One quiz at a time
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Re: One quiz at a time
Tell you what, will help you out.
Extra guess of 4596735541936
I'm allowed this as you've had a guess after mine.
Extra guess of 4596735541936
I'm allowed this as you've had a guess after mine.
Port is basically a red drink
Re: One quiz at a time
67 is correct.
Julian was surprisingly close with his intial guess considering that a) I have only ever purchased 1 case, b) I can't recall ever purchasing 4 at once, and c) by far my dominant purchase habit is a pair. Of course, if you make a sufficient number of repeat pair purchases, you end up with 6-packs and even cases occasionally.
KillerB is up!
Julian was surprisingly close with his intial guess considering that a) I have only ever purchased 1 case, b) I can't recall ever purchasing 4 at once, and c) by far my dominant purchase habit is a pair. Of course, if you make a sufficient number of repeat pair purchases, you end up with 6-packs and even cases occasionally.
KillerB is up!
Glenn Elliott
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Yep - still up.
But about to go to bed and do a walk for charity tomorrow.
Which borough?
Good night
But about to go to bed and do a walk for charity tomorrow.
Which borough?
Good night
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On the grounds that I'm away for a while, for said walk, it may take some time for me to respond.
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Re: One quiz at a time
Re the previous question: the first person to guess (me!) guessed 65, and the right answer was 67. I don’t feel embarrassed.
Re: One quiz at a time
It was a remarkably accurate guess, which leads me to believe that a 1:3 ratio of different to total bottles must be somewhat normal. I thought it seemed really high, especially considering how most people here seem to purchase by the case, but evidently not.
Also, after posting the quiz, I went back to CellarTracker and discovered that it wasn't actually counting different Ports, but different bottles of Port. So the three instances in my cellar where I have both 750s and 375s of the same Port were counting twice. Ergo an equally valid answer could have theoretically been 64, in which case your guess would have been even closer.
Also, after posting the quiz, I went back to CellarTracker and discovered that it wasn't actually counting different Ports, but different bottles of Port. So the three instances in my cellar where I have both 750s and 375s of the same Port were counting twice. Ergo an equally valid answer could have theoretically been 64, in which case your guess would have been even closer.
Glenn Elliott
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I'm back, so you can guess again. There are enough clues in the appropriate thread.
We did actually start and finish in different boroughs but the vast majority was in one - that's the one I want.
We did actually start and finish in different boroughs but the vast majority was in one - that's the one I want.
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Re: One quiz at a time
Manhattan?
Are you in Manhattan and haven’t summonsed a tasting in your honour? Wow!
Are you in Manhattan and haven’t summonsed a tasting in your honour? Wow!
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Re: One quiz at a time
I don't know where in Lancashire the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhatten are, are they near Morecombe?
Both ever so slightly wrong.
Both ever so slightly wrong.
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Re: One quiz at a time
Nope - think that's now Greater ManchesterDRT wrote:Salford
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Re: One quiz at a time
Damn, I used the wrong clue. I think I have now narrowed it down to two possibilities after realising where the real clues were likely to be
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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I wasn't aware that any city besides New York had boroughs!
Lancashire, huh? (Runs to look at Google maps...)
Okay, so knowing nothing about the area, but gleaning clues from this thread and the other one, I think that Manchester South probably isn't a borough. Derek guessed Salford, so I'm going to guess Trafford.
Lancashire, huh? (Runs to look at Google maps...)
Okay, so knowing nothing about the area, but gleaning clues from this thread and the other one, I think that Manchester South probably isn't a borough. Derek guessed Salford, so I'm going to guess Trafford.
Glenn Elliott
Re: One quiz at a time
Blackburn with Darwen
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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I'd love to give this to you, but I can't. I've set the boundaries.DRT wrote:Blackburn with Darwen
Trafford is in Greater Manchester.
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Are we talking Traditional Boroughs? Pre- or post-1974 County Boundary reforms?
My guess is Ribble Valley.
My guess is Ribble Valley.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Ooooooooh - nope, you are going to kick yourselfDRT wrote:Burnley
Not Ribble Valley but these are post 1974 boroughs
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Warrington? [Changed 2 minutes after posting was I fast enough?]
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Oh yes, easily fast enough but still wrong, especially as it's in Cheshirejdaw1 wrote:Warrington? [Changed 2 minutes after posting was I fast enough?]
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Re: One quiz at a time
Lancaster - presumably a borough in Lancashire and also presumably at least part of the Lancaster canal runs through the borough of Lancaster thus allowing a walk from close to the home of someone who lives in Lancashire, with the walk being along the canals.
If so, you could have ended in either Wyre or Ribble Valley.
If so, you could have ended in either Wyre or Ribble Valley.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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A well thought out and reasoned answer, also incorrect.AHB wrote:Lancaster - presumably a borough in Lancashire and also presumably at least part of the Lancaster canal runs through the borough of Lancaster thus allowing a walk from close to the home of someone who lives in Lancashire, with the walk being along the canals.
If so, you could have ended in either Wyre or Ribble Valley.
Take a look at my responses to Derek's replies.
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Re: One quiz at a time
Blackburn with Burnley & Darwen?KillerB wrote: Take a look at my responses to Derek's replies.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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When I said I started in one, did the majority in this one and finished in a third - guess what the beginning and finishing boroughs were. Take a look at a map of Lancashire, see if there is a canal between the beginning and end and see what the borough in the middle is.DRT wrote:Blackburn with Burnley & Darwen?KillerB wrote: Take a look at my responses to Derek's replies.
Have I given enough clues yet?
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