...The old Albion

On 2015-12-04 02:41:16 +0000, Joe Makowiec said:

On 03 Dec 2015 in rec.photo.digital, Savageduck wrote:

I am not a regular beer drinker, but when I am tempted by a beer I
favor the Belgian Abby ales, particularly St Bernardus Abt 12.

When you come back East, you'll have to go to Ommegang:

http://www.ommegang.com/

They specialize in Belgian style ales. My kids took me there for
Father's Day a couple of years back.

Cooperstown, that is close to my old stomping grounds in Syracuse,
Utica, and Inlet.
I remember the days in the 60's & '70's when a tour of the Utica Club
brewery was an alibi for drinking more watery beer than it was possible
to tolerate. I guess I wasn't too fussy back then, and I don't remember
UC as being too bad. Certainly better than Bud, Schlitz, or Pabst.

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Savageduck

PeterN Wrote in message:
On 12/1/2015 2:11 PM, dimitris tzortzakakis wrote:

snip

Thanks a lot the next photo of myself will be with the bagpipes
and the kilt waving the flag of scotland btw today i had haggis
in the pub with guiness!

I am convinced that the Scots invented haggis for immigration control
purposes. I have no problems eating poutine, sea urchin, chocolate
covered grasshoppers etc. But draw a firm line at haggis.


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I liked it veru much because in greece we have a similar offal
course,called mageiritsa which is served on good saturday to
celebrate jesus` resurrection.mum did make a really good
mageiritsa.it`s served after we return from the mess,after
midnight
..
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On 03 Dec 2015 in rec.photo.digital, Savageduck wrote:

I remember the days in the 60's & '70's when a tour of the Utica
Club brewery was an alibi for drinking more watery beer than it was
possible to tolerate. I guess I wasn't too fussy back then, and I
don't remember UC as being too bad. Certainly better than Bud,
Schlitz, or Pabst.

My brother and his friend, one finishing college and the other a tour in
the military, showed up on Utica Club's doorstep and requested a tour.
The person issuing tickets asked, "You want the college tour?" "What's
that?" they asked. "That's where you skip the brewery and go straight to
the tasting room..."

They actually toured the brewery.

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On 12/4/2015 3:52 AM, dimitris tzortzakakis wrote:
PeterN Wrote in message:
On 12/1/2015 2:11 PM, dimitris tzortzakakis wrote:

snip

Thanks a lot the next photo of myself will be with the bagpipes
and the kilt waving the flag of scotland btw today i had haggis
in the pub with guiness!

I am convinced that the Scots invented haggis for immigration control
purposes. I have no problems eating poutine, sea urchin, chocolate
covered grasshoppers etc. But draw a firm line at haggis.


--
PeterN


I liked it veru much because in greece we have a similar offal
course,called mageiritsa which is served on good saturday to
celebrate jesus` resurrection.mum did make a really good
mageiritsa.it`s served after we return from the mess,after
midnight
.


Horses for courses.

--
PeterN

On 12/4/2015 10:07 AM, Joe Makowiec wrote:
On 03 Dec 2015 in rec.photo.digital, Savageduck wrote:

I remember the days in the 60's & '70's when a tour of the Utica
Club brewery was an alibi for drinking more watery beer than it was
possible to tolerate. I guess I wasn't too fussy back then, and I
don't remember UC as being too bad. Certainly better than Bud,
Schlitz, or Pabst.

My brother and his friend, one finishing college and the other a tour in
the military, showed up on Utica Club's doorstep and requested a tour.
The person issuing tickets asked, "You want the college tour?" "What's
that?" they asked. "That's where you skip the brewery and go straight to
the tasting room..."

They actually toured the brewery.


Many moons ago we went on a tour of the Great Western Winery. We arrived
on opening day, and were the only visitors. The tour guide was so happy
to see us that he gave us the deluxe VIP tour, which includes lots of
munchies. I has so much wine that I could not drive, and had to pull
over and rest for about several hours.

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"Whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, 2 December 2015 16:59:03 UTC, PAS wrote:
"Whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 21:05:29 UTC, PAS wrote:
"dimitris tzortzakakis" wrote in message
...
"PAS" Wrote in message:
"Tzortzakakis Dimitris" wrote in message
...
As some people may know, I'm greek. I tried to make ends meet
here,
but I barely managed to put food on the table. So I'm moving
to
the
UK, to Scotland, Coatbridge, just 20 train minutes from
Glasgow.I'm
taking my camera with me, goes without saying, so I'll post
photos
from good old Albion.

With a name like that, I thought you were Irish

My cousin and her family live in Athens, they are from Mytilini
and
still have their house there but that city has become a mess
due
to
the
Syrian refugees that have flooded in. She and her husband have
two
sons, ages 19 and 14. They are extremely worried about the
future
of
their sons. Their sons will most likely leave Greece at some
point
as
they get older to seek a better opportunity.

My best to you for a bright future.
Thanks a lot the next photo of myself will be with the bagpipes
and the kilt waving the flag of scotland btw today i had haggis
in the pub with guiness!

You couldn't pay me to either eat haggis or drink a
room-temperature
beer or ale.

I've not had haggis but nothing wrong with room-temperature, not
sure
about beer depends on what yuo call beer, lager on the other hand
is
so crap it has to be served cold so you can't taste it, although I
do
like some lagers they have to be cold good tasting ale doesnt
taste
right when cold.

I think it's similar with wine but I don't drink good wine, too
expensive,
now where's my bottle of thunderbird ;-)

I'm not a drinker but enjoy a good beer now-and-then.

I guess its how you define good and beer.
I prefer a nice ale. :-)

I do not drink
any liquor for a couple of reasons, one of them being that I don't
like
the taste of those I've tried when I was younger.

I used to be able to drink cans of cola, I can;t now unless I dilute it
with whisky.

LOL. Coke was my real vice and all that sugar over the years didn't do
me any good. It's still my drink of choice over anything else but I
cannot have it any longer. I do drink Coke Zero as it's the only diet
soda that I like.

I never had any taste
for wine of any kind, I absolutely hate wine.

There's quite a varaition between red and white then plenty of
differncies between them. I used to prefer red wine but haven;t found
one I actual like in the last 10 years, I think it's down to price.

I've got peculiar tastes, obviously.

Tastes change a little with time and so do the products over the years.

True. But my "picky" eating and drinking habits have made me to not go
outside of the box I've made for myself. I don't experiment. My eating
habots are pretty much the same as they were when I was young.

I tried some of the beers when I was in the UK but didn't like them
at
all - I simply do not like room temperature beer. While I was there,
I'd drink Stella - nice and cold.

In the UK that's know as wife beater beer. Anyway stella isn;t a beer
it's a lager. I used to drink stella in the 90s, but then it 'turned
syrupy' and I just can;t drink it now. If I'm going to drink lager
it's staropramen or san miguel, while there are a few others I can
drink if the pub doesn't have my preferencies I have no trouble
spending a couple of hours in a pub and not drinking anything.

Maybe this is a case of semantics. Stella is a pilsner beer, which is a
pale lager. It's a beer that is a type of lager, I guess. I prefer the
pale beers, not the darker ones. On Long Island, in addition to some of
the excellent wineries (so I'm told, since I cannot stand the taste of
wine), there are a lot of new micro breweries. There are also a few
small distilleries.



Well, here`s a photo of me in front of a horse made of steel wire.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k0lheeoinb...I0094.JPG?dl=0
I hope the link came all ok since I copied it by hand.
The horse is in the pedestrian zone in Glasgow.
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On 1/1/2016 7:34 AM, dimitris tzortzakakis wrote:
"PAS" Wrote in message:

snip


Maybe this is a case of semantics. Stella is a pilsner beer, which is a
pale lager. It's a beer that is a type of lager, I guess. I prefer the
pale beers, not the darker ones. On Long Island, in addition to some of
the excellent wineries (so I'm told, since I cannot stand the taste of
wine), there are a lot of new micro breweries. There are also a few
small distilleries.



Well, here`s a photo of me in front of a horse made of steel wire.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k0lheeoinb...I0094.JPG?dl=0
I hope the link came all ok since I copied it by hand.
The horse is in the pedestrian zone in Glasgow.


I had to tilt my head sideways to see it. Good luck in your new
beginning. I imagine that it took a lot of courage to make a move like
that.


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"dimitris tzortzakakis" wrote in message
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"PAS" Wrote in message:

"Whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, 2 December 2015 16:59:03 UTC, PAS wrote:
"Whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 21:05:29 UTC, PAS wrote:
"dimitris tzortzakakis" wrote in message
...
"PAS" Wrote in message:
"Tzortzakakis Dimitris" wrote in message
...
As some people may know, I'm greek. I tried to make ends
meet
here,
but I barely managed to put food on the table. So I'm moving
to
the
UK, to Scotland, Coatbridge, just 20 train minutes from
Glasgow.I'm
taking my camera with me, goes without saying, so I'll post
photos
from good old Albion.

With a name like that, I thought you were Irish

My cousin and her family live in Athens, they are from
Mytilini
and
still have their house there but that city has become a mess
due
to
the
Syrian refugees that have flooded in. She and her husband
have
two
sons, ages 19 and 14. They are extremely worried about the
future
of
their sons. Their sons will most likely leave Greece at some
point
as
they get older to seek a better opportunity.

My best to you for a bright future.
Thanks a lot the next photo of myself will be with the
bagpipes
and the kilt waving the flag of scotland btw today i had
haggis
in the pub with guiness!

You couldn't pay me to either eat haggis or drink a
room-temperature
beer or ale.

I've not had haggis but nothing wrong with room-temperature, not
sure
about beer depends on what yuo call beer, lager on the other hand
is
so crap it has to be served cold so you can't taste it, although I
do
like some lagers they have to be cold good tasting ale doesnt
taste
right when cold.

I think it's similar with wine but I don't drink good wine, too
expensive,
now where's my bottle of thunderbird ;-)

I'm not a drinker but enjoy a good beer now-and-then.

I guess its how you define good and beer.
I prefer a nice ale. :-)

I do not drink
any liquor for a couple of reasons, one of them being that I don't
like
the taste of those I've tried when I was younger.

I used to be able to drink cans of cola, I can;t now unless I dilute
it
with whisky.

LOL. Coke was my real vice and all that sugar over the years didn't
do
me any good. It's still my drink of choice over anything else but I
cannot have it any longer. I do drink Coke Zero as it's the only
diet
soda that I like.

I never had any taste
for wine of any kind, I absolutely hate wine.

There's quite a varaition between red and white then plenty of
differncies between them. I used to prefer red wine but haven;t found
one I actual like in the last 10 years, I think it's down to price.

I've got peculiar tastes, obviously.

Tastes change a little with time and so do the products over the
years.

True. But my "picky" eating and drinking habits have made me to not
go
outside of the box I've made for myself. I don't experiment. My
eating
habots are pretty much the same as they were when I was young.

I tried some of the beers when I was in the UK but didn't like them
at
all - I simply do not like room temperature beer. While I was
there,
I'd drink Stella - nice and cold.

In the UK that's know as wife beater beer. Anyway stella isn;t a beer
it's a lager. I used to drink stella in the 90s, but then it 'turned
syrupy' and I just can;t drink it now. If I'm going to drink lager
it's staropramen or san miguel, while there are a few others I can
drink if the pub doesn't have my preferencies I have no trouble
spending a couple of hours in a pub and not drinking anything.

Maybe this is a case of semantics. Stella is a pilsner beer, which
is a
pale lager. It's a beer that is a type of lager, I guess. I prefer
the
pale beers, not the darker ones. On Long Island, in addition to some
of
the excellent wineries (so I'm told, since I cannot stand the taste
of
wine), there are a lot of new micro breweries. There are also a few
small distilleries.



Well, here`s a photo of me in front of a horse made of steel wire.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k0lheeoinb...I0094.JPG?dl=0
I hope the link came all ok since I copied it by hand.
The horse is in the pedestrian zone in Glasgow.

You have quite a bit of hair on that head, are you sure you're Greek?

"PAS" Wrote in message:
"dimitris tzortzakakis" wrote in message
...
"PAS" Wrote in message:

"Whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Wednesday, 2 December 2015 16:59:03 UTC, PAS wrote:
"Whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 21:05:29 UTC, PAS wrote:
"dimitris tzortzakakis" wrote in message
...
"PAS" Wrote in message:
"Tzortzakakis Dimitris" wrote in message
...
As some people may know, I'm greek. I tried to make ends
meet
here,
but I barely managed to put food on the table. So I'm moving
to
the
UK, to Scotland, Coatbridge, just 20 train minutes from
Glasgow.I'm
taking my camera with me, goes without saying, so I'll post
photos
from good old Albion.

With a name like that, I thought you were Irish

My cousin and her family live in Athens, they are from
Mytilini
and
still have their house there but that city has become a mess
due
to
the
Syrian refugees that have flooded in. She and her husband
have
two
sons, ages 19 and 14. They are extremely worried about the
future
of
their sons. Their sons will most likely leave Greece at some
point
as
they get older to seek a better opportunity.

My best to you for a bright future.
Thanks a lot the next photo of myself will be with the
bagpipes
and the kilt waving the flag of scotland btw today i had
haggis
in the pub with guiness!

You couldn't pay me to either eat haggis or drink a
room-temperature
beer or ale.

I've not had haggis but nothing wrong with room-temperature, not
sure
about beer depends on what yuo call beer, lager on the other hand
is
so crap it has to be served cold so you can't taste it, although I
do
like some lagers they have to be cold good tasting ale doesnt
taste
right when cold.

I think it's similar with wine but I don't drink good wine, too
expensive,
now where's my bottle of thunderbird ;-)

I'm not a drinker but enjoy a good beer now-and-then.

I guess its how you define good and beer.
I prefer a nice ale. :-)

I do not drink
any liquor for a couple of reasons, one of them being that I don't
like
the taste of those I've tried when I was younger.

I used to be able to drink cans of cola, I can;t now unless I dilute
it
with whisky.

LOL. Coke was my real vice and all that sugar over the years didn't
do
me any good. It's still my drink of choice over anything else but I
cannot have it any longer. I do drink Coke Zero as it's the only
diet
soda that I like.

I never had any taste
for wine of any kind, I absolutely hate wine.

There's quite a varaition between red and white then plenty of
differncies between them. I used to prefer red wine but haven;t found
one I actual like in the last 10 years, I think it's down to price.

I've got peculiar tastes, obviously.

Tastes change a little with time and so do the products over the
years.

True. But my "picky" eating and drinking habits have made me to not
go
outside of the box I've made for myself. I don't experiment. My
eating
habots are pretty much the same as they were when I was young.

I tried some of the beers when I was in the UK but didn't like them
at
all - I simply do not like room temperature beer. While I was
there,
I'd drink Stella - nice and cold.

In the UK that's know as wife beater beer. Anyway stella isn;t a beer
it's a lager. I used to drink stella in the 90s, but then it 'turned
syrupy' and I just can;t drink it now. If I'm going to drink lager
it's staropramen or san miguel, while there are a few others I can
drink if the pub doesn't have my preferencies I have no trouble
spending a couple of hours in a pub and not drinking anything.

Maybe this is a case of semantics. Stella is a pilsner beer, which
is a
pale lager. It's a beer that is a type of lager, I guess. I prefer
the
pale beers, not the darker ones. On Long Island, in addition to some
of
the excellent wineries (so I'm told, since I cannot stand the taste
of
wine), there are a lot of new micro breweries. There are also a few
small distilleries.



Well, here`s a photo of me in front of a horse made of steel wire.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k0lheeoinb...I0094.JPG?dl=0
I hope the link came all ok since I copied it by hand.
The horse is in the pedestrian zone in Glasgow.

You have quite a bit of hair on that head, are you sure you're Greek?



???? What does being greek have to do with the hair on my head?
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"dimitris tzortzakakis" wrote in message
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"PAS" Wrote in message:
"dimitris tzortzakakis" wrote in message
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"PAS" Wrote in message:

"Whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Wednesday, 2 December 2015 16:59:03 UTC, PAS wrote:
"Whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 21:05:29 UTC, PAS wrote:
"dimitris tzortzakakis" wrote in message
...
"PAS" Wrote in message:
"Tzortzakakis Dimitris" wrote in message
...
As some people may know, I'm greek. I tried to make ends
meet
here,
but I barely managed to put food on the table. So I'm
moving
to
the
UK, to Scotland, Coatbridge, just 20 train minutes from
Glasgow.I'm
taking my camera with me, goes without saying, so I'll
post
photos
from good old Albion.

With a name like that, I thought you were Irish

My cousin and her family live in Athens, they are from
Mytilini
and
still have their house there but that city has become a
mess
due
to
the
Syrian refugees that have flooded in. She and her husband
have
two
sons, ages 19 and 14. They are extremely worried about the
future
of
their sons. Their sons will most likely leave Greece at
some
point
as
they get older to seek a better opportunity.

My best to you for a bright future.
Thanks a lot the next photo of myself will be with the
bagpipes
and the kilt waving the flag of scotland btw today i had
haggis
in the pub with guiness!

You couldn't pay me to either eat haggis or drink a
room-temperature
beer or ale.

I've not had haggis but nothing wrong with room-temperature, not
sure
about beer depends on what yuo call beer, lager on the other
hand
is
so crap it has to be served cold so you can't taste it, although
I
do
like some lagers they have to be cold good tasting ale doesnt
taste
right when cold.

I think it's similar with wine but I don't drink good wine, too
expensive,
now where's my bottle of thunderbird ;-)

I'm not a drinker but enjoy a good beer now-and-then.

I guess its how you define good and beer.
I prefer a nice ale. :-)

I do not drink
any liquor for a couple of reasons, one of them being that I
don't
like
the taste of those I've tried when I was younger.

I used to be able to drink cans of cola, I can;t now unless I
dilute
it
with whisky.

LOL. Coke was my real vice and all that sugar over the years
didn't
do
me any good. It's still my drink of choice over anything else but
I
cannot have it any longer. I do drink Coke Zero as it's the only
diet
soda that I like.

I never had any taste
for wine of any kind, I absolutely hate wine.

There's quite a varaition between red and white then plenty of
differncies between them. I used to prefer red wine but haven;t
found
one I actual like in the last 10 years, I think it's down to
price.

I've got peculiar tastes, obviously.

Tastes change a little with time and so do the products over the
years.

True. But my "picky" eating and drinking habits have made me to
not
go
outside of the box I've made for myself. I don't experiment. My
eating
habots are pretty much the same as they were when I was young.

I tried some of the beers when I was in the UK but didn't like
them
at
all - I simply do not like room temperature beer. While I was
there,
I'd drink Stella - nice and cold.

In the UK that's know as wife beater beer. Anyway stella isn;t a
beer
it's a lager. I used to drink stella in the 90s, but then it
'turned
syrupy' and I just can;t drink it now. If I'm going to drink
lager
it's staropramen or san miguel, while there are a few others I can
drink if the pub doesn't have my preferencies I have no trouble
spending a couple of hours in a pub and not drinking anything.

Maybe this is a case of semantics. Stella is a pilsner beer, which
is a
pale lager. It's a beer that is a type of lager, I guess. I
prefer
the
pale beers, not the darker ones. On Long Island, in addition to
some
of
the excellent wineries (so I'm told, since I cannot stand the taste
of
wine), there are a lot of new micro breweries. There are also a
few
small distilleries.



Well, here`s a photo of me in front of a horse made of steel wire.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k0lheeoinb...I0094.JPG?dl=0
I hope the link came all ok since I copied it by hand.
The horse is in the pedestrian zone in Glasgow.

You have quite a bit of hair on that head, are you sure you're Greek?



???? What does being greek have to do with the hair on my head?

Because most of the Greeks I know, including myself, are lacking hair on
our heads. It's in the Greek genes