Finally! Canned Whisky
A Panama-based company believes outdoor drinkers would prefer to crack open a tin rather than lug round a bottle of their favourite tipple.
Now bosses at Scottish Spirits – which retains an office in Glasgow – is testing out the novelty on its Caribbean and South American markets.[...]
Scottish Spirits launched the tins last week, the first time straight whisky has been sold in a can.
Chief executive Manish Panshal said: ‘We are really thrilled with the idea – it’s going to be a part of every lifestyle and occasion.
"...a part of every lifestyle and occasion"? I, um, admire their optimism.
My coworkers are joking about buying me a bottle of scotch for last week.
I SO deserve one, damnit. Even cheap shit.
I love my UPS guy. He's sweet and does yeoman's work. He has even forgiven me for Bartleby scaring the crap out of him a few years ago.
Similarly, my regular USPS guy is the bomb diggity. Such a sweetheart.
But, more than anything, it rocks to live above a local retail establishment that receives deliveries for pretty much everyone in the 'hood. In general, I'm shocked when delivery people actually knock at my door. They just go straight to the store. Which, eh. I don't really care.
Lunchtime Clock Slows Down Time When You're Off Work
Thanks to great in advances in clock technology, I present to you a clock that speeds up 20% every day at 11:00 and slows down 20% every day at 11:48, giving you an extra twelve minutes of lunch to enjoy. Twelve minutes may not seem like a lot but, to put it into perspective, this is a full additional hour of lunchtime gained every week.
Sorry you are joining the thankfully small ranks of buffistas who had murders in front of where they live (um, I think that's just you and me so far.)
Nope! Happened to me in my old neighborhood. Awful, really - a cab driver who got into a fare dispute with a passenger. Said passenger beat the shit out of him and then jumped in the cab and ran him over.
Oh, and my friend just a few weeks ago (she lives more up by shrift). The whole story was basically summed up as "Took the dog out for a walk: no dead guy. Got home from the walk: dead guy." We never did find out what happened there.
Sorry you are joining the thankfully small ranks of buffistas who had murders in front of where they live (um, I think that's just you and me so far.)
Oh yeah - me too. (One of the murders in Mpls was in front of our house. A drive-by shooting - a housemate was home and heard the shots and saw the car drive away.)
Sorry you are joining the thankfully small ranks of buffistas who had murders in front of where they live (um, I think that's just you and me so far.) At least your car wasn't behind crimetape??
me three! In front of my old place in DC, not in Seattle (and the 7-11 directly under my floor was shot up, but I don't think they actually killed the clerk, though they did shoot the ceiling/my floor)
Someone shot my car when it was parked in front of my house in Alameda. Never figured that one out.
The only murder was not near home. Driving through Oakland, a car in front of me stopped, a guy hopped out, shot/killed a guy in another car, hopped back in his car and drove off. . This was about 3 blocks from the police station.
I've begun thinking that eBay is the savior of the USPS, because no one sends letters anymore, but we all need to ship our stuff.
shrift, be careful!
I remember when my sister lived on N. Sheridan near Foster that I'd be a bit nervous about where I parked my car. Since it was a POS, I never had a problem with it. However, several years after she moved out to the West Coast, I was watching the local news when they reported a story about a drug guy who kidnapped another drug guy's daughter and held her for some kind of ransom from his counterpart. When they announced what building she was held in, it turned out it was my sister's old apartment building.
