[Rhodes22-list] Balvenie Scotch

Robert Skinner Robert at SquirrelHaven.com
Sun Jul 20 20:26:38 EDT 2008


At $50 for 750 ml, a pricey alternative...
/Robert

michael meltzer wrote:
> What about a nice single malt scotch, Balvenie Scotch Doublewood 12 Yr?
>
> -mjm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Brad Haslett
> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:42 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fellow list members as straw man targets
>
> MJM,
>
> You want flowers?  I just sprayed some in my front yard this morning, send
> me your address and I'll FedEx you a dozen. My Bo list penalizes listers
> with donations to the Margarita fund at the Oshkosh fly-in.  If I had to
> apologize to everyone I ever offended I'd never have time to fly or sail,
> that said -
>
> Please accept my apology to those of you who feel they have been a
> "target".  That includes you Al Gore for me suggesting you're a charlatan
> and you Chocolate Baby Jesus for suggesting you don't have a single
> significant accomplishment under your belt.
>
> Brad
>
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:13 AM, michael meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> Guy's lay-off, and say you are sorry(and be happy this is not costing you
>> flowers), she is not enjoying it...........They are not going to change
>>     
> the
>   
>> world here but the still play as a full contact sport...........
>>
>> -mjm
>>
>> PS. "thin skin" was a pretty good "comeback" and a half way decent joke in
>> context; it was not a "personal attack" more along the lines of topping
>> each
>> other.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Dana
>> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:37 AM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Fellow list members as straw man targets
>>
>> Brad, Ed,
>>
>> I joined this forum because I had a question regarding anchor lights and
>> steaming lights.  After one or two posts, Ed compared me to Obama by
>> calling
>> me an elitest for preferring to spend time with my children rather than
>> dropping my mast to replace a bulb.  I ignored it and went away for a
>> while.  The other day, I had something to add regarding a source for light
>> bulbs.  Within a few posts, I was labeled as having an a-hole hero in
>> Obama..
>>
>> I'm a registered Rebublican, yet you somehow determined (from my sailboat
>> related light bulb posts) that Obama is my a-hole hero.  I asked you to
>> stop, and you resorted to a personal attack saying that I have thin skin.
>>
>> You apparently feel such a strong need to attack people and their views,
>> that you are willing to project your own preconceived (and unfounded)
>> typecasts on others so that you have a target.  Your credibility takes a
>> huge hit as a result.
>>
>> I know it is a lot to ask, but a little introspection may be in order.
>>
>> -Dana
>>
>> --- On Sat, 7/19/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Will Al Gore now ask to stop space
>>     
> exploration
>   
>> and bring down space lab? [for Dana, Political]
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 2:46 PM
>>
>> Dana,
>>
>> If you delete Ed's and my posts then there shouldn't be a problem
>> should
>> there? For those who want some more info on global warming here's an
>> interesting read-
>>
>> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12403
>>
>> Be sure and use lots of sunscreen on your sail today, Dana.  My guess is
>> that your skin is a bit thin.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Dana <realnamen at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Brad,
>>>
>>> I understand that you want to address these diatribes to somebody.
>>>       
>>  Please
>>     
>>> pick someone else.  I routinely delete both your and Ed's messages.
>>>       
>> Other
>>     
>>> than scanning them quickly, I haven't read (or watched) any of them.
>>>       
>> I
>>     
>>> haven't responded with any political content.  Please just go away.
>>>       
>> I'm
>>     
>>> going sailing now on an awesome sailboat.
>>>
>>> -Dana
>>>
>>> --- On Sat, 7/19/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Will Al Gore now ask to stop space
>>>       
>> exploration
>>     
>>> and bring down space lab? [for Dana, Political]
>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
>>>       
>> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>     
>>> Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 12:11 PM
>>>
>>> John & Dana,
>>>
>>> Gore has built a very lucrative business for himself selling "carbon
>>> credits" (lucrative enough to fly around the globe in a Gulfstream).
>>> Until
>>> he got exposed, he lived in a huge Bell Meade mansion in Nashville with
>>>       
> a
>   
>>> $20,000 a year utility bill.  He still lives there, except now he has
>>>       
>> solar
>>     
>>> panels and some other gimmickry installed.  Gore and his minions serve a
>>> purpose, as useful idiots often do, in that they encourage conservation
>>> (not
>>> a bad thing).  The problem with their ideas is they want to take one of
>>>       
>> the
>>     
>>> largest segments of the economy and place it under a centralized,
>>> government
>>> run command-and-control system.  If you want to get serious about
>>>       
>> "carbon
>>     
>>> footprints", tax the carbon and let the market sort out the
>>>       
>> alternatives.
>>     
>>> Nukes would be the first winner.  Every time you slap a subsidy on
>>> something, say 54 cents a gallon on ethanol, you skew the attractiveness
>>>       
>> in
>>     
>>> the marketplace for less than optimal results - same with wind and
>>>       
> solar.
>   
>>> Focus on the carbon if you believe in global warming.
>>>
>>> Now as to living on the Gulf Coast, I bought our 1.7 acre Global
>>>       
>> Corporate
>>     
>>> Headquarters (housed in a 20 foot shipping container) in Gulfport, MS 10
>>> miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and about 70 ft elevation. If you
>>>       
>> live
>>     
>>> near coastal water and get hit by a hurricane, your house is taking a
>>>       
>> bath.
>>     
>>> If you choose to do so anyway, don't blame me or expect me to help pay
>>>       
>> for
>>     
>>> your loss when the inevitable happens. The biggest reason single-family
>>> housing is so slow being rebuilt in Mississippi after Katrina is
>>>       
>> insurance
>>     
>>> companies won't touch them with a ten-foot pole, or if they do, the
>>>       
>> rates
>>     
>>> are four times or more higher than pre-Katrina.  For those of you who
>>>       
>> live
>>     
>>> on the East Coast or Florida, expect to pay more. Now as to New Orleans,
>>> much of it is 6-feet below sea level.  Helloooo! Did I mention that the
>>> area
>>> that flooded is six-feet below sea level?  Do you need an engineering
>>> degree
>>> to understand the implications of this?  Move inland folks!
>>>
>>> There, any other problems you need solved today?
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:34 PM, John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi Brad,
>>>>
>>>> Please can you tell me how the Amerikans for prosperity managed to
>>>>         
>> attend
>>     
>>>> the same event? Did they all walk ride bikes or take public
>>>>         
>>> transportation
>>>       
>>>> to get there? I would really like to know why you hate this man so
>>>> intensely. I can tell you feel he is a hypocrite but I thought that
>>>>         
>> was
>>     
>>> one
>>>       
>>>> of those values you southerners hold so dear. If you feel global
>>>>         
>> warming
>>     
>>> is
>>>       
>>>> so much bs why don't you put your money where your mouth is and
>>>>         
>> move
>>     
>>> to the
>>>       
>>>> gulf coast. Then when the oceans don't rise in 20 or so years you
>>>>         
>> can
>>     
>>> laugh
>>>       
>>>> and say "I told you so".
>>>>
>>>> Waiting patiently for the responding diatribe
>>>> John Shulick
>>>> Pgh Pa elevation Approximately 720 ft above sea level (for now at
>>>>         
>> least)
>>     
>>>> Dana,
>>>>
>>>> Here's your a-hole hero exposed-
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>       
>>     
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESxvY1tQHTo&eurl=http://michellemalkin.com/20
>   
>>     
> 08/07/17/limousine-liberal-video-of-the-day-gore-and-his-gas-guzzling-fans-e
>   
> xposed/<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESxvY1tQHTo&eurl=http://michellemalki
> n.com/2008/07/17/limousine-liberal-video-of-the-day-gore-and-his-gas-guzzlin
> g-fans-exposed/>
>   
>>>> I used to live down the road from Big Al.  What an ass!  I mean,
>>>>         
>> HERO!
>>     
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> View this message in context:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>       
>>     
> http://www.nabble.com/Will-Al-Gore-now-ask-to-stop-space-exploration-and-bri
>   
> ng-down-space-lab---for-Dana%2C-Political--tp18533759p18540982.html<http://w
> ww.nabble.com/Will-Al-Gore-now-ask-to-stop-space-exploration-and-bring-down-
> space-lab---for-Dana%2C-Political--tp18533759p18540982.html>
>   
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