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[Rab-oldname]

I hardly think that it would be worth while selling illicit hooch in Spain , when Scotch can be purchased for 4,59€. Different ball game in UK, I guess, but I refuse to believe that a major supermarket there would deal in illicit hooch.

I refute your accusation of naivety. You were the overly suspicious one about my statement, and I have proved my point conclusively- i.e. I can buy genuine Scotch , as described previously. It would be nice if you could admit this.

I believe you Bilbo!

[wee davy]

Did he pay you in bottles of Clydesdale to say that, Rab? lol

[bilbo.s]

Hard to find a bottle of Clydesdale since the demise of the dray horse !

[ashfield]

Hard to find a bottle of Clydesdale since the demise of the dray horse !

Well, I've got a bottle of Cutty Sark and she hasn't sailed for a while

[TeeHeeHee]

... I was staying in Amsterdam a few years back - and I asked for a glass of Johnnie Walkers. The proprietor duly fed me - then gave me AN OTHER ...

Jumpin' Jehosephat Davy, what a small world it is indeed ... we probably shared neighbouring booths in the same house of ill repute.
The difference was I asked the proprietor to bring me the best bottle he'd hold in reserve for his Scottish clients.
None of your Japaneese Jonee Waaka for this regular.

[wee davy]

Ah wiz there fer the tulip festivals! Honest pigeon

[Rab-oldname]

Well, I've got a bottle of Cutty Sark and she hasn't sailed for a while

I remember once going into a supermarket in Israel for a bottle. I reached for the 'Cutty Sark' and could not believe how cheap it was. Then I saw the label, which was identical to the true Cutty Sark but the name was shown as 'Clipper'. Verrrry crafty, but I saw it just in time!

[Rab-oldname]

Did he pay you in bottles of Clydesdale to say that, Rab? lol

Actually, Davy, it was something called 'WiskeeSuperextraordinarísimamentefaealicante' and it wisnae bad, though it smelt a wee bit of feet!

[bilbo.s]

Madre de díos ! First Johnnie Walker and now Cutty Sark. What a bunch of philistines on this board and they have the cheek to complain about fake hooch. Next it´ll be J&B . Do you guys drink the stuff with Coca-Cola ?

Speaking of feet, the local wine hereabouts is still made in the traditional way and is famous all over the country.

[TeeHeeHee]

Must be worth a comment or two:
The latest brainwave coming from our Glorious Leaders is to is to introduce a law making supermarkets hide cigarettes from displays so that underaged smokers wont be tempted to buy them.
A sneak preview of the "Caring Government's List of Things to Hide in Future" might also include Alcopops, crisps, cheap voddy & Jonee Waaka, chocolate (with the exception of Easter Eggs and Choclate Bunnies and Santas which commemorate religious festivals), and maybe even Big Macs, chips and Cola.
Magazines displaying ladies with exposed intimate body parts will not be hidden but raised one shelf higher so that only the bigger boys can get them.
In fairness to the Caring Government it's nice to see that something is being seen to be done ... although we wont really see it since the offending product must now be hidden from public view.

[ashfield]

Madre de díos ! First Johnnie Walker and now Cutty Sark.

Bill, my bottle of Cutty Sark was bought at the Famous Grouse distillery this time last year. It's a 25 yo limited edition at 45.7 proof. It had originally been on sale at £120 a bottle but I paid £30 (after a tasting ) although it was still £60 in Crieff.

[bilbo.s]

Well, Ash, I have only sampled the bog-standard blend., and so I hope your special edition is a lot better. Cutty Sark, J&B and their ilk are, in my opinion, for the American market where they like pale, bland whiskies, more like rye. I am a full-bodied man myself ( and growing by the minute!) I do like a bargain though and that seems to be one. I have an unopened millennium malt from Morangie. I do not know when I will open it, but I hope by the same token that it appeals to my palate better than the normal one, which I find floral.

[zascot]

As we said when we were 17 "Don`t mind if it is not to your taste , as long as it gets you pissed."

[Dave Grieve]

I have heard of this Dave , but I would think that it would have to go through some sort of refining process or it would mess up the engines .
Anyway the big oil companies will never let it on the market , and neither will the governments , They need the Taxes .

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We use a system manufactured by a German company called ATG where two tanks are used the main fuel tank is only for scrap cooking oil that has had all the water removed and filtered down to 1 micron, the second tank (20 liters) is only for diesel and is used to start the vehicle in the morning when the engine is cold, once the engine heats up the onboard computer switches from the diesel tank to the waste oil tank and as long as the engine stays hot it will run all day on cooking oil.

The 20 liter diesel normally lasts for plus minus two months before we have to top up again.

We have no problems here with the goverment as long as we register with the revenue people we are allowed to make and use 30,000 liters of biofuel per month for our own use.

[tombro]

THH,

Here in Oz, cigarettes are already hidden from view ! It's probably just as well as the Government, many years ago, introduced legislation to show the horrific effects of cigarette smoking on those packages ! Cigarettes are also put out in generic, drab coloured packages !

Thank goodness I haven't been interested in smoking since December 6, 2006, the day I had my heart attack !

Tombro