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- 23:21 Thu 16 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
A life belt?
- 11:44 Thu 16 Jan 2014
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Taylor 1985 case testing 27th of January 2014
- Replies: 60
- Views: 33799
Re: Taylor 1985 case testing 27th of January 2014
Auduze method 0hr no decant == pop and pour 0hr double decanted == straight before the tasting 4-6hr double decanting == (late) lunchtime - x3 to also provide variance control 8-10hr double decanting == in the morning 20-24hr double decanting == the night before The ‟variance control” depends on t...
- 11:02 Thu 16 Jan 2014
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Taylor 1985 case testing 27th of January 2014
- Replies: 60
- Views: 33799
Re: Taylor 1985 case testing 27th of January 2014
The question I have in relation to WS1's proposal is how we will be able to assess whether a certain decant method is better than another without first having an appreciation of how much bottle variation we should expect naturally from a single case...? Perhaps if we go down that route first we sho...
- 10:31 Tue 14 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Apostrophe crimes
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- Views: 691123
Re: Apostrophe crimes
Preference? • The new widget is designed to be robust to bankruptcy. • The new widget is designed to be robust against bankruptcy. And, of course, why? I think there might be an issue of whether the action is by self (or the quoted party) rather than another. Against is usually in opposition to an ...
- 12:14 Thu 09 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
It must have been a very good night last night; Two words, some form of hat: Haggis. A good evening right there, I reckon.DRT wrote:Is it a haggis?
- 17:59 Wed 08 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Not my turn.PhilW wrote:Some form of hat?
- 17:59 Wed 08 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Some form of hat?
- 16:46 Wed 08 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Is it worn on the person?
- 16:26 Wed 08 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Which room in the house would it be commonly found in? Guess: Some form of incense burner? You aren't allowed two questions at once, even if you label one of them 'guess'. It is not any form of incense burner. I should have used a full-stop on the second one instead of a question mark - I was tryin...
- 14:07 Wed 08 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Which room in the house would it be commonly found in?
Guess: Some form of incense burner?
Guess: Some form of incense burner?
- 13:43 Wed 08 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
PhilW wrote:Does the object in question have a function, or is it purely decorative?
- 12:43 Wed 08 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Does the object in question have a function, or is it purely decorative?
- 22:59 Tue 07 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Is it a name for a form of log sculpture (given your recent garden activities)?
- 22:46 Tue 07 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
- Replies: 9703
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Re: One quiz at a time
Is it anything to do with art?
Perhaps it is the name for a new tool used for detecting forgeries of some kind?
Perhaps it is the name for a new tool used for detecting forgeries of some kind?
- 22:37 Tue 07 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Is it some type of fungal growth, perhaps in a certain shape? (Such as could form on the neck of old ullaged bottles)?
- 22:18 Tue 07 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Is it a word for a very VERY small penis?Not that. It is a tangible thing that has three dimensions.
- 21:32 Tue 07 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Is it a particular style of mark, or method of making such?
- 20:35 Tue 07 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Boa Vista. Correct. The Port house is Offley, who produce Offley Boa Vista , CSI:Miami includes a character Natalia Boa Vista , and Boa Vista was the name of a German literary magazine published until 1983 ("old" simply as in "not current" since publishing ceased 30 years ago). ...
- 17:34 Tue 07 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
No, not font related.AHB wrote:The fact they all use Helvetica Bold font on their labels, signage and published materials
The connection with Miami does indeed relate to CSI:Miami, though this is not itself the connection.JWEW wrote:Would that be CSI Miami?
- 10:16 Tue 07 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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- Views: 1814597
Re: One quiz at a time
New question: What is the connection between a Port house, Miami, and an old German literary magazine?
- 17:26 Mon 06 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
But like the goat, this is an animal that has always had a great deal of mythology around it. I once had to mark a dissertation in which the student had written about the artist Joseph Beuys ... In the basement of the floor of the Rene Block Gallery in Berlin, Beuys positioned himself on the floor ...
- 10:19 Mon 06 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: A reason to get up early
- Replies: 595
- Views: 200724
Re: A reason to get up early
I'm guessing you have at least an 8" tube to go with that? (Yeah, yeah, double-entendre guy) I have had second thoughts and have ordered one of these to test the step-up in size. I decided that going from 5" to 12" in one go would be challenging for any man so have gone for the inter...
- 21:02 Sun 05 Jan 2014
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: The 2014 Harvest
- Replies: 101
- Views: 33085
Re: The 2014 Harvest
I'm not disagreeing about '92, nor trying to restart a '91 vs '92 debate right now.DRT wrote:I think 1992 was definitely the right decision. I have heard many people agree with that.
- 21:00 Sun 05 Jan 2014
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: IVDP glasses and square stems
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9154
Re: IVDP glasses and square stems
Pan, you just want the square corners so you can line them all up precisely, admit it!
- 20:56 Sun 05 Jan 2014
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: A reason to get up early
- Replies: 595
- Views: 200724
Re: A reason to get up early
I'm guessing you have at least an 8" tube to go with that? (Yeah, yeah, double-entendre guy) Not yet. I am building up the bits and bobs and then going for one of these when the bonus arrives 88) veeeery nice; straight to 12" with goto and tracking. It could be high-dynamic-range CCDs nex...