Just Saw this on the Evening News...

BW Redneck · Post by **BW Redneck** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:25 pm

The NBC nightly news had a segment about scotch distilleries making HUGE profits nowadays. Apparently, the Chinese are becoming Scotch addicts. They blend theirs with green tea. The demand is so high that the Scotch distilleries are actually building new distilleries to keep up with demand, which hasn't been done in the Scottish Highlands for 2 decades.

Just though it was interesting...

CoopsOz · Post by **CoopsOz** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:17 pm

It is interesting, when this Chinese boom stops....the whole world is gonna hurt!

birdwatcher · Post by **birdwatcher** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:47 am

The statistics in China and India are mind boggling.

I can't recall the exact numbers, but I was astounded by the number of cars being sold daily and the number of persons moving from backward rural areas into the cities.

A whole new enormous middle class creating a need for commodities i.e oil, natural gas, copper, steel, zinc, nickel, gold etc. etc.

Buy stocks in good companies producing these products; you can't go wrong.

G

TownDrunk · Post by **TownDrunk** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:28 am

I was reading the other day that the chinese stock market crashed, and then for some ungodly reason gas prices in california skyrocketed to over 3 dollars a gallon again. While the price of gasoline in the illinois area is still at 2 dollars and around 60 cents per gallon-as reported by my father in law.

I hate world economics!!!

And my opinion of scotch-eww I throwup after a couple ounces of drinking that crap.

Gimme a bottle of bundy rum any day you Aussies!!! God that stuff is good!

hornedrhodent · Post by **hornedrhodent** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:37 am

TownDrunk wrote: And my opinion of scotch-eww I throwup after a couple ounces of drinking that crap.

Gimme a bottle of bundy rum any day you Aussies!!! God that stuff is good!

Have you tried either of them with 'green tea'?

goose eye · Post by **goose eye** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:55 am

ice cold sweet tea streight 365. only thang that beats that is ice cold spring water. a dipper of ice cold spring water after a long afternoon in the feilds in the summer sun - aint nothin better

TownDrunk · Post by **TownDrunk** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:00 pm

Nah, haven't tried either with green tea. Tea isn't my thing either, too Earthy for my palate.

Red Neck City Boy · Post by **Red Neck City Boy** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:24 pm

goose eye wrote:ice cold sweet tea streight 365. only thang that beats that is ice cold spring water. a dipper of ice cold spring water after a long afternoon in the feilds in the summer sun - aint nothin better

I'll second that! I love me some sweet tea!!!

Oh and some home distilled rum!