The BIG Detox!!!

Post by **DRT** » 01:10 Wed 09 Jan 2008

Day 7: Tuesday

Breakfast: Freshly squeezed juice and cornlfakes

Lunch: Chicken salad

Dinner: Roast pork loin with baked potato and veg (same as yesterday - it was a big piece of pork

Alcohol: None

State of Mind: Watching Jo drink red wine all evening was difficult but I'll let her off as she had a bad day at work.

Win My Cellar If I Die Competition: Luc retired without putting up a fight.

Derek

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 05:29 Wed 09 Jan 2008

HAA..I just figured out what a Stone is...god bless my Apple computer. I am 11 Stones

Post by **jdaw1** » 05:34 Wed 09 Jan 2008

One would say it in the singular: I am ﬁfteen stone.

And eleven stone is ridiculously petite.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 08:54 Wed 09 Jan 2008

An 11 stone copper?

Just to check Andy, that would make you 154 lb. I was that when I was 30 so can't suggest that it is unlikely, but I didn't live on a diet of burgers and doughnuts.

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 10:59 Wed 09 Jan 2008

We don't call them donuts...they are pastries

I would be more stones, but all the bicycle riding/racing keeps me thin. Now the day I stop riding, whoa nelly, that figure will quickly go up

SimonSaysDrink · Post by **SimonSaysDrink** » 13:52 Wed 09 Jan 2008

(By order of Admin)

Having no clue what a stone is, nor the inclination to know due to its kidney-ish relevance, I elect to be the same as ADV: 11 stone.

As mentioned in an earlier thread, I've gone over a week now with no Port, and I haven't the slightest why. I suspect it's because I've very few bottles ready for drinking, and I'm not entirely ready to blow through my last remaining bottle of Javali LBV. Nevertheless, I imagine Ronnie would gladly provide me with another stash if the price were right. Truthfully, I cannot find a good store for Port around here, and if there's one selling Port, it's drastically lacking in older vintages. Any Germans with suggestions??? I think I've seen one bloke from Koln lurking in the shadows here

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So, I suppose one might say I've gone on an enamel-saving diet. I only eat calcium now. Milk, cheese, joghurt and ice cream. I'll occasionally throw some cheese in a whole wheat pita, add a dose or two of organic spaghetti sauce (lycopene baby!) and some antibiotic-free pepperoni look-alikes, and finally sprinkle the concoction with a medley of spices. Some people call this (somewhat trivially) 'pizza', but it's more of a ham wallet really.

Wait, can I say that?

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 14:47 Wed 09 Jan 2008

I protest against this last post: it is clearly related to port and can therefore never be meaningless. Admin, be fierce on this kind of behaviour.

Post by **DRT** » 14:59 Wed 09 Jan 2008

I think Admin1 or Admin3 should deal with this as I (Admin2) was the one who instructed the post to be placed here

SimonSaysDrink · Post by **SimonSaysDrink** » 15:05 Wed 09 Jan 2008

Lo and behold--the pussy pounces! Granted, the line between ham wallet and Port is a fuzzy and variegated one, but certainly we're talking detox here, no?

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 15:13 Wed 09 Jan 2008

Yes, but detox can be very much port related if the subject is addressed in the right (or wrong, depends on your view) manner.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 15:15 Wed 09 Jan 2008

Although I must admit that it's very much rewarding that you try to outdo your cruz ruby status without making a single useful post. You obviously belong on this forum.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 15:16 Wed 09 Jan 2008

RonnieRoots wrote:Although I must admit that it's very much rewarding that you try to outdo your cruz ruby status without making a single useful post. You obviously belong on this forum.

Very good point. I knew that he'd fit in well here.

Post by **DRT** » 15:17 Wed 09 Jan 2008

RonnieRoots wrote: You obviously belong on this forum.

I agree, I think we have found another "Special One" - you'll fit in here like a hand in a glove

SimonSaysDrink · Post by **SimonSaysDrink** » 16:40 Wed 09 Jan 2008

I do feel a bit sheepish at the moment. All these posts and not a damn bit of good they've done anyone. And I haven't a clue where to correctly post stuff. Ronnie, you're right. I am a novice. I deserve Cruz Ruby status at the moment more than any of my precursors…perhaps. I don't know exactly who they are, but I'm enjoying their pitiable attempts at detox. From what I've been told, alcohol is earth's natural antiseptic, and Port so full of it, along with copious quantities of beneficial antioxidants, like vitamin R(oriz) and my renowned favorite vitamin N(acional).

Should anyone find themselves at risk of premature death, it would seem what we all discuss on this so aptly named forum is the god-honest prescription for averting the early Out. Perhaps we should just be drinking MORE. Anyone considered THAT notion?

Ronnie-I still haven't read your PM. This confounded internet of mine keeps kicking me offline. I'm 'bout to break myself on it. Steve Holt-style.[/i]

Post by **DRT** » 17:35 Wed 09 Jan 2008

SimonSaysDrink wrote: Should anyone find themselves at risk of premature death, it would seem what we all discuss on this so aptly named forum is the god-honest prescription for averting the early Out. Perhaps we should just be drinking MORE. Anyone considered THAT notion?

SSM,

You may not yet have stumbled across any reference to my theory (which I abide by) that if one drinks a bottle of birth year vintage port on their birthday each year they will live forever. I have been doing this for some time now and have yet to be proven wrong. So, in my view, it is definately working.

Derek

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 17:40 Wed 09 Jan 2008

SSM?

Isn't that extreme sado-masochism or something? That's a terrible example of national stereotyping, Derek, please apologise.

Post by **DRT** » 17:48 Wed 09 Jan 2008

I thought that was his name in the afternoon?

SimonSaysDrink · Post by **SimonSaysDrink** » 20:40 Wed 09 Jan 2008

1981 Port-surely this would effect, not stymie premature death, no? SSM in the afternoon...I'm lost, though admittedly I'm party to a bit of name-changing. I am perhaps the 'Lion Who Has Changed His Spots', but entirely uncertain whether I am him to whom Derek refers.

I was for many years PfalzMan94 of the Wine Spectator scene. Seeing's how this crowd is much more pertinent and exciting-and welcoming-I've decided to alter the entire moniker scheme to ensure continuity in my own senile (and presumably,at this point, inebriated) head.

SSN

(if N it must be to signify nighty-night time)

Post by **DRT** » 21:17 Wed 09 Jan 2008

The ability of this forum to make me LOL is staggering.

Derek

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 23:48 Wed 09 Jan 2008

IIRC, Quinta do Infantado is the only one who made an 1981 VP. I don't think there's stock enough to outlive you... Oh bugger, that's wine related again...

Post by **DRT** » 23:54 Wed 09 Jan 2008

Back on topic...

Day 8: Wednesday

Breakfast: Nothing

Lunch: Tuna salad

Dinner: Tuna steak with whole-wheat pasta and tomato-based sauce

Alcohol: None

State of Mind: Amazed at the ability of so many people on this website, including me, to spend so much of their day talking absolute nonsense.

Win My Cellar If I Die Competition: Hilary has made a comeback today. Oh, no, that's another competion

Derek

SimonSaysDrink · Post by **SimonSaysDrink** » 06:53 Thu 10 Jan 2008

You ought to try the ham wallet, Derek. It's quite tasty. And nutritious. It often takes well to wine, but liquor really does the trick.

Ronnie, when you've tired of your desert oasis and you decide to make your biannual trip to Portugal, we've got to hit up crazy Catarina and score some '81 VP. Once we get her liquored up, that is. When she sees this is cleary a matter or eternal life, then surely she'll cough up, let's see...one birthyear Port every birthday...(calculating life expectancy)...(adding random integers to accommodate copious Port consumption, random Robustos, ham wallet binges, Steve McQueen combat driving)...

12, maybe 18 bottles.

Think she's down?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 09:22 Thu 10 Jan 2008

Derek T. wrote:The ability of this forum to make me LOL is staggering.

Derek

Does that mean all you're doing is lolling around...

Post by **DRT** » 23:49 Thu 10 Jan 2008

Day 9: Thursday

Breakfast: Fruit juice

Lunch: Chicken salad and an apple

Dinner: Chicken and baked potato

Alcohol: None

State of Mind: When I close my eyes I can see steak and a glass of Fonseca 1966

Win My Cellar If I Die Competition: Jdaw's behind the scenes cooperation is increasing his lead exponentially

Derek

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » 23:56 Thu 10 Jan 2008

Derek T. wrote:Win My Cellar If I Die Competition: Jdaw's behind the scenes cooperation is increasing his lead exponentially

I have given you your admin rights back

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