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  • Location: Ireland, probably South Tipperary
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snow, Windstorms and Thunderstorms
  • Location: Ireland, probably South Tipperary
Posted

Almost a thread all to yourself GW!

On a side note, can anyone recommend a good merlot for under €20?

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  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
  • Weather Preferences: Hot & Sunny, Cold & Snowy
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
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All the expertise went to the 'new world' and the climate there allows for 2 crops a year so look to S.Africa, Australia, S.America. Even some of the old USSR satellite states are now up and running with their wine industry so don't neglect those areas too!!!

Remember the French wines are all from American stock as ,pretty soon after the gifted root stock to the U.S. there vineyards were devastated by disease and the yanks gave back some of the offshoots they had been gifted!!!

Taste ,taste and taste again!!! settle to your own palette no matter how low the price appears!!!

As an aside ASDA is worth a root through as they run many offers (loss leaders?) that are plenty good enough for the likes of me!!!:good:

Edited by Gray-Wolf
Posted
  • Location: Ireland, probably South Tipperary
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snow, Windstorms and Thunderstorms
  • Location: Ireland, probably South Tipperary
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I'm not really a big wine drinker, 'tis more for my girlfriend. She put up with my whinging over the last 2 days over my sunburnt head and neck and so I wanted to get it as a "thank you".

Currently she drinks the McGuigan Black Label (Australian) and JP Chenet (French I think), so if that helps!?

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  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
  • Weather Preferences: Hot & Sunny, Cold & Snowy
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
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Well any of the Aussie 13% Merlots would do it but there are some Scrummy (IMHO) S. African and S.American ones to rival the Aussies but I think that the strength matters so 12 or 13% by volume (so it has a bit of legs).

What a feline cat you areNDS!, she's lucky to have you!

Good luck and have a good evening...both of you!

P.S. the only brown on my neck and head is rust....bloomin' weather!

Posted
  • Location: Ireland, probably South Tipperary
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snow, Windstorms and Thunderstorms
  • Location: Ireland, probably South Tipperary
Posted (edited)

Well any of the Aussie 13% Merlots would do it but there are some Scrummy (IMHO) S. African and S.American ones to rival the Aussies but I think that the strength matters so 12 or 13% by volume (so it has a bit of legs).

What a feline cat you areNDS!, she's lucky to have you!

Good luck and have a good evening...both of you!

P.S. the only brown on my neck and head is rust....bloomin' weather!

Haha, thanks GW!

I have some time to mull over what wine to get anywho, she's away visiting her family and won't be back 'till Monday or Tuesday, which I think is best 'coz my head is starting to peel :rolleyes:

EDIT: Sorry if that puts anyone off their food!

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  • 2 weeks later...
Posted
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
  • Weather Preferences: Hot & Sunny, Cold & Snowy
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
Posted

Anyone know any herbal remedies for children and summer hols (from school)?

Posted
  • Location: Swallownest, Sheffield 83m ASL
  • Location: Swallownest, Sheffield 83m ASL
Posted

Anyone know any herbal remedies for children and summer hols (from school)?

I use the same ones as I use when reading through the climate forum..... Vallium!! :)

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  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
  • Weather Preferences: Hot & Sunny, Cold & Snowy
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
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I use the same ones as I use when reading through the climate forum..... Vallium!! :)

Sorry P.P. , Maxed out there......

Posted
  • Location: Swallownest, Sheffield 83m ASL
  • Location: Swallownest, Sheffield 83m ASL
Posted

Sorry P.P. , Maxed out there......

No worries... I know you're passionate about ice... Throw a drop of malt over it tho.. :)
Posted
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
  • Weather Preferences: Hot & Sunny, Cold & Snowy
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
Posted

No worries... I know you're passionate about ice... Throw a drop of malt over it tho.. :D

:)

Talisker anyone?

Posted
  • Location: Aldborough, North Norfolk
  • Location: Aldborough, North Norfolk
Posted

:D

Talisker anyone?

Laphroig for the conisewer :-)

Dalwhinnie for the starter

Talisker for those progressing towards expert :yahoo:

Posted
  • Location: PO1 5RF
  • Location: PO1 5RF
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Anyone know any herbal remedies for children and summer hols (from school)?

[tongue-in-cheek]

Hemlock.

It is the "cow parsley" with spotted stems.

Do not attempt to feed it to the children, since they will reject it as being an attempt to get non-junk-food into their delicate systems!

Instead, buy a pack of dry mung beans and indicate that the hollow stems of the Apiaceae will make excellent peashooters!

Go to the £1 shop and buy a pack of craft knives (£1) and carefully instruct your children in the safe use thereof. Blunt them if necessary.

Warn the children that the spotted stem members of the Apiaceae family are not to be used under any circumstances!!!"

Tell them to blow, not suck!!!

As well as peashooters, whistles, flutes and didgeridoos (if giant hogweed is endemic in your area) are possible alternatives.

Limit activity to weekends wherever possible, since the poisons unit at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is only open weekdays 9-5, and your local A&E will know nothing of plant toxicology.

Following these handy tips can limit the summer holiday contact, annoyance and frustration time with your children to a few minutes per day, as you visit them in hospital.

If they are good and obedient children, you may have to train them to be weeding (or harvesting) your garden of beansprouts until the first frosts.

By all means kiss them goodnight, but be wary of them kissing you back.[/tongue-in-cheek]

Posted
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
  • Weather Preferences: Hot & Sunny, Cold & Snowy
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
Posted

Laphroig for the conisewer :-)

Dalwhinnie for the starter

Talisker for those progressing towards expert :clap:

I'd finished me Laphroig.........

  • 2 months later...
Posted
  • Location: Isle of Lewis
  • Weather Preferences: Sun in summer, snow in winter, wind in Autumn and rainbows in the spring!
  • Location: Isle of Lewis
Posted

I prefer Highland Park myself, Talisker is quite strong and has much heat.. May I tempt you with a glass of drambuie to warm the cockles a bit. We need it!

Posted
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
  • Weather Preferences: Hot & Sunny, Cold & Snowy
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
Posted

I prefer Highland Park myself, Talisker is quite strong and has much heat.. May I tempt you with a glass of drambuie to warm the cockles a bit. We need it!

Not a great fan of highland park! Tastes like the 'malt' in teachers or bells.....Drambui with talisker....hmmmm

Posted
  • Location: Isle of Lewis
  • Weather Preferences: Sun in summer, snow in winter, wind in Autumn and rainbows in the spring!
  • Location: Isle of Lewis
Posted

I find it quite mellow higland park, maybe thats is why I like it, it lacks that hasrhness of Talisker. Have you tried Clyneleish from Brora, that is my local malt from where I grew up?

Not a great fan of highland park! Tastes like the 'malt' in teachers or bells.....Drambui with talisker....hmmmm

Drambuie is very very sweet, and has spices added to it. It makes a lovely end to a meal. Expensive but loevly if you want a liquear with a little bit of glass.,

Posted
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
  • Weather Preferences: Hot & Sunny, Cold & Snowy
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
Posted

No I haven't but I'll endevour to keep my eyes open for somw!

Yeah, I know my Drambui but only recently tried it split with malt (Rusty nail maybe?) over last Christmas. Very drunkifying!

Where abouts on Skye are you? (I have a very limited knowledge of up there....limited to the NW tip in fact!!)

Posted
  • Location: Isle of Lewis
  • Weather Preferences: Sun in summer, snow in winter, wind in Autumn and rainbows in the spring!
  • Location: Isle of Lewis
Posted

we are not far from Broadford place called breakish

Posted
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
  • Weather Preferences: Hot & Sunny, Cold & Snowy
  • Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorks.......
Posted

we are not far from Broadford place called breakish

That's down where we drive onto Skye is it not? Near the Sea loch with all the Salmon cages?

  • 1 year later...
Posted
  • Location: Sunderland
  • Weather Preferences: cold
  • Location: Sunderland
Posted

Over a year since the last post!

Anyway, hope all of you climate geeks and lovely mods are having a lovely autumn and would like to say thanks for the hard work on this section of the forum!

:good:

Posted
  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne
Posted

No I haven't but I'll endevour to keep my eyes open for somw!

Yeah, I know my Drambui but only recently tried it split with malt (Rusty nail maybe?) over last Christmas. Very drunkifying!

Where abouts on Skye are you? (I have a very limited knowledge of up there....limited to the NW tip in fact!!)

Cornwall has produced a limited production whisky this year. A 50cl bottle is £250. I've ordered a case for xmas.

Posted
  • Location: Cheddar Valley, 20mtrs asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and lots of it or warm and sunny, no mediocre dross
  • Location: Cheddar Valley, 20mtrs asl
Posted

Over a year since the last post!

Anyway, hope all of you climate geeks and lovely mods are having a lovely autumn and would like to say thanks for the hard work on this section of the forum!

:good:

Thank You kind Sir.

Anyone know any good jokes?

Posted
  • Location: Sunderland
  • Weather Preferences: cold
  • Location: Sunderland
Posted

Thank You kind Sir.

Anyone know any good jokes?

Sepp Blatter has said that racist remarks during football matches should be settled on the pitch.

Personally I think he's crossed the line, but FIFA insist he definitely didn't.

Sepp Blatter has said that racist remarks during football matches should be settled on the pitch.

Personally I think he's crossed the line, but FIFA insist he definitely didn't.

I was stopped by a policeman the other day.

He said, "Do you know how fast you were going?"

"I was trying to keep up with traffic," I replied

He said, "There is no traffic."

I answered, "That's how far behind I am."

  • 4 months later...
Posted
  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
  • Weather Preferences: anything extreme or intense !
  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
Posted

poking fun at the petroleum industry.......

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