What's a 10-percenter?

Upper 10% of US incomes, with the associated attitudes

Sorry for the rants ... but the inequality of income in
this world is unconscionable, and that in the US, though
not among the worst, is getting worse. A goodly proportion
of my friends could be called 10 percenters, but I generally
prefer ones without the attitudes that go with, Nicholas
having been an exception, as we shared interests, and he gave
entree into some otherwise unattainable circles. Otherwise
I always figured that somewhere in the middle half was fine
for me, but old age makes me crave the comforts afforded to
the top third or so. Speaking of which, some jarring things
happened on my latest trip west, see report later.

Ah, I see. The only thing I could think of was actors' agents and
that didn't make nay sense.

Some things make sense some of the time.

weird sighting of the week a while back was a Maserati parked at the grocery store; it was a four-door with a child car seat in the back.

Yeah, Maserati makes sedans and even a crossover SUV as well as 2+2
coupes.

And some things don't.

Title: Millionaire Pie

A lot of things don't.

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Million Dollar Cocktail
categories: booze, historical
servings: 1

30 mL gin
7 1/2 mL sweet vermouth
7 1/2 mL dry vermouth
120 mL pineapple juice
1 ds egg white
1 ds Angostura bitters

Shake with ice, strain.

All it takes to relive the intrigue of the old East is
your first sip of a Million Dollar Cocktail at Raffles
Hotel's Bar & Billiard Room.

Once as popular as the Singapore Sling, the Million
Dollar Cocktail was, like the Singapore Sling, an
invention of Raffles Hotel bartender, Mr Ngiam Tong
Boon, around the early 1900s.

The Million Dollar Cocktail gained considerable
notoriety - and considerable sales for Raffles Hotel -
when it featured in one of Somerset Maugham's most
famous barside tales, "The Letter".

Raffles Hotel has immortalised one of Maugham's great
stories by continuing to serve the tangy, bittersweet
creation at the Bar & Billiard Room.

Source: Raffles Hotel recipe card

M's note: despite the pineapple juice being the most
prominent ingredient, the drink is notable for
tasting primarily (though hazily) of gin and vermouth.
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