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Chinese wine? Hmmm. I wonder whether it's vile because all Chinese wine is vile, or whether you just happen to have been given a vile one?
Wikipedia suggests that wine-making in China goes back thousands of years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_in_China . So perhaps we were just unlucky. But it was unpleasant. One of my more tactless colleagues, with the rapier wit to be expected in an office full of engineers, described it as having the metallic aftertaste of a tank rolling into Tiannanmen Square. Quite a lot of it went down the sink. So if tonight's news carries tales of unexplained sewer degradation in the Victoria area, you'll know the cause. |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #196 on: 13:46:18, 08-08-2008 » |
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« Reply #197 on: 16:25:24, 08-08-2008 » |
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Bluebird is Coniston Brewery I think (after Malcolm Campbell ill-fated water-speed record).
It is now some years since I was IDed, but in my first year at IC I was asked in the old Southside bar on one occasion, after I'd been drinking in there several times a week for the first half of the year! Even after I'd graduated and moved to Peterborough I was asked a couple of times in supermarkets.
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« Reply #198 on: 18:16:31, 08-08-2008 » |
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7. errrrrrr ... something else from the Southwest, named after a badger  Was it something like Badger First Gold? I seem to remember drinking rather a lot of their Tanglefoot when I was singing at Salisbury for a week. Hence Ted Heath having to complain about the noise. When I was in the sixth form, our first port of call after Friday-evening choir practice (Durham County Youth Choir) was the Market Porter in Durham, where they had Bulmers on tap.
Is that what is now known as the Market Tavern? It's one of the most reliable pubs in the town, though I still prefer the Victoria or the Dun Cow. the rapier wit to be expected in an office full of engineers Gosh, you too? You have my sympathies Yes indeed. I shared a house with three engineers during my undergrad years (and one of them was my boyfriend at the time). The advantage was that they had to leave early in the morning, so once 9am rolled around it was safe to get out of bed without fearing conversations about cement. CEMENT. Mind you he did bring me a cup of tea before leaving every morning. |
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« Reply #199 on: 18:43:29, 08-08-2008 » |
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Oops, slipped up there! It has always been the Market Tavern. The Market Porter is the very good pub in Borough Market which is one of my watering holes NOW.
As for the Dun Cow, that was always our second and usually our final stop after the Market Tavern. In fact, it's relevant to a few recent posts in this thread, being the last place where I was asked to prove my age!
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Oft hat ein Seufzer, deiner Harf' entflossen,
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« Reply #200 on: 19:45:57, 08-08-2008 » |
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I was last asked for ID, ooh, I suppose it must have been about 1944 in the blackout. I never did find out who was asking.
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« Reply #201 on: 22:36:49, 08-08-2008 » |
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I was asked for ID a few months ago.  They've stopped asking me because I giggle too much. |
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Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
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« Reply #203 on: 15:01:47, 09-08-2008 » |
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Coffee, Kenco, to try and brighten m e up on a day like today!!!!
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« Reply #204 on: 15:13:32, 09-08-2008 » |
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« Reply #205 on: 15:16:53, 09-08-2008 » |
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Orange squash.
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« Reply #206 on: 15:23:04, 09-08-2008 » |
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Lucozade because I've got absolutely NO energy. O Milly, hope you be feelin g better soon, me dear!! |
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« Reply #207 on: 15:39:25, 09-08-2008 » |
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Thank you. I am actually feeling better by the day, but having been laid low for so long means that it's going to be a longer job than I'd hoped to get myself right again. Whilst I'm disappointed at not being back to normal overnight once successfully diagnosed, there is definitely a small daily improvement. I'm taking tiny steps for now.
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We pass this way but once. This is not a rehearsal!
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« Reply #208 on: 12:01:17, 11-08-2008 » |
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7. errrrrrr ... something else from the Southwest, named after a badger Was it something like Badger First Gold? That was it - it's all coming back to me now... |
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Best regards,
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