Halos Heaven

Ugh, this is dumb.

I really hope the MLBPA is going to insist on some rule changes for the All-Star Game, like Saunders suggested.

~MMP~ - July 5, 2010 reply

Besides the pitchers you mentioned, you know who else got really snubbed? Joey Votto.

~MMP~ - July 5, 2010 reply

Lugol's Solution

Joe Giardia is a water-born disease that is prevalent in Nepal. It results in sulfur smelling farts. The preventative measure is to put iodine in your drinking water. In Nepal we always said “if it doesn’t taste like iodine it is not water.” To reduce my iodine intake I drank coffee in the morning, bottled soda water during the day, and beer at night. All of the imported beers had crowns on their labels: San Miguel, Tuborg, and Carlsberg. The crown on the label tied in with Nepal being the only Hindu monarchy in the world. Andrew “San Miguel” Duncan was the British entrepreneur who introduced the San Miguel brewery to Nepal. Andrew has been a regular at the Rum Doodle, the Up and Down Bar, Spam’s Spot, The Mayan Pub, K.C.‘s Restaurant, Paddy Foley’s, and Sam’s Bar in the Thamel district of Kathmandu for the past quarter century.

Anybody else notice that a shot of Jack Daniels at the Big A went up from $8.50 to $9.50 just in time for the All Star game? The $19 for a double of Jack Daniels at Anaheim Stadium will buy me a bottle of JD at Costco.

Yetijuice - July 5, 2010 reply

84 litres of Jack Daniels on the wall

At last count (summer 2007) I had gone through 84 litres of Jack Daniels in Nepal and India. In 2004 Jack Daniels switched from 86 proof to 80 proof to stay in-line with international taxation standards. I still have two bottles of 86 proof JD locked in a cupboard in Manali in Himachal Pradesh, India.

The cost of my Jack Daniels? Let’s say it was more than covered by my black market dealings. I had a choice. I could give a personal check to the bank, wait three weeks, and get 2% less than the amount of the check. Or I could give a personal check to a trekking shop, restaurant, carpet store, or book store, wait two days and get 8% more than the amount of the check. Tibetans say 108 is an auspicious number. I say $108 for every $100 is a contribution to the yetijuice fund. Yetijuice is any alcoholic beverage in Nepal: whiskey, beer, sake, wine, chang, and tumba. Lifetime I wrote more than a half million dollars of personal checks that were “payable to blank.” I did not know the payees names from Adam. That was so September 10th! Almost all of those checks were for less than $10,000. My “paper” is better than Nigerian paper! Dealing in the black market you could get killed writing a bad check. I have never had a check bounce in my life. I took my extra 8% to the bar! When I went trekking I had an Igloo ice chest filled with Jack Daniels, single malt Scotch, sake, and cabernet sauvignon. At Indira Gandhi International Airport I would bring in an Igloo ice chest filled with 14 bottles of the above and palm a hundred dollar bill under the counter to the customs man. Jimmy Buffett sings about the mango man meeting him at the border. For me it was the customs man meeting me at the border. Baksheesh makes the world go round! When I am in the Himalaya the bar opens at 5 o’clock!

Back to the original question. The cost in Nepal for a litre of Jack Daniels would be in the low thirties of dollars. Say US $32 to $33. I never drove in Nepal. All I did was drink and drink.

Yetijuice - July 6, 2010 reply

The only one that can really get any revenge is Torii

if he wanted to represent for Weaver. He should put “Fu#K” on one batting glove and “Girardi” on the other so when they show him during the pregame he could proudly flash it. He has more than enough money to pay whatever the fine would be, but this complete and utter bullshit needs to end and Giradi needs to be held accountable. Weaver is having a better season by any measure except Wins over Hughes, Sabathia, and Pettitte.

MH252525 - July 6, 2010 reply