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Posted: 20:45 Wed 09 Jul 2008
by Alex Bridgeman
benread wrote:Looks very interesting line up - I wish I were able to join you! Still no action on the wife / baby front. I will of course be thinking of you...
...OK I admit it, thinking of the bottle line up!
You could always call into the restaurant "on your way home" on Friday night!
Posted: 20:48 Wed 09 Jul 2008
by DRT
Please look at page 3 of this thread to see (and spot errors in) the placemats.
Posted: 07:17 Thu 10 Jul 2008
by Alex Bridgeman
I can't see any errors, but what is in the small text in the Napa Prager circle? Does it say "Doh!" like I think it does.
Also a gentle reminder to attendees that 9 bottles will generate a £180 corkage fee to be shared between the 5 of us in addition to the cost of food and tips.
Alex
Posted: 07:41 Thu 10 Jul 2008
by DRT
AHB wrote:I can't see any errors, but what is in the small text in the Napa Prager circle? Does it say "Doh!" like I think it does.
It says "port" with a small "p".
A total cost of £20 per bottle is very good value for ports of this age.
Posted: 01:14 Fri 11 Jul 2008
by DRT
The placemats and tasting notes have been printed and appear to be both accurate and attractive.
I have to say that I had some difficulty with the /GlassesOnSheets settings which resulted in me having to invoke a bi-file workaround.
Unfortunately, the Helpdesk and I were not available at the same time today so a full debrief of the printed parameter initilisation section of the code will be required over a pint of brown warm stuff tomorrow afternoon to attempt to identify where I went wrong.
Derek
Posted: 12:37 Fri 11 Jul 2008
by KillerB
Have fun tonight. I got back from Romania at midnight and arose at about 11:30 so I wouldn't be much use tonight. I will peer at one or two bottles and consider opening one to sip after I've shouted at a lot of kids.
Cheers.
Skeffington 1991?
Posted: 15:34 Fri 11 Jul 2008
by jdaw1
Brother Derek has been coping it seems, for which much thanks. By text he has suggested an extra section in the manual, provisionally entitled “Strategies for coping with the stress caused by indecisive attendees who keep changing the line-up just when you think the placemat is finished†. Any ideas for what such a section could contain?
Also, a correction. Skeffington 1991? The label fails to mention the word Skeffington at all: perhaps I had been told in the shop? And the label mentions only one date, 1991, which I failed to note was prefixed by the words “bottled in†, which explains why the cork says “Vintage 1989†. Other than that, my description was spot-on.
See you soon.
Posted: 22:45 Sat 12 Jul 2008
by DRT