Can anyone explain this?

[Keroin]

When I'm signed in to Lit, I can't see anyone's avatars. When I'm signed out, I can. Is this normal?

Sorry, I'm not overly computer literate so this may be a dumbass question. Apologies in advance.

 

[midwestyankee]

One of the choices available in your Control Panel (User CP in the menu bar) is whether to display avatars. It's possible that on your control panel this option is not checked, which would hide the avatars when you're signed in here. When you cruise Lit without being signed in, all the options (avatars, graphics, and signature lines) are visible.

 

[Keroin]

DUH! (Slaps hand on forehead). All good now. Still stumbling around like a newborn colt - how embarrassing.

Thanks MWY, I owe you a martini. Olives or twist?

(Bows respectfully)

 

[rida]

... martini. Olives or twist?

it was not offered to me but ... twist please


totally hijacking this thread:

could you please give me a quick lesson on martini?
or address me to a good link? I'd like to develop the knowledge and skills


(yes, to please a Domly type I care a lot for )


Thank you!

 

[Keroin]

No, no, I encourage hijacking. Welcome, rida! Pull up a stool. Ah, you strike me as a gin drinker. Am I correct?

I learned my martini skills from a Himalayan Sherpa I met in a seedy bar in Kathmandu. (Well, they're all seedy in Kathmandu, actually). This was back when I was still with the See-Eye-Ay, (Sorry, if I don't write it in code, they'll track me down and pink mist me - they hold such grudges) so everything I learned was classified, in the interest of national security.

However, I can give you a rough guide. Here's how I like mine:

1. Make sure everything is glacially cold. Glass, frozen. Shaker, frozen. Gin, frozen. (My favorite is Hendricks but it's hard to find). Ice, frozen.

2. Fill shaker with lots of ice.

3. Fill shaker with lots of gin.

4. Shake the shit out of it. Let stand. Shake more shit out of it.

**Note: "Bruising the gin" is a ridiculous myth. Martinis must be shaken so that you get all those wonderful little ice crystals in the glass.

5. Take a bottle of vermouth out of the fridge, look at it, put it back in the fridge.

6. Pour gin in frozen glass and garnish with lemon twist.

7. Drink, (preferably while sitting in a bubble bath), until everything seems wonderful. Then have another one.

Questions? I also have a killer recipe for a chocolate martini, if you like.

Cheers,
K

 

[00Syd]

No, no, I encourage hijacking. Welcome, rida! Pull up a stool. Ah, you strike me as a gin drinker. Am I correct?

I learned my martini skills from a Himalayan Sherpa I met in a seedy bar in Kathmandu. (Well, they're all seedy in Kathmandu, actually). This was back when I was still with the See-Eye-Ay, (Sorry, if I don't write it in code, they'll track me down and pink mist me - they hold such grudges) so everything I learned was classified, in the interest of national security.

However, I can give you a rough guide. Here's how I like mine:

1. Make sure everything is glacially cold. Glass, frozen. Shaker, frozen. Gin, frozen. (My favorite is Hendricks but it's hard to find). Ice, frozen.

2. Fill shaker with lots of ice.

3. Fill shaker with lots of gin.

4. Shake the shit out of it. Let stand. Shake more shit out of it.

**Note: "Bruising the gin" is a ridiculous myth. Martinis must be shaken so that you get all those wonderful little ice crystals in the glass.

5. Take a bottle of vermouth out of the fridge, look at it, put it back in the fridge.

6. Pour gin in frozen glass and garnish with lemon twist.

7. Drink, (preferably while sitting in a bubble bath), until everything seems wonderful. Then have another one.

Questions? I also have a killer recipe for a chocolate martini, if you like.

Cheers,
K

No. No, no, no, no, no. Its not a Martini without vermouth.

But I do agree that a twist and a bubble bath are the way to go.

 

[LilyBart]

I learned to wave the bottle of vermouth over the shaker. Just let the vermouth say "hello."

~LB

 

[Keroin]

Vermouth shmermouth!

Churchill used to just bow in the direction of France. If it's good enough for Winston, it's good enough for this cowgirl.

How I miss bubble baths...(she sighs, looks north with a wistful expression).

 

[Keroin]

I learned to wave the bottle of vermouth over the shaker. Just let the vermouth say "hello."

~LB

Attagirl!

 

[00Syd]

Bah. Its not a martini without vermouth, and you can't call it a cocktail unless it's got at least two ingredients, and the lemon twist doesn't count.

 

[LilyBart]

Bah. Its not a martini without vermouth, and you can't call it a cocktail unless it's got at least two ingredients, and the lemon twist doesn't count.

You're a child. Waving the the vermouth is standard practice.

Thinking about the fact that I am giving alcohol advice to a person who is the same age as one of my children. Ummm...forget what I said, for the moment.




~LB

 

[00Syd]

You're a child. Waving the the vermouth is standard practice.

Thinking about the fact that I am giving alcohol advice to a person who is the same age as one of my children. Ummm...forget what I said, for the moment.




~LB

Its okay, I've been making and drinking cocktails for a long time, no need to worry. And just because its standard practice doesn't make it right! There are a whole bunch of people who think its standard practice to make a martini with vodka, but that's very, very wrong.

 

[LilyBart]

Its okay, I've been making and drinking cocktails for a long time, no need to worry. And just because its standard practice doesn't make it right! There are a whole bunch of people who think its standard practice to make a martini with vodka, but that's very, very wrong.

Hah!
I am one of those pitiful vodka martini drinkers.


Gin gives me a headache. Really.

Still not giving alcohol advice. It must be earned.

~LB

 

[Sir Victor]

Vodka (Jewel of Russia) Martini please, shaken, not stirred!

 

[00Syd]

Hah!
I am one of those pitiful vodka martini drinkers.


Gin gives me a headache. Really.

Still not giving alcohol advice. It must be earned.

~LB

Ach, I say. ACH! Gin is so far superior to vodka.

Popularizing the vodka martini is the one and only thing that I hate about James Bond.

 

[Sir Victor]

Do you have a favorite Gin 00?

Ha, ha about James Bond, all I cared about was the hot girls
around him, oh and the Aston Martin of course!

vermouth - what's that?

 

[rida]

No, no, I encourage hijacking. Welcome, rida! Pull up a stool. Ah, you strike me as a gin drinker. Am I correct?

*snip off the secret recipe*

Questions? I also have a killer recipe for a chocolate martini, if you like.

Cheers,
K

Thank you!
I'll have to start my little bar with proper gin, ice, shaker and martini glasses

I do have a question thou: it seems that you can make martini with vodka instead of gin ... what's your take on it?

As for your question ... let's just say that I had my days

Bah. Its not a martini without vermouth, and you can't call it a cocktail unless it's got at least two ingredients, and the lemon twist doesn't count.

two ingredients: ice & gin?

Still one more than the Las Vegas' major's recipe (or is he the ex-major now?)

 

[Keroin]

Thank you!
I'll have to start my little bar with proper gin, ice, shaker and martini glasses

I do have a question thou: it seems that you can make martini with vodka instead of gin ... what's your take on it?

Yes, it is possible to make a martini with vodka. It is also possible to order a filet mignon "well done". The question is, for the love of Cod, why would you??!! LOL. No, gin is not everyone's thing and I rarely mercilessly tease those who drink vodka martinis. I'm not nearly as anal as I appear on TV.

Speaking of Bond, did anyone catch this little gem in the latest flick - "Quonset Hut of Solstice"? At the end, after he finishes filling in the undercover *Canadian* Intelligence woman about the very bad dude she is with, and tells her to leave, (effectively saving her life), she pauses in the doorway...to say "Thank you". I laughed my ass off, (no small feat, I assure you). Maybe you have to be Canadian to appreciate the humour?

Polite to the last.

 

[midwestyankee]

DUH! (Slaps hand on forehead). All good now. Still stumbling around like a newborn colt - how embarrassing.

Thanks MWY, I owe you a martini. Olives or twist?

(Bows respectfully)

Thanks but I've never gotten the martini bug. Now, if you'd care to pour a hearty single malt, neat, I'll be quite content.

 

[Keroin]

Consider it done! Glenlivet? Macallan? Laphroig? Do you have a preference. Normally I would make a smart ass comment about scotch whiskey (shudders) but since you were so helpful I will refrain.

True story, I went to a bar once in Japan where they had premium single malt scotch on tap. Also, the name of the bar was "The Framingo", and it had a large pink flamingo as its logo. No, that wasn't my spelling mistake. Apparently English/Japanese dictionaries are not consulted before naming businesses.

 

[midwestyankee]

Consider it done! Glenlivet? Macallan? Laphroig? Do you have a preference. Normally I would make a smart ass comment about scotch whiskey (shudders) but since you were so helpful I will refrain.

True story, I went to a bar once in Japan where they had premium single malt scotch on tap. Also, the name of the bar was "The Framingo", and it had a large pink flamingo as its logo. No, that wasn't my spelling mistake. Apparently English/Japanese dictionaries are not consulted before naming businesses.

The bad spelling/bad translation thing is a bit of an epidemic in the far east. I'd take a glass of The Macallan or Laphroiag any time, in fact. And I won't even insist on a scotch that's as old as I am, since I realize that would strain the budget of all but the most tony of establishments.

 

[BiBunny]

I must be terribly uncouth. I can't tolerate a gin or a vodka martini.

Truth be told, I can hardly tolerate gin, period. Not. My. Thing. Vodka, well, it's ok if it's not the cheap, nasty stuff.

Rum is good. Whiskey (American) or bourbon is better. That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.

 

[rida]

Yes, it is possible to make a martini with vodka. It is also possible to order a filet mignon "well done". The question is, for the love of Cod, why would you??!! LOL. No, gin is not everyone's thing and I rarely mercilessly tease those who drink vodka martinis. I'm not nearly as anal as I appear on TV.

Thanks!
I think I had a total of 3 martini in my life (I know ... I know ...) and all of them in the last year. The first two were, I think, vodka stirred with a twist, while the last one was a gin and olive (no idea if it was shaked or stirred).
Still need more sampling before I can judge

(gin I usually have as gin tonic, and vodka - finnish one, if possible - straight)

...
True story, I went to a bar once in Japan where they had premium single malt scotch on tap. Also, the name of the bar was "The Framingo", and it had a large pink flamingo as its logo. No, that wasn't my spelling mistake. Apparently English/Japanese dictionaries are not consulted before naming businesses.

LOL! Tell me about it!
There used to be an italian restaurant called "buco di muro" (hole in the wall) ... now it does not mean anything bad per se but ... beside not being correct, it is too close to the expression "buco di culo" ( do I need to translate? )



ETA: The Macallan please here .... It is only morning but I think I need a double one already

 

[Keroin]

I must be terribly uncouth. I can't tolerate a gin or a vodka martini.

Truth be told, I can hardly tolerate gin, period. Not. My. Thing. Vodka, well, it's ok if it's not the cheap, nasty stuff.

Rum is good. Whiskey (American) or bourbon is better. That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.

Uncouth? Pshaw! We all have our pollutant of choice, mine just happens to be gin. While living in the Bahamas, however, I did go through a lengthy rum phase. Mango rum? Come on, I am only human, how could I resist?! Plus, rum, at $8 a bottle, was the only cheap product to be had there (a bag of taco chips was $8).

 

[shycoyote]

Wow, this thread got totally hijacked!!! lol

I have an avatar question I hope that`s okay.

I can see everyone else`s but I can`t see my own.... I was wondering if it`s even showing up...

Anyone help