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It's a fascinating (at times expensive) odyssey though. I'm guessing if you favour the Glenmorangie, you've also tried Glenlivet 12 which is similarly balanced in terms of flavour. In fact they are not dissimilar. Although the Glenmorangie is technically Highland and outside of Speyside, it is nonetheless regarded as a similar ilk. I prefer the Glenlivet to the latter. In terms of a smoked/peated Whisky, which the Glenmorangie you like had hints of, do you enjoy Macallan?

Adding a small amount of water is often recommended for higher-proof whiskies, as it can soften the alcohol and open up and release the subtle nuances. However, to the purist/enthusiast, pouring scotch neat allows you to experience the full range of textures and flavours, especially for high-quality single malts, as it showcases the complexity of the whisky. A true Scotch aficionado would be horrified and apoplectic at the thought of adulterating the product with coke - a bourbon, maybe, which seems to many to go hand in hand or is commonly served on the rocks. I prefer anything over 12 years old neat. It is a matter of preference though whether that's with a splash of water, neat, with ice, or in a cocktail.

I'm half Irish so incorrectly default to the former as an umbrella term. You are absolutely right though, the distinction is important.

Sigh, probably best if I mention the Prince of Punjab now before the inevitable response(s).

A perfect description - spot on. Like I said, the Glenmorangie is more instantly gratifying whilst the Glenfiddich more involved. That doesn't mean that it's better, just more of an acquired taste than an accessible one.

The match day threads have become increasingly depressingly negative, vitriolic and humourless over the years but I swear to God, when he emerged from the tunnel yesterday the stunned reactions and horrified disbelief from us all was utterly hilarious. Absolute comedy gold and one of the most amusing things I can remember on this forum in a long. long while. I will cherish the memory for years.

Let me know what you think of it.

Certainly no "expert" but I think Glenfiddich 15 is matured in quite a unique style, with three types of casks all vatted together (custom 'solera' vat), resulting in quite a complex tasting whiskey with a fascinating nose. The Glenmorangie 12 is initially aged in bourbon barrels before being moved to cask. It has a very distinctive and accessible Highland peated flavour which you can't really go wrong with, which is why it's their flagship scotch and has won so many awards. Also, you must mean the Lasanta, but even that can be obtained for a much cheaper price than the Glenmorangie 15. There's no absolute right or wrong answer to this, it's a question of taste. There are no rules about what you're supposed to enjoy. I am very partial to good Speyside scotches and the Glenfiddich 15 is no exception. Very rich, fruity and a nice finish. I think I'm going to buy one now. Do you want to flog it Iz?

He suffered a severe ankle injury in July. He's back training I think, but presumably hasn't yet been match fit.

Which it invariably does not. And pointedly, you have that the wrong way round. Conspiracy believers love to claim that conspiracies that have been outed were previously theories.

Unfortunately, people do.

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Of course he wasn't the reason we gained promotion, no one on their right mind would suggest anything of the sort. However he played his part throughout. In particular, you might want to cast your mind back to last April and his second half performance against West Brom at home which basically denied the better team on the day all three points.

I understand that you aren't being serious, but why even joke? I'm still sickened by the fibula fracture inflicted on Fofana by Fer Nino or the criminal tackle by Caden Voice on Will Alves. Actually, I'm amazed that Hamza didn't receive more flack from the Toon today after the job he did on the out of control Matt Ritchie in the 2019 Carabao Cup tie.

Coincidentally, I clicked on this thread whilst simultaneously eating one.

I'm inclined to disagree. His stance on the EU was actually well informed and as an acolyte of Tony Benn was a staunch Brexiteer owing to many well articulated and evidenced ideological laws and political shortcomings of the EU which the leave campaign lacked, being predicated on scaremongering and lies. However, he compromised this, made overtures and paid lip service to Labour supporting remain, but refused to take a personal stance on the EU himself not wishing to jeopardise his leadership or his future electoral prospects.Corbyn is a lifelong Eurosceptic. He voted against Britain’s joining the European Economic Community in 1975 and barely lifted a finger to campaign against Brexit 40 years later. Perhaps the heady memories of 60,000 sixth formers chanting his name at Glastonbury the following year deterred him from alienating the youth further, but I think this is why as leader of the opposition he didn't work harder to mobilise the 18 - 20 demographic during the 2016 referendum - because he knew that the majority would be pro-remain and these could be instrumental in his ambitions to become Prime Minister. In the event, they weren't although his high watermark was 2017, in which he exceeded all expectations by winning 40% of votes nationally. Pointedly he opined the perceived entryism was in fact lots of young people who were hitherto not very excited by politics, coming in for the first time. Had he appealed to this generation, the shit-show of Brexit may have been averted, such was his popularity at the time. A year before Labour’s 2015 leadership election, the party replaced a process that granted equal weight to MPs, union representatives and dues-paying members with a “one member, one vote” system. Voting rights were simultaneously extended to anyone willing to pay £3, leading to an influx of “entryists” from further-left groupuscules that long supported Corbyn. As a result, he won in a landslide. In the proportional representation systems favored by most European countries, Corbyn and his ilk would have been concentrated in a far-left party with minor parliamentary representation (if any at all) — not the mainstream center left. Labour’s large membership roll under Corbyn was deceptive, indicative not of a party with broad and deep support across British society but a personality cult. His base of loyal supporters protected him from the sort of blunders and insurrections that would have undone most any other leader, such as a 2016 vote of no confidence in which 172 of his 229 fellow Labour MPs voted against him. It has also had a distortive effect on British politics as a whole, dragging the party so far left as to hinder its competitiveness. In 2016, I recall Tom Watson openly challenging him over concerns surrounding the radical affiliation of Momentum and in particular, the growth of anti-semitism under his watch - which again, he did little to avert.

They certainly did, but not at the expense of push bikes.

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What happened to pedal power?

These loathsome things should be forcibly confiscated, the aluminium alloy melted down, the rubber and plastics recycled and the lithium ion battery terminals shorted and wired to the owners genitals.

Kantian deontology and the categorical imperative - although cultural relativists and teleologists see it differently.