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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:02 Sat 04 Jan 2014
by djewesbury
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:04 Sat 04 Jan 2014
by DRT
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
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:08 Sat 04 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:10 Sat 04 Jan 2014
by DRT
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:50 Sat 04 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
Jupiter is being photogenic, or at least showing itself at its best for a while.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:19 Sat 04 Jan 2014
by DRT
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 4941 times
Owen's up.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:36 Sat 04 Jan 2014
by jdaw1
- 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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:53 Sat 04 Jan 2014
by djewesbury
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:53 Sat 04 Jan 2014
by djewesbury
And what on earth does 1?@AT mean?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:15 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by DRT
Perhaps it would be helpful of questioners formatted their question in bold type?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:17 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by djewesbury
djewesbury wrote:And what on earth does 1?@AT mean?
Oh I see.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:49 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:djewesbury wrote:And what on earth does 1?@AT mean?
Oh I see.
Explain for us bumpkins please.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:51 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by djewesbury
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:05 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
Well that's just awful.
The question is what was the first musical instrument I played in public?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:07 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by DRT
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?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:11 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:15 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by AW77
Recorder (flute)?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:21 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by DRT
Triangle?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:24 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:25 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
DRT wrote:Triangle?
Now that's much closer.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:29 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by AW77
Rattle ?
And I'm fine. Thank you. I hope you are as well.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:35 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
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?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:38 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by DRT
Xylophone?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:39 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by AW77
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?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:41 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
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...
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:41 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
LGTrotter wrote:Well that's just awful.
The question is what was the first musical instrument I played in public?
For Julian.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:45 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
AW77 wrote:A drum?
never go to bed early. Silly really, I get so much more done when I do.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:48 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
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?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:54 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by AW77
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?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:55 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by DRT
Tambourine?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:59 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:04 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by AW77
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:08 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:15 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by AW77
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:27 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
AW77 wrote:Idiophone?
The Silval is similar to the Vau Vintage. A fruity VP to enjoy young. I like fruity wines.
I like oldies.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:28 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by DRT
A bell?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:30 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
DRT wrote:A bell?
No.
A pair! I dropped one. It made a loud noise. Please guess right.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:32 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by djewesbury
Cymbals.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:35 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:Cymbals.
I owe you one. Yes.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:36 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by djewesbury
Thank the Lord. Question tomorrow.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:37 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:Thank the Lord. Question tomorrow.
See how long you can hang on. I bet you won't make a week.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:38 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by djewesbury
Challenge accepted.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:44 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:Challenge accepted.
You won't make it.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:47 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by LGTrotter
Go on, think of a question.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:48 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by djewesbury
Can't. Nothing to ask you at the moment.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:33 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by PhilW
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:38 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by PhilW
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?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:01 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by DRT
One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:26 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by djewesbury
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..
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:35 Sun 05 Jan 2014
by djewesbury
(His beetroot and chilli poitÃn is a special thing. I need something even better than that.)