Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Perhaps we should talk about wine. I have a few connections with wine. I used to work for a major wine and spirits company for about 8 years as an IT consultant. Although I was not a member of staff I did the wine trade training at the in-house training centre (diploma and cert in wine). They were great days as we could get staff prices for incredible wines such as Mouton Rotchschild. The company owned Chateau Lascombes and we bought bottles for £2.50. In the managers bar we had free access to over proof spirits such as Bacardi. They had 2 million gals of Bacardi underground in tanks. At Christmas the IT dept staff order was as big as some of their real customers. There was cases of Fuerhed (forgotten the spelling) 1965 port. We even got a staff price for some Chateau Petrus but didn't get it as it was earmarked for a director.

Yes, the thread needs a change of subject. On that note, how many of you boys old farts is gonna buy one of them new fangled bum wraps?



Betcha skinners and cyners will be at the front of the queue. :o)

For Hays and Dreams.


All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are often foolish men, for they may believe their dreams and try to fulfil them with open eyes, to make them possible.

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It seems Hays drank to much of the over proof spirits.

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Cynic,

Has anybody told you recently that you are a silly little man.

I didn't realise that you commenced the thread or that you are the arbitrator of what should be posted.


If you are so tired, why not go and have a lie down.

Preferably, in front of an oncoming bus!

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Ps.

Found some more port I didn't realise I hadn't drunk. Have to check the dates.
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Hays,

By the way in the last cartoon, was that you and Cyns operating in the market?

Don't make mistakes tomorrow, you may need welfare support.

Hiliary,

How much did you charge for that picture?

Yep, your still a clown Fred. Lol

Fred
It matters not a jot who started the thread and there is no arbitrator on the thread other than MAM.

You want to get one of those bum wraps Fred. Lol

Oi Hils! :-)

Having a closer look why bother ?

Nightmares,

Not up to your usual standards.

Bad day at work?

You must have gone down a bomb with some of your boyfriends at school.

Are you still missing them?

Just listened to Dave Gilmour - Shine on you Crazy Diamond unplugged - now Elgar - Enigma Variations - a nice way to close down a banal Monday evening.

hilary -that mono-mankini looks singularly uncomfortable to wear .... whereas good quality girlie underwear can be very sexy, without getting fetishist about it, i can't see your addition to the male wardrobe as being remotely any kind of turn-on .... perhaps you'll tell us otherwise :-)


hays - poor little Red Fred feels (correctly) that he has been sent to coventry perhaps to join his mate Red Robbo .... wonder why that should be, and such a shame too .... i'm sure you'll commiserate .... very happy to divert into a discussion about wine

i assume your kind company put you through at least the early stages of the Wine and Spirits Trust course .... i did a little of that in my 20s and it really is very good and interesting .... Oddbins used to do that for their staff

i was very lucky to be introduced to decent wine at quite an early age, and my chance change of career (running a brasserie) from 78-85 allowed me to buy fine wines cheaply - e.g. 1970 Taylor's at £35 c/s dpd!

since then, i have consistently added, but now find myself in the (un)fortunate position of having quite a lot of very good stuff that needs drinking .... being reluctant to sell it - despite the price it would fetch, i bought it to drink not as an investment - i try to share it with friends

lest you haven't seen it .....

Athletics - Explosions at Boston Marathon
Athletes and fans have been caught in two horrifying explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

no further meaningful comment at the moment

Boston Marathon hit by explosions

The training was very good. The company had two masters of wine on the staff. The training centre was used by other companies in the trade. The parent company was Bass Charrington. The company had exclusive rights to sell all the Bacardi, Gancia, Ruffino, Chateau Baron Philippe, Mouton Cadet, Sandeman and many others.

Manuel,

Drinking that beverage with friends should take you quite a long time.

Perhaps, you should try and get somebody from your lobby, or perhaps another of your fellow travellers to join you in a toast to maggie on Wednesday.

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But you could have another go at starting a different thread.

Your last one based on your expertise as cook didn't seem to be too busy.

Perhaps, you can revive it with a drop of brandy.

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Ian,

How do you cancel, remove, or empty, a duplicated posting?

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