Pre-cricket Port Tasting - TCP - 24th June 2008

Post by **DRT** » 14:20 Tue 24 Jun 2008

AHB and I are meeting in The Crusting Pipe at around 9:30-10:00 this evening to decant some port for the off-line tomorrow and to have a couple of glasses of something not yet determined.

Anyone in the area is welcome to join us.

Derek

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 16:11 Tue 24 Jun 2008

You guys never have enough, now do you?

Have fun. We are heading back to the lands where port is freely flowing tomorrow, and I'm much looking forward to it.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 20:11 Tue 24 Jun 2008

I think that I should gently correct Derek. This is an early start to the "After Cricket Port Offline". The intention is that we will keep going until after the cricket, pausing only to watch the cricket or to let the TCP staff clean The Crusting Pipe around us.

Post by **DRT** » 20:15 Tue 24 Jun 2008

AHB wrote:I think that I should gently correct Derek. This is an early start to the "After Cricket Port Offline". The intention is that we will keep going until after the cricket, pausing only to watch the cricket or to let the TCP staff clean The Crusting Pipe around us.

Not entirely true. I have to go to work tomorrow and forego the pleasure of watching New Zealand win by an Innings and 325 runs*.

Derek

*Note to Ben: don't!

benread · Post by **benread** » 22:15 Tue 24 Jun 2008

DRT wrote:
AHB wrote:I think that I should gently correct Derek. This is an early start to the "After Cricket Port Offline". The intention is that we will keep going until after the cricket, pausing only to watch the cricket or to let the TCP staff clean The Crusting Pipe around us.
Not entirely true. I have to go to work tomorrow and forego the pleasure of watching New Zealand win by an Innings and 325 runs*.

Derek

*Note to Ben: don't!

I thought pedantry was to be encouraged in this forum?

Am I at liberty to explain that no such score as "an innings and 325 runs" is possible in the ODI format of the game?

JacobH · Post by **JacobH** » 22:53 Tue 24 Jun 2008

benread wrote:Am I at liberty to explain that no such score as "an innings and 325 runs" is possible in the ODI format of the game?

Surely it is possible under Duckworth-Lewis?

Indeed, I believe that Derek, having grasped such a fact was actually making an oblique point about the rain predicted for tomorrow

Post by **DRT** » 02:14 Wed 25 Jun 2008

JacobH wrote:
benread wrote:Am I at liberty to explain that no such score as "an innings and 325 runs" is possible in the ODI format of the game?
Surely it is possible under Duckworth-Lewis? Indeed, I believe that Derek, having grasped such a fact was actually making an oblique point about the rain predicted for tomorrow

No. I was trying to lure Ben into explaining the rules of cricket (again). Despite my request for him not to he insisted on doing so. Which is one of the reasons why we love him.

Pedantry knows no limits here. Come all ye pedants and ped at us. We need you.

Post by **DRT** » 02:16 Wed 25 Jun 2008

Back on topic. The pre-cricket off-line consisted of Quinta do Vesuvio 1994 and Dow 1983. Alex and I enjoyed both.

Derek