anybody still alive?
PaulJK
QT
> Anybody?
Dunno about anybody but I wonder what happended to 'nobody'.
--
qt
Stan R
> Anybody?
Just...
Sitting here, drinking NZ red and thinking that the pub is about to
close for good.
Someone must have called in all the outstanding loans - same as the
wider economy.
S
High Miles
> Anybody?
Hell yes?
What did you have in mind ?
High Miles
> High Miles <2blue...@comcast.net> wrote in news:zOm3m.12689
> $wE4....@newsfe02.iad:
>
> J
Always an excellent option.
Provided the place is air conditioned.
D
PaulJK
Nobody knows.
pjk
PaulJK
Seems, everybody pawned their computers and moved to Salvos.
pjk
P.S. All kudos to you. It's so comendable of you to support our
wine industry in these times of hardship.
In the true spirit of ANZAC I reciprocate by opening St.Andrews
Shiraz from Clare Valley I was given last week by an old friend
visiting from the Big West Island.
PaulJK
I just had a lunch and a pint of pilsener in one of my
usual watering holes. An old wooden railway station
converted to a brewery/pub. It has an excellent air
conditioning, couple roaring open fire fireplaces.
Ideal place for this time of the year, i.e. winter.
pjk
Brysko
An air conditioned PUB?
Please, do not be facetious. It borders on an oxymoron.
High Miles
But a hot, sweaty drinking establishment has little appeal.
Now that it's illegal to smoke in them, the air quality has improved,
but quite a few fellows still come in straight from the job sites, and
don't hold up well in places that are very warm.
Plus, they appreciate the cool, cellar atmosphere and it doesn't
diminish their thirst one bit.
D
PaulJK
> Brysko wrote:
>> On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:16:47 -0500, High Miles
>> <2blue...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> m...@tadyatam.invalid wrote:
>>>> High Miles <2blue...@comcast.net> wrote in news:zOm3m.12689
>>>> $wE4....@newsfe02.iad:
>>>>
>>>>> PaulJK wrote:
>>>>>> Anybody?
>>>>> Hell yes?
>>>>> What did you have in mind ?
>>>> The nearest pub, perhaps?
>>>> J
>>> Always an excellent option.
>>> Provided the place is air conditioned.
>>
>> An air conditioned PUB?
>> Please, do not be facetious. It borders on an oxymoron.
>>
> Yeah - well - so do I.
> But a hot, sweaty drinking establishment has little appeal.
>
> Now that it's illegal to smoke in them, the air quality has improved,
You do realize that the unqualified absolutes like that sound
very parochial, don't you. :-)
High Miles
> High Miles wrote:
>> Brysko wrote:
>>> On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:16:47 -0500, High Miles
>>> <2blue...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> m...@tadyatam.invalid wrote:
>>>>> High Miles <2blue...@comcast.net> wrote in news:zOm3m.12689
>>>>> $wE4....@newsfe02.iad:
>>>>>
>>>>>> PaulJK wrote:
>>>>>>> Anybody?
>>>>>> Hell yes?
>>>>>> What did you have in mind ?
>>>>> The nearest pub, perhaps?
>>>>> J
>>>> Always an excellent option.
>>>> Provided the place is air conditioned.
>>> An air conditioned PUB?
>>> Please, do not be facetious. It borders on an oxymoron.
>>>
>> Yeah - well - so do I.
>> But a hot, sweaty drinking establishment has little appeal.
>>
>> Now that it's illegal to smoke in them, the air quality has improved,
>
> You do realize that the unqualified absolutes like that sound
> very parochial, don't you. :-)
>
>
I go to drink, not to share the smoke of others.
Many who had resorted to drinking at home, can now go back
to the pubs without concerns about triggering an asthma attack.
Life is good.
kujebak
> PaulJK wrote:
> > High Miles wrote:
> >> Brysko wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:16:47 -0500, High Miles
> >>> <2blues1...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >>>> m...@tadyatam.invalid wrote:
> >>>>> $wE4.3...@newsfe02.iad:
>
> >>>>>> PaulJK wrote:
> >>>>>>> Anybody?
> >>>>>> Hell yes?
> >>>>>> What did you have in mind ?
> >>>>> The nearest pub, perhaps?
> >>>>> J
> >>>> Always an excellent option.
> >>>> Provided the place is air conditioned.
> >>> An air conditioned PUB?
> >>> Please, do not be facetious. It borders on an oxymoron.
>
> >> Yeah - well - so do I.
> >> But a hot, sweaty drinking establishment has little appeal.
>
> >> Now that it's illegal to smoke in them, the air quality has improved,
>
> > You do realize that the unqualified absolutes like that sound
> > very parochial, don't you. :-)
>
> No rat's ass is in danger from my level of concern with that title.
> I go to drink, not to share the smoke of others.
> Many who had resorted to drinking at home, can now go back
> to the pubs without concerns about triggering an asthma attack.
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
An anti-smoker without an overweening social concern?
A healthy lifestyle individualist?
I’ll drink to that ;-)
High Miles
Damn well might. I'll even buy a round or two - just to hold
up my end of the evening.
And I wouldn't go so far as to use the phrase 'healthy lifestyle'.
It's only smoking I don't go in for.
Most other pleasures and vices are open season here.
D
Stan R
> Stan R wrote:
> > PaulJK contributed these words of wisdom on 07/03/2009 01:37 PM:
> >> Anybody?
>
> > Just...
>
> > Sitting here, drinking NZ red and thinking that the pub is about to
> > close for good.
>
> > Someone must have called in all the outstanding loans - same as the
> > wider economy.
> > S
>
> Seems, everybody pawned their computers and moved to Salvos.
> pjk
>
> P.S. All kudos to you. It's so comendable of you to support our
> wine industry in these times of hardship.
Happy to help.! ;-)
> In the true spirit of ANZAC I reciprocate by opening St.Andrews
> Shiraz from Clare Valley I was given last week by an old friend
> visiting from the Big West Island.
I happened to come across some Ata Rangi and Martinborough reds.
Quite tolerable, I'd say.
Cheers.
Stan R
> High Miles wrote:
> > m...@tadyatam.invalid wrote:
> >>>> Anybody?
> >>> Hell yes?
> >>> What did you have in mind ?
>
> >> The nearest pub, perhaps?
> >> J
>
> > Always an excellent option.
> > Provided the place is air conditioned.
> > D
>
> I just had a lunch and a pint of pilsener in one of my
> usual watering holes. An old wooden railway station
> converted to a brewery/pub. It has an excellent air
> conditioning, couple roaring open fire fireplaces.
I can quite picture the place! No doubt they call you by your first
name there...! ;-)
> Ideal place for this time of the year, i.e. winter.
Yeah, but I'm not sure about the cold beer. That one's a decidedly
summer beverage!
If I were in Wellington in winter, I'd be drinking some nice scotch!
BTW, my wife reckons she is quite sure now she could never live in NZ
again, after attending a wedding in Queenstown, where the overnight
temperature dropped to minus 7!
Where's global warming when one needs it?
PaulJK
> On Jul 4, 3:29 pm, "PaulJK" <paul.kr...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> High Miles wrote:
>>> m...@tadyatam.invalid wrote:
>>>> High Miles <2blues1...@comcast.net> wrote in news:zOm3m.12689
>>>> $wE4.3...@newsfe02.iad:
>>
>>>>> PaulJK wrote:
>>>>>> Anybody?
>>>>> Hell yes?
>>>>> What did you have in mind ?
>>
>>>> The nearest pub, perhaps?
>>>> J
>>
>>> Always an excellent option.
>>> Provided the place is air conditioned.
>>> D
>>
>> I just had a lunch and a pint of pilsener in one of my
>> usual watering holes. An old wooden railway station
>> converted to a brewery/pub. It has an excellent air
>> conditioning, couple roaring open fire fireplaces.
>
> I can quite picture the place! No doubt they call you by your first
> name there...! ;-)
Of course you can picture it, it's the place I took you to when
you were visiting. :-))
>> Ideal place for this time of the year, i.e. winter.
>
> Yeah, but I'm not sure about the cold beer. That one's a decidedly
> summer beverage!
>
> If I were in Wellington in winter, I'd be drinking some nice scotch!
When I am real cold in winter I get stuck into armagnac.
In one of my other watering holes they make hot mulled wine.
It's not as good as the gluewein I drank in Zermatt, Insbruck
or Zell um See but the air is not as cold as it is over there in winter.
> BTW, my wife reckons she is quite sure now she could never live in NZ
> again, after attending a wedding in Queenstown, where the overnight
> temperature dropped to minus 7!
>
> Where's global warming when one needs it?
Since the French stopped testing in the Pacific it's getting
colder every year. This year there was enough snow in
the mountains to ski in early May.
pjk
PaulJK
Talking about Martinborough...
Last week while dining with a visiting friend from Melbourne
I ordered Murdoch James Pinot Noir 2004. The waitress
brought Murdoch James Pinot Meunier 2002 instead.
When she showed me the label I didn't look too closely
to notice the switch. When she poured it we noticed it was
darker than pinot noir. It was a b s o l u t e l y divine!!!
See if you can get Murdoch James Pinot Meunier 2002
in Oz. Buy it if you want to impress any of your business
friends who fancy themselves as wine connoisseurs.
I have no idea how much it costs, they didn't have it on
their wine menu and charged us the cost of Pinot Noir.
pjk
PaulJK
I don't understand your comments. Perhaps you didn't get my
comment. My "unqualified absolutes" referred to your "illegal
to smoke in them" as if you assumed your country's laws
applied to the whole world, or as if the world ended at
the Mexican border. :-))
pjk
Stan R
The following link
http://tinyurl.com/rxgsz5
reveals the average price as NZD45. Which doesn't sound bad at all, if
it's as good as you describe.
Now whether it is available in Australia is another matter. But thanks
for the tip; I'll hunt around!
Cheers.
Stan R
> reveals the average price as NZD45. Which doesn't sound bad at all, if
> it's as good as you describe.
Scrap that...at a closer look, that review was from 2004, so this
price would not be overly relevant today.
And the Murdoch James winery website has no mention of that particular
wine.
So it looks like you may have got lucky... ;-)
Cheers.
PaulJK
Yes, I saw some old review also from 2004 when I tried to
look that wine up when I got back from the restaurant.
It must have aged beautifully, the reviews don't hint at anything
spectacular. My friend who knows his wines was also
impressed, so it wasn't just that time of the month for me. :-)
Anyway, there should be more of the MJ Pinot Noir around,
you may find it easier to get in Oz on the other side of Tasman.
It is quite good too, I am familiar with 2004 vintage, and for that
one it's just about right time to crack a bottle or two open now
in 2009.
pjk
Frank Bures
We are having another shitty summer in a row. It's July 06 and we have yet
to have a 30C day. Unbelievable. If this global warming thing goes the
way it's been going so far, we will be skiing in June in just couple of years.
CHeers
Frank
--
Frank Bures
Actually, you're on to something. Each time I go to the CZ, I start
coughing 2 or 3 days into my visit. This time it took me three weeks to
get rid of it after I returned.
Cheers
Frank - ex-smoker
--
High Miles
places where I do not live. Typical US mind set.
Since the current laws here suit my inclinations, life has gotten
a great deal better over the last few years.
d
Zdislav V. Kovarik
For the younger ones:
Q: What did the owl say to the nose?
A: Who knows?
Cheers, Slavek(ZVK)
High Miles
An owl would be unlikely to speak to a nose, but the response is
appropriate.
Maybe the owls are different where you are.
Here they won't even speak to crows.
Crows, by the way, enjoy beer. Owls won't touch it.
Form your own opinion from that bit.
Dorothy
Brysko
<2blue...@comcast.net> wrote:
>Zdislav V. Kovarik wrote:
>> For the younger ones:
>> Q: What did the owl say to the nose?
>> A: Who knows?
>>
>> Cheers, Slavek(ZVK)
>
>An owl would be unlikely to speak to a nose, but the response is
>appropriate.
>Maybe the owls are different where you are.
>Here they won't even speak to crows.
>Crows, by the way, enjoy beer. Owls won't touch it.
>Form your own opinion from that bit.
>
>
>Dorothy
Owls drink Retsina and Ouzo, when you bring them to Athens.
Frank Bures
> Zdislav V. Kovarik wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 4 Jul 2009, PaulJK wrote:
>>
>>> QT wrote:
>>>> PaulJK wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Anybody?
>>>> Dunno about anybody but I wonder what happended to 'nobody'.
>>> Nobody knows.
>>> pjk
>>
>> For the younger ones:
>> Q: What did the owl say to the nose?
>> A: Who knows?
>>
>> Cheers, Slavek(ZVK)
>
> An owl would be unlikely to speak to a nose, but the response is
> appropriate.
Talk to the hand.
Cheers
Frank
--
High Miles
D
High Miles
> On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:16:49 -0500, High Miles
> <2blue...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Zdislav V. Kovarik wrote:
>
>>> For the younger ones:
>>> Q: What did the owl say to the nose?
>>> A: Who knows?
>>>
>>> Cheers, Slavek(ZVK)
>> An owl would be unlikely to speak to a nose, but the response is
>> appropriate.
>> Maybe the owls are different where you are.
>> Here they won't even speak to crows.
>> Crows, by the way, enjoy beer. Owls won't touch it.
>> Form your own opinion from that bit.
>>
>
> Owls drink Retsina and Ouzo, when you bring them to Athens.
Then it must be true -- that travel changes everyone eh ?
Zdislav V. Kovarik
Oops, that's why they didn't drink it when I kept
bringing them to Newcastle (which one?).
Cheers, Slavek(ZVK)
Brysko
Did you ascertain their bevvy was coal enough?
(Pro prespolni: bevvy = beverage, napoj, drink)
PaulJK
Why would you want to go to such personal expense as
to bring owls to Athens? From where you live, isn't it easier
to take coal to Newcastle?
pjk
PaulJK
Rostaci, delate si prcu z Vysokejch Majli?
Ta jiste nechodila do evropskeho gymplu.
pjk
Zdislav V. Kovarik
It depends: they were looking at me from noodles.
(And the calf was staring at the new gate.)
Cheers, Slavek(ZVK)
Zdislav V. Kovarik
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, PaulJK wrote:
> Anybody?
Hic mortui vivunt et muti loquuntur.
Cheers, Slavek(ZVK)
PaulJK
> places where I do not live. Typical US mind set.
Yes, that's what I was refering to. Merkins often speak in
parochial absolutes even when they must realize they talk
to people who do not live where they live. :-)
pjk
PaulJK
The thing that's amusing about this English translation
is just how completely it looses all its s^mrnc.
pjk