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Re: Tue 21 July 2015, Boot & Flogger, an Emergency
Posted: 07:03 Thu 30 Jul 2015
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:PhilW wrote:djewesbury wrote:PhilW wrote:Not a bad round of guesses; I note that the scorer denied Charles his winning point (he should have had two points for guessing G77 correctly, giving him a winning total of 4).
Perhaps JDAW will overwrite the image and correct this error. I was the scorer and admit my liability.
Warning! Danger! Such a suggestion could lead to someone suggesting modification of the tasting notes after the event, to add what the wines were, our guesses, and to auto-tally the results, and we'll re-enter the whole "should the archived copy of the tasting notes be what we used on the night, or can it be some hopefully-not-affected-version-modified-by-jdaw" debate!
Too late, and it was only a small addendum rather than a deletion.
Returning Officer: "Mr Mugabe! Terrible news! You have lost the election by 10 votes!"
Mr Mugabe: "No problem, just make a small addendum and republish the results"
Returning Officer: "Fantastic news, Mr Mugabe! You are still the President!!!"
Re: Tue 21 July 2015, Boot & Flogger, an Emergency
Posted: 09:04 Thu 30 Jul 2015
by jdaw1
It isn’t a change in the votes; it is correcting an error by the returning officer. And it is done in a manner that makes very clear what was done originally, and what was subsequently corrected.
Re: Tue 21 July 2015, Boot & Flogger, an Emergency
Posted: 12:21 Thu 30 Jul 2015
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:djewesbury wrote:PhilW wrote:djewesbury wrote:PhilW wrote:Not a bad round of guesses; I note that the scorer denied Charles his winning point (he should have had two points for guessing G77 correctly, giving him a winning total of 4).
Perhaps JDAW will overwrite the image and correct this error. I was the scorer and admit my liability.
Warning! Danger! Such a suggestion could lead to someone suggesting modification of the tasting notes after the event, to add what the wines were, our guesses, and to auto-tally the results, and we'll re-enter the whole "should the archived copy of the tasting notes be what we used on the night, or can it be some hopefully-not-affected-version-modified-by-jdaw" debate!
Too late, and it was only a small addendum rather than a deletion.
Returning Officer: "Mr Mugabe! Terrible news! You have lost the election by 10 votes!"
Mr Mugabe: "No problem, just make a small addendum and republish the results"
Returning Officer: "Fantastic news, Mr Mugabe! You are still the President!!!"
What cynicism in one so… so… erm… so cynical.
Re: Tue 21 July 2015, Boot & Flogger, an Emergency
Posted: 07:12 Mon 03 Aug 2015
by Alex Bridgeman
djewesbury wrote:DRT wrote:djewesbury wrote:PhilW wrote:djewesbury wrote:PhilW wrote:Not a bad round of guesses; I note that the scorer denied Charles his winning point (he should have had two points for guessing G77 correctly, giving him a winning total of 4).
Perhaps JDAW will overwrite the image and correct this error. I was the scorer and admit my liability.
Warning! Danger! Such a suggestion could lead to someone suggesting modification of the tasting notes after the event, to add what the wines were, our guesses, and to auto-tally the results, and we'll re-enter the whole "should the archived copy of the tasting notes be what we used on the night, or can it be some hopefully-not-affected-version-modified-by-jdaw" debate!
Too late, and it was only a small addendum rather than a deletion.
Returning Officer: "Mr Mugabe! Terrible news! You have lost the election by 10 votes!"
Mr Mugabe: "No problem, just make a small addendum and republish the results"
Returning Officer: "Fantastic news, Mr Mugabe! You are still the President!!!"
What cynicism in one so… so… erm… so cynical.
Wouldn't you be cynical if you had just missed out on sharing a bottle of 1970 Fonseca that was in excellent form?
I want to add my thanks for a great evening with some very fine ports.
Thanks for the company and the excellent port.
Re: Tue 21 July 2015, Boot & Flogger, an Emergency
Posted: 18:06 Tue 04 Aug 2015
by djewesbury
AHB wrote:djewesbury wrote:
What cynicism in one so… so… erm… so cynical.
Wouldn't you be cynical if you had just missed out on sharing a bottle of 1970 Fonseca that was in excellent form?
Quite, quite. And especially considering the very pleasant surprise that it was, that bottle having been purchased in Belfast with no idea of provenance.
Had a lovely visit to Château Pichon-Baron today though, courtesy of Derek, so I shouldn't start harping. Thank you DRT.
Re: Tue 21 July 2015, Boot & Flogger, an Emergency
Posted: 19:09 Tue 04 Aug 2015
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:AHB wrote:djewesbury wrote:
What cynicism in one so… so… erm… so cynical.
Wouldn't you be cynical if you had just missed out on sharing a bottle of 1970 Fonseca that was in excellent form?
Quite, quite. And especially considering the very pleasant surprise that it was, that bottle having been purchased in Belfast with no idea of provenance.
Had a lovely visit to Château Pichon-Baron today though, courtesy of Derek, so I shouldn't start harping. Thank you DRT.
You are most very welcome, Sir.