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The bourbon bar

Trippy Trekker said:
Questions: Annual Budget, # of employees, # of schools, # of students, # of School Board members, average teacher salary +/-, salary of the top administrator.

I live in Florida... 67 counties, 20.98mil population.
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I kind of like a bit of anonymity. Since I live in a smaller community giving all that information out would make it very easy to figure out exactly who I am. I'm sure you can understand my reluctance putting everything out there that you're asking for seeings as i would essentially be giving out my home address.
 
Thumper39 said:
I kind of like a bit of anonymity. Since I live in a smaller community giving all that information out would make it very easy to figure out exactly who I am. I'm sure you can understand my reluctance putting everything out there that you're asking for seeings as i would essentially be giving out my home address.
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Thanks! I understand, especially when you join a Political Forum. Right off the rip, you may want to put me on Ignore.

We have a DP Member that served on the School Board in Orange County (Orlando Florida area). I have an older brother who made a career out of teaching High School Social Studies, ran (took 25% of the vote and lost) for a State Rep seat in Orlando.. and at one time served as President of the Young Democrats in Orange County. My father, who never ran for Public Office, in the mid-1980s, agreed to finish out someone else's term as a City Commissioner in a Tampa Bay area coastal city. I have never aspired to Public Office. I cherish Due Process and Public Access.

I have a BSBA from University of Florida, made my living as a Real Estate Broker, retired in my early 40s... got irked by a School Board Member... which motivated me to sub, 1999-2000 for about half a school year in over 20 schools. I also subbed part of the 2006 School Year Sarasota Military High School (a bit of a laugh- I have an anti-military background, with serious alpha-male hippie credentials.... long hair, former Appalachian Trail thru-hiker 1981, completed inaugural Tampa Bay Marathon, 1985, under 4 hours with no training, completed 1986 Cape Cod Ironman with 22 days training, Bridge Jumper/Cliff Diver, etc.

As for my Home County- we have an annual budget of $420mil +/-, 45K+/- students, 7K+/- employees, 80+/- schools, 47.4K+/- average teacher salary, average Principal salary 100K+/-, top administrator (Superintendent) with about a 150K salary.

Peace to you and yours! May our Best Times lie ahead! Thank you for your prior military service.
 
Trippy Trekker said:
Thanks! I understand, especially when you join a Political Forum. Right off the rip, you may want to put me on Ignore.

We have a DP Member that served on the School Board in Orange County (Orlando Florida area). I have an older brother who made a career out of teaching High School Social Studies, ran (took 25% of the vote and lost) for a State Rep seat in Orlando.. and at one time served as President of the Young Democrats in Orange County. My father, who never ran for Public Office, in the mid-1980s, agreed to finish out someone else's term as a City Commissioner in a Tampa Bay area coastal city. I have never aspired to Public Office. I cherish Due Process and Public Access.

I have a BSBA from University of Florida, made my living as a Real Estate Broker, retired in my early 40s... got irked by a School Board Member... which motivated me to sub, 1999-2000 for about half a school year in over 20 schools. I also subbed part of the 2006 School Year Sarasota Military High School (a bit of a laugh- I have an anti-military background, with serious alpha-male hippie credentials.... long hair, former Appalachian Trail thru-hiker 1981, completed inaugural Tampa Bay Marathon, 1985, under 4 hours with no training, completed 1986 Cape Cod Ironman with 22 days training, Bridge Jumper/Cliff Diver, etc.

As for my Home County- we have an annual budget of $420mil +/-, 45K+/- students, 7K+/- employees, 80+/- schools, 47.4K+/- average teacher salary, average Principal salary 100K+/-, top administrator (Superintendent) with about a 150K salary.

Peace to you and yours! May our Best Times lie ahead! Thank you for your prior military service.
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Why would I want to ignore you? Do you plan on being childish in discussions with me? I'm able to respect folks while disagreeing with them. Like I said. You treat me good and I'll treat you better.

To give you an idea of how small we are. Our annual budget is between five and seven times smaller than yours. I'm assuming that you saw my posts in the union thread. Anyway. It's not unheard of for a teacher to make more than the superintendant given overtime and extracurriculars. Add in that they still have time for a second job without over extending themselves it's not impossible for them to place themselves in the top 5% of earners in this area.
 
Thumper39 said:
Why would I want to ignore you? Do you plan on being childish in discussions with me? I'm able to respect folks while disagreeing with them. Like I said. You treat me good and I'll treat you better.

To give you an idea of how small we are. Our annual budget is between five and seven times smaller than yours. I'm assuming that you saw my posts in the union thread. Anyway. It's not unheard of for a teacher to make more than the superintendant given overtime and extracurriculars. Add in that they still have time for a second job without over extending themselves it's not impossible for them to place themselves in the top 5% of earners in this area.
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All grins Thumper! I only read your posts in your Introduction Thread. You communicated clearly, substantively and entertained us. As for childnessness, 22 years separates my father and I.... maybe about the same for you and me. I asked you questions about your school board. You blew me off citing concern fof exposing your identity. For me, that did not make for meaningful discussion. Thus I suggested ignoring me. No offense intended.
 
Trippy Trekker said:
All grins Thumper! I only read your posts in your Introduction Thread. You communicated clearly, substantively and entertained us. As for childnessness, 22 years separates my father and I.... maybe about the same for you and me. I asked you questions about your school board. You blew me off citing concern fof exposing your identity. For me, that did not make for meaningful discussion. Thus I suggested ignoring me. No offense intended.
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No offense was taken or intended in my own posts.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
way over hyped, priced, but people get all giddy when I break it out. It's basically buffalo trace these days anyway. Weller's is just as good if not better. Hell makers mark 46 is damn close to the 15.


I have a 23 at my office.
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Alright. So a in an attempt to continue to broaden my palate I'd like to take suggestions. I've done well to find what I like on my own. But with the literally hundreds of small batch whiskeys out there now there's a lot of hit and miss. So, and this goes for everyone, I'd like to take some suggestions from yall and try a new type a week. Or maybe every two weeks.

A friend gave me a bottle of Larceny before I went to work this morning (yalls evening) It's kinda boring but thats kind of expected out of a wheated bourbon that hasn't been aged much. . Hardly any wood flavor and very creamy. But it is super smooth.

I haven't read up on it much. But I reckon it's only aged long enough to meet the requirements of a straight bourbon. Would be much better with a couple more years in the rack house.
 
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Thumper39 said:
Alright. So a in an attempt to continue to broaden my palate I'd like to take suggestions. I've done well to find what I like on my own. But with the literally hundreds of small batch whiskeys out there now there's a lot of hit and miss. So, and this goes for everyone, I'd like to take some suggestions from yall and try a new type a week. Or maybe every two weeks.
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A lot of the bourbons are like BBQ sauces. a big conglomerate made with a fake story on the bottle. it's always buyer beware imo as most "craft" bourbon is made by a mass distillery in Indiana owned by mgp. I prefer my single malts.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
A lot of the bourbons are like BBQ sauces. a big conglomerate made with a fake story on the bottle. it's always buyer beware imo as most "craft" bourbon is made by a mass distillery in Indiana owned by mgp. I prefer my single malts.
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I suppose that's true. In the past I've researched a lot before I bought. But thought this might be fun.

From what I've read. A lot of these new bourbons source their distillate. Hell. I was talking with the superintendant as I walked out of work today and he said that Jefferson's is sourced. I hadn't heard that before.

I wish I was able to enjoy a whisky the way I enjoy bourbon and rye. But as much as I've tried it just doesn't work for me most of the time.

Edit to add. By the end of the second glass I can't tell the difference between Larceny and JessieJames
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
A lot of the bourbons are like BBQ sauces. a big conglomerate made with a fake story on the bottle. it's always buyer beware imo as most "craft" bourbon is made by a mass distillery in Indiana owned by mgp. I prefer my single malts.
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Also a fan of single malts, but boy do they work fast!
 
Maybe I went about getting into whisky the wrong way. Kinda like I've heard with cigars. Start out mellow?

Anyway. Wanna recommend a very lightly peated single malt?
 
Thumper39 said:
Maybe I went about getting into whisky the wrong way. Kinda like I've heard with cigars. Start out mellow?

Anyway. Wanna recommend a very lightly peated single malt?
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Try any of these. Recommend by the glass first, they are pricey. Don’t be put off adding a drop or two of water. I like the smoky malts, but not all the time.

https://www.liquor.com/articles/peaty-scotch/
 
Thumper39 said:
Thank you. I had to put that bottle up after the first glass. It's generally a bottle that comes down off the top shelf on special occasions.
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Hey Thumper..Welcome. Have to say that my first impression was the expression "put that bottle up" Long time ago I had a college roommate from western NY who always said put it up, when I would have said put it away, or put it down. We laughed about that a lot. She was such a wonderful person, who came into my life at such the best time.

So I don't know for sure you are using that expression in quite the same way, but you reminded me of that part of my life. Are you from western NY? or Ohio? or did you just mean put it UP on the shelf?
 
JMR said:
Hey Thumper..Welcome. Have to say that my first impression was the expression "put that bottle up" Long time ago I had a college roommate from western NY who always said put it up, when I would have said put it away, or put it down. We laughed about that a lot. She was such a wonderful person, who came into my life at such the best time.

So I don't know for sure you are using that expression in quite the same way, but you reminded me of that part of my life. Are you from western NY? or Ohio? or did you just mean put it UP on the shelf?
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Put it up on the shelf.

Thanks for the welcome. And no. I'm from the Midwest.
 
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