HOF44

1 hour ago, Skinsfan1311 said:

 

****ing Haters!

If memory serves, your wife is a bourbon fan too?  Didn't you, and her, stop by one of our tailgates and sip a little bourbon with us? 

She’s actually the real drinker.  Loved the GTS neat.  

40 minutes ago, Skinsfan1311 said:

Ardbeg 10yr is my go-to.

 I have a bottle of Wee Beastie. It's okay, but not nearly as good as the 10 year.  You can tell it's a young whiskey. Too young. 

Aka "Nectar of the Gods"

 

Mellow Corn has a nice diesel taste if that’s your thing. Most likely the worst whiskey ever made. Buy at your own peril. 

21 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

If you mix your bourbon with ginger ale, just buy Beam. Or Old Crow. 🤮
 

This pretty much. Once you mix it doesn’t really make much difference in taste.  Just get the cheaper stuff. 

All you Marylanders, the Navy Exchange now has Blantons for 42.99 a bottle if you’re interested. 

Just now, Skinsfan1311 said:

 

True...there are a lot of good and cheap bourbons out there.  Biggest bang for the buck?  Old Forester 100, Old Grandad 114, Fighting ****, Elijah Craig,  Jim Beam Bonded, etc... 

But my motto is life is to short for cheap bourbon!!

Damn ruffians giving refined whiskey drinking a bad name!!

Also just as a general primer in drinking high proof spirits, you’re first glass of the day will give your palate an alcohol shock.  It will be hot and you won’t pick up a lot of flavors. When we pick barrels we taste like 6.  The first one we always come back to after trying them all because it doesn’t get a fair shot being first. 

The ones I listed above aren’t expensive and are very drinkable with some ice. 

40 minutes ago, ixcuincle said:

I've been doing some homework because I Want to get into harder liqours (mainly been drinking beer and wine) and want a stronger buzz

 

What bourbons or other types of liqour would yall recommend

 

And would you take it straight up or mixed? Tell me everything 😆🤔

Start with a little ice.  Then transition to neat.  That’s the route most people go. 
 

McKenna 10 Year Bourbon

Pikesville Rye

Angels Envy Bourbon

Old Grandad Bourbon.

Woodford Rye

My biggest issue with the Salt limitation is not the tax but the fact that all it funded was large cuts for businesses and the wealthiest.  If that had been part of providing a Basic Income or Universal Healthcare I would have been fine with it. 

6 hours ago, Elessar78 said:

On one hand, SALT is a big money thing for those of you that live in high COLA/Blue areas. On the other, it's also a very regressive tax.

It really was targeted for those areas.  

2 hours ago, Skinsfan1311 said:

Alcohol, or Income? 😉

Sshhhhhhhhhh we don’t talk about that!!!!

I don’t even want to talk about what I paid in taxes this year.  

4 hours ago, tshile said:

Love those photos @d0ublestr0ker0ll!

 

Brought the goldendoodle home saturday. She’s amazing so far. Not trained at all but just has good behaviors; a nice starting point.

 

Need pics.

my dog in cold weather 

A friend of mine smoked these today.  I need to find this cut to try. 
 

I go 95N to 395N to Glebe Road to National. Rarely have issues. 

1 hour ago, BatteredFanSyndrome said:

Back when I used to travel for work often, I would always choose Dulles if I could.  When I was going to LA every quarter, the non-stop flights on Virgin couldn't be beat.

 

My only issue with National is it's hell coming and going on 66.

When I do take Dulles it’s because of routes or plane type.   Really only hate the security.  If they would fix that I’d be ok with it.  I figure most of congress flies out of National so it probably gets better funding than anywhere else.  Makes things run smoother. 

50 minutes ago, ixcuincle said:

I was doing some research the other day and was stunned to realize that WFT had had a restaurant in Dulles international. During my research I also discovered that people did not like Dulles for some reason which made me sad. I was always a big Dulles guy. More accessible than BWI. Don't really have much experience flying out of National.

 

Do you all enjoy Dulles or no

National is by far the best in the area.  BWI is good but unless HUGE savings to far for me. Dulles security is just awful. Never enough lanes open and god forbid a 747 or A380 is loading up around the same time as your flight. 

1 hour ago, EmirOfShmo said:

Yeah, maybe the Dems just say: If you voted against this, we will remove an equal portion from the budget for each negative vote & your district gets $0.00 from this bill. We thereby reduce the $1.9T to $931B. Thanks, have a nice day. 

Genius!!!  These fools need to start feeling the pain of their vote. 

5 minutes ago, NoCalMike said:

 

HOF44 hows it going I haven't seen you around in awhile.   

 

Doing well, I pop in and out. Hope all’s good for you!

After the covid relief Bill everything is gonna come to a screeching halt.  Rep. gonna block everything with the filibuster in the senate. 

They need to tell the Rep that they are going ahead with reconciliation. If a deal can be struck before that procedure is finished they will move forward without it.  If not it will be passed using it.  But it will not be delayed. 

15 minutes ago, bearrock said:

One strategy Dems could employ is to use the GOP package as a basis for a quick compromise bill.  Then use reconciliation to pass another major pandemic plus agenda bill mid summer or so. 

 

It gives the WH a quick relief bill, victory on bipartisanship, save your spending reconciliation for this year (you get one spending reconciliation per year, so Biden will only have two before 2022), and you can always use "we were willing to compromise when GOP was willing to negotiate".

I thought they could do 3 reconciliation bills per year. 
 

ok they can pass one each on spending, revenue, and the debt limit.  So while technically 3 it’s one for what we are talking about. 

All the Rep are trying to do is create delay. They have no intentions of compromising. If they can make each bill take as long as possible it’ll reduce the number of things that can be done. Block when you can, stall when you can’t is their strategy. Ignore it and fight for your agenda.  

They can tell Susan Collins that the amount of this bill deeply disturbs them and Biden backing it is troublesome.  Then vote that damn thing through!!!

2 hours ago, Simmsy said:

See!? This good guy with a gun schtick is moronic on all levels. Besides, why would you fire at someone who is that close to an innocent target. Why would you try to kill someone who only shoplifted? People are too stupid to own guns.

This shooter was an idiot.  In my legal training class for concealed carry they had a lawyer speak.  He said think that everytime you shoot a gun the projectile has your name, address, and bank account information on it.  Be SURE what you are doing or at best you’ll be broke and at worst in jail.