On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:24:52 +1000, atec77 > wrote:

>On 29/10/2011 8:51 PM, Tommy Joe wrote:
>> On Oct 25, 8:54 pm, > wrote:
>>> Pricier than Sheldon's Crystal Palace, the stuff is called Boru, and
>>> it was on sale for $8.97/750ml. I'm certainly no conno-sewer of
>>> vodka, but<$12 vodkas always have an off taste. This was more along
>>> the lines of Svedka, SKYY, Absolut, or 3 Olives, but at a far cheaper
>>> price. It's on sale for a few more days, so I'm going to get some
>>> more. Eleven days until no more beer, and I'm using up odds and
>>> ends right now, not planning on buying more, except for one box of
>>> good beer to say goodbye to my favorite carby adult beverage.
>>>
>>> --Bryan
>>
>>
>> I'm 64 and have been drinking beer since my late teens. About a
>> year ago I started getting sick after only a few, a vague sort of
>> nausea mixed with a vague feeling of needing to take a crap but not
>> being able to do either. I experimented a bit by trying different
>> brands and even trying different stores thinking it might be old
>> beer. Nothing worked. My last effort resulted in the same vague
>> disgusting feeling coming on after only one beer. So I switched to
>> vodka for good. I don't get the same feeling from vodka as I do from
>> beer. Maybe it's the volume. Maybe it's the carbonation. Maybe it's
>> some ingredient I'm suddenly allergic to. Or maybe it's creeping
>> cancer of the pancreas or liver or some other growth slowing the flow
>> of the heady brew through my system.
>>
>> I drink only one or maybe two nights a week in a very anal
>> fashion. I use the clock, trying to take a shot once every 45 minutes
>> at the most, although I sometimes lose control and start slugging
>> direct from the bottle. But I've been pretty good with the routine, I
>> must say. Anyway, about vodka, I have tried some expensive types, and
>> I too am no conno-sewer, but I go with this stuff called Burnett's. I
>> get a fifth and throw a half pint down the drain so I'll be left with
>> only 12 shots. It's worth it. Anyway, I've tried some of the more
>> expensive stuff and I swear to God I don't think there's such a thing
>> as good vodka. Maybe good in the sense that it's easier on one's
>> body, but not in the sense of taste. It all makes me cringe, and in a
>> way maybe that's good because it keeps me from slugging away as one
>> might with mixed drinks. I bought one airplane bottle of some
>> expensive stuff made from grapes and I thought it was actually harsher
>> than the Burnetts. I'm so anal I've already got my drinking date on
>> calendar for Tuesday or Wednesday of this upcoming week. Thanks for
>> reading.
>>
>> TJ
>Orange juice makes bad vodka palatable
>
> and ruins good vodka

That's like saying chocolate syrup makes bad milk palatable

and ruins good milk