queries inherent vice

Joe Allonby joeallonby at gmail.com
Fri Nov 6 11:16:44 CST 2009


Someone once described the resulting hangover as "like waking up in a
tire fire".

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I remember the swill well...the only Dionysian experience I could afford once upon a time.............
>
> --- On Fri, 11/6/09, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: queries inherent vice
>> To: "Henry Musikar" <scuffling at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "Pynchon Liste" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Date: Friday, November 6, 2009, 11:00 AM
>> thanks for the memories, henry
>> my stomach still gives me looks of disapproval when that
>> subject comes
>> up (literally)
>>
>> Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill was one of my first loves so
>> to speak ( I
>> did not find my thrill)
>> the bourbon I drink now (makers mark, van winkle,
>> woodhouse) refuse to
>> believe they were ever in such company
>>
>> its been described as:      tastes just
>> like strawberries and soul
>> crushing ignominy.
>> rich
>>
>> On 11/6/09, Henry Musikar <scuffling at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Has anyone ever heard of calling Thunderbird wine,
>> which is/was horrible and
>> > terribly sweet (from what I've read) "T-Bird?"  I
>> haven't, but it would fit.
>> > And I wouldn't recommend drinking it.
>> >
>> > Henry Mu
>> > Sr. IT Consultant
>> > http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Tore Rye Andersen
>> >
>> > A T-Bird is a Ford Thunderbird - I wouldn't advise
>> drinking it.
>> >
>> > 'Oppos' is probably real estate jargon for
>> opportunities.
>> >
>> > The 'anymore' in your final question does seem a bit
>> clunky, but
>> > it just seems to me that Hope is telling Doc that the
>> tradition of
>> > shooting up in strange houses has vanished down the
>> toilet, along with
>> > three percent product (heroin) - neither opportunity
>> exists anymore
>> > (hence the jarring 'anymore' - just how people talked,
>> I guess).
>> >
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