Hi all,

Just to introduce myself, here I am.

Got interested in Absinthe when about a year and-a-half ago the wifey made some glass beads for a set she named "Memories of Absinthe". So off I went ......
First was a bag of herbs and a bottle of vodka
Then I got a 500ml bottle of Logan, better than herbs but still crap.
Then I did real research and found some forums and settled on La Fee Verte Absinthe House and this joint as the best ones to study.
I've now gone through a lot of Un Emile (like them all, depends on my mood which one I like the best) and am waiting for some Kubler and F. Guy to arrive. I'm also researching the theory and techniques of HG which I hope to put to practice sometime next year.
Thanks all for sending me in the right directions and I'm glad this place rose from the ashes of the old Lounge.

Welcome GeeBee.

Anyone who has done as much legwork as you have is more than welcome. Get yourself a drink, my boy...

Welcome! I see you've done your homework! We like that here. I like your signature, BTW!

Welcome!

Pull up a chair and stay a while...just try not to fall out.

You are more than welcome here! Feel free to jump in and comment anytime.

DG

Hello Grey Boy
I am new here too. We can be FNGs together.

Now that we've welcomed you into our little corner of cyberspace, you need an avatar! The following is a picture of something called a "Bolivian Grey Boy"...

Damn, you must've been uploading your avatar pic as I was posting. Oh well...

Rimbaud, that is just simply beautiful.

Thank you. "Rimmy's House O' Avatars"...for all your avatar-related needs! This weeks' special: exotic mammals!

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I Like the Bolivian Grey Boy, but I had to use this avatar, but thanks for the offer.
I had the cat staring at me and had to get a picture, just as I took it he starts yawning and releases a large, slimy hairball onto my shoe, a loving memory.
Thanks for the welcome all, and to you lampchop, at least I have another FNG around to give me support when I inevitably fuck something up.

Howdy Grey and Lambchop, pleased to meet ya's.

Hello, Grey.

Hey, hello new absinthobro!!!
Just one thing, don't talk to explicitly about your HG plan around here. (watch out for ATF)

Hey Rimmy, can you come up with a decent avatar for me?
GS

No problem, Gassy! I'll work on it over the weekend. I've got Photoshop at home, so it'll probably come out nicer than the others I've done...

[quote=Grey Boy,Nov 14 2003, 06:12 PM] [quote=Rimbaud,Nov 14 2003, 05:33 PM]Damn, you must've been uploading your avatar pic as I was posting. Oh well...[/quote]
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I Like the Bolivian Grey Boy, but I had to use this avatar, but thanks for the offer.
I had the cat staring at me and had to get a picture, just as I took it he starts yawning and releases a large, slimy hairball onto my shoe, a loving memory.
Thanks for the welcome all, and to you lampchop, at least I have another FNG around to give me support when I inevitably fuck something up. [/quote]
Hey GreyBoy & Lambchop!

I'm new here too. I'm sure I'll also fuck up at some point too! It will be nice to have a bit of support.

HEllo GB, Jade- the only REAL Burnt™ absintheB.

I should come up wtih a better avitar than this. It is getting old.

Thanks for the welcome Gimpy!

HEY! There is nothing wrong with Bill the Cat!!!

(I'm very happy that he is doing comics again. Not sure if it's started yet, but he's doing a new comic that is based around Opus, but it will only be on Sundays)

Spucky,
That avatar is so you, you couldn't change it.

Maybe in the Boinger outfit...


Hey GB. Nice to meetcha.

Three FNG's in a row with a good command of english... what is the lounge coming to...

TONE control.

Actually, now that the FAQ is mostly read only and trimmed, one can quickly read it and realise what's the whaty here.
Makes it easier on those who want to join.

You have to make it a good one Rimmy, a VERY good one!!!

Welcome aboard GB... I like your avatar.

The cat looks like he's had one too many.

WOW! This place is jumping with new members! GREAT!

I think you may find the F. Guy a little weak (light) but I think you'll enjoy the Kubler a lot...

When I first found the old lounge, there was pretty often some newbies fucking up, but I haven't seen much of it lately. Maybe one of us FNGs should go and ask some stupid THUJONE!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING! questions, just to prevent all the veterans from getting bored, with noone to flame.

Again, now that the FAQ is actually usable, it makes it easier for new folks to at least try and converse in the proper TONE.
Mistakes were never the problem, it was a lack of courtesy as to way things are done around here.
That would bring out the

Hi there, and welcome!

Unfortunately, you cannot enjoy the merry camaraderie of yet another FNG -- I've just lost that epitheton ornans recently.

Not that you're really a FNG. After all, you went through less pleasant experiences than I have[1]. And you're planning some HG.

[1] I've got a bottle of Hill's[2], yes, but it was cheap, and as that was *after* I had a bottle of François Guy (courtesy of a colleague called Guy Francois), I quickly saw it for what it was -- no agonizing "is absinthe really for me" because of it.

[2] [Donning asbestos suit] Come to think of it, I don't know why people diss it, except for the act it's not absinthe (despite what the label says). It tastes like cough syrup, but then, they do make these cough syrups taste like that because supposedly some people like that taste. [For the record: I don't, save as the alcohol for "banane flambées"]

Gassy, your new avatar is done. Just having some technical difficulties trying to post it. Hopefully, it will be up shortly...

Hey! this is where they are all hiding !



Welcome everybody !

Gassy:

Ha! Neat Avitar.

And since the Mayor has spoken, I shall retain mine.

Exceellllleennt! That will work just great. Thanks Rimmy. Now how the hell do I incorporate it?
GS

And this GeeBee fuck is, ...
where?

....back at work with a hangover from a weekend drinking in Portland, Maine.
Lots of good microbrews and some single malt, still tasting the Laphroig from last night...

A whisky burpin' hangover?

Alright!

Then I tried to cover it with coffee, OJ and bananas

I'm gonna grab a gin and tonic.

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Oh yes yes yes! You and I are gonna get along quite nicely, Grey Boy. I showed up at the Tri-boro Louche Conference with a flask of bourbon in my purse...just in case...

You are most welcome, GS!

I showed up at the Tri-boro Louche Conference with a flask of bourbon in my purse...just in case...[/QUOTE]
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I love Bourbon, what brand did you have? I have some Makers Mark waiting for me at home to finally soften this hangover.

LL, I've been hooked on Plymouth Gin all summer, ever try it?

No, I shall.
I have to reup for a party here Thursday.

Can't I PLEASE light my absinthe on fire? Please please please please please.....

had me one of those saturday & sunday for good measure.

i think there must have been a hole in the liter of bourbon i bought friday eve...cause the bottle ended up in the recycle bin sunday morn.

Lookin' for anal
rape in a pretty
probable place.

Damn,
I didn't use to drink a lot.

A young boy full of
longing for acceptance
and love enters the
maws of hell.

And fits right in
to the anal rape.