Dublin - 6th March 08

[DRT]

AHB and I, and possibly one other, are meeting at the St Stephen's Green Hotel on the evening of 6th March to have dinner and a few glasses of port. The current line-up is Ramos Pinto 1994 and Vesuvio 1997.

If anyone happens to be in Dublin that evening they are welcome to join us and bring along a bottle.

Derek

[Overtired and emotional]

No chance for me, but if either of you belong to a club with reciprocal arrangements with the St Stephens Green and Hibernian Club, then use them. It's as good as you get to Heaven on Earth.

[Conky]

Derek,

Does the Chesterfield British Legion has such reciprocal arrangements?

Alan

[DRT]

Derek,

Does the Chesterfield British Legion has such reciprocal arrangements?

Alan

I'm not sure - but my Mum got a medal from the Pope last year for her services to the community and fund-raising - do you think that would get me in the door?

Derek

[Overtired and emotional]

Even by my own slightly strange standards, my assertion was perhaps a little over the top. However, it is very civilised. No English stag parties, and no mega expensive expense account dishes or wines.

[Axel P]

Gents,

please think about me as I will hold the southern front in Porto during your stay in Dublin. This sounds as if the portforum is now spread fairly wide over Europe, heh?

Alex: will you be in Munich March 31st by chance?

Axel

[Alex Bridgeman]

Alex: will you be in Munich March 31st by chance?

Unfortunately not - I will be in Mexico instead!

My next confirmed overnight stay in Munich is likely to be June 9, 10 and 11 although it is very likely that I will need to visit before that - but I may not need to stay overnight.

Alex

[DRT]

Unfortunately not - I will be in Mexico instead!

Now that would be fun - an Offline in Old Meheeco - ADV and Jay P could pop over the border on a couple of old Mules and we could all sit around a camp fire eating beans and drinking port. Blazing Saddles eat your heart out

Derek

PS: I believe it is good practice to fart to the right as you pass the decanter to the left on these occassions

[Conky]

No comments about last night???

[DRT]

See here

Didn't have the best of days yesterday through combination of Guinness, a bottle+ of VP, a head full of snot, a 1am finish, an 8am meeting and a delayed flight home

Derek

[Alex Bridgeman]

My excuse was that I had a meeting with the auditors the next day and then fell asleep at the airport.

But I've posted some thoughts now.

Alex

[DRT]

fell asleep at the airport

I did that in my meeting in Dublin, in the taxi, at the airport, on the flight home and in a traffic jam on the M1

Derek

[Alex Bridgeman]

fell asleep at the airport

I did that in my meeting in Dublin, in the taxi, at the airport, on the flight home and in a traffic jam on the M1

Derek

You didn't fall asleep in your meeting.

Luckily, I had a room 2 floors down from the people I was working with so they couldn't see just how hard it was to work through the papers that they gave me to review and discuss. Two hours and 4 trips to Starbucks later and I was able to hold a coherent conversation.

Thank goodness I told them that I had a conference call at 8am and so had to reorganise our original meeting.

[DRT]

You didn't fall asleep in your meeting.

Thankfully, no. But it was close.

Derek

[Overtired and emotional]

Nothing quite like enjoying yourself.

Now..... since you should not feel ropey after drinking decent stuff, is this age catching up with you?

[DRT]

OT&E,

Yes, I'm sure age had something to do with how Alex was feeling the next day.

For my part, I blame the tannins - this is yet another reason not to drink port that is too young

Derek