tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216751897705338056.post591027990256818842..comments2023-10-17T03:41:01.759-04:00Comments on reflexiones finales: Whiskey apocalypserussell1200http://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216751897705338056.post-9286640995165721542014-06-12T12:33:29.192-04:002014-06-12T12:33:29.192-04:00Sunnybrook: Self medication with combined with co...Sunnybrook: Self medication with combined with conspicuous consumption: got to love it.<br /><br />James: Yes the Chinese scale is scary. But their economy appears to be in overdrive implosion mode, so we will see about the "buying up" idea.<br /><br />Degringolade: Combined with a weakened U.S. currency, the price would go up a lot.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216751897705338056.post-57503913117884475942014-06-06T13:20:08.497-04:002014-06-06T13:20:08.497-04:00You know, that might be a bit of a good thing. Ma...You know, that might be a bit of a good thing. Maybe if the price goes up enough, we can shake the yuppie-boomer-pretentious scum that has been driving up the price.<br /><br />I think that a lot of this has to do with the "want-so-desperately-to-be-hip" crowd recently discovering American whiskey.<br /><br />This followed the vodka and scotch gentrification schemes of the 90's and 2000's. <br /><br />All I know is that the cost of my beloved Maker's Mark and George Dickel has bee rising because of this.Degringoladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893964959960977677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216751897705338056.post-41483216706173549222014-06-06T10:15:48.042-04:002014-06-06T10:15:48.042-04:00In the book "Who Will Feed China?", a sc...In the book "Who Will Feed China?", a scary as hell book you should read right before bedtime, the observation was made that if every Chinaman drank one beer ( or one extra beer if they were already drinking ), there wouldn't be enough raw ingrediants in the world to produce that demand. I would be worried about beer if I were you because as soon as China turns its sites on a new item it wants, they can outbid us easily. Whether coal, or meat or whatever.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216751897705338056.post-52119005256852227842014-06-06T08:18:08.024-04:002014-06-06T08:18:08.024-04:00People are needing to self medicate all around the...People are needing to self medicate all around the world as stress levels rise. Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.com