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2nd March 06, 09:43 AM
#21
 Originally Posted by Graham
yes I read the article, powerful stuff, but I'm happy with 40%, very happy actually, come to menshun it ...I'm verie happie ...with fortie per sent....hic
Hey Graham,
Surely you've tried Bundaberg rum. Great stuff, but I don't think you can get it here in the US. A friend of mine from Sidney brings a bottle or 2 over every year.
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2nd March 06, 11:08 AM
#22
Just in case any of the youngsters on the board are confused, proof is twice the alcohol content.
Memories of buying legal corn whisky - Georgia Moon, comes in a mason jar for authenticity.
Over a year after I sobered up I found a jar of this great hooch hidden behind some books on a book shelf. Don't recall hiding it there. Must have wanted to save it. Used to bring it out for an annual "hobo" party.

Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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2nd March 06, 11:09 AM
#23
 Originally Posted by auld argonian
Glassman brought up the 151 rum which we used to call "dummy juice" because anybody trying to demonstrate the size of their cahones by imbibing it was usually "leaving the party early" (involuntarily). And the last thing you wanted to do around my crowd was to pass out drunk...you usually woke up and found yourself sitting on a bench at a bus stop dressed in womens' clothing with an obscenity written on your forehead in indelible marker....and those were the guys that got off easy.
Frankly I learned early on to drink for endurance...not that that's a good thing....
Best
AA
I have an absolutely frightening liver. My memory is a little foggy on the nights with drinking contests but I have never passed out in an alcohol induced stupor. Now, all of my opponents have, but not a single time for me. Not even one frightening trip to Russia when I actually had the displeasure of drinking home-distilled Vodka. That stuff made moonshine look like Kool Aide. But our hosts were horribly impressed that I could match them drink for drink and be none the worse. Of course they were certain that I must have some Russian blood in me somewhere. I was sad to dissappoint them on that point.
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3rd March 06, 06:22 AM
#24
I can vaguely recall a night of drinking planter's punch in San Juan Puerto Rico when I was in the navy. It is made with 151 rum among other things. We had a radioman from the back country of Arkansas who bragged that he had been drinking moonshine since he was 15 and could handle anything. We had the bartender make him a Planter's punch which was about three quarters 151 run. He turned up the glass and chugged it down. To his credit, he managed to walk out of the bar, but he did pass out on the way back to our ship. We all tend to do dumb things in our youth.
"A day spent in the fields and woods, or on the water should not count as a day off our allotted number upon this earth."
Jerry, Kilted Old Fart.
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3rd March 06, 06:33 AM
#25
YES! I would love to try it, just for the experience (before I collapse).
Heck, it wouldn't take long to get gypsy-kissed on that brew!
Last edited by Graham; 3rd March 06 at 06:36 AM.
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3rd March 06, 06:35 AM
#26
 Originally Posted by SouthernScot
Hey Graham,
Surely you've tried Bundaberg rum. Great stuff, but I don't think you can get it here in the US. A friend of mine from Sidney brings a bottle or 2 over every year.
not really into rum I'm afraid, I do know of it, of course. (and that is SYDNEY)
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3rd March 06, 09:14 AM
#27
 Originally Posted by JerMc
To his credit, he managed to walk out of the bar, but he did pass out on the way back to our ship. We all tend to do dumb things in our youth.
I hope that all of our friends who have the courtesy and good manners to walk outside before hurling and passing out know how much the rest of us appreciate your consideration.
Some of the best stories I've ever heard came from my buddy Charley (now deceased...and we all miss him every day) about his time in the US Navy. I seem to recall his telling us of a joint in the islands that had a specialty cocktail called "The Skull Buster". There was a sign on the wall that said "skullbuster: limit 1".
Best
AA
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3rd March 06, 09:31 AM
#28
 Originally Posted by auld argonian
I hope that all of our friends who have the courtesy and good manners to walk outside before hurling and passing out know how much the rest of us appreciate your consideration.
this thread has me so enthralled and excited at the thought of the St Patricks day festivities i will be attending tomorrow (its in Hoboken - a smaller town just outside of NYC who dioes their parade early so as not to conflict with NYC itself)
Hoboken is NOTORIOUS for kids who cant hold thier liquor and i got a feeling tomorrow is just gonna get ugly...
gonna wear my big sn1t kicker combat boots to be on the safe side...
ITS A KILT, G** D*** IT!
WARNING: I RUN WITH SCISSORS
“I asked Mom if I was a gifted child… she said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me."
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3rd March 06, 09:36 AM
#29
Had a client a few weeks ago. A little guy, weighed about 120 pounds. He had an extreme DUI with a blood alcohol level pushing 0.20
The guy kept insisting he normally didn't drink, and right before he got the DUI he'd only had three drinks. Kept telling him I'm not a cop, no need to lie, its obvious from his blood alcohol level he had about nine drinks.
He kept insisting it was only three.
So asked him to tell me about that night. He said he was sober, stopped by a bar looking for a friend who hung out there. Stumbled onto other friends playing a drinking game and that he had three drinks as part of that drinking game then left to keep looking for his friend.
I asked him what he had to drink, he said "Ankle Breakers." What's in them? He didn't know. So we looked it up on the Internet.
2 oz 151 proof rum
1 oz cherry brandy
1 oz fresh lime juice
So we were both right. He only had three drinks in terms of glasses of booze. But each glass held the equivalent of three drinks, so he had the same amount of alcohol contained in nine regular drinks.
He tossed nine drinks into a 120 pound body, got behind the wheel before the alcohol left his intestines for his blood, got down the road and became a very intoxicated driver.
Ya gotta know what's in them things....
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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3rd March 06, 09:49 AM
#30
 Originally Posted by Riverkilt
So we were both right. He only had three drinks in terms of glasses of booze. But each glass held the equivalent of three drinks, so he had the same amount of alcohol contained in nine regular drinks. ....
Ya gotta know what's in them things....
Ron's right. Just because there is only one glass, doesn't mean it's only one drink. You can put a lot of alcohol in a glass if there's not much diluting it. And let's not forget the fishbowl sized drinks you get in some places. It's only one glass, but it's got the equivalent of 4-6 drinks worth of alcohol in it.
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb
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