Re: [silk] Query on wines.... and snobbery

2011-11-13 Thread Chew Lin Kay
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 09:46:28PM +0530, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > > B. > > > > How nice never to have met a Russian cigarette. > > Nevermind machorka, DIY from Nicotiana rustica. > > DIY meaning self-cured, or self-rolled? CL

Re: [silk] Query on wines.... and snobbery

2011-11-13 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 09:46:28PM +0530, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > B. > > How nice never to have met a Russian cigarette. Nevermind machorka, DIY from Nicotiana rustica. > You HAVE been around quite a bit, haven't you, young-fella-me-lad? > > > > From: Ud

Re: [silk] Remember Shakti - India Tour dates

2011-11-13 Thread Anil Kumar
> > *From: *Anil Kumar > *Sender: *silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net > *Date: *Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:33:52 +0530 > *To: * > *ReplyTo: *silklist@lists.hserus.net > *Subject: *Re: [silk] Remember Shakti - India Tour dates > > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Ashwin Kumar wrote

Re: [silk] Remember Shakti - India Tour dates

2011-11-13 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
remember metallica -- srs (blackberry) -Original Message- From: Anil Kumar Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:33:52 To: Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Remember Shakti - India Tour dates On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 a

Re: [silk] Remember Shakti - India Tour dates

2011-11-13 Thread Anil Kumar
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > Hey folks > > Sorry if this is spamming, but getting a chance to watch these guys live > is too exciting for me :) > > http://deghelt-productions.com/concerts/concerts.html > > Remember Shakti - Special Tour in India ! > with John McLaughlin

[silk] Remember Shakti - India Tour dates

2011-11-13 Thread Ashwin Kumar
Hey folks Sorry if this is spamming, but getting a chance to watch these guys live is too exciting for me :) http://deghelt-productions.com/concerts/concerts.html Remember Shakti - Special Tour in India ! with John McLaughlin (guitar) Zakir Hussain (tabla) Shankar Mahadavan (vocals) U. Shrinivas

Re: [silk] Query on wines.... and snobbery

2011-11-13 Thread Indrajit Gupta
B. How nice never to have met a Russian cigarette. You HAVE been around quite a bit, haven't you, young-fella-me-lad? From: Udhay Shankar N To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Sent: Sunday, 13 November 2011, 21:35 Subject: Re: [silk] Query on w

Re: [silk] Query on wines.... and snobbery

2011-11-13 Thread Indrajit Gupta
And oh, by the way, we notice that some of us most deprecatory about these seeming skills do have it in them to put it on about differences in whiskies and know all about the more lethal variants of cigarette. Hmmm. Quelle surprise! From: ss To: silklist@lists

Re: [silk] Query on wines.... and snobbery

2011-11-13 Thread Indrajit Gupta
Apologies. You are right. I forgot Gauloise, thinking about Indian smokes. And my near-death experience as an unwary beginner on being presented a Gauloise by an apparently harmless Frenchman. These frogs. From: ss To: silklist@lists.hs

Re: [silk] Query on wines.... and snobbery

2011-11-13 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Nov 13, 2011 5:23 PM, "ss" wrote: > > On Sunday 13 Nov 2011 2:59:21 pm Indrajit Gupta wrote: > > and the way to death ends with what used to be a Charminar; there was > > nothing stronger, > > > > Gauloise. The worst. Ever. Obviously IG meant among the Indian-made cigarettes. Else, the strong

Re: [silk] Query on wines.... and snobbery

2011-11-13 Thread ss
On Sunday 13 Nov 2011 2:59:21 pm Indrajit Gupta wrote: > and the way to death ends with what used to be a Charminar; there was > nothing stronger, > Gauloise. The worst. Ever. shiv

Re: [silk] Query on wines.... and snobbery

2011-11-13 Thread Indrajit Gupta
Of course there is. As former and present smokers may recall, there is a division between plain and mentholated filters, and between filtered and unfiltered cigarettes, and within unfiltered cigarettes, between smooth smokes and the 'strong' ones. These progressions are well-defined and well-rec

Re: [silk] Query on wines.... and snobbery

2011-11-13 Thread Indrajit Gupta
The aura is crap; surely that goes without saying. What is important is being able to pick out what one likes and dislikes. Point being that this is not only possible, it is done regularly on a plebeian, day-to-day basis by people as far removed from kings, artifice, and fraud, though blessedly