Phil Dunlop Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 Love this passage from Robert Ruark's 'Horn of the Hunter' and wanted to share it, P.D. "Its funny about booze. I have been drinking it constantly since my first tentative sampling of North Carolina corn liquor when I was fifteen. I love liquor. It has been a good and constant friend for over twenty years. I have never used the bottle to hide in from fear or frustration, and I have never been on a protracted bat. I just like its taste and the way it feels and the wondrous atmosphere of celebration, of relaxation, of pure festivity that it creates. Each drink in my book should be an adventure, neither a dull habit nor a screaming necessity. There is no point to coming in out of the snow after a long rough walking day after pheasant or deer, or coming in wet from a duck blind, or coming in hot and tired off the African plain, unless there is a drink at the end to commemorate the homecoming." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 COOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slik40 Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 I'll drink to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 That's truly beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 That's real cool and coming from a man who knew a thing or two about the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 Wow...now that is a fine passage. Now I am thirsty. Wife gave me a bottle of Lagavulin for Christmas...time to break the seal I think. Cheers! Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 Ah... Jack Daniels and coffee (together, no cream/sugar) in front of an open fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 Outstanding idea! Pouring down rain, wind blowing and about 40 degrees. I am not a fair weather shooter but I know when I am silly to go out and play. I like the bourbon/coffee/fire idea much better. Cheers! Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 I'll never forget the chilly night years ago over the water in Tiburon (the East Bay equivalent of Sausalito) during a radio station Christmas party... when someone introduced me to Jack 'n coffee... Ah, I've enjoyed it ever since! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 Well, no Jack in the house at the moment but Geo Dickel sufficed rather nicely. I discovered bourbon and coffee many years ago camping with friends. We sat around the camp fire discussing philosophy and drinking bourbon and coffee. Regrettably, some of those friends are no longer alive, which made for some fine moments of reflection this afternoon. To friends remembered, cheers! Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dunlop Posted January 5, 2003 Author Share Posted January 5, 2003 To me its a great stand alone quote. I can relate at the end of haymaking, home from the duck blind, at the end of World shoot, or any major match, (and appologies to anyone subjected to the 'atmosphere of celebration', alcohol invoked in Pietersburg!)or at the completion of any major undertaking. For the record, Ruark, his wife and the Professional Hunter consumed 46 bottles of gin and half a bottle of Vermouth on that 6 week hunt, Ruark liked his Martinis dry! P.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 Hmmmm...assuming standard 750 ml bottles that is only 1.1 bottles per day (assuming exactly 6 weeks of hunting) or just over 1/3 of a bottle each per day...right at 37 1 oz shots each, per day. Yoikes! I couldn't do it anymore and not sure I could have done it in college. I may have tried but I don't remember. Wouldn't have been gin anyway...don't like gin. Cheers! Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 Gin is weird, nasty stuff. I wouldn't even clean my guns with it if I had the chance. I don't see how people can swallow it... I can't even stand the smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 I will only drink gin in Long Island Ice Teas...enough other stuff in there that the gin just adds a bit of "zing". Wife loves gin. Weather warms up and I end up making a lot of gin and tonics for her. I am told that I make a very good gin and tonic (like it is difficult?). Give me whisky of about any ilk and I am a happier camper. Or a good beer. I brew most of what I drink so good beer is always at hand. Oh geez...now I am thirsty again. Cheers! Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 One of the first alcoholic drinks I ever had was a gin and tonic. I was 19 years old, assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and a few guys decided to go out to a bar/dance club. The guy who was driving said he'd buy my first drink, and he was a big gin and tonic fan. "Oh you'll love it. It's a great drink." I had one sip, said to myself, "My God, how can human beings drink this stuff - it tastes like Old Spice." Did manage to finish it. Then I had a single Jack Daniels. Then I had two double Jack Daniels. Then I had three or four double Jim Beams (the ol' memory is a little hazy there). Then I had a tall, tall Long Island Iced Tea. Then I got thrown out of the bar. (Edited by Duane Thomas at 3:16 pm on Jan. 8, 2003) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 Hmmm... how did you know what Old Spice tasted like...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 He was in the armed forces, they know these things. Or at least they get to know them, if any of their larger more experienced buddies have anything to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 It tasted like I imagined Old Spice would taste, based on the smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dunlop Posted January 8, 2003 Author Share Posted January 8, 2003 Old Spice is ok, especially towards the end of a hard week on a student allowance. If you want foul try Brut, yuck! P.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 There was a time, long long ago, when I heard that the more desperate levels of young society were boozing on Aqua Velva. Now, THAT'S DESPERATE!! And we were talking about civilians here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dunlop Posted January 9, 2003 Author Share Posted January 9, 2003 Not me Sig Lady, brut was far enough for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 There was a story on the radio the other morning driving in to work about people that were boozing on Listerine. It is about 40 proof and $3 a bottle. Apparently it is big with kids. BLECH!!!!!!!!! At least they have fresh breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 The worst thing I ever heard of people drinking was KIWI shoe polish melted and filterd through bread.That was a story told to us in basic back in 83 about the Russian soldiers.I never tried it cause I just assumed it was some form of Cold War propaganda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBF Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 That Kiwi thing sounds pretty unhealthy to me, but I suppose you could test it on a few liberals and report back to us... Travis F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 "The worst thing I ever heard of people drinking was KIWI shoe polish melted and filterd through bread.That was a story told to us in basic back in 83 about the Russian soldiers.I never tried it cause I just assumed it was some form of Cold War propaganda." So does that mean if it wasn't Cold War propaganda, you would have tried it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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