As far as playing the thu-jone game, I consider Markus a minor player. He's one of the few vendors to search out quality absinthe and promote it on his site. Just look at the ratio of distilled absinthes to thu-jone bomb absinthes on his site.

I doubt that there is much monetary incentive to promote quality absinthe for export to USA and dealing with cranky customers over seized shipments. Markus is the only vendor that travels to the distilleries to investigate a product before he carries it. He does his research and is dedicated to his US customers.

His new site may still be buggy, as I have experienced. I sent off an email, he personally processed my order, and fixed the bug.

As I've mentioned before, I've got to believe it would be easier for Markus to join the rest of his German counterparts and push thu-jone bombs and sit back and count the money.

BTW, the only reason I didn't mention LDF, is that they are a completely different business model. Markus is strictly a reseller. LDF carries unique products, that they have had a hand in developing. Quality is their middle name, except that quality doesn’t start with “D.”

The way I see it, Marcus is walking the middle ground. He caters to us very well but he also has to sell to the euro crowd. If they scream for pork rinds then so be it.

He's in business to sell a product and I've never had an issue with him. Verlicht ein bischen mit sein Englisch grammatik!

I look at absinthe the same way I look at car audio amplifiers. Everyone touts that they have the best made amplifiers ... fact is, 99.9% of them are made in the same factory in China. The ONLY thing that varies (and in many cases not) are the specs. So it's really all about marketing.

Ever see a "New and Improved" sticker on a product? Did you ever stop to think that perhaps it was only the sticker on the package that made it New and Improved?

While present, thu-jone is the "mystic" property that gives absinthe it's allure. So that's the marketing tool used to promote.

I bought the line at first .... then I got educated. We ALL do.

DG

Hey! I'm Euro-crowd as well, and so are the French (and Spanish), and we ain't no
pork rib friends.

That fascination with pork ribs is something Central European...

And so am I. I ain't screamin for anything porky unless it's in a Warner Brothers cartoon.

I like bacon.

the feeling is mutual

Ha!
Hi Porkio.

mmmmmm lambchops and bacon......

Porkio meant he feels like bacon.

I thought he meant that he likes to feel up bacon. A sausage is more realistic, Porkio.

I saw Kevin Bacon on the street in NYC about a month ago. Just as I passed him, I said "bacon" under my breath. He looked at me kinda weird...

everybody cut footloose

JEEZ! You euro types sure are TOUCHY!!

Did you know if you try to cook bacon at 6 degrees, it takes a LONG time?

DG

DatFuckinBedWetter!
He's my man!

[Ah -- a transatlantic brawl. As if we didn't have enough of these already, courtesy of the current US government]

Of course. Quite unlike people in the US, who are world renowned for having very long fuses.

We euro-types all *love* to be lumped together. Just ask anyone Scottish over 50 [1] what they think about the pork-rib-loving Germans [2].



[I should add, for the irony-impaired, that flames thrown here emit only electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum and do not burn]

[1] Needless to say, I'm under 50, I have no problems with most (intelligent) Germans, and not even anything against CanuckyFuckyLand.

[2] During my last visit with Flemish friends, we had to explain quite often that no, we weren't Germans, and that we were speaking Dutch, which *was* different from German (at least since the 1600s). The question "are you Germans" was often uttered in quite an ominous tone.

You can cook it really fast in a microwave oven - the ABG method.

Speaking of Bacon .... I don't really like tomatos on my BLT .... so when I order a BL, are they gonna know what the hell I'm ordering?

Man, I hate tomatoes .... but I like chunky salsa and ketchup.

DG

A bomb and bullet free transatlantic brawl!!

Everyone here in the US knows that CanuckyFuckyLanders are just Americans who couldn't pass the entrance exam!

Flemish? Isn't that what you hack up when you have a cold?

BTW, how DO you know the length of my fuse!!?? You been peekin' where you shouldn't be peekin', Willie O' Tool?





In all seriousness. My parents are off the boat (literally) German and I've been all over EuroFuckyLand NUMEROUS times. I'm not TOTALLY ignorant and jingoistic. I just loooove being a sarcastic SOB and pointing out other peoples short comings! Hey, come on, at least we don't pay extra for condiments in OUR restaurants!

She said that was the best 30 seconds of her life!

DG

HEY!! I'll have you know that when she asked me just who I was gonna please with that, I said "ME"!!

"When I said, we, you know I meant me."
-- Marilyn Manson

DG

Ditto

And we don't have to bag our own groceries, or pay extra for a freakin' bag.

Yes, what the hell is up with that?!?!?!?!

DG

Safeway tried bagging groceries in Germany, but the people hated it. Go figure.

I like to keep condom mints handy
for the ladies.
Especially if they bag for me.

I heard you're a 2 bagger!

That's the best ya could do?

I guess so .... sure got awfully quiet.

DG

With the material that you give me to work with, in a word, YES!!

Ho, shit!
Sorry I didn't set ya up all easy!

Youse be slippin' LL!

Yeah, right.

i love you marcus, not only are you an reliable source... you are also a beautiful human being.

HEY


I'm going to give you a chance to work on your tone.

Your words are not constructive, nor instructive. If you've got a personal grievance with markus than keep it personal.

If you have a NEW problem then speak out... just don't start swearing and name calling.

1) Your opinion and repeated public whining have all the impact of a single rain drop on the ocean.

2) Markus is in no way an asshole. From my experience, and every one else I know who knows him, he is in fact a very nice guy.
It appears that you, on the other hand, are an asshole.

3) If you would have refrained from repeatedly slagging off Markus in public, you'd probably have your package you've been whining about. Other bottles that were stopped by customs were successfully redelivered, because the customers settled their greivances with Markus privately and in a civil manner. Markus owes you nothing.

Bad. No biscuit.

Most, but not all forum members know what's right or wrong. I leave it up to you.

2 1/2 weeks delivery for my neck o' the woods.
Maybe livin' in Bush territory is givin' you the

That's my Hedgie!

Sorry about that Markus, I was definitely not firing on all cylinders. Please accept my apology, I'll dance at your wedding

ok, but than please stop posting crap here.

Thanks

Or at least EDIT the above post...

Yes, that's a good idea!

PIE!

Everybody likes pie.

But I missed the connection with the thread above. Please elaborate.