Where is everyone..?

[djewesbury]

Quiet here tonight isn't it? You'd almost think everyone was drinking Fonseca 85 slops out of saucers, somewhere South of the River.

[AW77]

I'm not drinking F85 tonight either. So you're not alone. A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved.

[djewesbury]

Hello André. Are you having anything or is this a dry evening?

[LGTrotter]

Hello.

[djewesbury]

Same question to you Owen.

[AW77]

Hello André. Are you having anything or is this a dry evening?

As this is a weekday evening, it is dry as always.

[djewesbury]

You are a true stoic.

[LGTrotter]

I seem to have drunk everything. Now going to search the larder, I may be reduced to the cooking brandy.

[djewesbury]

I have a Cabernet Merlot from somewhere in Eastern Europe on the go (Wine Society random selection). Perhaps Slovenia. It's rather good.

[LGTrotter]

Maybe I need to do an Andre, forsake sack and live cleanly.

Thought I'd found the end of a Fonseca organic port, but no it's empty.

[djewesbury]

I don't like that Terra Prima. I've only tasted it a couple of times but it didn't impress.

[AW77]

Owen, with all the wine you have at home I don't believe one word you say. There must be something to drink in your household.

[LGTrotter]

It made me think of Merlot, not in a good way. A bit margeriney.

[LGTrotter]

Owen, with all the wine you have at home I don't believe one word you say. There must be something to drink in your household.

Well I did have these two bottles of Riesling but now the temperature has dropped I put them in the car as anti-freeze.

[LGTrotter]

Perhaps I should use this period of calm reflection to ask Populus Tremula why he has named himself after the Aspen, or is it the Linden which trembles?

[AW77]

Owen, with all the wine you have at home I don't believe one word you say. There must be something to drink in your household.

Well I did have these two bottles of Riesling but now the temperature has dropped I put them in the car as anti-freeze.

That's another thing I don't believe. You English are too polite for such an offensive thing.

[LGTrotter]

It's the Aspen. Isn't there a bit of mythology about why it trembles?

Purely a rhetorical question I shall look it up myself.

[LGTrotter]

Owen, with all the wine you have at home I don't believe one word you say. There must be something to drink in your household.

Well I did have these two bottles of Riesling but now the temperature has dropped I put them in the car as anti-freeze.

That's another thing I don't believe. You English are too polite for such an offensive thing.

Indeed not. It is not something I will open late at night and on a whim. I think that it deserves a warmish day, when my mind is clear and I can give it my attention. I tend to drink cheap wines when distracted and in low spirits. (The cooking brandy being the lowest of spirits).

[AW77]

Owen, with all the wine you have at home I don't believe one word you say. There must be something to drink in your household.

Well I did have these two bottles of Riesling but now the temperature has dropped I put them in the car as anti-freeze.

That's another thing I don't believe. You English are too polite for such an offensive thing.

Indeed not. It is not something I will open late at night and on a whim. I think that it deserves a warmish day, when my mind is clear and I can give it my attention. I tend to drink cheap wines when distracted and in low spirits. (The cooking brandy being the lowest of spirits).

I would also suggest a lovely evening in May for your tasting. But isn't there a bottle of 5-year-old Madeira around? Like Blandy's Alvada (which I really like)? You seem to like Madeira, so no emergency supply in the house?

[PopulusTremula]

It's the Aspen. Isn't there a bit of mythology about why it trembles?

Purely a rhetorical question I shall look it up myself.

Indeed the Aspen. What can i say, i like trees, the smell, sound and colour of a forest, different depending on the predominating specie, season and time of day etc. Beats human made sensory stimuli any day. I suppose the handle has a nostalgic element as i don't often get the chance to indulge nowadays.

[LGTrotter]

It's the Aspen. Isn't there a bit of mythology about why it trembles?

Purely a rhetorical question I shall look it up myself.

Indeed the Aspen. What can i say, i like trees, the smell, sound and colour of a forest, different depending on the predominating specie, season and time of day etc. Beats human made sensory stimuli any day. I suppose the handle has a nostalgic element as i don't often get the chance to indulge nowadays.

I too like trees, which is why I noticed the the handle. Fortunately Somerset's full of them, not too many Aspen though. It's the noise and the quivering that intrigue me about them. One of my most effective ways of dealing with stress and troublesome questions is to walk through the beech woods with the dogs until all becomes clear.

[PopulusTremula]

I too like trees, which is why I noticed the the handle. Fortunately Somerset's full of them, not too many Aspen though. It's the noise and the quivering that intrigue me about them. One of my most effective ways of dealing with stress and troublesome questions is to walk through the beech woods with the dogs until all becomes clear.

I wholeheartedly agree, ambrosia for the soul. I suppose those with a medical/health bent would also stress the positive effect of physical exercise whatever the intensity but to me it's more of a beneficial side effect when discussed in this context.

[LGTrotter]

I walked for a couple of hours through the woods today, most refreshing.

[AW77]

I walked for a couple of hours through the woods today, most refreshing.

Did you hug the trees and talk to them, too?