ralphpnj wrote:
Let me know when you finally get to the Rijksmuseum, a little first hand
review would be greatly appreciated.
Haven't been there yet, but my peak art museum experience was in
Amsterdam, at the Hermitage outpost. It was Matisse to Malevich, early
modern art. Spectacular, I
RonM wrote:
Haven't been there yet, but my peak art museum experience was in
Amsterdam, at the Hermitage outpost. It was Matisse to Malevich, early
modern art. Spectacular, I could hardly pull myself away.
Listening now to the new She Him. Pleasant background. Hope that
doesn't
ralphpnj wrote:
Let me know when you finally get to the Rijksmuseum, a little first hand
review would be greatly appreciated.
Will do!
look how thin and fit most of the Dutch are - biking and raw herring, a
good way to stay thin.
The Calvinist tradition of you are not supposed to enjoy
'Wine tasting is bullshit'
(http://io9.com/wine-tasting-is-bullshit-heres-why-496098276)
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Julf wrote:
'Wine tasting is bullshit'
(http://io9.com/wine-tasting-is-bullshit-heres-why-496098276)
Wow.
OMG, pate vs. dog food? Now these are *serious* blind testers!
http://www.wine-economics.org/workingpapers/AAWE_WP36.pdf
A very interesting read. Here's my favorite sentence:
If that sentence made you yearn for a glass of classy red,
congratulations, there's a very real chance you're a pompous asshole.
I think he makes a very good point about perception - we engage ALL of
our senses with any stimulus. Eating or
And then there is the classic BS: 'Pen Teller: BS - The Truth About
Bottled Water' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdvJOF-2mm0)
(the best part starts at 2:00)
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Julf wrote:
And then there is the classic BS: 'Pen Teller: BS - The Truth About
Bottled Water' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdvJOF-2mm0)
(the best part starts at 2:00)
Excellent video!
Now we need a video of a wine tasting to complete the picture. My
favorite part of listening to my
ralphpnj wrote:
I can tell you from first hand experience that you don't want to drink
any water that has been in a NYC roof tank because those tanks contain
lots of nasty things like dead pigeons, rats, cats, birds, etc. So try
to check the exact source before you drink it or, at the very
garym wrote:
damn Ralph. I've always loved drinking NYC tapwater on my frequent
visits to the city. And now that I think about it, it is often in places
that likely use roof tanks (old apts downtown or older hotels downtown).
Now I'll be thinking about dead creatures with every gulp. ;-)
I am glad I live in Amsterdam, where the only concern is dogs (and deer)
peeing in the aquifer areas. But then again, people here like the Amstel
beer, and if you see what is floating down the Amstel river...
Julf's
garym wrote:
damn Ralph. I've always loved drinking NYC tapwater on my frequent
visits to the city. And now that I think about it, it is often in places
that likely use roof tanks (old apts downtown or older hotels downtown).
Now I'll be thinking about dead creatures with every gulp. ;-)
Julf wrote:
I am glad I live in Amsterdam, where the only concern is dogs (and deer)
peeing in the aquifer areas. But then again, people here like the Amstel
beer, and if you see what is floating down the Amstel river...
I love Amsterdam! In 2007/2008 my wife and I lived in Den Haag and
Very amusing, but wine is very different to audio equipment, if only
because wine is an organic material, and not stable. It can get better
(or much worse!) with age, and there are different styles of wine -
different grape varieties/ripeness, leading to different
sugar/alcohol/tannin content,
darrell wrote:
Very amusing, but wine is very different to audio equipment, if only
because wine is an organic material, and not stable. It can get better
(or much worse!) with age, and there are different styles of wine -
different grape varieties/ripeness, leading to different
ralphpnj wrote:
In any case, I prefer Styrofoam cups.
Styrofoam cups only when quaffing the cheap crap sold in boxes or large
bottles, e.g. Carlo Rossi. A nice wine glass when drinking a fine Pinot
Noir or an Australian Chardonnay. I'm definitely not a wine snob, but do
enjoy a good wine, with
ralphpnj wrote:
Good points. However there are more similarities with audio than you
think. For example different grapes could be analogous to different
types of amplification, i.e. solid state versus tube, and different vats
to different types of speakers, i.e. dynamic versus planar.
ralphpnj wrote:
Have you been to the newly reopened Rijksmuseum yet?
Not yet - the queues are still too long.
By the way, what wine goes best with raw herring? (I know, not wine,
BEER!)
No, no no - genever. The only justification for genever (the dutch
failed attempt at making gin)
is that
Julf wrote:
Not yet - the queues are still too long.
No, no no - genever. The only justification for genever (the dutch
failed attempt at making gin)
is that it is perfect for washing down salty, partly fermented
herring... :)
Let me know when you finally get to the Rijksmuseum, a little
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