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CoolCab posted:i prefer bulleit to buffalo trace but the latter is fine. i'm sad, my local mini asda tried and failed to develop a burbon section and as such there were a bunch that got slashed down in price. i consulted a Kentuckian friend of mine and on his advice bought their entire supply (6 bottles at £10 a pop) of old forester. i've been drinking it for months and am finally down to my last bottle Between Asda and Tesco you can generally get a pretty reasonable selection of bourbons. Far more than 'specialist' shops like majestic wines for some reason. And they almost always seem to have a couple of quid off either Bulleit, Makers Mark, Buffalo Trace or Woodford Reserve. Old forester is good too but doesn't seem to have any staying power, I remember finding some marked down from £30 to £20 in Tesco because they were trying to get rid of it. Crispchat has now been replaced by boozechat. No gin allowed. Fake Edit: Rye whiskey has started to be a thing in the last couple of years too. Bulleit Rye is gold tier. Actual Edit: E.164 is an ITU-T recommendation which defines the public telecommunication numbering plan used in the PSTN and data networks. This seems vaguely relevant given all our phones are going to die in a (surprisingly not Brexit related) apocalypse caused by the Ofcom Yahoo Group shutting down. No, that's not a joke. RockyB fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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jabby posted:If Johnson gets his deal though and the Lib Dems are able to blame Brexit on Labour MPs who escape any form of sanction, the election will be a bloodbath. Calm yourself Johnson isn't getting his deal through.
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jabby posted:https://twitter.com/RaynerSkyNews/status/1184933943906312192 He wants to kill this thing altogether in the weekend votes so that Johnson can't wriggle out of the Benn Act. Further down that thread, it mentions he wants to bring in a ref2 amendment next week.
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Still B.A.E posted:Either way, I'm yet to see any left wing acquaintances ranting about Jewish people, so maybe I shouldn't worry about it so much and have more faith in people not being taken in by bullshit. To the point that last year I got into it with a friend who always does that "Kill the jews! Ha ha ha. You know I'm kidding right? I don't mean that. But Jews eh?" I said there was no room for ironic antisemitism, he said I needed to get a sense of humour, I pointed out how much that sounded like something a genuine racist would say, we kind of fell out. He genuinely didn't seem to understand that you can't tell racist jokes and then say it's ok because you aren't really racist. But weirdly, actual racist, family in law gammons etc who are fine having a go at immigrants, black rappers etc, I never hear poo poo from them about Jewish people. It's just not something I think we're as culturally aware of in this country. Tarnop posted:Campaigning for remain on the basis that the proposed deal just starts a long transition seems like it would do well then Vote remain, and it sends a clear message that the assholes are in the minority. We now know there's no sensible way to get it done - Boris couldn't do it, May couldn't do it, I doubt even the absolute boy is going to be able to negotiate anything better than membership. If the extent of their political engagement really is that they just want it 'over with,' they need to vote remain and encourage anyone else who says the same. bump_fn posted:fine i’ll say it keir is hot I will be actively mad at Labour if they don't use this in their campaigning.  "You look like a private utility firm, Mr Johnson..."  "... "Because you're about to be publicly owned." YYYEEEAAAHHH NotJustANumber99 posted:Can they put four lines under it?
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pitch a fitness posted:I'm late replying but It's not gay if they don't touch
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Darth Walrus posted:He wants to kill this thing altogether in the weekend votes so that Johnson can't wriggle out of the Benn Act. Further down that thread, it mentions he wants to bring in a ref2 amendment next week. The only way Johnson can avoid the Benn act is if his deal passes. Promising Labour MPs that they won't face sanction for voting for it, so they can swan around their constituencies at election time bragging that they delivered Brexit, in no way helps 'kill this thing'. The only way its killed is if Labour MPs vote it down on Saturday.
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Generally the cheapest non trash tier bourbon whiskey available in the UK. Personally I would strongly recommend 80+ proof to get you through the next couple of weeks, yes. https://buffalotracedistillery.com/brands/buffalo-trace Kentucky Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qivepBVYZsw
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DesperateDan posted:Every bourbon I have tried so far has a strong vanilla extract taste, is that by design? It’s part of the process, anyway. Vanillin present in oak can be transferred as part of the barrel aging process. Combined with its sweetness and it really comes out in some varieties.
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In less Brexit-related news, it looks like people are actually starting to take seriously the fact that children in care are barely cared for at all.quote:Every children's home in Middlesbrough is set to have its own police presence part of a major shake-up in the way the town looks after youngsters in care. Not entirely sure about calling plastic coppers "police officers", but if it reduces the incidence of children in care going missing it sounds good. Also good to get clinical psychologists and speech and language therapists in the scheme, although I'd be interested to see how much time's allocated for each. Again, though, good stuff.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:He genuinely didn't seem to understand that you can't tell racist jokes and then say it's ok because you aren't really racist. Like amoungst close friends that think the same as you I undestand this, its gallows humour. Like ALi g or whatever, playing a character. But you can only do a phrase or two once in a while and not let it become a thing... otherwise...
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RockyB posted:Between Asda and Tesco you can generally get a pretty reasonable selection of bourbons. Far more than 'specialist' shops like majestic wines for some reason. And they almost always seem to have a couple of quid off either Bulleit, Makers Mark, Buffalo Trace or Woodford Reserve. Old forester is good too but doesn't seem to have any staying power, I remember finding some marked down from £30 to £20 in Tesco because they were trying to get rid of it. you’ve seen this right? https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/up...ampagne-2539703 that’s how I do my spirit shopping
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deletebeepbeepbeep posted:What is Buffalo Trace and will a bottle get me through the weekend? Buffalo Trace is a Kentucky bourbon thats not bad. If you want to spend enough money to not have to choke down garbage but not a penny more (or whatever weird moon money you use), its a decent option.
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Tesseraction posted:I know it's slightly off topic but I've been dying for like 15 minutes that Trump thinks the leader of Italy is "President Mozzarella" https://twitter.com/DKeetz/status/1184597223465783299 JFC I remember when the dumbness of Dan Quayle was like, a huge embarrassment some even suspected his appointment was to distract people from the real issues with embarrassing gaffes good, innocent times
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Rigel posted:Buffalo Trace is a Kentucky bourbon thats not bad. If you want to spend enough money to not have to choke down garbage but not a penny more (or whatever weird moon money you use), its a decent option. Their single barrel Blanton's stuff is really nice if you can ever find it
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Rigel posted:Buffalo Trace is a Kentucky bourbon thats not bad. If you want to spend enough money to not have to choke down garbage but not a penny more (or whatever weird moon money you use), its a decent option. Actually we're the ones with the coin actually called a 'penny'  Edit: gin is ALWAYS allowed 
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kingturnip posted:In less Brexit-related news, it looks like people are actually starting to take seriously the fact that children in care are barely cared for at all. Very keen to allow cleveland police force near children.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Oddly enough most of the antisemitic poo poo I hear is from woke friends, who assure me that making jokes about ovens and greed are ok because ACTUALLY it's all ironic, and they are the least racist person ever ok, so perpetuating those stereotypes and using Jew as an insult is fiiine, why are you kicking me. I think it's because the """"ironic""""" racists are influenced by South Park and that kind of thing.
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CoolCab posted:you’ve seen this right? I learnt something today. Thanks! The problem with gin is that the last couple of years have spawned so many lovely gimmick varieties. I remember walking into my local 'specialist' spirits store and seeing an entire shelf filled with 60+ different types of gin and yet only two bottles of the obviously superior bourbon. Haven't been back since (except to buy bulk boxes of Aspalls for parties. Well, 'parties'.). kingturnip posted:Also good to get clinical psychologists and speech and language therapists in the scheme, although I'd be interested to see how much time's allocated for each. Again, though, good stuff. gently caress the tories so much for killing SureStart. My mother took a job at our local centre doing speech and language development, it's amazing how some of these kids opened up after a couple of sessions. Now she's trying to do it freelance and getting completely screwed over by the bureaucracy of getting registered as a supplier to the council.
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RockyB posted:I learnt something today. Thanks! RockyB posted:screw British alcohol duty RockyB posted:gently caress the tories so much for killing SureStart. Anyone canceling it would have to be a real piece of poo poo because it justified itself on both people and return on community investment. Unless they were replacing it with something better. So yeah, Tories.
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Ms Adequate posted:I think it's because the """"ironic""""" racists are influenced by South Park and that kind of thing. I can't wait for the absurdity to reach a point where they're printing that Corbyn leapt onto the table during PMQ, threw out a nazi salute, and started outlining his policies to purge the country.  sexpig by night posted:Aren't these also the people saying to turn yourself into the cops (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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It's funny, I grew up thinking surestart were the devil. Me mam used to run a playgroup and claimed that if you accepted their grants it came along with a ton of conditions and caveats, and once you accepted their help you kind of relied on it and they had you over a barrel. Of course this was me mam, so it's enterely possible it's paranoid pap.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:It's funny, I grew up thinking surestart were the devil. Me mam used to run a playgroup and claimed that if you accepted their grants it came along with a ton of conditions and caveats, and once you accepted their help you kind of relied on it and they had you over a barrel. Ask her next group whether thats still the case?
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Bobby Deluxe posted:It's funny, I grew up thinking surestart were the devil. Me mam used to run a playgroup and claimed that if you accepted their grants it came along with a ton of conditions and caveats, and once you accepted their help you kind of relied on it and they had you over a barrel.
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RockyB posted:Generally the cheapest non trash tier bourbon whiskey available in the UK. Personally I would strongly recommend 80+ proof to get you through the next couple of weeks, yes. I'm partial to the cinnamon flavoured Jack Daniels as it just tastes like biscuits to me and I can drink a litre under an hour if I'm not really paying attention. I had to stop buying it when I realised I'd done that three days in a row, during the week, just sat at home watching Netflix.
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Tarnop posted:Does anyone itt believe remain will have a chance in this proposed referendum? If no major party campaigns full-throatedly for remain and the UK press continues to be exactly what it is then my bet is on remain losing like last time. That means that i think if Labour do not campaign for remain, remain is hosed. If that happens remain being hosed should be a surprise for no one. One side of the issue would be backed by a major party,the Tories, and pushed by most of the media. It would mostly run on the same simple sugarland zero thought message as last time. The other would be pushed for by Fubpees and the Lib Dems (lol) and would have no coherent message. Labour, due to it's self imposed neutrality, would have taken itself out of the debate.
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https://twitter.com/candylush/status/1184919871785766912 Also see Gove in the left panel here: 'tired and emotional' https://twitter.com/glassspider_cp/status/1184946496694837250?s=20
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SpaceCommie posted:I'm partial to the cinnamon flavoured Jack Daniels as it just tastes like biscuits to me and I can drink a litre under an hour if I'm not really paying attention. I said non trash tier. JD is definitely trash tier. If you want honey in your booze do what a not so clever mate of mine once did, get a squeezy bottle and chase every shot. Apropos of nothing did you know that there's a massively under-reported cirrhosis/fibrosis epidemic among millennials, the true impact of which will likely not make itself fully known for another 15-30 years? They estimate that with the obesity crisis and NAFLD about 1 in 4 people in that age range are now affected, me included. That's why I try for two 3+ month periods of sobriety a year these days. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/12/experts-warn-of-fatty-liver-disease-epidemic-in-young-people https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/13/britain-liver-disease-epidemic-alcohol-cirrhosis-young-people
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RockyB posted:Apropos of nothing did you know that there's a massively under-reported cirrhosis/fibrosis epidemic among millennials, the true impact of which will likely not make itself fully known for another 15-30 years? They estimate that with the obesity crisis and NAFLD about 1 in 4 people in that age range are now affected, me included. That's why I try for two 3+ month periods of sobriety a year these days. Bloody hell. I thought overall drug and alcohol abuse had dropped in millennials and post millennials? What's NAFLD btw?
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sexpig by night posted:Aren't these also the people saying to turn yourself into the cops OTOH this is a local chapter account rather than the national org OTOH that is completely true and XR is bad and useless and the people in it who don't suck should probably split
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Non alcoholic fatty liver disease, i.e. your liver is hosed because you're too fat. The especially fun part is that the studies explicitly exclude people who drink heavily, which is obviously another strong factor towards developing liver disease. So goons are fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked. Note those two articles I posted are six years apart. Nothing has changed. Very few people not already visibly affected are aware. If it wasn't for an ultimately unrelated neutrophillic vasculitis outbreak (the cause of which is still undiagnosed three years later) I would never have had a FibroScan at age 28 and been told I was soon to die of Cirrhosis. p.s. to the NHS nurse who did the initial FibroScan and gave me that diagnosis, that left me physically shaking in my car wondering how to drive home; gently caress you, and the system, and the complete lack of pastoral care provided for confronting my own mortality. Fortunately when I went back after six months of not drinking it changed from 'sudden death' to 'mild fibrosis'. p.p.s Not really gently caress you, she was a nice lady and compassion fatigue is a real thing. But goddamn am I fortunate I was able to afford to pay for a private GP to break down in tears to rather than having to wait three weeks for an appointment with my NHS GP. p.p.p.s Okay much oversharing at 1am in the UK politics thread, but on the plus side at least it's pushed me towards donating blood as often as possible which I wouldn't have even thought about five years back. Turns out semi-frequent jabbing with needles makes you less frightened of them.
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In re bourbon chat, this is my current favourite: https://www.kentuckybourbonwhiskey.com/the-whiskeys/noahs-mill/
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