One quiz at a time

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:02 Sat 04 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Because you can't bear to watch the cricket.
No. It is harder for you to bear than for I.

I keep forgetting that. You feel like... well, like one of us, you know, Derek. Almost as good as a chap.

Post by **DRT** » 17:04 Sat 04 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:I keep forgetting that. You feel like... well, like one of us, you know, Derek. Almost as good as a chap.

I need you to feel that way. It will help when I have to apply for UK Citizenship if the vote goes the wrong way later this year

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 21:08 Sat 04 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:I plan to spend much longer looking through my telescope tonight than I normally would.

Why?

Because your webcam thing turned up and the moon is looking photogenic.

Post by **DRT** » 21:10 Sat 04 Jan 2014

LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:I plan to spend much longer looking through my telescope tonight than I normally would.

Why?
Because your webcam thing turned up and the moon is looking photogenic.

The moon is currently very close the the position of the sun in the sky so isn't photogenic unless you have some very expensive kit.

My webcam hasn't turned up yet. Which is a pity because it means I don't have it for what is happening right now.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 21:50 Sat 04 Jan 2014

Jupiter is being photogenic, or at least showing itself at its best for a while.

Post by **DRT** » 22:19 Sat 04 Jan 2014

LGTrotter wrote:Jupiter is being photogenic, or at least showing itself at its best for a while.

I'm going to give you that. From 9pm until midnight Jupiter is at its closest point to Earth and the Sun, Earth and Jupiter are in alignment, in that order. It is known as Opposition and is the best time to view Jupiter from Earth, provided the sky is clear.

My completely inadequate photographic capability managed to take this shot a few minutes ago. The large smudge is Jupiter, the four small smudges are the moons Calisto, Ganymede, Io and Europa. Calisto, bottom left, is extremely faint in this picture.

: Jupiter_20130104.jpg (18.24 KiB) Viewed 4970 times

Owen's up.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:36 Sat 04 Jan 2014

A 1?@AT request: when a new page starts, please could somebody quote the question. That can be quoted with an answer, or could the be questioner doing so.

Those paying only intermittent attention often enough, I sometimes struggle to find the question, and a top-of-page reminder would assist.

Thank you.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:53 Sat 04 Jan 2014

jdaw1 wrote:
A 1?@AT request: when a new page starts, please could somebody quote the question. That can be quoted with an answer, or could the be questioner doing so.

Those paying only intermittent attention often enough, I sometimes struggle to find the question, and a top-of-page reminder would assist.

Thank you.

And yet this request makes no sense. Some of us follow the thread mostly on Tapatalk where we might have set the pagination differently. My page ends are not yours. Quite a few others do the same. I don't know where their page ends are. I reckon you just need to scroll backwards like everyone else, pardner.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:53 Sat 04 Jan 2014

And what on earth does 1?@AT mean?

Post by **DRT** » 00:15 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Perhaps it would be helpful of questioners formatted their question in bold type?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:17 Sun 05 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:And what on earth does 1?@AT mean?

Oh I see.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 00:49 Sun 05 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:
djewesbury wrote:And what on earth does 1?@AT mean?
Oh I see.

Explain for us bumpkins please.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:51 Sun 05 Jan 2014

LGTrotter wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
djewesbury wrote:And what on earth does 1?@AT mean?
Oh I see.
Explain for us bumpkins please.

Unnecessary abbreviation.
One quiz at a time.
These quants have to have jargon and symbols and acronyms you see.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:05 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Well that's just awful.

The question is what was the first musical instrument I played in public?

Post by **DRT** » 01:07 Sun 05 Jan 2014

LGTrotter wrote:Well that's just awful.

Sorry, I don't have a good enough camera.

LGTrotter wrote: The question is what was the first musical instrument I played in public?

Bagpipes?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:11 Sun 05 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:Well that's just awful.
Sorry, I don't have a good enough camera.

Or a large enough tube.

Not bagpipes.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 01:15 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Recorder (flute)?

Post by **DRT** » 01:21 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Triangle?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:24 Sun 05 Jan 2014

AW77 wrote:Recorder (flute)?

Top of the evening to you Andre. I hope you are well and happy, with no coughs, wheezes or other ailments.

No.
I was maybe five, I did not distinguish myself. Play and musical instrument are both a bit of a stretch of these words.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:25 Sun 05 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:Triangle?

Now that's much closer.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 01:29 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Rattle ?
And I'm fine. Thank you. I hope you are as well.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:35 Sun 05 Jan 2014

AW77 wrote:Rattle ?
And I'm fine. Thank you. I hope you are as well.

Not a rattle, think louder.

Yes thanks for asking. You're out late tonight. Bored of the book?

Post by **DRT** » 01:38 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Xylophone?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 01:39 Sun 05 Jan 2014

A drum?
I'm a nightowl. So if I had my way (and didn't have to spoil my day with work) I would regularily retire at 4 a.m. and only get up at noon and have breakfast.
What about you? Morning bird or nightowl?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:41 Sun 05 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:Xylophone?

No but I was taken on a date once by a girl whose idea of a night out was to go and see Patrick Moore play one. He was good but still, things did not flourish between us...

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:41 Sun 05 Jan 2014

LGTrotter wrote:Well that's just awful.

The question is what was the first musical instrument I played in public?

For Julian.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:45 Sun 05 Jan 2014

AW77 wrote:A drum?

never go to bed early. Silly really, I get so much more done when I do.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:48 Sun 05 Jan 2014

And where did all those tasting notes come from Andre? Have you been to a tasting or did you just get reckless with the corkscrew one night?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 01:54 Sun 05 Jan 2014

No tasting, the motto for the 2013 Christmas holiday was "Taste as much port as you can" or "Taste examples of all the mayor SQVPs". I will add the Silval 99 (very, very good) and Croft 97 tomorrow.
By the way: what about my last answer? Is "drum" correct?

Post by **DRT** » 01:55 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Tambourine?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:59 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Andre: Sorry, I thought I had said no. But I didn't, can't get used to this poxy iPad.

That was a lot of port. What was the stand out, if any?

DRT wrote:Tambourine?

No. I dropped one which rather drew attention away from my underlying lack of skill.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 02:04 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Timpani ?
The Silval 99 was really good and it was a bargain, too. The FG96 was good, too (despite what people say about that vintage). And the Cavadinha was great, too. The Cavadinha HB was really better than the sip I had from the standard bottle back in August at the Graham's Lodge.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 02:08 Sun 05 Jan 2014

AW77 wrote:Timpani ?
The Silval 99 was really good and it was a bargain, too. The FG96 was good, too (despite what people say about that vintage). And the Cavadinha was great, too. The Cavadinha HB was really better that the sip I had from the standard bottle back in August at the Graham's Lodge.

I think you are deliberately trying to avoid getting the question.

I like the '96's, there is fruit in those tannins I tell you. Never tried a Silval.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 02:15 Sun 05 Jan 2014

I'm very bad at music. I always say, the only instrument I can play is the CD-Player.

Idiophone?

The Silval is similar to the Vau Vintage. A fruity VP to enjoy young. I like fruity wines.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 02:27 Sun 05 Jan 2014

AW77 wrote:Idiophone?

The Silval is similar to the Vau Vintage. A fruity VP to enjoy young. I like fruity wines.

I like oldies.

Post by **DRT** » 02:28 Sun 05 Jan 2014

A bell?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 02:30 Sun 05 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:A bell?

No.

A pair! I dropped one. It made a loud noise. Please guess right.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:32 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Cymbals.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 02:35 Sun 05 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:Cymbals.

I owe you one. Yes.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:36 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Thank the Lord. Question tomorrow.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 02:37 Sun 05 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:Thank the Lord. Question tomorrow.

See how long you can hang on. I bet you won't make a week.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:38 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Challenge accepted.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 02:44 Sun 05 Jan 2014

djewesbury wrote:Challenge accepted.

You won't make it.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 02:47 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Go on, think of a question.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:48 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Can't. Nothing to ask you at the moment.

Post by **PhilW** » 15:33 Sun 05 Jan 2014

LGTrotter wrote:But I didn't, can't get used to this poxy iPad.

Free yourself from the Apple chains, I say... (though tbh I'd avoid windows 8 as well; it's getting to be a nightmare out there right now!)
C'mon Mr. D, I have minutes to waste, and no question to risk getting right.

Post by **PhilW** » 15:38 Sun 05 Jan 2014

DRT wrote:I'm going to give you that. From 9pm until midnight Jupiter is at its closest point to Earth and the Sun, Earth and Jupiter are in alignment, in that order. It is known as Opposition and is the best time to view Jupiter from Earth, provided the sky is clear.

My completely inadequate photographic capability managed to take this shot a few minutes ago. The large smudge is Jupiter, the four small smudges are the moons Calisto, Ganymede, Io and Europa. Calisto, bottom left, is extremely faint in this picture.

Jupiter_20130104.jpg

How did it look by eye through the 'scope by comparison?

Post by **DRT** » 16:01 Sun 05 Jan 2014

I have responded in the appropriate thread.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 16:26 Sun 05 Jan 2014

Apologies for my silence. I will pose a question. In the meantime here is what became of my fallen tree today. The photos don't do it justice, I have a LOT of wood to split and cure and need to find out how to build a woodstack.
Getting this all sawed and shifted was 4 hours solid work for two of us. What should I buy the friend with the chainsaw who did most of the work? He's not a port drinker necessarily but is a keen maker of fine spirits. Any suggestions for rare and indulgent bottlings?

EDIT: They really don't do it justice... There's a lot more where that came from..

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 16:35 Sun 05 Jan 2014

(His beetroot and chilli poitÃn is a special thing. I need something even better than that.)