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Oh, too many variables, too hard. Can we guess each variable one at a time? Otherwise this will be the :tpf: quiz that never ends. Unless someone has inside information.
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If parts are correct, you’ll be told.
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'Grape' is singular?
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djewesbury wrote:'Grape' is singular?
We are port drinkers. We like tradition. So I was adopting a traditional question, with minimal variation.
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Nebbiolo, Italy, 2004.
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djewesbury wrote:Nebbiolo, Italy, 2004.
✠— ✠— ✠— (And you would have scored the same if the reply had been in the correct order.)
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djewesbury wrote:Nebbiolo, Italy, 2004.
✠— ✠— ✠— (And you would have scored the same if the reply had been in the correct order.)
Touché! That's me told!
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Cabernet Sauvignon, 2003, France
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Reisling, 2009, Germany
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jdaw1 wrote:in the light of the pending International Crisis
I think I know why we are not getting responses.
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DRT wrote:Reisling, 2009, Germany
✠— ✠— ✠—

I did better last time this question was asked.
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Glenn E. wrote:Cabernet Sauvignon, 2003, France
In case you missed it.
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Glenn E. wrote:Cabernet Sauvignon, 2003, France
I missed it.

✠— ✠— ✠—

Feel better?
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jdaw1 wrote:Feel better?
No. I'm certain I have worked out the answer but can't guess yet.
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djewesbury wrote:this will be the :tpf: quiz that never ends.
Was that a self-fulfilling prophecy?
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Sorry. Television.
Gruner Veltliner 2003 Austria
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Tempranillo, Spain, 2005
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jdaw1 wrote:
Glenn E. wrote:2003
✠—?
djewesbury wrote:2003
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djewesbury wrote:Gruner Veltliner 2003 Austria
✠— ✠— ✠—

The attentive might already have an opinion about 2003:
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Glenn E. wrote:Cabernet Sauvignon, 2003, France
I missed it.

✠— ✠— ✠—
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DRT just faster than me.
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DRT wrote:Tempranillo, Spain, 2005
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DRT wrote:Tempranillo, Spain, 2005
✠“ ✠“ ✠— (though I would have preferred a different ordering).

Progress!
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Tinta Roriz, 2009, Spain
Top Ports in 2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.

2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
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jdaw1 wrote:which, incidentally, will not see the sun rise ever again.
That matter has now been settled.
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AHB wrote:Tinta Roriz, 2005, Portugal
Better ordering, but ✠— ✠— ✠—, despite the answer to the previous guess having given very useful clues.
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This question is an excellent example of multiple people not paying attention.
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Tempranillo, 2010, Spain.
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AHB wrote:Tinta Roriz, 2005, Portugal
Better ordering, but ✠— ✠— ✠—, despite the answer to the previous guess having given very useful clues.
I protest! Aren't Tinta Roriz and Tempranillo the same grape!
Top Ports in 2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.

2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
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DRT wrote:Tempranillo, 2010, Spain.
✠“ ✠— ✠“
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AHB wrote:I protest! Aren't Tinta Roriz and Tempranillo the same grape!
Reprimand accepted. Sorry.
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jdaw1 wrote:
AHB wrote:I protest! Aren't Tinta Roriz and Tempranillo the same grape!
Reprimand accepted. Sorry.
A langauge teacher would have given him detention rather than apologising.
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Waiting to guess again...
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Does nobody else guess round here?
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2011
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2008
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djewesbury wrote:2011
I will allow the established facts to be assumed, without being reprinted. Sainsbury’s website says 2007, but my Sainsbury’s local was selling the ’11.

Daniel’s question.
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So now I have to quiz you all again. Oh joy.
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jdaw1 wrote:Sainsbury’s website says 2007, but my Sainsbury’s local was selling the ’11.
Was it any good?
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How observant are you all?
What medication have I used most recently?
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DRT wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:Sainsbury’s website says 2007, but my Sainsbury’s local was selling the ’11.
Was it any good?
Other than the standard problem with bottle size, it was fine, and half price when I bought it (so I paid ≈ £7).
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Pharmacological rather than brand name please.
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djewesbury wrote:Pharmacological rather than brand name please.
CH₃CH₂OH
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jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Pharmacological rather than brand name please.
CH₃CH₂OH
no.
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Ephedrine.
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Please tell us when we guess a drug that is in the same class as what you have used.
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DRT wrote:Ephedrine.
*shakes head*
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DRT wrote:Please tell us when we guess a drug that is in the same class as what you have used.
same class in what way.. Do you mean, anti-inflammatories or whatever..? Hmm.. I'll see.
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Aspirin.
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djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:Please tell us when we guess a drug that is in the same class as what you have used.
same class in what way.. Do you mean, anti-inflammatories or whatever..? Hmm.. I'll see.
Yes, that is what I meant.

Paracetamol.
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Flucloxacillin
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