Tuesday 29th July: Bring a bottle to share

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Do we want to do this blind or sighted? My preference would be sighted as we're sitting in the restaurant and it's an informal affair.

Please let me know of your preferences.

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I'd make a vote for blind, thinking being:
- if we are only say 6 or 7 attending, then it is not too difficult to handle blinding
- doesn't take too long to taste and vote on 7 bottles and reveal the answers, leaving plenty of time to chatter about the juice subsequently
- would make the placemat creation a lot easier as they can be created now, rather than waiting to near the event to confirm who is bringing what

Only a marginal preference, happy whatever the choice!

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I have a slight preference to do this one blind, only because I probably won't decide what to bring until the last minute!
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AHB wrote:I have a slight preference to do this one blind, only because I probably won't decide what to bring until the last minute!
Absolutely fine, blind it is.
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Draft of the placemats.

My first attempt at placemats, requiring some minor guidance from The Creator. Still playing around with the software so we'll see where that ends up.

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Has He replied and said 'Yuk' yet? If so, take it as a compliment.
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djewesbury wrote:Has He replied and said 'Yuk' yet? If so, take it as a compliment.
He has maintained a neutral view. So far.
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flash_uk wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Has He replied and said 'Yuk' yet? If so, take it as a compliment.
He has maintained a neutral view. So far.
Gird yourself.
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Thank you Julian for the update to the software. Works a treat. Placemats updated here.

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What have you done to the image? The circles aren’t circular!
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He's bringing ovoid glasses.
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jdaw1 wrote:What have you done to the image? The circles aren’t circular!
Something a bit weird happened when I resized the image. Will fix tomorrow.
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flash_uk wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:What have you done to the image? The circles aren’t circular!
Something a bit weird happened when I resized the image. Will fix tomorrow.
Usually this only happens with video images. I have spent many a happy hour browsing video post-production forums where people try and work out the difference between square and rectangular pixels.
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flash_uk wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:What have you done to the image? The circles aren’t circular!
Something a bit weird happened when I resized the image. Will fix tomorrow.
Now fixed.
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djewesbury wrote:I have spent many a happy hour browsing video
I suppose it gets lonely in Berlin hotels.
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Who will be printing the placemats? I could do so tomorrow, if required.

And I have decided what to bring. I hope you'll like it...
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AHB wrote:Who will be printing the placemats?
I'm on it. I am a little undecided so may bring two bottles.
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Hi all,

Yes please I'd love to join. Flash_UK I am far from the cellar, can we do a deal on your bottle number two please?
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Cedars28 wrote:Hi all,

Yes please I'd love to join. Flash_UK I am far from the cellar, can we do a deal on your bottle number two please?
Yep, no problem.
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DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:I have spent many a happy hour browsing video
I suppose it gets lonely in Berlin hotels.
And you an admin.
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Updated placemats can be found here.
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All, really sorry but I'm going to be a last minute absentee from tomorrow's meet. It would seem that my wife has also arranged an evening out tomorrow (and apparently I was aware!} and given there are already a number of tastings in the diary over the coming months I have reluctantly conceded this one.

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flash_uk wrote:Updated placemats can be found here.
Are you sure that the public (incl. me) can access that?
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jdaw1 wrote:
flash_uk wrote:Updated placemats can be found here.
Are you sure that the public (incl. me) can access that?
Worked for me earlier from the office...what is happening when you try?
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flash_uk wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
flash_uk wrote:Updated placemats can be found here.
Are you sure that the public (incl. me) can access that?
Worked for me earlier from the office...what is happening when you try?
For me it downloads a pdf.
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