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jdaw1 wrote:1931 should have been, but wasn’t.

1991 should not have been, and wasn’t.

Bit harsh on '91? Will take a bit more time to see, but seems 83-ish in quality to me at the moment (91/92 split aside).

Anyone into numerology would be worried; '94 is the only year ending in 4 which was a general declaration in the last 100 years (unless 24 was? I know the RP24 was good); years ending in 9 don't generally do well. Nostrophil says 2014 will not be a general declaration, but looks forward to being sp...

The box currently contains 4 x Celestron X-Cel LX's, 3 x Skywatcher Plossls, 1 x Celestron Omni Plossl, 3 x Barlow lenses, 1 x Seben Zoom lens and a range of filters. Roughly equivalent £££ to a case of Warre 1970 :? oosh, that's quite a collection; I'm guessing you have at least an 8" tube to...

Anyone into numerology would be worried; '94 is the only year ending in 4 which was a general declaration in the last 100 years (unless 24 was? I know the RP24 was good); years ending in 9 don't generally do well. Nostrophil says 2014 will not be a general declaration, but looks forward to being spe...

DRT wrote:

PhilW wrote:a decent eyepiece

If only it were true that the singular would do

Heh, I wasn't suggesting that your *other* eyepieces would not be high quality too

DRT wrote:Larger scope first.

Decided what you're going to go for? Or will it require the building of a new shed/garage with sliding/glass roof first?

It is difficult to find pictures that look exactly like what you see through the scope because all of the images are either blurry like mine or heavily processed. The closest I could find was this , but what I see is brighter and the bands on Jupiter more distinct. Based on that, it sounds like the...

It also forces your finger to the slot point, which may not naturally be where your fingers would lie.

Or perhaps "would be satisfied automatically" to avoid the split.

DRT wrote:Is it too early to look for weather patterns in the Sahara to extrapolate the likelihood of slingshot hurricanes causing it to rain on the 28th of September and spoil the harvest?

I heard that a butterly landed on a leaf in New Zealand this afternoon so it should all be fine,

I think you could have pop'n'poured a traditional Warre LBV, just as I have; perhaps even the same one, a W82LBV ?

I'm going to give you that. From 9pm until midnight Jupiter is at its closest point to Earth and the Sun, Earth and Jupiter are in alignment, in that order. It is known as Opposition and is the best time to view Jupiter from Earth, provided the sky is clear. My completely inadequate photographic ca...

LGTrotter wrote:But I didn't, can't get used to this poxy iPad.

Free yourself from the Apple chains, I say... (though tbh I'd avoid windows 8 as well; it's getting to be a nightmare out there right now!)
C'mon Mr. D, I have minutes to waste, and no question to risk getting right.

Personally I'm not a fan of the square-stemmed with notch glasses. I'm not sure I can be a lot more specific than that I find the the smooth stem much more comfortable to hold than the corners and notch. Of course, I realise that others may need the notch in order to ensure that they always hold the...

DRT wrote:Is it a bottle of Port with a tasting note from AHB in the description?

It certainly is; There is a bottle of F77 on there, with tasting notes from Wine Spectator, Robert Parker, Neil Martin and AHB - and AHB's score is the lowest of the lot

DRT's question.

Nope, no guesses approaching the right answer yet... Clue: The TPF member is mentioned by TPF name, not "real" name, and not just Christian name. The reference is NOT a co-incidence, either. p.s. Have just been out for food with friends, and have another friend coming over shortly, so will...

Not Tom, and not fireworks.
Clue: The TPF member is NOT the seller.

Derek's telescope? Selling his tube *wags little finger* to get a bigger one. Julian. Selling his big empty tubes. Me selling off my collection of hand-tooled vintage jokes. No, none of the people mentioned, and the "why" does not involve the girth of any TPF member's tube. Question remin...

is it page 252 yet...? (no)

So to recap, we've been told that 1945 is not far wrong, but that it's not 1948. It isn't Fonseca, Graham or Taylor, but Croft is 'close'. Taking that literally, the closest other house to the Croft quinta at Roêda is Dow. Is it a Dow 42? Go back a couple of posts; Alex confirmed the vintage was '...

Just seen Alex's second clue (posts crossed), so am assuming it is my turn:

I have just seen the name of a member of TPF on ebay, in an auction ending this weekend - who and why?

Interesting statistics as always, thank you. I'm particularly impressed with: In 2013 I wrote 496 tasting notes on 495 different bottles of port not only by the huge variety of ports within a year, but that you also seem to have almost avoided any duplication of tasting notes whatsoever! Also your &...

AHB wrote:

DRT wrote:Delaforce 1947?

Right vintage. Close on the shipper, although not as close as Croft.

Then I'll guess you mean close alphabetically rather than TFP and go for Cockburn 1947?

Fonseca '48?

DRT wrote:Let's try to narrow the field of possibilities:
Was it from the 1963 vintage?

DRT wrote:Was it from the Christmas tasting at The Bell?

DRT wrote:Older than 1955?

DRT wrote:Older than 1950?

All very helpful for the team reaching the answer, but... where are your guesses, sir?!