Spirits Review Saint Patrick’s Day Special: Part 2 of 3!
Bottom Line: Caramel on the nose. Sweet caramel and cream flavor. John got the sea salt flavor. The tinyest amount of burn at the end. Excellent in coffee! 4 Thumbs up for the Carolans by itself and 4 enthusiastic thumbs up in coffee !
Spirits Review Saint Patrick’s Day Special: Part 1 of 3!
Bottom Line: Light tingle on the nose followed by a slightly sweet fruit note. John thought it was apple. I was pleasantly surprised to get a sweet chocolate flavor up front! John got an oak note. 2 Thumbs up and 2 thumbs down!
Ole, Sven, and Lars attended the sons of Norway fundraiser. As it turned out, they all won the raffle.
Ole got the grand prize, a 3 day guided fishing trip at lake mille lacs. Sven won the second prize, an all expenses paid trip to Duluth with tickets to see the Larson triplets. Lars got a custom toilet brush from Olmstead's kitchen and bath.
They met up a few weeks later and talked about their prizes. Ole says "I never had such a great time before! I caught more walleye than I thought possible !"
Sven says "Oh boy, dat was wonderful! The hotel was nice, the food was great, and those Larson triplets! Boy could they sing and dance! Looking at dem, you'd almost think they were sisters! What about you, Lars?"
Lars says "Vell, dat toilet brush is nice, but I don't think I'm giving up paper."
My thoughts are inspired by the TV show "alone". Obviously , they don't allow firearms, but if you had to live off the land with no help from others, what would your choice be?
My choice would be a bolt action 22 magnum.
Here's my reasoning.
Weight of ammo. A bit heavier than 22 l s lr, but not much.
Effective range. Quite a bit farther than 22lr.
Weight of rifle. Nuf said.
Harvesting. I've shot deer in my youth with 22lr and magnum. (Not recommended) I found the 22mag much better. For small game, its more destructive, but not like most centerfires. In the unlikely scenario of predator defense, cougars and wolves, the 22mag is pretty effective. Bears, well, placement of the shot is critical!
It's all theoretical, I'll never find myself living off the land, but I thought this would be an interesting topic for discussion and thought.
The heaviest element known to science was recently discovered by investigators at a major U.S. research university. The element, tentatively named administratium, has no protons or electrons and thus has an atomic number of 0. However, it does have one neutron, 125 assistant neutrons, 75 vice neutrons and 111 assistant vice neutrons, which gives it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by a force that involves the continuous exchange of meson-like particles called morons.
Since it has no electrons, administratium is inert. However, it can be detected chemically as it impedes every reaction it comes in contact with. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of administratium causes one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would have normally occurred in less than a second.
Administratium has a normal half-life of approximately three years, at which time it does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which assistant neutrons, vice neutrons and assistant vice neutrons exchange places. Some studies have shown that the atomic mass actually increases after each reorganization.
Research at other laboratories indicates that administratium occurs naturally in the atmosphere. It tends to concentrate at certain points such as government agencies, large corporations, and universities. It can usually be found in the newest, best appointed, and best maintained buildings.
Scientists point out that administratium is known to be toxic at any level of concentration and can easily destroy any productive reaction where it is allowed to accumulate. Attempts are being made to determine how administratium can be controlled to prevent irreversible damage, but results to date are not promising.
