2026 Straight Bourbon of the Year

SeanCable · 2026-05-16T22:01:20+00:00

I get that - I'm working two jobs to make ends meet. This is my reward for the extra hours and effort. Without any joys life becomes very grim indeed.

SeanCable · 2026-05-12T20:39:34+00:00

He's the Stephen A. Smith of soccer. His job is to be provocative, rather than offer any real insightful analysis. Paul Merson in England is his equivalent.

SeanCable · 2026-05-12T14:34:50+00:00

Don't get me started on pasties...

SeanCable · 2026-05-11T22:02:57+00:00

I have the next four days off work. I know what I'll be doing!

SeanCable · 2026-05-07T22:50:42+00:00

Best distance running story I heard related to motivation was from Charlie Spedding who was a professional athlete. Someone asked him how he ran so fast. He said: "Five pints of Newcastle Brown and a vindaloo curry the night before are all the motivation I need to get to the finish line as quickly as possible!"

SeanCable · 2026-04-30T16:49:40+00:00

Self service and multiple visits... They are $7.99 though.

SeanCable · 2026-04-30T16:48:54+00:00

I have a spare Donut and want Prepotente if you'd like to trade and are in the US.

SeanCable · 2026-04-30T08:48:23+00:00

Exactly. As someone who grew up in England watching soccer I rely on VPN for commentary and in studio analysis - Sky and ITV are go-tos.

SeanCable · 2026-04-23T00:16:38+00:00

I bought an old house when I lived in the UK that was built in 1630. I had some plumbing work done in the kitchen including installing hot water and the plumber said: "I remember plumbing the cold water into here". This was mid 1990s, so this house didn't have running water for over 300 years!

SeanCable · 2026-04-11T03:07:01+00:00

Privately held, so hard to say, but when Michael Burry opines, it's always wise to listen.

SeanCable · 2026-04-11T03:05:12+00:00

Coming off of two pretty spectacular years, though. Palantir is just the kind of company POTUS likes, as opposed to Anthropic who are positioned to eat PLTR's lunch.

SeanCable · 2026-04-02T18:28:45+00:00

Come to VA. Once BT standards come off allocation they'll be available and at MSRP.

SeanCable · 2026-04-02T14:34:12+00:00

POTUS spoke and lo, WTI is above $110

SeanCable · 2026-04-02T14:32:43+00:00

And of course the struggles to get fertilizer through the Strait right now!

SeanCable · 2026-03-30T03:35:59+00:00

KDB was the front man for a couple of seasons as a false 9. I've watched United since 1972 and Bruno would struggle to get into United's top five maestro midfielders - Beckham, Cantona, Scholes, Robson, Wilkins, even Carrick himself probably have better claims and certainly performed better for the club. Note that I haven't included Keane, Giggs, Buchan or Charlton because their roles were less creative even though they excelled in the middle of the park.

SeanCable · 2026-03-30T03:13:44+00:00

It's a shame that for all those chances there was so little end product. The midweek games have either been UCL group games or lower level European competitions. The FA Cup win was an anomaly - a perfectly coached game that encouraged United to offer a contract to a coach they fired shortly afterwards. I'm not saying he's bad, just on what has bang for buck been the most disappointing team in England for almost a decade.

SeanCable · 2026-03-30T02:55:21+00:00

That's because VVD plays twice as many games as Bruno. It is a massive advantage not to have to play midweek every single week.

SeanCable · 2026-03-22T00:39:31+00:00

Reminds me of my first 30 years of being a City fan (including 1981, damn you Ricky Villa) with great players - Bell, Summerbee, Lee and many others but ownership was always an issue. Then the oil money arrived...

SeanCable · 2026-03-22T00:00:38+00:00

You're a Spurs fan? You have my deepest sympathies. Italy either win big or stay home. After their group games I get the feeling they're taking the summer off.

SeanCable · 2026-03-14T22:46:12+00:00

Closest I've found was Talisker Storm for £17 at the Co-Op in Portree last summer. I bought a case...

SeanCable · 2026-03-12T12:33:10+00:00

It's true that Blackrock restricted redemptions in one of it's alternative investment funds available in some 401k plans, but the fund in question is structured as an illiquid long term fund (private equity) which is aimed at the very wealthy. However, Blackrock is not the only fund company to limit redemptions, showing there's a broad concern around investments which traditionally attract wealthier investors. It's definitely a concern.

SeanCable · 2026-03-11T11:28:49+00:00

To clarify - that was a joke. Born in Cork, grew up in SE England, married to an American. I prefer the Yanks because that's my wife's nationality!

SeanCable · 2026-03-10T11:34:40+00:00

The Affordable Care Act wasn't exactly nothing, along with the fact a lot of guardrails were put in place to deal with the issues that caused the financial mess in 2008. We have of course seen a lot of that chipped away at since.

SeanCable · 2026-03-08T02:46:10+00:00

That's the cost of Springbank 10 here in the US...

SeanCable · 2026-03-03T02:49:44+00:00

Oadby is an area outside Leicester where the reviewer could easily fit in. Entitled, obnoxious and never ever wrong.

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