The basic stuff was comprised of rum that had been aged for at least 3 to 4 years and is one that you add stuff to it. The example they gave was adding in Pespi lol...though we here would be more likely to add Coca-Cola (as in Rum and Coke). The mid range we tasted was comprised of rum that had been aged for at least 6 years and was something you were more likely to add juice and other stuff to though your standard Rum Punch concoction would be more likely to have the lower end stuff. The tour guide explained that in Jamaica it was common to add coconut water to the mid-range one. The more expensive stuff that we personally tasted was comprised of rum that had been aged for at least 12 years and was a strictly sipping rum meaning nothing added to it, sipped over time to savor the flavor and large ice cubes only (to as not to water the rum down).Nice vacation pics Mackenzie, looks like a very nice trip! Did you detect a huge difference between the low-end rum and the expensive stuff? Pretty sure I've never had anything beyond just the basic stuff. If I ever go there I'll be sure to remember your story and take it easy on the cheap stuff so I can polish off the high end product.
I'm up next!
I wish to pose a question. Humour me!
So... recently I viewed an All in the family rerun. It involved Archie waking Mike and wanting him to dress quickly. Archie was miffed as to how Mike dressed! So.. got me thinking. How do YOU put your socks and shoes on?
Both socks first, then both shoes or One sock, one shoe, then dress the other foot.
Yeah, it's been quiet around here!
Both socks first - as soon as I get dressed, then both shoes later - just before I leave the house. My feet run cold, so I almost always have socks or slippers on at home!
Thank you!
Not at all, that's very interesting! Great description, Thank You
@NFLDERS Jane All those things at once??? Sounds like you might have a poltergeist.
Ugh sorry to hear about all the stuff. Fingers crossed that it's all that happens well maybe knocking on wood too would be great lol.
) will likely be gone for. Ok maybe I should do some fingers crossed and knocking on wood 
I've seen Poltergeist but I have not seen Gremlins
I do know what they look like though 
I've seen Poltergeist but I have not seen Gremlins
but fortunately nobody but us is ever down there - guests come through the front door.
The 90 minute drive between Houston and Galveston was nothing to us.
Other than a sunburn and a fish-bite I took riding under-water motor scooters in Mexico, all was well! I shouldn't have complained so much about the heat - we returned home to SNOW - seriously, WTH?!? Waaaaay to soon...
Still hoping for another month of the beautiful Indian Summer we're used to. Thanksgiving is just around the corner (October 8) and it never snows on Thanksgiving. In the meantime, a catastrophic tornado has ripped through Ottawa, where DH's DD and her family lives. Blessedly they are unscathed but displaced as power has not yet been restored to their home. Crazy, crazy weather all over.
Good Morning!
We hit the ground running last week after having returned from holidays and I'm kinda shocked to see the condition of the CB. Other than a ton of threads that belong on the Games Board, there really hasn't been much going on. C'mon you guys - post some interesting topics to get things moving again!
To get the important business out of the way first, @NFLDERS , I always put both my socks on first and as a Canadian, never wear my shoes in the house - do you? They're all kept by the door to be put on before exiting. Where and how to store shoes tidily is a big issue at my place. My DH custom-built a shoe niche into the wall of our rear stairwell; at the door we use to exit to and enter from our underground parkade. Only problem is, it smells overwhelmingly like "shoes"
We had a reasonably nice vacation cruise out of Galveston, TX, a place neither of us have ever been before. It was an easy 4 hour direct flight from Calgary and we went in-and-out the day the cruise departed and returned so we didn't really see much of Texas other than the hightway and an afternoon spent at the Space Center. It tickled us a little to hear people talk about how big Texas is when it's smaller than most Canadian provinces.
We didn't make a good choice in sailing Carnival, but we still had a great time being together and visited Montego Bay, Grand Cayman and Cozulmel - all places we've been before. The weather was SO hot - I could literally feel my fat rendering out in that blazing sun.
Hi everyone!
OK here goes........I wasn't going to even say anything on the DIS. I actually don't even like talking about this in RL but this is my story in a nutshell......
The end of August we found out we had 3 feet of hot water spewing from a burst pipe all over our crawl space on the bottom of our floors. This had been going on for almost a month. Fast forward, the house is sinking as we speak and there's mold everywhere down in the crawl space.
Oct 4, we're moving to an apartment for 5 to 6 months because it's unsafe for me especially (with my lung disease) to be here while they gut 2 thirds of our house. There will be no heat or bathroom that whole time.
It has been a nightmare suddenly up and packing your whole house to a little 2 bedroom apartment but it's something we have to do.
Not looking for sympathy just telling you like it is........thanks.
I know you're not looking for sympathy, but you have mine anyway - given freely and with the kindest intentions. I am so glad you are able to get out of there while the clean up happens. I have asthma, and I know how horrible chronic respiratory issues are and how dangerous they can be when something goes wrong. I am so sorry this has happened to you guys and hope it is all resolved as quickly as possible and with the least amount of hardship to you that can come from something of this magnitude.
