I'm with you Wendy. Can't stand the stuff. Dad worked for CIBC, very high up, and would recieved oddles of Scotch every Christmas. He learned to like it.
Dave On Dec 27, 2007 10:50 AM, wendy beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hate scotch of any age. Can't stand the taste of the stuff. > When I was younger and the family holidayed in Scotland we would visit > a distillery or two. Interesting but also a little odd as neither of > my parents liked scotch either. > In my Dad's line of work, he used to employ various contractors - > plumbers, joiners, builders etc. Every Christmas the contractors he > worked with would bring him a Christmas gift. Sometimes chocolates for > Mum and always whisky for him. We had cupboard upon cupboard full of > whisky from years of Christmas gifts. After some years he managed to > persuade a few of the people that he really did prefer a bottle of > sweet sparkling wine :-) > It's almost 4 years now since Dad died so no more whisky in the house > but talks of whisky always remind me of those Christmas bottles of > Grants and Bells and Glenfiddich. > > Wendy > > On Dec 26, 2007 10:58 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, Tom has a point in that our discussions of booze sometimes > > border on the pretentious. But it is fun to discuss spirits we've > > tried and enjoyed. There have been times when I've been able to > > afford them and times when I haven't. But even in tough times, I > > enjoy hearing what others enjoy. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
