I don't know, Jock, but I personally find it more efficient to have a glass in one hand and the bottle in the other.

And remember, high concentrations of alcohol are a natural antiseptic. May we...

Wishing him a blessed repose.

Anybody here ever hear a similar statement on this forum before? Anyone ever SAY a similar statement on this forum before?

Aye, friend you may believe it for now. But the pictures taunt you,...

Sad to see this in your 'to go' list, Ron, as I well remember when we sourced the tartan for yours, mine, and my boy's SFT kilts about 6 years ago or so. Hope it goes to a familiar home. Right now...

Could you perhaps show us a few pics of the back, the side, and the inside of the sporran? It is a nice looking piece from what I can see. Do you know who the manufacturer is?

Aye, Peter, I had several meters of 1950's vintage nut brown herringbone Harris tweed material wrapped in plastic for several years, awaiting my finding the right tailor to build me a nice Argyll...

I will probably spark some thoughts of kindling and matches with my suggestion but here goes anyway. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a typical sized human, being 6'5" and about 270 pounds...

I just remembered that I also have one handmade custom color azure blue bonnet that I bought off of etsy a couple years ago. It is a nicer darker blue than my classic royal blue but definitely...

Wonderful choice, truly traditional, and it will go with any level of highland dress or otherwise. And the dicing adds just a bit of flair, kinda like flashes with hose. Wear it with pride and in...

IMHO if Mackie makes it (especially if it is in their stock color range) then I think it would be considered traditional enough for just about anyone to wear. I doubt you would find a single person...

If you do end up finding yourself in Inverness or thereabouts give a shout out to Jock Scot and show him true thanks by sharing a few drams of Talisker with the true gentleman of the north (I...

Dalmore 15, to honor a friend leaving the company I work for.

Hey Rex, it surprises me greatly that, besides the tremendously interesting hose in the second photo, that no one but my self had his eye drawn to the only half visible behemoth lying on the ground...

My mother passed away over three weeks ago and we had her memorial two weeks ago Sunday. My whole family with the exception of my eldest son were there and we had one long afternoon and evening...

As a radiologist I dictated a hundred or more reports a day for more than 12 years using one voice recognition system that was a professional version (one of several) based on Dragon. That system was...

Depression era sign in a truck stop men's room over the urinals.
"Please do not throw cigarette butts in the urinals."
Scrawled beneath was this sign of the times remark:
"It makes them soggy and...

It is indeed romantic to indulge your thoughts with what is basically voodoo physics, psychology, and biology, when it comes to "opening up" aromas and flavors of a whisky by adding just a dash of...

A waist is a terrible thing to mind.



I believe it was Mark Twain who said that, next to the practical joke, the pun was the most painful form of humor. I guess that is why each one elicits a...

No use crying over spilt......uh....uh.....single malt.. whisky...uh...(wipes tears from eyes)....wow. did I really just type that?

Good news, bad news. Good News is it should be a very tender...

Between you and my wife I can't get anything right. To quote Forrest Gump (again):

"I think I'll just go home now."

I am with you Anne. I have been pronouncing the first r after the b in February since I was a kid, being raised by educated west virginians who vowed to not be seen (or have their children seen) by...

Sorry, as a doctor I am always using the medical spelling of synonyms like plural (more than one) and pleural (the thin lining tissue surrounding the lungs) as my brain spends 90% of the day on...

And now for something entirely different.

As a change from bottled european or craft beers for my lighter drinking evenings, I have taken up hard cider, and have developed a preference for the a...

Was first turned on to the Weathered Douglas tartan by a friend and former Xmarker Rob Wright who was the first I know that had showed his new Weathered Douglas in these pages several years ago. I...

Here is a little Hillbilly Grammar for the rabble:

Y'all (a contraction of You all) is considered singular (replaces the singular "you") in most southern regions of the US. In more northern...