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by jdaw1
18:34 Fri 06 Jul 2007
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: We're on Google!
Replies: 118
Views: 77033

Google: TPF at #4

by jdaw1
14:47 Fri 06 Jul 2007
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: 1991 Morgan's After effects
Replies: 27
Views: 17932

Good move (to MD).

Good move (to MD).
by jdaw1
14:01 Fri 06 Jul 2007
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: Apostrophe crimes
Replies: 2072
Views: 716369

Was that reply helpful?

this "will-to-live" sapping thread A difficult case. ‟Will to live” needs to be joined together, which can be done with hyphens. But then this compound thing needs to be joined with ‟sapping”. Possibilities include will-to-live-sapping (which fails to capture the two-level hierarchy); w...
by jdaw1
11:51 Fri 06 Jul 2007
Forum: Other Wines
Topic: Very old fino
Replies: 10
Views: 6693

Uncle Tom: thank you.

Uncle Tom: thank you.
by jdaw1
01:31 Fri 06 Jul 2007
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: Apostrophe crimes
Replies: 2072
Views: 716369

Re: Derek T.’s “who's”

Luc wrote:People who are epileptic have more than 3 dots
Well, not literally. Try Alt-0133 on a PC, or option-semicolon on a Mac to get “…”.

Metaphorically, well, anything could happen.
by jdaw1
20:37 Thu 05 Jul 2007
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Welcome Lady Roots
Replies: 9
Views: 8569

Lady Roots: welcome.

Lady Roots: welcome.

This thread has won Derek T., from whom you shall be hearing much, yet another entry into that which passes for the TPF Hall of Shame.
by jdaw1
20:35 Thu 05 Jul 2007
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: Apostrophe crimes
Replies: 2072
Views: 716369

Derek T.’s “who's”

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1434#1434]Here[/url] Derek T. wrote:....and I have a rule that says "never hit on a girl who's husband is on the same forum"
The punishment should be harsher for not knowing that an ellipsis contains exactly three dots.
by jdaw1
20:32 Thu 05 Jul 2007
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Cheeky Vimtos!
Replies: 7
Views: 3990

Port and lemonade, eh love?

Port and lemonade, eh love?

Classic woman’s drink until, I believe, the 1960s.
by jdaw1
20:31 Thu 05 Jul 2007
Forum: Other Wines
Topic: Very old fino
Replies: 10
Views: 6693

The dryness sounds fantastic.

The dryness sounds fantastic.
by jdaw1
15:53 Thu 05 Jul 2007
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Tasting Notes Section
Replies: 178
Views: 82000

Title = YYYY House

Title = YYYY House

Score represented as one of
  • UncleTomScore = 8/9
  • ParkerScore = 99
by jdaw1
15:25 Thu 05 Jul 2007
Forum: Beer, Spirits, Cigars, and Pork Pies
Topic: Cigars and Port.
Replies: 20
Views: 16800

I find port too sticky for cigars. Whisky better.

I find port too sticky for cigars. Whisky better.
by jdaw1
03:15 Thu 05 Jul 2007
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Give us a graphic
Replies: 45
Views: 28579

Link to apostrophe crime

by jdaw1
03:15 Thu 05 Jul 2007
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: Apostrophe crimes
Replies: 2072
Views: 716369

Conky’s apostrophe crime

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1472#1472]Here[/url] Conky wrote:Could be genetic, as in, in your familys jeans.!
by jdaw1
19:29 Wed 04 Jul 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Early Warning!!! OffLine at Conkys Quinta.
Replies: 26
Views: 25133

£

Transporting bottles would be a nightmare for me. But I do insist on contributing a fair proportion of the pictures of Her Majesty.
by jdaw1
19:09 Wed 04 Jul 2007
Forum: Meaningless Drivel
Topic: Apostrophe crimes
Replies: 2072
Views: 716369

antidisestablishmentarianist

Oh, I forgot to say. I am an antidisestablishmentarianist. Into which corner should I go?
by jdaw1
16:57 Wed 04 Jul 2007
Forum: Site Stuff
Topic: Taking Pictures of Port
Replies: 26
Views: 21230

A bottle or a woman?

A bottle or a woman? They aren’t mutually exclusive, and the former can help attract and encourage the latter. A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. — Rudyard Kipling. Meanwhile, please be encouraged by this self-appointed moral policeman to be strictly family-friendly in one’s phra...
by jdaw1
16:11 Tue 03 Jul 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Early Warning!!! OffLine at Conkys Quinta.
Replies: 26
Views: 25133

Please PM me your email address

Conky: please PM me your email address so that I can cc you on flight-plan emails (which will have to go to family as well).
by jdaw1
14:36 Tue 03 Jul 2007
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Best Bargain???
Replies: 23
Views: 12231

Googling the wrong spelling finds your wine collection!

Googling the wrong spelling finds your wine collection!
by jdaw1
13:38 Tue 03 Jul 2007
Forum: Port Conversations
Topic: Best Bargain???
Replies: 23
Views: 12231

Manoel D. Poças Júnior

RonnieRoots wrote:Full name Manuel D. Poças Jr.
You surely mean Manoel D. Poças Júnior?
by jdaw1
13:09 Tue 03 Jul 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Early Warning!!! OffLine at Conkys Quinta.
Replies: 26
Views: 25133

the importance of grabbing somewhere to sleep

OK. Clearly I’m failing to understand the importance of grabbing somewhere to sleep. My previous night will have been spent in an economy-class seat next to a wailing brat. How do I ensure that I get somewhere to sleep.
by jdaw1
00:31 Tue 03 Jul 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Early Warning!!! OffLine at Conkys Quinta.
Replies: 26
Views: 25133

Saturday 1st September 2007

OK, Her Indoors has spoken, and if it’s the weekend of Saturday 1st September, plans could be fitted. Gentlemen: don’t suffer major life rearrangement just for me, but if it’s all the same to you, it wouldn’t be for me. †  This is making various assumptions about flights, not yet tested. And having ...
by jdaw1
23:35 Mon 02 Jul 2007
Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
Topic: Early Warning!!! OffLine at Conkys Quinta.
Replies: 26
Views: 25133

Placemat request

jdaw1 - we need placemats sometime soon - wines t.b.c. Derek ...and get looking for cheap flights to blighty 88) Hmmm. If the date is exactly right in early September, I might be in the UK anyway. Whatever, when things are decided I will of course oblige in my usual manner. In the list of people in...
by jdaw1
16:22 Mon 02 Jul 2007
Forum: Beer, Spirits, Cigars, and Pork Pies
Topic: When beer has filled you up...
Replies: 13
Views: 11104

We both failed (to be polite).

We both failed.
by jdaw1
05:30 Sun 01 Jul 2007
Forum: Beer, Spirits, Cigars, and Pork Pies
Topic: When beer has filled you up...
Replies: 13
Views: 11104

Glayva: I was trying to be polite

jdaw1 wrote:I usually assume that these things are a teenager’s version of a real drink.
Derek T. wrote:Glayva (and Drambuie) is only consumed by women and tourists, mainly Americans with tartan (plaid) trousers on
I was trying to be polite, but really, I wasn’t disagreeing with Derek T.’s more forthright version.