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NoVA (Northern Virginia) - OC reports
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Riana
Regular Member
Indeed.
I'm reminded of back when California enacted its helmet law. That weekend, I saw a 20-something man riding his Ninja (I think it was a 1000; might have been a 1200, though), dutifully wearing his helmet... and a tank top, board shorts, and flip-flops. His helmet would have protected his skull in a wreck, though the amount of road rash he would have sustained might have made him wish otherwise.
And to get back on topic, I'm OC in my kitchen right now.
Riana
Regular Member
OK, finally made it out of the house today. OC'd at Fair Oaks Silver Diner, and took a walk through the Fair Oaks Mall to buy stuff at Bath & Body Works - no issues anywhere.
PaulX608
Regular Member
You were not too far from me at work. Unfortunately, no carry at work for me
But I had my empty holster on!
Steeler-gal
Regular Member
Ditto. Was with her and we had fun. I noticed a few ppl checking us out at the mall but no incidents - except for the Kiosk Shill who suckered me in to hear her schpeel. Thank God Rianna reminded me of our "appointment" and we had to leave. Whoo!
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PaulX608
Regular Member
Glad you gals had a good experience at Fair Oaks! Next time, come on down to LensCrafters, we don't mind OC either.
Steeler-gal
Regular Member
We talked about it but then got distracted by chocolate at the Godiva store.
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Teaching classes in Lorton VA & Springfield VA
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We talked about it but then got distracted by chocolate at the Godiva store.
You can be armed with chocolate, yes the case is included. :lol:
http://www.chocolateammo.com/military-chocolate-novelty-products/chocolate-hand-gun.html
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Riana
Regular Member
You can be armed with chocolate, yes the case is included. :lol:
http://www.chocolateammo.com/military-chocolate-novelty-products/chocolate-hand-gun.html
But that's not GODIVA chocolate, Grapeshot... you simply can't understand (you're a guy).
Today's OC outings included a trip to the Herndon DQ to get Blizzards for the Youngling and me (in support of the Children's Miracle Network, of course), and now lunch at Panera Bread Herndon. No issues anywhere.
Steeler-gal
Regular Member
You can be armed with chocolate, yes the case is included. :lol:
http://www.chocolateammo.com/military-chocolate-novelty-products/chocolate-hand-gun.html
Agreed. Don't try and wrap your pretty little head around it. You'll never understand.
Agreed. Don't try and wrap your pretty little head around it. You'll never understand.
Think I have just been double whupped. :uhoh:
Citizen
Founder's Club Member
Ladies,
Some gents--a very few--do understand. Especially those with a sense of refinement. Especially those who combine excellent chocolate with another favorite sensory indulgence. Fine scotch, for example.
For gentleman readers who don't quite see it, perhaps this will give some perspective. Hersheys is to Godiva like Jim Beam is to Johnny Walker Gold Label. In both cases, the former is good. But, the latter is an exquisite sensory indulgence.
No open carry today. Yet.
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Agreed. Don't try and wrap your pretty little head around it. You'll never understand.
Have you ever actually ever seen him? "Pretty" is one of the last terms I would expect to hear applied regarding his noggin.
Unless you meant to, but for some reason forgot to end with "Bless his heart".
stay safe.
Well, yes, mid-grade is always better than economy-class. But all four are blended goods, meaning they try to average the bad and the good in order to wind up with adequate. Virginia is blessed with a growing number of craft chocolatiers who roast and grind their own beans, just as Scotland is blessed with dedicated single-malt distilleries who more than make up for some of the crapmeisters also putting out single malt product.
It's sort of like the comparison of Wall White Box ammo to a dedicated handload developed over time and perhaps a few shot-out chronograph screens.
stay safe.
Citizen
Founder's Club Member
Well, yes, mid-grade is always better than economy-class. But all four are blended goods, meaning they try to average the bad and the good in order to wind up with adequate. Virginia is blessed with a growing number of craft chocolatiers who roast and grind their own beans, just as Scotland is blessed with dedicated single-malt distilleries who more than make up for some of the crapmeisters also putting out single malt product.
It's sort of like the comparison of Wall White Box ammo to a dedicated handload developed over time and perhaps a few shot-out chronograph screens.
stay safe.
I was about to go do some open carrying, but now ya got me riled. The above quoted heresy must be addressed!
Average the bad and the good in order to wind up with adequate!?!?! The bad!?! Adequate!?!
Oh, my.
For all readers, even single-malt whiskeys are blended from multiple barrels. Yep. The distinction is whether a bottler blends whiskeys from multiple distilleries, or whether he blends only the stuff he himself produces. A single-malt scotch means all the scotch in the bottle came from the same distillery, even though the bottle contains whiskeys from multiple barrels from that distillery blended together. A blend scotch means the scotch in the bottle came from multiple barrels from more than one distillery. The only scotch that would be unblended at all is called single cask.
Now, there is a reason all this blending is going on. It is definitely not because they are blending bad and good to achieve adequate. It is because they are aiming for some uniformity of flavor. A number of things affect the taste of a whiskey. For example, what went into it (barley, corn, rye), what the storage barrel held previously (American bourbon, spanish wine), etc. So, every barrel of whiskey tastes different. And, they reach maturity at different rates. There are people whose sole function is to sample the whiskey from multiple barrels and write the bottling instructions for which barrels are to be combined for a bottling run in order to come reasonably close to that product line's core flavor profile.
Otherwise, you could buy three bottles of any one brand of whiskey bottled across a month, and all three would taste dramatically different.
So, even the single-malt scotches are blended. They're just blended from all in-house barrels. Whereas, brands that are blends, for example, Johnny Walker, Chivas Regal, Glenlivet, are blended from barrels supplied to them by multiple distilleries.
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SouthernBoy
Regular Member
I was about to go do some open carrying, but now ya got me riled. The above quoted heresy must be addressed!
Average the bad and the good in order to wind up with adequate!?!?! The bad!?! Adequate!?!
Oh, my.
For all readers, even single-malt whiskeys are blended from multiple barrels. Yep. The distinction is whether a bottler blends whiskeys from multiple distilleries, or whether he blends only the stuff he himself produces. A single-malt scotch means all the scotch in the bottle came from the same distillery, even though the bottle contains whiskeys from multiple barrels from that distillery blended together. A blend scotch means the scotch in the bottle came from multiple barrels from more than one distillery. The only scotch that would be unblended at all is called single cask.
Now, there is a reason all this blending is going on. It is definitely not because they are blending bad and good to achieve adequate. It is because they are aiming for some uniformity of flavor. A number of things affect the taste of a whiskey. For example, what went into it (barley, corn, rye), what the storage barrel held previously (American bourbon, spanish wine), etc. So, every barrel of whiskey tastes different. And, they reach maturity at different rates. There are people whose sole function is to sample the whiskey from multiple barrels and write the bottling instructions for which barrels are to be combined for a bottling run in order to come reasonably close to that product line's core flavor profile.
Otherwise, you could buy three bottles of any one brand of whiskey bottled across a month, and all three would taste dramatically different.
So, even the single-malt scotches are blended. They're just blended from all in-house barrels. Whereas, brands that are blends, for example, Johnny Walker, Chivas Regal, Glenlivet, are blended from barrels supplied to them by multiple distilleries.
The Glenlivet is a single malt scotch... unless they're lying. For the money spent, my preference is Glenfiddich. I find it a little smoother and more mellow than The Glenlivet.
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Citizen
Founder's Club Member
Dammit, you would have to go and mention Glenfiddich. Now I'm all thirsty. Fortunately, its legal to OC in ABC stores.
(Thanks for the info on Glenlivet.)
Wolf_shadow
Activist Member
While I agree about the chocolate, I'll gladly take a Kentucky Bourbon over Scotch any day. Although this maybe a result of an unfortunate mistake/accident about 55 years ago. As I understand it from the story as my father told it, a friend and he were drinking Scotch and talking at the table, and I said I wanted some. Dad said he thought I'd smell it and give it back but I drank it Da** near choked. To this day I Can't stand the smell of Scotch. :lol:
Hmmm - Some say that about Irish, though I don't subscribe to that. :lol:
Yes, I am OCing as I type this, but I still don't think that sets a good example for the forum.
darkin
Regular Member
At Loudoun county fair entrance
First year I've seen this