[Racer X 69]

[Jean Poitiers]

Bonne année et bonne santé pour 2018 !!!

[Jean Poitiers]

[ccc_]

ahhh....back in the times when a whack to the head wasn't self-administered and had some practical utility

[robtcorl]

six below this morning, -25F wind chill.
Mrs Bob and I stayed up until 11PM, no incentive to ring in the new year.
We watched The Founder, it's about Ray Kroc's take over of McDonalds, pretty good flick.

[monochrome]

six below this morning, -25F wind chill.
Mrs Bob and I stayed up until 11PM, no incentive to ring in the new year.
We watched The Founder, it's about Ray Kroc's take over of McDonalds, pretty good flick.

AT&T just installed Fiber in my neighborhood last week. Aaaaaand . . . my U-Verse Service is out*. Repair call for 1:00pm - 4:00pm.

Happy New Year!

* Access by 4G LTE

[Parallax]

Been no further than a hundred feet or so all day. Did some tidying up of the bathroom addition area, disposed of the scrap trim bits, cardboard and paper leftover from the work, vacuumed everything, and had dinner.

Now I'm enjoying a break, and a shot of Laphroaig.

Thanks to Parallax for leading me to drink it.

Still a few hours to go, before the Nekkid New Year pushes aside the Wrinkled And Worn Out 2017.

You're welcome. I have a bottle of cask strength awaiting my return home.

[aslyfox]

. . . a shot of Laphroaig. . . .

If I recall correctly

very distinctive smokey and peaty taste

[eddie1960]

Mrs. Racer went to bed at 9pm.

Who goes to bed at 9pm on New Years Eve?

i made it until 11 (was up at 545 for work today), I got woke up at 245 with my dad's Lifeline service calling to let me know paramedics were dispatched and he was headed to hospital.... still haven't heard from his GF the story, paramedics were dealing with him when I called, sounds like bad angina though (4 days of progressive chest pain, but at 91 it takes time to convince him it was his idea to go to hospital, apparently the GF won that battle last night. not a great start to the new year for sure. I'm making my way through month end work like a zombie today (and all I had to drink was 3 glasses of Cremant de Limoux Rose.

Happy New year to everyone here

---------- Post added 1st Jan 2018 at 09:46 ----------

Sorry for talking about photography, but I recall seeing a photo of one of the early Tour de France races showing the cyclists, themselves, smoking whilst racing. Smoking was actually believed to be good for one's performance. Would it have been banned as a performance enhancing drug if the current sensitivities were around over that issue? Apparently during WWII death by heart attack decreased at the same time as there was a decrease in the availability of tobacco to the general public.


The problem of proving these things:


There is a lot of correlational evidence.
There is evidence of the presence of various carcinogens in the smoke.
But can you prove that smoking CAUSED the cancer and not something else, or that the specific combination of carcinogens in smoke causes cancer?


A large part of that depends on what one considers, or is willing to accept as, proof of cause.


Philosophy, research methods and law collide creating a loud report.

tobacco the big killer, (love this scene)

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[ccc_]

six below this morning, -25F wind chill.
Mrs Bob and I stayed up until 11PM, no incentive to ring in the new year.
We watched The Founder, it's about Ray Kroc's take over of McDonalds, pretty good flick.

all the way up to 14 below

all the birds and squirresl are scarfing up their new year's treats and basking in a fairly warm sun
even the puffed up finches look as big as robins

---------- Post added 01-01-18 at 09:13 AM ----------

Sorry for talking about photography, but I recall seeing a photo of one of the early Tour de France races showing the cyclists, themselves, smoking whilst racing. Smoking was actually believed to be good for one's performance. Would it have been banned as a performance enhancing drug if the current sensitivities were around over that issue? Apparently during WWII death by heart attack decreased at the same time as there was a decrease in the availability of tobacco to the general public.


The problem of proving these things:


There is a lot of correlational evidence.
There is evidence of the presence of various carcinogens in the smoke.
But can you prove that smoking CAUSED the cancer and not something else, or that the specific combination of carcinogens in smoke causes cancer?


A large part of that depends on what one considers, or is willing to accept as, proof of cause.


Philosophy, research methods and law collide creating a loud report.

if I understand what you're saying
on the basis of direct and absolute proof..
asbestos was safe
coal dust was safe
smoking was safe

well until it killed you

a friend dying of lung cancer insisted smoking didn't cause it
another friend of ours said if that was true he wouldn't be a murderer if he parked a bullet in his brain pan
the bullet would kill you not me

[Parallax]

If I recall correctly

very distinctive smokey and peaty taste

You remember correctly. Peat, salt, seaweed, iodine and smoke. Characteristics of all of the Islay (pronounced 'eye-la') malts that set them apart from the others.
I drink two types of Scotch. The cheapest blend I can find, and any of the Islay malts. Anything else is a compromise.
Ardbeg is my favorite.

[aslyfox]

You remember correctly. Peat, salt, seaweed, iodine and smoke. Characteristics of all of the Islay (pronounced 'eye-la') malts that set them apart from the others.
I drink two types of Scotch. The cheapest blend I can find, and any of the Islay malts. Anything else is a compromise.
Ardbeg is my favorite.

it may be the smokiest SMS I have tried

I drink very little now, the wee dram of the Aberlour Highland Single Malt 12 year old Scotch Whisky is the first alcoholic beverage I have had since my nephew's wedding in October.

however, I plan on imbibing on my birthday at the end of the month and our Whale watching trip to Baja California in late February

[robtcorl]

Peat, salt, seaweed, iodine and smoke.

Yum!
I'll stick with Kentucky bourbon.
Two of my favorites are Four Roses and Rebel Yell.

[bertwert]

Who goes to bed at 9pm on New Years Eve?

*Raises hand*
I was bloody tired, and saw no reason to stay up. Just a night like any other.

[bertwert]

I don't blame you. Now that I'm retired and I don't have to leave the house every day, I find that +15C is my cut-off temperature. If it's below +15C, then I have to have a very good reason for leaving the house.

My cutoff is around -40... at that point the only reason to leave the house can be to get more firewood.