a call placed today. Because you should deal with your insurance if you have full coverage. They will deal with the other insurance company. If that is your insurer, holy crap that's bs.
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Dec 17, 2016 01:32
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Yeah, really that's what your insurance company is for. They should look after the claim for you and then work it out with the other insurance company with minimal input and inconvenience for you. If they don't do that, maybe look for a new insurance company because that's bullshit.
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Dec 17, 2016 01:42
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For my accident 2 years ago, I was able to handle it through the other person's insurance 100%, aside from the claim the other person filed against my insurance (which they laughed at once they saw the dashcam video). For the one this year... no dashcam, so it was a he said/she said.  It's still tangled up in subrogation, and probably will be until the end of time. My insurance wound up paying to fix it. My rates also took a rather healthy hike at renewal, so as of tomorrow I'll be with Geico instead of Nationwide.$130/mo vs $95/mo. Renters insurance went up a couple of bucks a month with the switch, but I'd rather just have to pay one company every month. My credit score took a nasty beating this month too. Good thing I started shopping around before late payments got reported, I guess.  randomidiot fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Dec 17, 2016 |
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Tomarse posted:I gave up on TWD because it just became too depressing. I can cope with all the deaths but watching them just consistently make the wrong choices and do stupid things all the time got too much. I'm only on season two, but already there is a quite a bit of repetition in 'try to sell guns, get ripped off, lose guns and money, GOTO 10'. I've starting saying things like 'just shoot the bad guy in the back and stop fannying around' For men of action, they do seem to spend too much time the board room and not enough sticking knives into people.
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angryrobots posted:Wait, is Erie insurance your insurer or the other party's? Erie is the other party's insurer. My insurer (Progressive) told me verbatim they will open a claim but only if I agree to pay my collision deductible first and they might be able to reimburse me later "if the other party is determined to be at fault." I'd prefer to avoid paying anything up front if I can help it, especially if "maybe" is in the description regarding me being reimbursed.
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slidebite posted:Yeah, really that's what your insurance company is for. *thump of lawyer's cock hitting underside of desk* spog posted:I've starting saying things like 'just shoot the bad guy in the back and stop fannying around' For men of action, they do seem to spend too much time the board room and not enough sticking knives into people. Then again, utter sociopathy and aggressive optimisation when applied to such things is not A Good Thing. 
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Dec 17, 2016 03:06
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InitialDave posted:*thump of lawyer's cock hitting underside of desk* Lawyering up has definitely crossed my mind already. Last time I had to deal with being on the receiving end the other party's insurance (state farm) was falling over themselves to take care of me. The fact that "our insured hasn't called us back" is a legitimate reason to hold up the claim is kind of mind blowing. My wife has a P&C insurance license & works in the industry and didn't believe me when I told her what they said.
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Dec 17, 2016 03:11
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InitialDave posted:Man, what a day. Someone walked in front of a truck on the M1, so they closed it. For 8 hours. I was on it. Mother fucker The band I was seeing tonight got caught on the same stretch of M1 also for 8 hours. I heard the guy killed his wife and then got onto the motorway and died. No idea how true that is.
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Dec 17, 2016 03:22
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That's funny, because I'm currently suing state "f" over how badly they have treated us when my wifes mini was totaled by their insured at-fault driver. Apparently they have gone to hell customer service wise. *We also had the opposite experience with our provider, Progressive. They bent over backwards to help us.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:The band I was seeing tonight got caught on the same stretch of M1 also for 8 hours. I heard the guy killed his wife and then got onto the motorway and died. No idea how true that is.
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I can imagine. I'd go loving insane sat for that long.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I can imagine. I'd go loving insane sat for that long. Once he left, the little old lady I'd been chatting with about EVs called him an arsehole, so you know he was registering well on the bellend scale. Edit: And it's not the longest time I've spent in that exact situation. InitialDave fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Dec 17, 2016 |
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Some loving assknob ran a stop sign and T-boned me in the forester tonight. Fortunately, the damage is spread over only two panels (drivers fender and door plus some plastics and lights) and I just happened to spot a donor of the right paintcode at the local yard a whopping 6 hours previous, so I guess I am going junkyarding again tomorrow. I am most assuredly not at fault, but there were definitely no injuries and the guy seemed like he had enough money problems already (hippie looking dude driving a hooptie e250 van) so I told him as long as I got his info and 100 cash plus squaring up later if it costs me more than that, I won't bother filing a claim. I hate phones and car shopping and my shitbox would definitely get totaled if I put in a claim for this so... at least he hit my most-hated turdbucket car I guess. I'd be loving livid if this happened to any of my other rides.
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the spyder posted:That's funny, because I'm currently suing state "f" over how badly they have treated us when my wifes mini was totaled by their insured at-fault driver. Apparently they have gone to hell customer service wise. In our case a coworker backed into my wife's car that was parked & unoccupied so there was absolutely no wiggle room. I'm going to call progressive tomorrow and see if they can do anything now that the others party's insurer basically said "go gently caress yourself."
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kastein posted:I'd be loving livid if this happened to any of my other rides.
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HOLY MOTHER OF gently caress ROGUE ONE
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HOLY gently caress
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HOOOOOOOLY gently caress
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Geoj posted:Erie is the other party's insurer. My insurer (Progressive) told me verbatim they will open a claim but only if I agree to pay my collision deductible first and they might be able to reimburse me later "if the other party is determined to be at fault." Pay the deductible. At that point it's your insurance company's job to pay you out for your damages and do all the legwork recovering the claim from the other company. You're not going to have a easy time chasing down somebody else's insurance company for a claim on your own, the process becomes alot easier when it's suddenly another company's team of lawyers knocking on the door.
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14 BAR RIFF posted:HOLY MOTHER OF gently caress ROGUE ONE Biggest plot hole: if a pair of x-wings could dominate an AT-AT in a single pass why did they bother with the snow speeders and tow cables during the Battle of Hoth?
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slothrop posted:It's picklin' time bitches! I want to know more about this, particularly the machine you're using.
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Geoj posted:Biggest plot hole: if a pair of x-wings could dominate an AT-AT in a single pass why did they bother with the snow speeders and tow cables during the Battle of Hoth? Because, bitch
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14 BAR RIFF posted:HOLY MOTHER OF gently caress ROGUE ONE 14 BAR RIFF posted:HOLY gently caress 14 BAR RIFF posted:HOOOOOOOLY gently caress Also, for all the piss taking, I do get exactly what people mean when they say it's the first Star Wars that gives the impression of actually being a war.
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Geoj posted:Biggest plot hole: if a pair of x-wings could dominate an AT-AT in a single pass why did they bother with the snow speeders and tow cables during the Battle of Hoth? X-wing engines couldn't handle the damp cold, and the rebellion was having trouble getting parts to retrofit them on Hoth due to the blockade.
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InitialDave posted:Also, for all the piss taking, I do get exactly what people mean when they say it's the first Star Wars that gives the impression of actually being a war. I explained to my wife that "dark and gritty" explains the plot. She asked "dark and gritty like Batman Begins"? and I said more like Band of Brothers minus the blood & gore.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:X-wing engines couldn't handle the damp cold, and the rebellion was having trouble getting parts to retrofit them on Hoth due to the blockade. X-wings are starfighters intended to operate in the vacuum and cold of deep space, plus they didn't seem to have any issues using them to escort transports off the planet. Also there was no blockade of Hoth until the battle as depicted in Empire. Remember they found the rebel base from the probe droid sending images of power generators that was shot by Han Solo & Chewbacca. Geoj fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Dec 17, 2016 |
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Gave up after the first episode of the new season of TWD. Was so grim I couldn't be arsed watching the next one which I presumed would be lots of traumatised people moping about or impotently rampaging. Somewhat Heroic posted:Fridge chat  Our fridge and freezer were about £25 each off gumtree.
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stump posted:Gave up after the first episode of the new season of TWD. Was so grim I couldn't be arsed watching the next one which I presumed would be lots of traumatised people moping about or impotently rampaging. £25? you probably can't even order groceries on that piece of poo poo.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:X-wing engines couldn't handle the damp cold, and the rebellion was having trouble getting parts to retrofit them on Hoth due to the blockade. Geoj posted:X-wings are starfighters intended to operate in the vacuum and cold of deep space, plus they didn't seem to have any issues using them to escort transports off the planet.
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Plus the whole scandal about the second bowcaster on the frosty knoll theory
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Geoj posted:X-wings are starfighters intended to operate in the vacuum and cold of deep space, plus they didn't seem to have any issues using them to escort transports off the planet. A wizard did it
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