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<blockquote data-quote="jay hay-char" data-source="post: 902349" data-attributes="member: 116810"><p>The late, great Iain Banks wrote a book called "Raw Spirit" a few years back, in which he spent several months visiting malt whisky distilleries in Scotland and sampling their produce, then writing about it. He was a massive petrolhead, and made his visits in various cars from his stable, including a Porsche, a Land-Rover and various other pieces of high-class metal, giving reasons for the choice in each case. He was "paid" for it with royalties from sales of the book.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure I can envisage a more wonderful job than that, although several of the distilleries are on the side of various scenic lochs that are accessible by boat, so a water-borne tour in a series of exotic yachts and powerboats would probably trump his motor tour. Just..... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Actually, apart from the fact that he died tragically young, I'd like to have been Iain Banks as a job, generally. He was witty, literate, passionate, highly successful and, ahem, an aficionado of herbal cigarettes. What's not to like? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jay hay-char, post: 902349, member: 116810"] The late, great Iain Banks wrote a book called "Raw Spirit" a few years back, in which he spent several months visiting malt whisky distilleries in Scotland and sampling their produce, then writing about it. He was a massive petrolhead, and made his visits in various cars from his stable, including a Porsche, a Land-Rover and various other pieces of high-class metal, giving reasons for the choice in each case. He was "paid" for it with royalties from sales of the book. I'm not sure I can envisage a more wonderful job than that, although several of the distilleries are on the side of various scenic lochs that are accessible by boat, so a water-borne tour in a series of exotic yachts and powerboats would probably trump his motor tour. Just..... :D Actually, apart from the fact that he died tragically young, I'd like to have been Iain Banks as a job, generally. He was witty, literate, passionate, highly successful and, ahem, an aficionado of herbal cigarettes. What's not to like? :cool: [/QUOTE]
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