Easter weekend in the Ardennes. The Mondi does it with grace: puncture in a rear tyre and a leaky right fuel tank. But a good Belgian beer makes up with it. My friend's Merc 190 16V Cosworth is a worthy & period correct friend for the dirty Mondi to play with! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Took the QV for an Easter run up the Dandenong Ranges here in Victoria Australia had such a great run we had to go down the mountains and turn around and do it again.. Love the weekends when I get to take her for a wheel stretch Image Unavailable, Please Login
I like all these...but I'm biased of course. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
best beer on earth Belgium beer. With the most breweries on earth too. Mines a Leffe or Grimbergen. Proost!
hmmmm? Pilsner Urquel on draft in Piltsen? Just a very old memory..... PS: The US has gone ape crackers over local craft breweries in the last decade or two. Creativity and excess of every kind. And Siera Nevada Stout I prefer to Guiness. However, one of the mysteries of the visible universe is I have NEVER tasted one beer either imported or made locally that even remotely reminded me of Kaiser Pilsner Private or even Binding Export. About 30 years ago I stumbled upon a case of Sailer Pils in traditional .5L bottles but could not even order it for special delivery.
37 yrs ago I had the best Pilsner I've ever tasted outside Wurzburg, DE. Never tasted anything like it since. My brother in law (we were Army Lieutenants at the time) ordered a Tab - don't get me started on him...(-*
And Then We Have IPAs! omg I have always enjoyed an IPA but it became a fashion craze here abouts over the last few years. They have even devised some sort of hops number to brag about. The original IPA was simply an over-hopped beer that would have enough hops to preserve it for shipment from UK to India. [India Pale Ale]. Some of the stuff being sold these days would have done Ramses II proud for his ancient corpse.
Strange bird. In many ways. Very hi IQ w/ lots of MS, and JD. Couldn't figure out how he burned a hole in the hood of a 66 Buick when it contacted both battery poles. My brides old car. Ugh! I learned patience from him.
About 70% of people do not drink alcohol, at all. Of the 30% that do, 10% are alcoholics. Make more sense now? Alden
I had to look this one up! I think you have it backwards.... U.S. Drinking Rate Edges Up Slightly to 25-Year High
This reminds me of an amusing though serious story! I was a full hearted alcoholic for three months about twenty years ago when I retired at age 48 (something of a miracle) and started brewing my own stout and storing it in one quart bottles. It was very very good stout because as a home brewer I had no cost constraints on the ingredients. Unfortunately I had no constraints on drinking the stuff other then my own prodigious ability at the wort kettle! And thus I managed to hit bottom in about ninety days instead of the more routine twenty years. I never thought of myself as an overachiever till then. My wife then said she would leave me if I did not stop. I was a rather philosophical and contented drunk but she had a point; though to this day I think her major complaint had as much to do with me not doing adequate housekeeping according to my new station in life. But I stopped cold turkey. Do not do this at home. The visual halucinations that night were easy enough to detect. For instance, I knew full well the bright blue neon tube flying monkey was not actually in the basement with me. Auditory hallucinations were more difficult and required investigation. However, as a retired Federal investigator (GAO) it seemed to me this was an experience worth recording and so I kept notes. I have them to this very day though the hand writing is a bit difficult given the trembles. I will not bore you with details of Caspar the Friendly Ghost or the Christmas carolers I discovered that July night at the front door at one in the morning. They were easily found out since when I opened the front door I could see right through them. They did not seem to mind though. The next day I called the doctor. I asked how many blue flying monkeys might be required to qualify for the DTs. He said one was entirely sufficient and said I should come in to see him. I asked my wife to take me since I could hardly stand. She said "WHAT! What will I say to my BOSS!" [She was a high ranking food scientist at the CONAGRA headquarters lab]. But I had my pride! I said tell your gd boss you need to take your HUSBAND to the hospital. I was feeling less then charitable at the time. The doctor said I had gone three fourths of the way to dead and put me in rehab. That was almost as bad as the DTs. In group session the other inmates were asked how many drunk driving charges they had accumulated. When I said none there was pandemonium. I was accused of being both a lier and a coward and much worse. Apparently an even dozen was the minimum acceptable answer. I especially did not get along with the guy who resorted to straight glycol anti-freeze and should have been one hundred percent on the way to dead. So I did not drink anything for an entire year. It seemed the prudent choice given the circumstances. Then I went back to normal drinking but threw out the brewing gear.
I said 70% of "people," meaning humans on the planet, not US citizens. Yes, we are a nation of boozers at 70% or so! Lol! Alden
I say this out of love and respect for my Georgia Mountain Ferrari buddy, but....... Holy s**t, Rap! Be very cautious, are you crazy to play with that stuff again when it caused you to go insane and put you in rehab? You weren't there on vacation! It really never gets better when you start up again. Please, back to the photos now, the AA meeting is at the church down the street, lol! Alden
