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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / December 2003UK PVP+10 days
We had a shoot scheduled for today and I had arranged to delegate organization to a friend. Yesterday, I put my feet up by the fire and had a day off after the fiasco with the bogged Land Rover and trailer. But this morning, I decided I had better show my face as these are new shooters and I had not met them. Of course, when I got to the meet at 9.30am, I decided I felt fit enough to walk around with them until lunch time. Then at lunch time, I felt good enough to go on to finish the day at 3.30pm. It was a very enjoyable day, too, with occasional showers and a stiff wind. A couple of days ago I had a chat with the farmer. Two years ago he had a heart by-pass so the conversation turned to our respective operations. I was interested to hear that he also had made a quick recovery and was back at work within a short time. He went on to lamb 700 ewes as usual six months later (and that is hard work and looong days!}. Sorry, lads, but it seems we are a lot tougher up here in the hills than you guys down in the cities and on the flat lands. Or maybe the whiskey has something to do with it?<G> Derry (Still feeling great) > We had a shoot scheduled for today and I had arranged to > delegate organization to a friend. Yesterday, I put my feet up [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Derry > (Still feeling great) It's the Highland air that does it Derry. All my Ross and MacLean ancestors from Sutherland lived to a great age. Each generation of descendants who moved to the South live to a lesser age despite medical advances. Derek. All this is well and good, but what's this with the whiskEy??? best to all R > We had a shoot scheduled for today and I had arranged to > delegate organization to a friend. Yesterday, I put my feet up [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Derry > (Still feeling great) He is an English incomer and has yet to master our language:-) Derek. > All this is well and good, but what's this with the whiskEy??? > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Derry > > (Still feeling great) > He is an English incomer and has yet to master our language:-) > Derek. No. It is a ruse to create an argument with a Scot. The dispute can only be resolved by buying a bottle and having a look at the label. There is then the problem of disposing of what we have bought in an ecologically friendly way. Derry > He is an English incomer I forgot to mention, in the previous story the neighbour with the heart by-pass is a Yorkshireman!<VBG> Derry > All this is well and good, but what's this with the whiskEy??? I have dual nationality. UK and Irish. Anyway, at that stage of the evening, I am beyond spelling!<G> BTW, the island malts are also spelt with an "e". But then you knew that. Derry > > All this is well and good, but what's this with the whiskEy??? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Derry No, I didn't know that but then I can't afford them:-) But all the Island web sites seem to disagree with you. http://www.isle-of-islay.com/index2.html Derek. Are you saying no Scottish malt whiskies are spelt with an "e"?, i.e. as in malt whiskey? Or just Islay? Derry > Are you saying no Scottish malt whiskies are spelt with an "e"?, > i.e. as in malt whiskey? Or just Islay? > > Derry I have always been told that "whisky" is Scottish and "whiskey" is Irish. The Islay site and another I looked at seemed to confirm that but an enquiry on Jeeves suggests otherwise. Tomorrow I will have to do a market survey:-) http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=malt%20whiskey Derek. >> Are you saying no Scottish malt whiskies are spelt with an >> "e"?, i.e. as in malt whiskey? Or just Islay? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=malt%20whiskey > Derek. One of the island malts spells it's whisky on the label with an "e". I can't recall which one off hand. I did hope to back you into a bet but like a true Scot, I see you will not be pushed!<G> The point of spelling the word without an "e" was, as I understand it, a marketting ploy to distinguish Scotch from Irish. But not all the Scottish distilleries followed the convention. I lived within sight of John Smith's The Glenlivet distillery for 7 years and was on Speyside for around 10 years. In that area, malts are the standard drink of most for the very practical reason that they don't contain the poisonous alcohols in the blends and so leave no hang over! Derry > >> Are you saying no Scottish malt whiskies are spelt with an > >> "e"?, i.e. as in malt whiskey? Or just Islay? [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Derry The last Englishman (an ex Chelsea player) who pushed me in a bet regretted it after Scotland punished the World Cup Holders at Wembley in 1967. He even gave me a one goal start and odds of 2/1. Derek. >> >> Are you saying no Scottish malt whiskies are spelt with >> >> an "e"?, i.e. as in malt whiskey? Or just Islay? [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Holders at Wembley in 1967. He even gave me a one goal > start and odds of 2/1. Derek. You'd beat me there. I know nothing about cricket!<VBG> Derry |
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