tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101162324715983722.post327297383677717186..comments2024-03-16T11:28:41.525-04:00Comments on Diving for Pearls: A Time to PauseMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02288790197865570681noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101162324715983722.post-80125963633431498522013-01-31T19:08:45.177-05:002013-01-31T19:08:45.177-05:00Thank you Josh for your comment. I agree wholehear...Thank you Josh for your comment. I agree wholeheartedly and am in a similar place. I've been fighting the urge to buy more every day now. It starts with the GottaHaveItGottaHaveItGottaHaveItGottaHaveItGottaHaveItGottaHaveIt voice, then a few minutes later the No You Do Not voice cuts it off. It's bizarre, I've never been lured so much into consumerism. It really is lunacy and lust. And not the good kind.<br /><br />Buying samples allow me to further the exploration. It's a broader spectrum. And also cheaper and takes up less space. I don't feel as guilty about it.<br /><br />As far as bottles go, man, I'm still working this through.Diving for Pearlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02373371259792882112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101162324715983722.post-16869484683600499242013-01-30T01:00:40.139-05:002013-01-30T01:00:40.139-05:00Ryan's beautiful and moral advice is at least ...Ryan's beautiful and moral advice is at least partially responsible for saving my marriage - but that's another story. Now, I must tell you of my own whisky collecting obsession. I am there too, in a big way. The business of Limited Editions and single cask bottlings are a goad to me, as well as the rising prices that you note. I picked up a bottle of Great King St. New York Blend, less because I really wanted to drink a bottle than just because it was scarce and going fast and I wanted to try it. I got a bottle of Old Pulteny 17 despite having samples because one local store had it at last year's price. I have way too many open bottles, now I have too many closed ones. The 2004 bottling of Inchgower 14... just because it was the last one. Like Pokemon (Gotta Catch Em All) except that's madness. Lunacy. It's greed. Lust. Avarice. It's destructive - except the part where I'm having wonderful drams. A lot.Josh Feldmanhttp://cooperedtot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101162324715983722.post-29327000372170679282013-01-17T20:15:59.112-05:002013-01-17T20:15:59.112-05:00Wow, great Timothy verse. Right on.
I've neve...Wow, great Timothy verse. Right on.<br /><br />I've never been a good consumer. Stuff only makes me happy for a short period of time, then the joy is gone and I'm left with a bunch of things. The bliss that lasts exists beyond the material.<br /><br />The great joy with whisky is in the sharing. The exploration is grand, but it's better with company.<br /><br />Thank you for your comment, Ryan!Diving for Pearlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02373371259792882112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101162324715983722.post-62555452707833778052013-01-16T12:43:08.338-05:002013-01-16T12:43:08.338-05:00Wow, I just looked at TWE - 38GBP for delivery per...Wow, I just looked at TWE - 38GBP for delivery per bottle! Yikes!<br /><br />I hear you on the rest of it. I've gone down this same train of thought as you. I don't have the answer, but I have to continuously stop and refocus my attention to what is important when whisky is involved. Whenever I'm about to pull the trigger on a whisky purchase, I stop and review a few verses that help me:<br /><br />(Proverbs were written by King David - a Jew!)<br /><br />Prov. 15:16: "Better to have little, with fear of the Lord, than to have great treasure and inner turmoil."<br /><br />Prov. 21:17: "Those who love pleasure become poor; those who love wine and luxury will never be rich."<br /><br />Colossians 3:5: "Don't be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world."<br /><br />1 Timothy 6:6-10: "... If we have enough food and clothing, let us be content. But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction ... "<br /><br />Generally after reading these verses and maybe a couple others, I am refocused and can pass on the temptation for exciting whisky. Ryannoreply@blogger.com