Canada, Alberta

[spring-peeper]

I googled it for you and there does seem to be a good variety.

whisky peaty-smoky alberta - Google Search

I know nothing about whiskey, but this one looks interesting. Fort McMurray had a massive fire a couple of years ago....

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/distilling-the-beast-fort-mcmurray-captures-wildfire-in-a-bottle-1.3822005

 

[Serge Forward]

Fort McMurray looked interesting... then I saw it's just 10 bottles a year auctioned

I'll have a dekko at the Google links

 

[petee]

well this isn't very polite

Iqaluit mayor punched assailant in the jaw outside grocery store, according to Facebook post

Iqaluit Mayor Kenny Bell got into a fight outside one of the city’s grocery stores, according to a post on his Facebook account.

www.nunavutnews.com

 

[Yossarian]

well this isn't very polite

Iqaluit mayor punched assailant in the jaw outside grocery store, according to Facebook post

Iqaluit Mayor Kenny Bell got into a fight outside one of the city’s grocery stores, according to a post on his Facebook account.

www.nunavutnews.com

Iqaluit is as far from Calgary as New York is from Denver or Belize so Serge Forward should be relatively safe from combative Arctic mayors.

 

[Serge Forward]

well this isn't very polite

Iqaluit mayor punched assailant in the jaw outside grocery store, according to Facebook post

Iqaluit Mayor Kenny Bell got into a fight outside one of the city’s grocery stores, according to a post on his Facebook account.

www.nunavutnews.com

What's a "stanky leg" when it's at home? A tired leg (from Italian stanca)?

 

[Serge Forward]

Iqaluit is as far from Calgary as New York is from Denver or Belize so Serge Forward should be relatively safe from combative Arctic mayors.

Right, that's too fucking big to be a country. I've told my son I'd quite like a day trip to Nunavut, with me in the car saying "are we there yet?" He reckons it can't be done. I told him, not with that attitude. Canada needs to be made a bit more of a manageable size.

 

[petee]

make sure to take a side-trip here too

L'Anse aux Meadows - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Serge Forward]

Yes, that looks equally accessible

 

[Ming]

Canadian Irish?

Also, I like my whisky peaty-smokey. Anything like that?

Like a Speyside? They’ve got allsorts here. I’m not an expert but do try the Redbreast. It was recommended to me by a bar manager with 15 years experience. It’s pure Irish.

 

[Serge Forward]

I generally like Islay and Skye whiskies - yer Laphroaig, Talisker and Ardbeg (the so called "tarry rope" one), some Speysides too... and Irish (though I only know of one peaty Irish - Connemara). I'm keen to sample the local rye and I'm sure I'll find loads of goodies there, enough to get proper kailayed

 

[Ming]

I generally like Islay and Skye whiskies - yer Laphroaig, Talisker and Ardbeg (the so called "tarry rope" one), some Speysides too... and Irish (though I only know of one peaty Irish - Connemara). I'm keen to sample the local rye and I'm sure I'll find loads of goodies there, enough to get proper kailayed

There’s loads of good booze here. The NY Mafia made a lot of money in the 20’s importing Canadian whisky.

 

[ouirdeaux]

There are many things to admire about Canada, but whisky is not one of them. I forget who said the Canadians were the only people to have invented a boring whisky, but they were right.

 

[petee]

There’s loads of good booze here. The NY Mafia made a lot of money in the 20’s importing Canadian whisky.

not just alot of money and not just nyc. it was basically the basis of the growth of US mafias. The Untouchables (Connery, Costner, Deniro) is a good watch.

 

[Ming]

not just alot of money and not just nyc. it was basically the basis of the growth of US mafias. The Untouchables (Connery, Costner) is a good watch.

My favourite book is The Godfather. Interesting time Prohibition.

 

[petee]

My favourite book is The Godfather. Interesting time Prohibition.

footnote: puzo had been trying to make a living writing literary fiction and a sibling said "okay art-boy but I bet you can't write a bestseller" and mario said "hold my red wine" and wrote The Godfather.

 

[Ming]

footnote: puzo had been trying to make a living writing literary fiction and a sibling said "okay art-boy but I bet you can't write a bestseller" and mario said "hold my red wine" and wrote The Godfather.

Yep! Know that. I was on holiday with parents in the Med and my mum was reading it. I was bored so started reading it. We ended up fighting over it for most of the two week holiday! Amazing book. Someone once described it as an ‘airport lounge bestseller’ which offended me but i suppose it is. It’s a really fucking good one though.

 

[spring-peeper]

Soon, Serge will be in our time zone!!!!

 

[Serge Forward]

Aye, not long now.... and in the weird weather zone. All that snow has melted and the sun's out with clear blue skyes.

 

[Serge Forward]

On my way

 

[Sue]

Have a great trip, Serge Forward. We want photos of mooses and Mounties and maple syrup.

 

[Idris2002]

make sure to take a side-trip here too

L'Anse aux Meadows - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I was watching this just the other night!

 

[Serge Forward]

Stuck waiting at the carousel. Bored now. Think I'll go back home.

 

[Humberto]

 

[Serge Forward]

Taps watch

 

[Humberto]

Why did you tap your watch?

 

[Serge Forward]

I'm on the move. Son met, off to get kaylied.

 

[Serge Forward]

Why did you tap your watch?

I was waiting for ages at the carousel.

So anyway, the customs woman has a sniffer dog and the dog is all over me. So she asks me if I've got anything. I said nowt that her dog would be interested in, unless it wants an apple. She looks at me all serious and says, you've got an apple? Apparently I'm not allowed to bring in fresh fruit and veg, so she confiscated it, and said I could be fined up to 1300 dollars for that Luckily she let me off. Phew.

So we had a blow out at Denny's, then got some rye from the liquor store... and I'm proper knackered now, so will shortly turn in.

 

[Ming]

I was waiting for ages at the carousel.

So anyway, the customs woman has a sniffer dog and the dog is all over me. So she asks me if I've got anything. I said nowt that her dog would be interested in, unless it wants an apple. She looks at me all serious and says, you've got an apple? Apparently I'm not allowed to bring in fresh fruit and veg, so she confiscated it, and said I could be fined up to 1300 dollars for that Luckily she let me off. Phew.

So we had a blow out at Denny's, then got some rye from the liquor store... and I'm proper knackered now, so will shortly turn in.

I love Denny’s. Lumberjack Slam FTW.

 

[spring-peeper]

I know we have animals here that you may not have in England.

So, just a friendly piece of advice.

 

[Serge Forward]

Jesus, I'm palatic now. Been drinking scotch, rye and bourbons with my son and his pal all night. Also went to a Cabelas store today and fully realised I'm not in Kansas any more.