HEIGH HO

 

Nothing to complain about so I'm irascible.

I was up at 4am today so was able to be the first one to comment on Robert's new post. Richard no doubt was wasting time in his pit until 6AM or something.

I had to be up early to take The Old Girl to the airport - we left home  at 5AM.

It rained all day today and, with the very warm weather promises to create muggy conditions. Even at 5.30 at the airport getting out of an air-conditioned car and into the air outside reminded me of a trip to Fiji years ago.

The more observant of you will notice that I'm typing this on the Apple Mac main computer in the office - correction, my study which I will have possession of until the end of February so - nothing to complain about . I don't know how you will notice that - maybe because there are no spelling errors which happen when I use the laptop or the iPad.

I'm about to prepare my dinner (tuna, anchovy and olive pizza) and, instead of a glass of wine am enjoying a pre-prandial glass of Scotch (Scapa 12 y.o. from Orkney). 

When I went on-line to find an image as above I noticed that the lowest price of this in UK and European  retail outlets, is 140  Euro (250 NZD) with an average of 330 Euro! Fuck me! I've had it in the cupboard for many years and probably bought it duty free for about 60 NZD.  Admittedly that would have been 20 years ago. It's OK, not a favourite and I'd give it about 80 out of a 100. There was only one glass worth of it left so that's gone. As The Old Girl is now away I might have another 'pre-prandial' drop, this time choosing a Highland Park which I know only has one glass taken out of the bottle.

Now, with this malt whisky, when I went on-line for an image I saw that the average price is about 100 NZD - I've had it a while and probably paid about 60 NZD like the Scapa. I rate this Scotch way above the Scapa and would give it about 92 out of a 100. Go figure! That's the way malt whisky goes though with the smaller producer and rarer ones fetching silly prices. I told you a while ago about selling a bottle of The Macallan I bought for about $100 in 1983 for $2500 in 2013.

I rarely drink Scotch and sold a few old bottles at auction a while ago but still have some dribs and drabs. after seeing the going price of the Scapa though I'll take more notice and not pour it into the trifle or give it away to the bin men like I've been doing. Heigh ho!