TN: Duck! It's the Liquidator (Nov. 23, 2021)

[Bob Semon]

originally posted by MarkS:

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

Bod. Riojanas 1970 Rioja Gran Reserva "Monte Real" - very pretty wine, very Rioja wine (sandalwood and dry cherries), interesting and makes me salivate

These old Riojanas(es?) deliver an interesting experience of being washed by an old library while wearing your most comfy slippers.

I recently opened an 87 Vina Albina, and I understand the analogy. The 87, however, evoked a somewhat newer library bath, and birkenstock sandals.

 

[Jonathan Loesberg]

Now we're not merely letting libraries wash over is, but bathing in them? I, for one, would never let either of you near a research library.

 

[Florida Jim]

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
Now we're not merely letting libraries wash over is, but bathing in them? I, for one, would never let either of you near a research library.

Just a guess, but it think research libraries are safe.

 

[MarkS]

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
Now we're not merely letting libraries wash over is, but bathing in them? I, for one, would never let either of you near a research library.

Oh you'd be genuinely surprised at what is done in libraries these days!

 

[Keith Levenberg]

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:

originally posted by Jay Miller:

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:

originally posted by MarkS:

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:

originally posted by MarkS:

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
What is being washed in an old library like?

Same as 森林浴, but in a library, not a forest.

Having googled this and gotten an explanation, I remain unpersuaded by the analogy. I guess I do immerse myself in books. But they don't, nevertheless, wash over me.

Ah, the unwashed masses...how sad.

Oh, dear, if you allow books to wash over you, I fear you may not be reading them with the attention they deserve, unless, of course, they are beach reading, in which case, what are you doing in an old library?

Allow me to introduce you to a concept that you have understandably not encountered previously in your profession. The metaphor. You can google it.

Allow me to introduce you to metaphysical wit. If you took more than introductory English as an undergraduate, you may have encountered it.

And, to return to my real point, what experience of reading books in a library is aptly figured as having the library wash over you? I suppose if you just sit there and meditate upon being surrounded by old books, that would be apt. It's also not a very good way to experience a library, unless you like the smell of paper and cardboard.

I used to work in a library and can relate to the metaphor. It's not about the actual sitting and reading any more than the forest version of the metaphor is about taking etchings of the leaves. However, I am also a bit of a germophobe, so there is a limit to the amount of old library books I can tolerate in my red wines. When it starts to remind me of the basement or back corner of the Strand, it's too much.

 

[Jonathan Loesberg]

originally posted by Florida Jim:

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
Now we're not merely letting libraries wash over is, but bathing in them? I, for one, would never let either of you near a research library.

Just a guess, but it think research libraries are safe.

I don't know Mark, but this is libelling Bob, who is a gentleman and a scholar.

 

[Steve Guattery]

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:

originally posted by Florida Jim:

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
Now we're not merely letting libraries wash over is, but bathing in them? I, for one, would never let either of you near a research library.

Just a guess, but it think research libraries are safe.

I don't know Mark, but this is libelling Bob, who is a gentleman and a scholar.

If you knew Mark, you'd know that he spends a fair amount of time in a research library.

 

[Jonathan Loesberg]

I hope he comes out all clean and bright from his anomalous ablutions after his time there.

 

[Ken Schramm]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

Clos Roche Blanche 2009 Touraine "Cuvee Gamay" - a fabulous bottle: potent, fragrant, blue-fruited, others taste more geranium than I do, just-so tannins, and a dancing texture, wow

Hot damn. I looked at this bottle the other day and wondered if it would be showing well.