BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Blindlemonsteve
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 03:43 PM

they say that alcohol problems can escalate, i just spilt my wine reading this, just proves they are right.

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Peace
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 06:01 PM

George Bush is an alcohol related tragedy!

"NELSON Mandela yesterday assured the world that, contrary to the impression given by the President of the US, reports of his demise were greatly exaggerated.

Even for blunder-prone George Bush, it was a gaffe of toe-curling proportions.

Defending his stand on the war, Mr Bush said Saddam Hussein's brutality made it impossible for a unifying leader to emerge to halt civil warfare that has torn Iraq apart.

"I heard somebody say, 'Where's Mandela?'," Mr Bush said. "Well, Mandela's dead because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas."

The South African authorities were besieged with calls after Mr Bush's speech, which was carried live on TV. Many viewers feared the country's first black president and Nobel Peace Prize winner had died."

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Mr Red
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 12:43 PM

degree proof is based on the concentration that when poured over gunpowder it will ignite = 100 deg = proof spirit.

100% ABV = 180 deg proof.

You do the maths but it ain't that important as the concequences of drink driving. Is is OK to say "Fire Water" or is there a more PC expression these days?

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: fretless
Date: 21 Sep 07 - 05:25 PM

Whiskey on the highway is always a tragedy, but the greatest whisky crash story remains Compton MacKenzie's Whisky Galore (a.k.a. Tight Little Island in the cinematic version).

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Greg B
Date: 21 Sep 07 - 03:15 PM

"But Jim Beam is the best..."

...at removing paint stains from the car-park.

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Bert
Date: 21 Sep 07 - 02:32 PM

But Jim Beam is the best.

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: kendall
Date: 20 Sep 07 - 07:28 PM

Is this why we haven't heard from Dani lately?

The fact is, Jack Daniel's is the most popular whiskey in the world.

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Peace
Date: 19 Sep 07 - 08:42 PM

Absolutely. It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it.

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Grab
Date: 19 Sep 07 - 08:36 PM

The crash remained under investigation.

Presumably by the firemen, who'll keep on investigating until that truck's empty...

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Wesley S
Date: 19 Sep 07 - 10:45 AM

That would make it 90 proof. "Proof" is double the alcohol content by volume.

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: GUEST,T.Total
Date: 19 Sep 07 - 10:41 AM

What's the difference in describing something as "80 Proof" and something as "40% alcohol by volume"? And when something is "45% alcohol by volume", what Proof does that make it?

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: redsnapper
Date: 19 Sep 07 - 07:59 AM

Reminds me of that unfortunate and sad Grolsch crash

RS

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: catspaw49
Date: 19 Sep 07 - 06:42 AM

Tell ya' what Phil, losing a truckload of your stuff would be a cause for celebration to most Americans who know Jack makes the "real deal."

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Big Phil
Date: 19 Sep 07 - 04:59 AM

Thank goodness it was the American stuff and not the real deal, Scotlands finest export, single malt.

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: open mike
Date: 19 Sep 07 - 02:18 AM

that's drivin' me to drink...

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Mrrzy
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 09:40 PM

Now *that*'s alcohol abuse!

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 09:31 PM

It looks to me like that's mostly diesel smoke, or at worst some of the paper/cardboard packing. The Jack, if lit, should burn hot enough to clean up some of the black soot from other sources even, although at the normal 80 proof it would be pretty hard to get much of it going.

Be sure to visit the nearby damaged freight outlets to see if they've got some bargains in about a week - if the revenooers don't get it all.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Peace
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 06:05 PM

Our department would have had that blaze extinguished in a trice. The fire tetrahedron includes heat, oxygen, sustained chemical reaction and fuel. Remove any one of those things and the fire goes out. In this case I would have suggested that we deplete the fuel load.

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 04:00 PM

Well, hell, it's only Black Jack. Now if it were Bookers or Knob Creek or something good it'd be another story....

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Bill D
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 04:00 PM

gee 'spaw...did you get there with sponges in time? (We had a truckload of lobsters overturn 'round here a few years ago....folks were stopped all over the interstate 495, trying to chase down supper without being bitten or arrested)



(and did you get that last PM...)

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 03:44 PM

That's odd, it doesn't burn like that going down....

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Greg B
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 01:35 PM

MacIntyre!

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Wesley S
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 01:19 PM

I've never heard of Jack Black being offered "shaken not stirred".

Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: Riginslinger
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 01:16 PM

There's just simply no hope!

Subject: BS: Yet Another Alcohol Related Tragedy
From: catspaw49
Date: 18 Sep 07 - 12:58 PM

Well, to some anyway..............

Spaw