Elementary schoolboy errors
Elementary schoolboy errors
This thread is to hold examples of Port-related elementary schoolboy errors.
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Elementary schoolboy error: the missus was in the house at the appointed hour for the Seckford Wines’ delivery man.
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Doh.jdaw1 wrote:Elementary schoolboy error: the missus was in the house at the appointed hour for the Seckford Wines’ delivery man.
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Um. Excuse me. The boxes just kept pouring in. No pun intended.
My thoughts were, "So that's what you've been hiding from me!"
My thoughts were, "So that's what you've been hiding from me!"
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Elementary schoolboy error: posting details of your schoolboy errors in a place the missus is likely to look.
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Elementary schoolboy error: The missus finds the hidden money kept away for tastings and future Port lots
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Elementary schoolboy error: Failing to appreciate that the magnificence of large format bottles of port will override all sense of restraint, fiscal or otherwise.
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Now you just have to figure outgriff wrote:Elementary schoolboy error: Failing to appreciate that the magnificence of large format bottles of port will override all sense of restraint, fiscal or otherwise.
(a) how to store them, and
(b) which of your heirs to leave them to
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
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Well not at home it seems. A 2009 Fonseca magnum just disappeared
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Your heirs appear to be a bit previous in their drinking habits!
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Elementary schoolboy error.griff wrote:Well not at home it seems. A 2009 Fonseca magnum just disappeared
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Forgetting to declare your company car on your tax return and falling into the trap of believing HMRC were actually going to give you money back
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Note you can notify HMRC of an error on your tax return and still obtain a refund for up to five years.DRT wrote:Forgetting to declare your company car on your tax return and falling into the trap of believing HMRC were actually going to give you money back
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I made the amendment immediately after I realised I had made an error. The credit on my personal tax account only existed for about 5 minutes
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Ordering another case when cellar full and I had suggested I wouldn't be buying anything for a while, and then finding out Mrs L working at home on day of delivery suggested by website (today). Doh.
Fortunately, website wrong, delivery next week. Phew.
Fortunately, website wrong, delivery next week. Phew.
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Auction, by Christie Manson & Woods, on 29 November 1866, “of A Large Quantity of Capital Wines, Including … Sixty Dozens, The Property of a Well-Known Amateur; Including fine 1847 Port, and some choice Old White Port from John Lambert & Co., of Oporto; fine Sherry, Six years in bottle; very fine Old Madeira; and some fine Moet’s Champagne: also, 500 Dozens of Wines, Including Sherry in bottle and wood, Port, Claret, Champagne, Sparkling Hock and Moselle, and some capital Old Brandy, sold by order of the Mortgagee”.
Elementary schoolboy error: not keeping up with the mortgage payments causing your 1847 Port to be seized and “sold by order of the Mortgagee”.
Elementary schoolboy error: not keeping up with the mortgage payments causing your 1847 Port to be seized and “sold by order of the Mortgagee”.