An old friend once offered to buy a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle and have a tasting if I would change my race plans and run a 50K with him. He failed to come through (he did try - despite the pricetag on those they are actually very hard to come by) but he did throw a big bourbon tasting party with about 30 open bottles of different brands. I drank at least a Pappy Van Winkle's worth.

Anyway, the whole reason I'm telling this story is after discovering that something like Pappy Van Winkle even existed I also discovered that there's a market out there just for the empty bottles. Yep, the empties go for more than I could or would pay for a bottle of really tasty single malt. Insane! I'm not sure if people want them for collecting, bragging rights or to rip off the unsuspecting.

Hope your Woodford Reserve appreciates nicely - you know it's always worth drinking anyway.

Wow, I just googled Pappy since I'd never heard of it.
geez, no wonder your friend couldn't find it. If I ever get my hands on that it's going straight to the vault!

I've talked to a couple of the local liquor store managers about it and they both said they have a standing order for it - and a waiting list of customers who want it. They might get in 2-3 bottles a year and it sells in the first day. At those prices - $800 for the 12 year and the prices sore for additional aging. Sigh, I'm in the wrong profession.

Sigh, I'm in the wrong profession.

I hear you!

I have an unopened can of Coors beer from the 80's.

It might be worth a goldmine? Maybe that's your ticket to early retirement.

I could retire on skunky beer!

I'd rather retire on skunk weed...

You should move to Oregon peeps - the weed is first class. There's probably even designer skunk!

It could happen... plenty of other random stuff in my life thus far. Who knows where the future will take me. That's one of the best things about this life (my) imo... the possibilities of the future.

"Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future. You are interested in the unknown, the mysterious, the unexplainable. That is why you are here. "

Plus, it snows a lot less in Oregon than that winter wasteland wherever you are!

Fo shiz on the snow... gonna get like a foot next Tuesday I think. It's a pain but I love them snow days from work.

Plus there's some really cool peeps in Oregon, peeps.

Oh, are there now? ...

Rumors.

Nah, you guys are all cool. Lots of OR peeps here too

If they were cool, they'd still be here.

maybe... my vitamin D deficieincy was kicking into overdrive there though!

I wasn't referring to you of course, you're cool wherever you are.

Maybe it fell off the Bandit's truck. Nah, that would be the 70's.