Saw the new Bond movie recently, and got to wondering… As we all know, Bond likes his martinis “shaken, not stirred”. What the heck difference does it make?
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Later,
K
Wow! Well, for me now, it will be shaken not stirred, get those anti-oxidants.
I’ll follow cool hand Luke’s advice “I’m shaking it boss, I’m shaking it!” from now on!
Thanks Kevin… never knew a martini was good for me!
Regards, Greg
Saw it, like Craig alot as Bond, hated the way it ended but Oh Well…
As for Martini’s, I hate em’…why do they always taste like Ny-quil cold medicine?
Victor Smith said:
.................As for Martini’s, I hate em’…why do they always taste like Ny-quil cold medicine?
That’s because they stick to that damn recipe, next time they offer you a Martini: Ask for the Apple Cider Martini!
Good stuff!
Make sure you have a “DD” along, that Martini is so good you’ll need more than one!
A good thee fingers of Laphroaig, would do you all a great bit of good…don’t add water.
A “DD” eh.
Now that is a size I could enjoy immensely. So to speak.
Yes, Tony…cup size DD is up my alley too…as long as the rest of the body looks good too…!!!
You two are …
“DD” stands for “Designated Driver”, except when a “DD”, as in “Designated Drunk”, is used as a decoy. 
:D:D
I only need a DD when I’m drinking my favorite drink, an “Adios Muther****er”. Yes …it IS a real drink
As this topic is “Shake vs Stirred”; I’d very much like to stretch it a bit as to how we need to “Shake” some poeple , rather than just “Stir” them.
Take for example the latest saga of “Name censored” of "Lewis Polk fan club fame.
His latest question; this time on the forums at a place that can’t stand any “Friendly stirring”; is “Which driver on a B’mann Spectrum 2-6-0 has the drive gear on it”.
I would think by now some dear kind hearted soul over there, would have suggested to friend "Name censored" sorry.....name censored (He hasn't mastered the shift key yet); that all he has to do is turn the durn thing on it's side and look......but they are too kind over there, and will not want to point out that it won't hurt to do just a wee bit of research on your own.
Oh it’s a wonderful world, with all those twits to bring us such great moments of humour.
The other bit of humour is that he lives not too far from me and could just call and ask, and amidst giggles and chokes of laughter I’d tell him its on the axle closest to the front…on the wittle wheel on the wight. Oh, I’m cruel…
Fr.Fred
While “Stirring” several drops of distilled water into a beaker of a fine Single Malt; it occurred to me that we haven’t seen much shaking or stirring on this part of the forum lately.
Surely we all haven’t lost our few seconds of humour, which we are allowed to show a few times a week…
I’m thinking of establishing a soap box on my patio, where each day I will stand, and tell a “Non Politicaly Correct” joke…
If anyone cares to join me; the Whisky is on me.
Happy New YearOne thing I’ve noticed Fred, you hardly need a “soapbox” to pontificate…
There are two problems here , Fred .
1: This forum allows anyone to say what they think and upset who they like . This of course removes the fun , being allowed to do it . So it is slowly declining from a splendid start .
2 : Folks just ain’t got the hang of being able to be open and honest about things , either that or many people agree on a subject , so nothing ensues in the way of a discussion . Take for example , climate change , global warming , whatever the creeps want to call it .
It is plainly a device cooked up by shameless scientists who will lose their grants if they don’t keep finding evidence of climate change . You will note that it used to be called global warming , but it didn’t warm up fast enough , so they invented climate change . They cannot lose on this one , because we all know that climate changes all the time . Where are all the long summer days of my childhood gone ? Climate change has cooled them down to thunderstorms . Gales ? Climate change (it was calm yesterday) .And so it goes on .
Well , folks , I’m here to tell you that if you do not start disputing this calumny soon , you will live to regret it . We hapless nurks in the UK have a spiteful leftist mob of well known ratbags among the press , TV , guvvvimunt, local guvvimimunt , all spouting their vitriolic scorn of anyone who dares question climate change . 'Cos climate change allows them to tax us to the hilt .When your gasoline is the same price as ours , I hope you remember this little warning ----I filled the tank by adding 10 UK gallons to propel my dreadfully politically incorrect Jeep 4.7L and it cost me --are you ready for this ?---- 10 X£5 x $1.9 dollars . Nearly 100 dollars . For 10 gallons . The weirdo planet savers will hug their trees in delight when my personal transport is taxed off the road . Spite , you see , they haven’t got one . They have these already proven stupid little environmentally friendly bloody silly looking little boxes with batteries in , that slow down when you fart , and their lifetime cost exceeds that of a normal car by quite a bit . They have to dispose of the batteries , you see , and you all know about that famous town where there are no trees within a mile because they refine the metal there for these monstrosities .
Strike now , strike a blow for common sense , decry the lies that are being used to thrust misery and discomfort on the majority to satisfy the nasty , little , ingrates who love to spoil life . Surely to goodness there’s one among us who is a tree hugger ? Come on , show your face so’s we can all see just what spite looks like up close .
(Actually , I know already what it looks like , it takes the form of one T B.Liar , soon to be ex prime minister of this country , and replaced by the equally sour , nanny will tax you even more , Gordon bloody Brown . )
You don’t think it will happen , do you ?
It’s already happening .
It is not climate change , it’s the idiots who trusted the Russians to be honourable in their business dealings and left us in the position where they will control our destiny by fuel regulation , they have just "bought " Shell’s oil operating rights in a massive Russian field , now Shell have done all the clever stuff for them by finding it and getting it on tap and the Russians don’t need them any more .
So our dear leaders are now frightened for the future of power generation in this country and are forcing stories down our throats so’s they don’t get the blame .
Now , your politicians wouldn’t do that , would they ?
Mike
----who is old enough to have taken part in the Suez campaign when with the French and Israelis , we tried to knock some sense into the middle east . but were howled down in the UN by our friends who knew better . Now look at the sodding mess there . 150 years of experience in running the area quite nicely thank you , then it was all ruined irrevocably by those who thought they knew better . Don’t let yourselves get caught again .
Is that the sort of thing you meant , Fred ?
Mike, I’m not sure if I want to laugh at you, join you or just plain cry. 
We have a mess for sure…and I support SOME of the environmental stuff. Our biggest enemy is gas/petrol. Not because it destroys the environment…which I believe it does, but because it places us in a position of being under the control of foreign interests. As you said, Russia has Europe by the family jewels. And the Middle East has us the same way. But as far as America is concerned, we will never be able to solve our problems until we kick the oil companies out of congress and the presidential administration. They are screwing us royally…and will leave us high and dry some day. England is somewhat better off than we are because you do have a fairly decent transit/rail system. For most of America it’s a joke at best…and nobody is laughing! The day is coming when I will most likely have to use a bicycle…and hopefully I will still remember how to ride one and be able to do so. Another problem America has is that they would rather bi**h about something than do what’s needed to fix the problem.
I think I’ve said enough to stir the pot…
Warren Mumpower said:You never forget how :D As to being able to ... oh my aching knees (and butt, but we won't dwell on that). I rode a bike to work in the sensible months (the ones without snow in them; I'm no fan of motor-free frostbite) for quite a few years -- no great distance, and mostly a very pleasant interlude in my days. For the past three years I have had to have a motor vehicle close at hand in case one of our grandtwins needs medical attention in a hurry (an 'in case' that has proved necessary rather too many times for my blood pressure), but I hope to get back on two wheels some year. If nothing else, the exercise is good for aforementioned blood pressure.
The day is coming when I will most likely have to use a bicycle...and hopefully I will still remember how to ride one and be able to do so.
Warren Mumpower said:Can she make an Irish stew, Billy boy, Billy Boy? It's getting cold enough now that a spot of stew wouldn't come amiss. Oh, you weren't referring to that kind of stirring ... ? And me Nancy kittles me fancy ... Wot, not that kind of stirring, either? Oh, dear. I shall crawl back under the woodpile and contemplate my backyard railway. And Nancy (oops, better not let SW see that).
I think I've said enough to stir the pot.....:D
…hmmmmm; find me a tree that looks like a blond with the bumps in the right places, and I’m libel to hug her to death…!!!
I’m glad I opened this thread up again, Mike. It sure gave you a chance to get all that off your chest.
I sort of do that every-so-often. Getting frustrations out in the open does us all a world of good.
I’m winding down, Mike. It seems that after hearing the blues song by Peggy Lee; “Is that all there is”; I’m sort of getting a feeling that there is no end to the stupidity of the human animule.
We were all born to die; it’s only the question; “When” that remains.
Years ago, my brother while attending university; painted a big “WHY” on his wall. I’ve painted my word there now… WHEN
All is not lost, though.
I discovered Single Malt Whisky. It does seem to take away the rough edges, if used in MODERATION.
So, with little income to use for buying entertainment. I see by looking around me, and lurking over on another web page. Being an observer of human stupidity, is free, and is the most humourous entertainment on the market.
I have bought the last piece of model railroad equipment, and now I’m just going to enjoy what I have. Winding down will be fun. I haven’t used a lot of the stuff I have very much; so I’ll get great enjoyment out of it.
Warren ,
Have a laugh , it was written ever so slightly tongue in cheek . But the part about being conned is as true today as it always has been , always will be —there is no such thing as honest politics . Why belabour the truth when a quick lie will get you what you want , and you’ll be out of office and in your ivory tower before you’re found out ?
The same sort of thing occurs with Military Procurement , I tell you this from bitter personal experience . Project officers , unlike the senior nco’s ,are on a fixed post for three years , no more , no less . The snco’s who do all the work are on project from start to finish .
We used to say about the officer project men
3 years in post . First year learning and doing nothing , thus no decisions . Second year , learned enough not to make decisions . Third year , going soon ,and your record follows you , so DO NOT make decisions . Whatever happens , if it goes wrong it’s the sncos’ fault , if it’s right , you get the credit .
I did a dirty trick and took early retirement because of a new project officer , he thought he was good enough to make decisions the first week . He wasn’t . I left . He panicked . Six months later , the wrong decision he made came up as a serious problem for which I had offered a draft solution .
He got it typed up , then sent my replacement to me with this bit of chicanery and asked me to back sign it . As a favour from an old and trusted ex serviceman .
Yeah , right , like I was stupid .
As I still worked on the project as a civilian , I wrote the whole thing out longhand , submitted it to the management as a solution to a forthcoming problem , they presented it at the next progress meeting , and I got a promotion . I still cherish the look on this project officer’s face when I was asked to present the paper at the meeting .
Not nice ? Maybe not . But I got the job done , regardless . It paid off for the customer , which was my main aim .
I do believe we had Climate Change once before…which lead to the extintion of dinosaurs…and we the upright owners of this current world didn’t do so well until they were gone.
Now to go on further…the Romans grew grapes, for their drinking wine, in England a bit over 2,000 years ago…I must request Mike’s knowledge on the matter, but I don’t think grapes grow well in Great Britian currently…so we have a bit to go before the Forest of Dunsinnan Wine is bottled once more.
And to clarify the reason the Vikings named the continent of Greenland for the color “green” is because at one time a bit over 2,000 years ago it had lush forests…not currently there yet, either.
This Old World been a changin’ from the beginnin’ and I expect a few more changes up the Old Girl’s Skirt before this ride is finally over.
Fred Mills said:
While "Stirring" several drops of distilled water into a beaker of a fine Single Malt; it occurred to me that we haven't seen much shaking or stirring on this part of the forum lately.Surely we all haven’t lost our few seconds of humour, which we are allowed to show a few times a week…
I’m thinking of establishing a soap box on my patio, where each day I will stand, and tell a “Non Politicaly Correct” joke…
If anyone cares to join me; the Whisky is on me. Happy New Year</blockquote>Fred, Fred,
How could you, of course we haven’t lost our sense of humour, except perhaps for those who haven’t found it yet, are out there looking, but that is hardly lost.
As for the non-politically correct:
We were invited to a theater production. Now this theater company is a bit different in as much as the performance is
a) out in the open
b) out in the country
Great old time, the play was East o’ the Sun, West o’ the Moon ( http://www.caravanfarmtheatre.com/season.html ) a take-off on a Norwegian folk tale.
Opens close to the farm entrance with two scenes, then everyone gets on the different sleighs that have benches running the length on either side with bales of straw in the middle. Pulled by two Clydedales or Belgians.
And that’s where it gets funny, horses being horses the distinct noises started soon complete with the “bouquet”. Of course if one was eager to get on the sleigh one would be sitting at the front behind the driver and get the full benefit (as did my equal half). I was in no hurry and ended up sitting at the tail end on a bale of straw in the middle. Best seat in the house - or on that sleigh anywayOh yeah, the horses; supposedly they are named Black&Decker, which allowed me one of my real smart cracks to much laughter - after all I used to work for that outfit when I first came to Canada.
No, we didn’t find out if it was Black or Decker who farted non-stop. Nice horses, though.
After the show I had to have a look at the horses, while rubbing the nose of one I asked what his name was
“Kick and Bite” came the answer.
“Yeah, yeah and you expect me to believe that?”Turns out they won’t let the kids (little or not quite grown up, yet
BTW I didn’t inspect the other end of the horses, get to look at plenty of those with just two legs.
That was Saturday, snowed all day but stopped in time for the performance and it wasn’t all that cold either, right around the freezing point. Sunday was “Too lazy to do anything” day, yesterday was skiing and today is “get this that and the next thing done” day.
On that drink, I’m having a 75% Pflaumenwasser (clear-run plum schnaps) to wash down my rum-soaked Christmas Stollen. No time for moaning, groaning or complaining.