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ERROR: No black pudding for DRT, despite your best intentions to persuade me to have it. (But if your intention was to take it from my plate please leave the order as is)jdaw1 wrote:The current draft of the food order. When a few more people have decided please could somebody check for errors.
Derek having black puddingjdaw1 wrote:That I am having the rare beef?flash_uk wrote:your intentional "error".
Presumably that means you are not joining us?djewesbury wrote:Apologies, I suspect there will be no pork pie
Feel free to stay at home Derek. I'd understand. Just leave my bottle with Julian.DRT wrote:Presumably that means you are not joining us?djewesbury wrote:Apologies, I suspect there will be no pork pie
What bottle?djewesbury wrote:Feel free to stay at home Derek. I'd understand. Just leave my bottle with Julian.DRT wrote:Presumably that means you are not joining us?djewesbury wrote:Apologies, I suspect there will be no pork pie
Hmm. It's a long decant or none at all. Difficult. This is not a young port, but neither is it very venerable. I'd like it to have an hour or two at least.DRT wrote:If I did have a bottle that belonged to you, should I decant it before traveling to London on Monday morning?
Twelve. I will not decant and will carry it carefully.djewesbury wrote:Hmm. It's a long decant or none at all. Difficult. This is not a young port, but neither is it very venerable. I'd like it to have an hour or two at least.DRT wrote:If I did have a bottle that belonged to you, should I decant it before traveling to London on Monday morning?
Go on then. How many hours is that likely to be?
Donejdaw1 wrote:Who is best able to nudge ... TC?
What time will you arrive to Redcross Way? Maybe, if it suits, I could collect from you in the afternoon and take it to the B&F.DRT wrote:Twelve. I will not decant and will carry it carefully.djewesbury wrote:Hmm. It's a long decant or none at all. Difficult. This is not a young port, but neither is it very venerable. I'd like it to have an hour or two at least.DRT wrote:If I did have a bottle that belonged to you, should I decant it before traveling to London on Monday morning?
Go on then. How many hours is that likely to be?
So shall it be. I will coordinate with you on the day. I may be playing Hexagonal Thing in the afternoon.DRT wrote:I will be there at kick-off time. An earlier pick-up from Gresham Street would work.
Updated. Please could somebody check for errors.jdaw1 wrote:The current draft of the food order. When a few more people have decided please could somebody check for errors.
I may leave a bottle at B&F for you to decant at a similar time. I would hate for you to feel that your time was not being used productively!djewesbury wrote:So shall it be. I will coordinate with you on the day. I may be playing Hexagonal Thing in the afternoon.DRT wrote:I will be there at kick-off time. An earlier pick-up from Gresham Street would work.
Given that I am carrying yours down un-decanted can I also give you mine to decant at the B&F, please?djewesbury wrote:No problem Ben.
If he brings seven half bottles of Croft 2004 LBV you can use them as Things. First one to drink four is the winnerdjewesbury wrote:This will all be fine so long as I have assistance from the inventor of Hexagonal Thing. Perhaps he might bring his little bag of funnels (etc)? What I might call his 'port paraphernalia'.
Should we meet at 14:30 in the B&F? Would you be terribly upset if I were to bring a lunch bottle as well?djewesbury wrote:I may be playing Hexagonal Thing in the afternoon.
I will allow you to bring a lunch bottle. As I mentioned in my email just now, I think I will bring some of the tea filters André sent (or you could, additionally) - muslin seems unnecessary and until exhaustive tests have been performed on all brands and types of coffee filter I propose a moratorium thereof, heretofore.jdaw1 wrote:Should we meet at 14:30 in the B&F? Would you be terribly upset if I were to bring a lunch bottle as well?djewesbury wrote:I may be playing Hexagonal Thing in the afternoon.
Notes to self:
• Evening bottle of non-SFE non-TFP Port;
• Lunch bottle of Port;
• Decanting kit;
• Hexagonal Thing;
• TPF lapel pin.
Anything else?
You email says 4pm, so 4pm it is. Which is a little late for lunch, so no lunch Port.jdaw1 wrote:Should we meet at 14:30 in the B&F?
The email was based on arriving at the B&F only to decant, presuming that we would have been elsewhere beforehand Thinging. But we should Thing in the B&F, so please revert to your original plan and say 14.30, and bring Lunch Port.jdaw1 wrote:You email says 4pm, so 4pm it is. Which is a little late for lunch, so no lunch Port.jdaw1 wrote:Should we meet at 14:30 in the B&F?
Probably about 6pm, although I may pop over at lunchtime to decant since I am only the other side London Bridge.djewesbury wrote: Do we know when the organiser will be arriving? (Alex, that's you.)
I see that your bonus black pudding is still showing on my order. Splendid work.jdaw1 wrote:Updated food order, following a PM from Mike about an email from Tony. (Post in thread chaps — it allows checking.)
The double negative?DRT wrote:I see that your bonus black pudding is still showing on my order. Splendid work.jdaw1 wrote:Updated food order, following a PM from Mike about an email from Tony. (Post in thread chaps — it allows checking.)
I see:DRT wrote:Splendid work.
This Bloody Mary, and the thought of lunch tomorrow, are helping.jdaw1 wrote:I am thirsty.
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=9645]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:We gathered in The Boot & Flogger for non-Symington non-TFP ≤1994 Ports, in the presence of Henry Shotton.
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I don’t drink when I have sole charge of the children. Wife has been away — my last drink was over a week ago.djewesbury wrote:This Bloody Mary, and the thought of lunch tomorrow, are helping.jdaw1 wrote:I am thirsty.
Not long now.jdaw1 wrote:I don’t drink when I have sole charge of the children. Wife has been away — my last drink was over a week ago.djewesbury wrote:This Bloody Mary, and the thought of lunch tomorrow, are helping.jdaw1 wrote:I am thirsty.
Did I mention that I am thirsty?
As I understand it (until I am disabused) two of us will be there from 1430, and AHB will pop over at lunchtime to decant his own bottle. Your help setting up would be welcome.flash_uk wrote:Starting at 1830 as usual? I can be there for 1745 to help with setup if required.
What could possibly go wrong.djewesbury wrote:...two of us will be there from 1430
Expect to be disabused of this naïve opinion.djewesbury wrote:As I understand it (until I am disabused) two of us will be there from 1430
I'm all ears.jdaw1 wrote:Expect to be disabused of this naïve opinion.djewesbury wrote:As I understand it (until I am disabused) two of us will be there from 1430
Will we really be just two? Will all ten others really fail to be tempted by such a plan?djewesbury wrote:I'm all ears.jdaw1 wrote:Expect to be disabused of this naïve opinion.djewesbury wrote:As I understand it (until I am disabused) two of us will be there from 1430
Those tedious 'jobs' may get in the way of our plan to extend this tasting more generally. Too many team managers will be taking responsibility for their underperforming underlings and working twice as hard themselves as a result. (I confess, I am the leader of a team at work, the No Promotions Group. Our motto? "I would prefer not to.")jdaw1 wrote:Will we really be just two? Will all ten others really fail to be tempted by such a plan?djewesbury wrote:I'm all ears.jdaw1 wrote:Expect to be disabused of this naïve opinion.djewesbury wrote:As I understand it (until I am disabused) two of us will be there from 1430
Done, cc you.AHB wrote:JDAW - would you take charge of delivery of the food order tomorrow please.
What do you plan to use as Things?djewesbury wrote:I may be playing Hexagonal Thing in the afternoon.