Topic: LETS DRINK SOME WHISKEY and WHISKY (and rum)!!!! proper

[Terry in Australia]

Here's the next to you Terry! Not a scotch guy, normal whiskey. Well let's make that Kentucky Bourbon.

Thanks Jerry, actually Makers and Chivas tastes quite similar, although if I was gonna drink them neat I'd lean towards Chivas, then I'd probably lean too far and fall over, hopefully not in a pool of Dave's chunky soup..........

[Retro Rocket]

Well after a bit of reading it seems that i am not the only one that was told that story....

So there may well be some truth in the story i quoted Terry....

Sorry Mick, but I saw the London Coroner on the news explain that as one of the symptoms of "Acute Alcohol Poisoning" (like most poisoning) is vomiting, so saying that he died of alcohol poisoning is still correct. Bon started to vomit, and because of the angle of his body, he then aspirated (drew into his own lungs) his vomit, like a swimmer who drowns by aspirating water.

I will continue to believe the opinion of the man who conducted Bon Scott's autopsy long after I have forgotten the opinion of someone from some music organisation in Brisbane, or a bunch of wacko conspiracy theorists. Cheers, Terry.

I didn't come down in the last shower either mate, and the guy we spoke to is the {or was} the head of APRA  {AMCOS}, based in Sydney i think.. He is a very reputable guy and i doubt he runs around telling Porky's to music students, anyway,
Here is an interview with the guy {Alistair Kinnear} that was actually with Bon when he died, Both at the party and he also took Bon to hospital when he found him still in the car,  he clearly states that there was no vomit in the car at all....
I don't really care either way but i believe what i was told because the guy was a friend of the Young family for a very long time, since the Easy beats...

Here's the story ...

Well We've found Alistair Kinnear, and in his own words he tells what really went down on February 19, 1980....

"In late 1978 I met Silver Smith, with whom I moved to a flat in Kensington. She was a sometime girlfriend of Bon Scott. Bon came to stay with us for two weeks, and he and I became friends. Silver returned to Australia for a year, and I moved to Overhill Road in East Dulwich. On the night of 18 February 1980, Zena Kakoulli, manager of the Only ones, and wife of bandleader Peter Perrett, invited me to the inaugural gig of her sister's band at the Music Machine in Camden Town (renamed Camden Palace in 1982). "I phoned Silver, who was once again living in London, to see if she wanted to come along, but she'd made other arrangements for the evening. However, she suggested that Bon might be interested, as he had phoned her earlier looking for something to do. I gave him a call, and he was agreeable, and I picked him up at his flat on Ashley court in Westminster.

"It was a great party, and Bon and I both drank far too much, both at the free bar backstage and at the upstairs bar as well; however I did not see him take any drugs that evening. At the end of the party I offered to drive him home. As we approached his flat, I realised that Bon had drifted into unconsciousness. I left him in my car and rang his doorbell, but his current live-in girlfriend didn't answer. I took Bon's keys and let myself into the flat, but no-one was at home. I was unable to wake Bon, so I rang Silver for advice. She said that he passed out quite frequently, and that it was best just to leave him to sleep it off.

"I then drove to my flat on Overhill Road and tried to lift him out of the car, but he was too heavy for me to carry in my intoxicated state, so I put the front passenger seat back so that he could lie flat, covered him with a blanket, left a note with my address and phone number on it, and staggered upstairs to bed. It must have been 4 or 5am by that time, and I slept until about 11. when I was awakened by a friend, Leslie Loads. I was so hungover that I asked Leslie to do me a favour of checking on Bon. He did so, and returned to tell me my car was empty, so I went back to sleep, assuming that Bon had awoken and taken a taxi home. At about 7:30 that evening I went down to my car intending to pay a visit to my girlfriend who was in hospital, and was shocked to find Bon still lying flat in the front seat, obviously in a very bad way, and not breathing. I immediately drove hime to King's College Hospital, where Bon was pronounced dead on arrival. The Lambeth coroner's report cited acute alchol poisoning, and death by misadventure.

"It has since been speculated that Bon choked on his own vomit, but I can neither confirm nor deny this, and his death certificate says nothing about it. There was no vomit in the car and contrary to other reports I've read, he was not wrapped around the gearstick when I found him. I made a statement to the police at the hospital, and later spoke to the Evening Standard, relating everything I knew at the time.

"The next day Silver came around to see me. She told me for the first time that Bon had been receiving treatment for liver damage, but had missed several doctor's appointments. I wish that I had known this at the time.

"I truly regret Bon's death. Hindsight being 20/20, I would've driven him to the hospital when he first passed out, but in those days of excess, uncousciousness was commonplace and seemed no cause for real alarm.

"It has been implied that I mysteriously 'disappeared', but in fact I have been living on the Costa del Sol for 22 years, still working as a musician, and am in touch with most of my old friends in England and in other parts of the world, so I am not hiding from anyone. What I'd like to pass on from this unfortunate experience is the idea that we should all take better care of our friends, and err on the side of caution when we don't know all the facts."

[Stev-o]

Give it up boys, who cares?  Back to da booze....


I drink alone

[Terry in Australia]

Well after a bit of reading it seems that i am not the only one that was told that story....

So there may well be some truth in the story i quoted Terry....

Sorry Mick, but I saw the London Coroner on the news explain that as one of the symptoms of "Acute Alcohol Poisoning" (like most poisoning) is vomiting, so saying that he died of alcohol poisoning is still correct. Bon started to vomit, and because of the angle of his body, he then aspirated (drew into his own lungs) his vomit, like a swimmer who drowns by aspirating water.

I will continue to believe the opinion of the man who conducted Bon Scott's autopsy long after I have forgotten the opinion of someone from some music organisation in Brisbane, or a bunch of wacko conspiracy theorists. Cheers, Terry.

I didn't come down in the last shower either mate, and the guy we spoke to is the {or was} the head of APRA  {AMCOS}, based in Sydney i think.. He is a very reputable guy and i doubt he runs around telling Porky's to music students, anyway,
Here is an interview with the guy {Alistair Kinnear} that was actually with Bon when he died, Both at the party and he also took Bon to hospital when he found him still in the car,  he clearly states that there was no vomit in the car at all....
I don't really care either way but i believe what i was told because the guy was a friend of the Young family for a very long time, since the Easy beats...

Here's the story ...

Well We've found Alistair Kinnear, and in his own words he tells what really went down on February 19, 1980....

"In late 1978 I met Silver Smith, with whom I moved to a flat in Kensington. She was a sometime girlfriend of Bon Scott. Bon came to stay with us for two weeks, and he and I became friends. Silver returned to Australia for a year, and I moved to Overhill Road in East Dulwich. On the night of 18 February 1980, Zena Kakoulli, manager of the Only ones, and wife of bandleader Peter Perrett, invited me to the inaugural gig of her sister's band at the Music Machine in Camden Town (renamed Camden Palace in 1982). "I phoned Silver, who was once again living in London, to see if she wanted to come along, but she'd made other arrangements for the evening. However, she suggested that Bon might be interested, as he had phoned her earlier looking for something to do. I gave him a call, and he was agreeable, and I picked him up at his flat on Ashley court in Westminster.

"It was a great party, and Bon and I both drank far too much, both at the free bar backstage and at the upstairs bar as well; however I did not see him take any drugs that evening. At the end of the party I offered to drive him home. As we approached his flat, I realised that Bon had drifted into unconsciousness. I left him in my car and rang his doorbell, but his current live-in girlfriend didn't answer. I took Bon's keys and let myself into the flat, but no-one was at home. I was unable to wake Bon, so I rang Silver for advice. She said that he passed out quite frequently, and that it was best just to leave him to sleep it off.

"I then drove to my flat on Overhill Road and tried to lift him out of the car, but he was too heavy for me to carry in my intoxicated state, so I put the front passenger seat back so that he could lie flat, covered him with a blanket, left a note with my address and phone number on it, and staggered upstairs to bed. It must have been 4 or 5am by that time, and I slept until about 11. when I was awakened by a friend, Leslie Loads. I was so hungover that I asked Leslie to do me a favour of checking on Bon. He did so, and returned to tell me my car was empty, so I went back to sleep, assuming that Bon had awoken and taken a taxi home. At about 7:30 that evening I went down to my car intending to pay a visit to my girlfriend who was in hospital, and was shocked to find Bon still lying flat in the front seat, obviously in a very bad way, and not breathing. I immediately drove hime to King's College Hospital, where Bon was pronounced dead on arrival. The Lambeth coroner's report cited acute alchol poisoning, and death by misadventure.

"It has since been speculated that Bon choked on his own vomit, but I can neither confirm nor deny this, and his death certificate says nothing about it. There was no vomit in the car and contrary to other reports I've read, he was not wrapped around the gearstick when I found him. I made a statement to the police at the hospital, and later spoke to the Evening Standard, relating everything I knew at the time.

"The next day Silver came around to see me. She told me for the first time that Bon had been receiving treatment for liver damage, but had missed several doctor's appointments. I wish that I had known this at the time.

"I truly regret Bon's death. Hindsight being 20/20, I would've driven him to the hospital when he first passed out, but in those days of excess, uncousciousness was commonplace and seemed no cause for real alarm.

"It has been implied that I mysteriously 'disappeared', but in fact I have been living on the Costa del Sol for 22 years, still working as a musician, and am in touch with most of my old friends in England and in other parts of the world, so I am not hiding from anyone. What I'd like to pass on from this unfortunate experience is the idea that we should all take better care of our friends, and err on the side of caution when we don't know all the facts."

Mick, are you really serious? You take the word of some bloke in the music industry over the coroner? The idiot who left him in the car was probably responsible for him choking on his own vomit, because he first tried to pull him out of the car, and when he apparently couldn't, left him in an awkward position while he was unconcious.

See Bobby's post about what to do regarding someone if you don't want them to choke on their own vomit. Kinnear even admitted as much in the last line of that last paragraph. Did you come down in the last shower? Mate, if you truly believe that bull#$%* that you've been quoting, then yes, I believe you have. Bloody hell...........   

[Retro Rocket]

Ok Terry, the last post i made was from the guy that was actually there, And funnily enough {i had never seen that story until last night}, it is basically what we was told, i have no reason not to believe what i was told and why would someone highly respected in the Aussie music industry "bull#$%*" to a group of music students in an educational environment...?   I wasn't after an argument here at all, just posting what we were told , Asphyxiation wasn't mentioned by the coroner at all, when Jimmy Hendrix died from chocking on his own vomit , also in London, The coroners report said   "The cause of death for Jimi Hendrix, noted on the coroner's report was inhalation of vomit after barbiturate intoxication."  Maybe we will never know exactly but if there was no vomit in the actual car that he died in then where was it..?

Here's the link to the original story on bonscott.com.au

http://www.bonscott.com.au/kinnear.htm

I'm sticking with my story mate as you probably would if told something by one of your superiors with no reason to "bull#$%*"...

[Terry in Australia]

No worries Mick, give me the name and contact details of this bloke you keep talking about and I'll ask him myself. Put up, or shut up. 

[BobbyR]

Whatever happened here is where he wound up.



If you want to stop by and pay your respects:

Freemantle Cemetery
Corner of Carrington Street and
Fremantle
Western Australia  Australia

[Retro Rocket]

No worries Mick, give me the name and contact details of this bloke you keep talking about and I'll ask him myself. Put up, or shut up. 

Terry, i have no idea why you are getting pissed off , i was told something, which i posted here, by a guy that spoke to a few of us when we did our diploma's 12 years ago, if i could remember his name i would post it here , I don't really care either way.

[Terry in Australia]

Wouldn't his name be on your diploma Mick? All my diplomas have my instructors names on them, so it shouldn't be hard? I'm not pissed off, I just think he's full of #$%*. Cheers, Terry. 

[FrankenFrankenstuff]

1) Why wasn't Jesus born in Sydney?
They couldnt find three wise men and a virgin.


2) What's an Australians idea of foreplay?
You awake?


3) What's a Tasmanians idea of foreplay?
You awake, mum?

4) What is the Australian animal that most resembles the Australian male? The wombat, because he eats, roots, and leaves.

5) Why do so many Australian men suffer premature ejaculation? Because they have to rush back to the pub to tell their mates what happened!

6) What's the difference between a G-Spot and a golf ball? An Australian man will actually search for a golf ball.

[Damfino]

Q) What should you do if an Aussie throws a grenade at you ?
A) Pull the pin and throw it back.

Q) Did you hear about the Aussie who had a brain transplant ?
A) The brain rejected him a week later.

Q) What's the difference between yoghurt and Australians ?
A) At least yoghurt starts with a little culture.

Q) What do you call a field full of Australians ?
A) A vacant lot.

Q) What's the difference between Aussies and pigs ?
A) Pigs don't turn into Aussies when they drink.



 

[Elan]

At the bar, my go to is Jameson on the rocks. It's just so smooth. At home I keep ardbeg for a more peaty taste. Served neat.

Just had some of the balvenie, it was a...24year? Wow was it delicious. But I will only be having that when my coworker offers:)

[Retro Rocket]

Q) What should you do if an Aussie throws a grenade at you ?
A) Pull the pin and throw it back.

Q) Did you hear about the Aussie who had a brain transplant ?
A) The brain rejected him a week later.

Q) What's the difference between yoghurt and Australians ?
A) At least yoghurt starts with a little culture.

Q) What do you call a field full of Australians ?
A) A vacant lot.

Q) What's the difference between Aussies and pigs ?
A) Pigs don't turn into Aussies when they drink.



 

Why do they bury Americans 30 feet underground...?




























Because deep down they are really nice people.....  

[Damfino]

Why do they bury Americans 30 feet underground...?

Because deep down they are really nice people.....  

Really Mick? Could you introduce me to some?   

[Terry in Australia]

Why do they bury Americans 30 feet underground...?

Because deep down they are really nice people.....  

Really Mick? Could you introduce me to some?   

You'll have to bring your own shovel Schmitty!

[Retro Rocket]

Why do they bury Americans 30 feet underground...?

Because deep down they are really nice people.....  

Really Mick? Could you introduce me to some?   

You'll have to bring your own shovel Schmitty!

I think i've seen that movie.....

[Damfino]

Hey, why don't one of you guys buy my former home? Just like these great Honda's, they're only original once! Priced to sell!!


http://www.visualtour.com/applets/flashviewer2/viewer.asp?t=2941224&sk=30

[Retro Rocket]

Hey, why don't one of you guys buy my former home? Just like these great Honda's, they're only original once! Priced to sell!!


http://www.visualtour.com/applets/flashviewer2/viewer.asp?t=2941224&sk=30

Fcuk mate, if we had houses that cheap here i would be snapping them up....

[Terry in Australia]

Nice place mate, but at that price it should be haunted, what's it's history?

[Damfino]

It's only that cheap because it will probably take a million or more to restore...

[Terry in Australia]

Why restore? I'd "Cafe" it!

[Retro Rocket]

It's only that cheap because it will probably take a million or more to restore...

Whats the worst of the restore Schmitty..?  doesn't look that bad..?

[Terry in Australia]

Did Schmitty really mess that place up so bad?

[Damfino]

Nice place mate, but at that price it should be haunted, what's it's history?

Built in 1910 by a local business & banking tycoon who first saw the mission revival style architecture while visiting the 1893 Colombian Exposition (Worlds Fair) Chicago.  His houseboy was one of the members of the group 'The Inkspots'  (Bernie Mackey). He never married and died in 1931 leaving the house in the hands of his sisters, the last of who died in 1977 at the age of 99. Hence the reason for the house never being 'muddled' with. That's the condensed history. 

The Ink Spots - I don't want to set the world on fire

[Damfino]

It's only that cheap because it will probably take a million or more to restore...

Whats the worst of the restore Schmitty..?  doesn't look that bad..?

The clay tile roof would probably run 150-200k, the front & back porch roofs need to be completely rebuilt/restored, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, tuckpointing, chimney's rebuilt....and on, and on, and on...