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Very classy!
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Yesterday I sat and observed a squirrel consuming seeds from pine cones.
How long time did it on average, during 15 minutes, use per cone?
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10 seconds
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flash_uk wrote: 09:52 Thu 31 Aug 201710 seconds
It was not finished in 10 seconds.
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I think it is appropriate, to make this a little easier, to point out that the pine cones in question are not from Pinus Ponderosa, but from Pinus Sylvestris.
All you good people with stopwatches who have been scouring parks and forests for feeding squirrels, over the weekend, can now come home again and start guessing. :D :tpf:
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Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

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AHB wrote: 13:41 Tue 05 Sep 201732 seconds
Closer, but no cigar.
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I do wonder what kind of person decides it would be fun to time how quickly a squirrel manages to eat all the seeds from a pine cone. I mean, that would be like someone who spends part of their life carefully gluing back together corks from old port bottles which have fallen apart when being opened.
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Indeed.
Nature is wonderful, so much is going on without us seeing it. Not everybody needs adrenalin kicks all the time.
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42 seconds
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flash_uk wrote: 18:21 Tue 05 Sep 201742 seconds
Very close.
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Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

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AHB wrote: 21:36 Wed 06 Sep 201743 seconds
Even closer.
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flash_uk wrote: 11:58 Fri 08 Sep 201745 seconds
Even closer!!
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Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

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AHB wrote: 17:04 Fri 08 Sep 201746 seconds
That is nearest so far.
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flash_uk wrote: 08:27 Sun 10 Sep 201748 seconds
Equal closest!
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47 seconds!!

I believe that entitles me to post the next question.

I recently visited South Africa. During my time there I tasted only one producer's fortified wine but purchased bottles from 4 others.

Name the producer I tasted and (at least) one of the producers whose wine I purchased.
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Boplaas?

Is Google my friend?
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I did indeed buy a bottle of Boplaas. I bought a bottle of the 2013 Cape Vintage Reserve. I also bought bottles from Allesverloren, Vergelegen and Overgaauw.

So which producer did I taste when I was in SA?
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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AHB wrote: 20:36 Sun 10 Sep 2017 I did indeed buy a bottle of Boplaas. I bought a bottle of the 2013 Cape Vintage Reserve. I also bought bottles from Allesverloren, Vergelegen and Overgaauw.

So which producer did I taste when I was in SA?
Cavendish...'63 one would hope👍
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AXE HILL?
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Not Cavendish, nor Axe Hill.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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