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    How fast is your game?

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

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    Does anyone remember these things called board wargames? Back when we used to play them, we would be thrilled if we could play a few turns per week. Stop your whining, and learn some patience or stop drinking so much Coke. Take a valium or several. Better yet, why don't you imagine when you could only dream of a game such as this? (and then you can play it as fast as you want to in your mind; although this is really nothing more than mental masturbation).

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    Rebutile to the UK question on "Who killed JFK?" on the Election-Day threads

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

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    Wrong Maximus.

    In 1960, Kennedy won the popular vote by 114,673 votes. He received the electoral college votes from 22 states, while Nixon received the electoral college votes from 26 states. The total votes cast that year were about 69,000,000.

    The three popular vote losers, but electoral college winners were;

    John Qincy Adams - 1824

    Rutherford B Hayes - 1876

    Benjamin Harrison - 1888

    1960

    Kennedy: 34,227,096

    Nixon: 34,107,646

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    Combat MIssion "Hit"

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

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    A lot of the producers of single malts have had glasses specifically designed for them. I'm partial to the glasses that I've obtained from buying Bowmore 12. Its rather fat/bulbous at the bottom, tapering slightly in the middle and then flaring out at the top. It makes it quite easy to hold in one hand while warning the malt to the point where it becomes quite aromatic.

    When I started, it was over one ice cube; now I prefer it straight or with a dash/drop of mineral water.

    Andreas is quite right; sometimes a drop of water does wonders (if you do this with Laphroaig you can smell the smoke wafting up).

    A *very* good site is www.scotchwhisky.com

    It has tons of information, giving tasting notes, how to get started, the different regions, etc.

    Myself, I am partial to the Islays (typically very smoky, peaty and phenolic/medecinal), but am starting to discover the subtelties of Highland malts.

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    Off Topic: For Germanboy re: Macallan's 25 yr old

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

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    The brief summation is that it is not worth it, in comparison to the 18, 15, and 12 yr old Macallan's. As a matter of fact, I would take standard Laphroaig, Lagavulin, Talisker or even 10 yr old Balvenie. Factor in the price ($289 Cdn), and there really is no contest.

    Now, the caveat is that it was my 40th birthday over the weekend, and a lot of pale ale, Steinlager and Glenfiddich was also consumed, so my tasting notes are based entirely on a foggy memory. I'm also told that I jumped off the roof of a house into a pool, so take this with a grain of salt.

    Colour: very dark orange, bordering on a firebrick red.

    Aroma: initially it reminded me of candied ginger, followed up very quickly by a strong treacally smell. Sherry there? Not surprising since I think that all of the Macallan's is aged in imported sherry oak casks.

    Taste: well, this was quite a disappointment. I picked up a little bit of vanilla, ginger and sherry, but it faded unbelievably fast.

    I expect a lot from my scotches; including complexity, depth, and a lingering aftertaste. I got none of that from the 25 yr old. Unfortunately, I can't convince myself that my lack of appreciation is not due to the other liquors that were consumed (this is really a fuzzy point for me after the weekend), and I'll probably be stupid enough to try it again.

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