Weav

They misspelled Auld

Warning:  Do not and I mean do not F*****g read on if you are unable to commit to finishing a blood bowl league. Don't post, don't give ideas and don't be a p***y.    

 

 

It is time to start a new season. I will be the commissioner.

Those photos suck. Is that really as good as security cameras get? I can tell he's not me, as he's too short, and he's not evil bryan, as he's too thin, but he could be a she with that picture, might even be a robot or someone sleep walking, as that photo shows nothing useful.

 

Granted, go through the old footage and you can probably find a match, as it's pretty clear that the thief knows what their looking for, so they've probably come before. They don't seem too experienced, as you've got them on camera and they smashed the window.

 

Unlikely to find them with resale places as our hobby products have a better re-sale "black" market than just about any other product in terms of sales that don't ask questions. Still, you could use that to form a hypothesis on suspects, then use the footage to narrow it down.

 

Know what they stole? Odds are good that they are a regular and will bring assembled versions of whatever was stolen to the shop. Probably not right away and probably they'll be partially or fully painted. Though at this point, finding if it was stolen is pure speculation, as they could just say it was purchased online and you'd be hard pressed to prove otherwise without a warrant or some PI tailing them.

 

I do think that fault is not in the store, but in the manufacturer for selling the items in such horribly easy to steal packages. GW does it too. I think if the portland stores stopped stocking GW and privateer blisters on princible, GW and privateer would change their packaging...I know portland isn't a huge market, but I still think GW and privateer would consider it if they thought it would affect sales. As is, stolen merchandise is effectively sold goods on the manufacturers end - they presently have no motive to make things hard to steal.

I asked. They said they had $500 missing when they did inventory last december and another $500 at the end of the next month. I've been suggesting something exactly like this for quite some time, as those blisters are just a losing battle in keeping them on the shelf and not in people's pockets.

 

Both GG and Redcastle are in bad parts of town for having a poorly defended store with that much $$$ in merchandise. Really, they should have metal bars on the windows. Could even keep them and shape the bars to fit their respective store themes (feathers for GG and castle wall or brick shapes for red castle). I don't mean to belittle the loss, by suggesting fault, I just mean that those parts of town might enjoy a more impressive defense look, so it looks harder to do this sort of thing.

 

Personally, I'd encourage big metal spikes and traps too, but I think there's some sort of legal issue there. A moat could be nice too, just in case of tunnellers. Both stores could use a dragon too...

 

I will note I'm a paranoid individual. The feature is to my advantage in this sort of situation, but has it's faults when being overly cautious isn't very useful.

-Pax

 

PS: For bad parts of town, take a look at the other local shops with similar cost inventories. Hobby shops are a cross breed of a pawn shop and a firing range in terms of cost of inventory and the nature of the store's clientele (spelling?). The one difference, is that hobby shops are rarely staffed by NRA members.... They should have bars in the windows minimum. Security cameras are a close second, as the camera is mostly useful after the crime has been committed, so has no defensive value to a person intent on theft, they just serve to aid in catching theives after they have already commited the crime. Cameras do detur in-store theft during store hours, but really not much better than an alert employee would.

 

Those security labels, ink packets, and so forth really are just for petty theft, like people stealling clothes or an occasional PC game. Most can be ignore by lining your clothes with aluminum foil, or so I understand. I love the irony that fred meyer's security can be defeated by lining your shopping bag with fred meyer products...

 

Best solution is, as they're doing, not having the product available for handling, while keeping tags or proxy products availible for people to know if an item is in stock. Drawback to this method is that now the staff become the first suspects if something still goes missing, which can create an unpleasant work environment.

 

Ideally, you want to make it so hard to steal from the store, that the people able to do it don't bother because your merchandise isn't worth the skill/time/money required to steal it.

 

In example, a bank robbery. The most valuable AND easy to get paid for is the vault itself. Not the money, as that's trace-able, not the people, and not anything else there. Just the metal that the vault is made of. Easy to sell, difficult to trace, and easy to find in a bank. That said, the weight issue. You'd need super-man, the hulk, or the tick to steal the vault. And they could if you had them, but if you have one of those guys in your employ, is a bank really a good target for your skill? You could hit fort knox with one of those guys, banks are too petty.

Comparing the MLS to EPL is stupid. Let's now compare Five Guys to El Gaucho.

I asked my wife to set up a double-blind tasting of three bourbons (and a rye) tonight. I let her choose three from the following list, but I wouldn't know which three she chose: regular Beam, Blanton's, ORVW 10 '13, VWSR Lot B '13, Sazerac Rye 6, WLW BTAC '13 and PVW '13. I wasn't necessarily trying to identify the three choices, just choose which one I liked the best. There were four pours, with one of the three being poured twice (my idea of a double-blind, I hope that's correct...I'm a little new to this). I used the Carmer method for spirit tasting. Maybe it's my imagination, but I really think I taste more flavors using his method.

#1 - tasted great, really familiar, great legs, nice color, not much alcohol burn
#2 - light color, not the best taste, better nose than flavor, little burn
#3 - started okay, finished wonderful, great legs, hints of fruit and carmel, loved it, rich color
#4 - definitely the same as number 1, went back and tasted one again. They are the same pour.

To my pleasure, my favorite was...#3, PVW 20 '13! Frankly, I hadn't fallen in love with this bottle yet, so I am pleased that it was my favorite. Best of all, I purchased it in a liquor control state :) This my first bottle of Pappy, and I found it my first year hunting. When I first opened it I liked it, but preferred the 15 I had tried more. I'm please I liked it so much tonight. I want to like it as much as the hype it gets. Maybe I'm on my way to doing so.

#2 I picked as regular Beam, and it was. Noting to see here, moving on...the real surprise was was that #1 and #4 was Sazerac 6. I really expected it to be VWSR Lot B '13. After tasting #3, the PVW 20 '13, the Saz lost a lot of character, even after a palette cleansing. I guess my tasting chops are not up to snuff with the real pros yet, maybe some day. Thank for reading. Attached is my limited collection of bourbons and ryes.

I know this doesn't help you short term Mark, but my brother will be in town in early April. We'll stop by at that time if you still want some assistance. He'll know what they are, or if not, what to disassemble to find out.

Sounded fun, but 4/19 is the first day of my kids' soccer season. I'm out.

Once my kids go to bed I'm trying it with Very Special Old Fitzgerald 12 year, I'll post results

Thanks so much Weav, if you happen to remember, go for it... It'd be fun to compare #'s if nothing else :D

XO was $49.95

Extra Rare was $129.95

They didn't have any but I asked them to check the 'puter

Just found this.  Not sure if you have been Weav, but it is down in your area. 

 

Multnomah Whiskey Library

http://www.mwlpdx.com/

Heard of it, haven't gone in or purchased a membership yet

To my Oregon friends, do any of you have time to stop by your liquor store and let me know how much the Crown Royal XO & XR 750ML are?

I found them in ID for $50 & $140 respectively plus 6% tax. Trying to compare prices...

Holly cow, I can't believe I missed this, sorry! If you were in Idaho, then they are good prices. Idaho is a liquor control state like Oregon, but has slightly better prices. I bet Oregon would have been $2-$4 more per bottle.

I'm going to the store tomorrow, I know I'm waaay late, but do you want me to check?

I'm going to pretend you're referring to Tenacious D

Tried this last night with W.L. Weller 12 year; might have been my imagination but I feel like I noticed more flavors. I'm going to stick with it and see if anything changes.

Only Burk goes to Vegas to have Popeye's...why not something you can't get at home link In n' Out, Tommies, Pink's...the list of horribly unhealthy food that we can't get here but you can in Vegas is nearly endless. Go to MGM and play Sigma Derby, or The D in downtown.

Burk's drunk. I hope when he wakes up tomorrow he still has his kidneys.

Sorry Burk, other than Spearmint Rhino, I'm having a hard time thinking of fun things to do while in Vegas alone.