Marilynn Seattle is over 3 hours by Air South of me... I don't think my still blowing up would effect them... but maybe they shouldn't let the kids play in the rain for a day or two... Sincerely, John D A little SoWest of North Marilynn Masten wrote: > Watch what you do in the NW. My kids are in Seattle. I don't want to > hear about any mushroom clouds over them. > Marilynn > IBSSG > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Armstrong" <[email protected]> > To: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]>; "Armstrong" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:00 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne > > >> Actually Tom, >> I don't know all that much about the Armstrong's...regretably.. >> and less about my own... but I can tell you that the more I learn, >> the more I realize the less I know.. :-) . Right about now I'd give a >> pretty penny to be able to ask my Grandfather to clarify a point or two >> ...!!! (wouldn't we all) ... However, I have made the >> acquaintace of >> a couple of Armstrong researchers, who also have the FSA (Friend of >> Scottish Antiquities) titles to back up their advice on Things >> historically Armstrong... and they have given me sound advice and >> guidance in the last few years. >> >> >> My education with Corn Squeezin's comes from a certain amount of >> experience... not the brewing, but the consumption end of it.. I've >> sampled the best... and the worst in just about every known port in >> the Pacific and all peripheral waters.. in my Naval Career. >> However, I do have the grand champion purple ribbon from the Alaska >> State fair one year for my Rhubarb wine... :-) and I'm a part owner >> in a micro brewery... But I have never made any "hard" stuff... I >> am collaborating with another reprobate ........ er........ gent on >> the possibility of converting my Raspberry wine into brandy.... or at >> least trying to.. Should you see a mushroom cloud to the NorWest, you >> can assume the experiment didnt work.. >> >> Sincerely, >> John D >> A little SoWest of North >> >> >> >> Thomas S. Fiske wrote: >> >>> Dear John D, >>> >>> It is clear that you know far more than I about not only Armstrongs >>> but also corn squeezings. I stand amazed in the presence of such >>> talent. Certainly 8 or even 12 years would be an advantage. All I >>> know is what my Kentucky father told me, and he was both a Federal >>> Revenuer and a Storekeeper-gauger at government-sealed warehouses >>> where the corn was aged agreeably. >>> I prefer grits, myself. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> John Armstrong wrote: >>> >>>> Tom, >>>> I see your problem.... "that corn" should be aged in an Oaken >>>> (not Ash) Keg (barrel) and for a minimum of 8 yrs not 4..!! >>>> >>>> John D >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > >

Better watch out for the wind currents. Could be drifting by this way. Cousin Ben in North-central Maine where the leaves are ablaze with color ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Armstrong" <[email protected]> To: "Marilynn Masten" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne > Marilynn > Seattle is over 3 hours by Air South of me... > I don't think my still blowing up would effect them... > but maybe they shouldn't let the kids play in the rain for a day or two... > > Sincerely, > John D > A little SoWest of North > > > > Marilynn Masten wrote: > >> Watch what you do in the NW. My kids are in Seattle. I don't want to >> hear about any mushroom clouds over them. >> Marilynn >> IBSSG >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Armstrong" <[email protected]> >> To: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]>; "Armstrong" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:00 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >> >> >>> Actually Tom, >>> I don't know all that much about the Armstrong's...regretably.. >>> and less about my own... but I can tell you that the more I learn, >>> the more I realize the less I know.. :-) . Right about now I'd give a >>> pretty penny to be able to ask my Grandfather to clarify a point or two >>> ...!!! (wouldn't we all) ... However, I have made the >>> acquaintace of >>> a couple of Armstrong researchers, who also have the FSA (Friend of >>> Scottish Antiquities) titles to back up their advice on Things >>> historically Armstrong... and they have given me sound advice and >>> guidance in the last few years. >>> >>> >>> My education with Corn Squeezin's comes from a certain amount of >>> experience... not the brewing, but the consumption end of it.. I've >>> sampled the best... and the worst in just about every known port in >>> the Pacific and all peripheral waters.. in my Naval Career. >>> However, I do have the grand champion purple ribbon from the Alaska >>> State fair one year for my Rhubarb wine... :-) and I'm a part owner >>> in a micro brewery... But I have never made any "hard" stuff... I >>> am collaborating with another reprobate ........ er........ gent on >>> the possibility of converting my Raspberry wine into brandy.... or at >>> least trying to.. Should you see a mushroom cloud to the NorWest, you >>> can assume the experiment didnt work.. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> John D >>> A little SoWest of North >>> >>> >>> >>> Thomas S. Fiske wrote: >>> >>>> Dear John D, >>>> >>>> It is clear that you know far more than I about not only Armstrongs >>>> but also corn squeezings. I stand amazed in the presence of such >>>> talent. Certainly 8 or even 12 years would be an advantage. All I >>>> know is what my Kentucky father told me, and he was both a Federal >>>> Revenuer and a Storekeeper-gauger at government-sealed warehouses >>>> where the corn was aged agreeably. >>>> I prefer grits, myself. >>>> >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> John Armstrong wrote: >>>> >>>>> Tom, >>>>> I see your problem.... "that corn" should be aged in an Oaken >>>>> (not Ash) Keg (barrel) and for a minimum of 8 yrs not 4..!! >>>>> >>>>> John D >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >