Rooster_Ties

Just wanted to preserve a copy of AfricaBrass's current Avatar, in this thread - of course. I'm sure he won't keep it forever, and it needs to be saved for future generations...

Where's our own Free For All???

"Up" - cuz I'm officially addicted to the Ginger Altoids now. I'm about halfway through the first box, and I'm gonna have to go back for more. YUM!!!!!!!!!!

Me and Andrew Hill. B) (I'm the one that doesn't look like Andrew Hill.) And for the record, I'm NOT the guy in my favorite "Happy Birthday" pic. (You know, the one that says "Happy Birthday, With Love from Joel and the Cats". )

You have my full support on this, Jim. In fact, I suspect I might even like the place better as a result. Do what you have to do, and if people don't like it - they can find some other party. It's not like this is the only game in town. -- Rooster T.

By the way, I should mention that I only found these just tonight, for the very first time. And they are SERIOUSLY good!!!! HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Found another image, better than the first one I posted...

There's bunch on eBay, so at least there's the perception that these are kinda rare, or maybe difficult to get in some areas. The display-case that they were in at the store I got them from, said they were "limited edition". eBay listings...

First hit on "Ginger Altoids" from Google... Don't know what to think. Are these still in production?? Are they 'left-overs' from some prior promotion dating back earlier in the year?? I'll see if I can do some more digging, and I'll let you know what I find...

FYI, I haven't seen these at any regular store. The only place I've seen them is... Then again, I haven't been looking for them either. Might be other places, though I'm sure they weren't at our regular grocery story when we were there earlier this weekend. Are you out in California, Jazz??? There's a ton of World Markets out there. Or even if you aren't in CA, you can go to the World Market "findstorelocation" page to, well, find the store nearest you!!! (World Market specializes in import 'stuff' from around the world, and it's entirely possible that Ginger Altoids are only available over in the U.K. - and that only a weird place that handles imports into the U.S. - would have something like this. FWIW, I couldn't even find any mention of Ginger Altoids on the offical Altoids site.)

Reminds me of... YUM!!!!!!!!!! Only trouble is that (supposedly) they're a "limited edition" flavor. (Guess I'll have to stock up on enough to last a lifetime!!!! )

I agree with #2. But I only agree with #1 in terms of that being a general guideline, and not a hard-fast rule. People should take into consideration all kinds of factors in choosing what they want to choose for their own Blindfold tests. If that's all Jazz, or nearly all Jazz - then great. But if people want to put other kinds of music in there too, because they really feel strongly about it - we'll, who am I to stop 'em?? I think that people on the board should express what they generally desire Blindfold Tests to be about (as recipients), but that doesn't mean everyone has to follow suit 100%. I mean, if there's some non-jazz thing I'm dying to have other people hear, and tell me what they think about it -- well, then nothing's gonna stop me from including it on my BF test. (Not that I have anything like that in mind, but if I did - I wouldn't let "rules" keep me from including it.) Everybody here knows that this board is HEAVILY focused on jazz. And as a result, I think naturally 90% of the BF tests will be made up of 100% jazz. But if something else gets snuck in, here and there, well - that's the way it goes.

Yup!!!