When? Thursday 30th November 2017.
Where? TBD.
Who?
- JDAW (S70 mag?);
- SCD (W70);
- MPM;
- TC;
- AHB (F70?);
- CPR (S77);
- DRT (Cr70);
- DJ;
- CD;
- IDJ;
- RLC;
- WPS (S66).
Reserves and possibles: Current draft of the placemats.


Doggett wrote:I wondered if there is some significance that I am not aware of for the date and/or the ports to be tasted?
You have enough clues, and enough time to follow them. I expect that you will approve. If and when you deduce the answer, please post something cryptic and smug and giving two weeks notice of posting the answer, rather than going straight to it.AHB wrote:Why this date and theme?
Woman (of whom I have never previously heard) born in 1970. In which year will be her fiftieth birthday? Clue: not 2017.PhilW wrote:Clearly it is to celebrate the 50th birthday of Natalie Williams, the well known volleyball player from Long Beach (sandy) who played for Port(land) Power and was born on this date in 1970. I trust she will be attending.
Phew.PhilW wrote:I just realised the real reason for the tasting; where is the smug icon, anyway?
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=90410#p90410]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:After some digital archaeology, jdaw1, in [url=http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/placemat/placemats_list.html#a20021130]the list of old placemats[/url], wrote:
30 Nov 02 www.jdawiseman.com/port/20021130_Sandeman_1970s.pdf R. In Fulham: Sandemans, and 1970s A draft of these placemats was made by hand in Adobe Illustrator, about three weeks before the event. … Placemats for earlier events were also made in Illustrator. But the used placemats were made in PostScript. So this seems to have been the event at which placemats switched from being artisanal to being industrial.
I don't suppose anyone has any early to mid 1st century port lying around?jdaw1 wrote:With twelve people we need more than seven bottles. How should the theme be extended? Obviously ‘both’. But what else?
Do we want a second page of Mackenzie? Do we have enough?DRT wrote:Or, alternatively but connected to that link, something produced by a family of Scottish origin?
Sure. Please confirm that your diary has the correct year.Cookie wrote:If there is space please may I be included.
Duly noted...thank you.jdaw1 wrote:Sure. Please confirm that your diary has the correct year.Cookie wrote:If there is space please may I be included.
Please confirm.
F70 preferred.
Please confirm availability. Presumably you will adopt.
Are you still available?
Please confirm.
Please confirm.
Please confirm.
Thank you. Excellent.
Thank you. Excellent.
Confirming I would not be able to make the date (can be removed from reserves).
Have you tried contacting some of the other Davy's establishments we've used in the past? Ignore Mike and Simon, I for one would like to stick to this datejdaw1 wrote: ↑22:09 Thu 09 Nov 2017 {Expletives!} {Expletives!} {Expletives!}
I now recall what happened. When this tasting was created the attempt to book a room was rejected, because it was too far in the future. And I failed to make a diary entry nudging me into booking. And now it’s too late. All rooms taken for that date.
What should I do?
If we held the tasting in Bournemouth it might solve both of those problems.jdaw1 wrote: ↑22:09 Thu 09 Nov 2017 {Expletives!} {Expletives!} {Expletives!}
I now recall what happened. When this tasting was created the attempt to book a room was rejected, because it was too far in the future. And I failed to make a diary entry nudging me into booking. And now it’s too late. All rooms taken for that date.
What should I do?