Got Quinine?

With the mosquito season just around the corner, the prudent course of action is to increase your quinine levels to stave off the dreaded malaria. This seems to work well as I haven't yet contracted malaria (medicinal purposes only, you understand.)
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Ah yes, my favourite medicine.

Now, the thing to remember is that quinine is strong medicine, so I'd say easy on the Indian tonic water, heavy on the Tanqueray.
A buddy of mine has a rule that says 1 bottle of Tonic water should at least last one bottle of gin.

what's the vanilla for?

i prefer 3 fingers of beefeaters and a splash of tonic.. garnish with lemon..

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Originally Posted by vthomlinson

what's the vanilla for?

i prefer 3 fingers of beefeaters and a splash of tonic.. garnish with lemon..

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3-4 fingers gin
splash of tonic
slice of lime
about 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla (sounds funky but it really is nice)

I actually drank G&T through the winter. Benjamin (BKratchmer) got me turned onto New Amsterdam. It is very cheap, but has a nice glass bottle and, more importantly, I think it's delicious. More citrus flavor than your average gin, so probably not a Gin Drinker's Gin. Makes a really nice G&T on the rocks with a splash of tonic. It's even very nice just over ice.

also.. i tend to run out of gin long before i run out of tonic.. so i found a really nice mix.. tequila and tonic.. sounds disgusting.. tastes lovely. something hemingway would think up.

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Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I actually drank G&T through the winter. Benjamin (BKratchmer) got me turned onto New Amsterdam. It is very cheap, but has a nice glass bottle and, more importantly, I think it's delicious. More citrus flavor than your average gin, so probably not a Gin Drinker's Gin. Makes a really nice G&T on the rocks with a splash of tonic. It's even very nice just over ice.

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Please keep it to yourself if you like to slurp the dirty rocks, and then chew them. that is just so hard-core.. believe me, i know.

btw, i just dropped the red point 917 you honed for me around thanksgiving and broke the scales. bummer. i got a strop from srd today and gave the razor 5 laps on an enders oak loaf barber's hone, stropped it up, and shaved, broken scale and all.

hmm gin and tonic with vanilla? going to try that right now.

-dan-

well im out of tonic, so i went with soda water, not bad probably better with tonic though

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Originally Posted by vthomlinson

something hemingway would think up.

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Hemingway was quite the man. The more I read about him (or read his works), the more I envy the life he lead.

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Originally Posted by MackofallTrades

Hemingway was quite the man. The more I read about him (or read his works), the more I envy the life he lead.

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Short of the crippling depression and suicide.:p

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Originally Posted by Theseus

Short of the crippling depression and suicide.:p

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Alas, the sun must set, even on the most beautiful of days.

I've read that his suicide was amongst the most gruesome ever (double barrelled shotgun to the mouth/face) quite a mess indeed. Papa indeed had quite a life one that most men would envy but it did come to a sad and tragic end. I'd say however that he was the poster boy for "What a ride!"

Thank heavens we have no mosquitos here. From my experience i know that being such a strong medicine gin doesn't only keep malaria away but can easily kill the person who's drinking it. Hangover is terrible.
Those who've had it never go to hell as they already lived thru one here on earth.
On the celebrated and confident Sailors Horror Scale there are only two drinks that are even more lethal, eh effective: Unicum Zwack and Russian Vodka scented with cinnamon

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Thank heavens we have no mosquitos here. From my experience i know that being such a strong medicine gin doesn't only keep malaria away but can easily kill the person who's drinking it. Hangover is terrible.
Those who've had it never go to hell as they already lived thru one here on earth.
On the celebrated and confident Sailors Horror Scale there are only two drinks that are even more lethal, eh effective: Unicum Zwack and Russian Vodka scented with cinnamon

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Haven't had occassion to get really carried away with it but I can tell by initial indications that if I ever did it would indeed be quite painful. Even in moderation, when I drink gin and tonic, I tend to wake up in the middle of the night feeling like I've never had a drink of water in my entire life.

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Originally Posted by Birnando

Ah yes, my favourite medicine.

Now, the thing to remember is that quinine is strong medicine, so I'd say easy on the Indian tonic water, heavy on the Tanqueray.
A buddy of mine has a rule that says 1 bottle of Tonic water should at least last one bottle of gin.

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Tanqueray? :tu
Mixed in those proportions? :tu :tu

:D

Another thing that's really nice is to put a couple of slices of cucumber in it. Makes it a really refreshing drink on a hot day...!

Cucumber
Club Soda
Crushed Ice
Ketel One
Quite Refreshing

sorry to keep coming back to hemingway.. a funny fact.. the shotgun used was sold to him by abercrombie & fitch..

as for the most gruesome writer suicide.. that award goes to sylvia plath.

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Originally Posted by vthomlinson

sorry to keep coming back to hemingway.. a funny fact.. the shotgun used was sold to him by abercrombie & fitch..

as for the most gruesome writer suicide.. that award goes to sylvia plath.

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I wasn't aware of Sylvia Plath's method of suicide. I looked it up, and you're right, CO poisoning is rather gruesome. Not to say that a shotgun to the face isn't. I can't help but think that if Hemingway had committed suicide in this day and age, someone would have sued A&F for selling him the shotgun. Perhaps we should now return this thread to it's regularly scheduled topic.

I have replaced T-N-T's with Mojitos for the hot weather!!!

Rockin a G&T even as we speak. quite refreshing.