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I hear sirens.

I predict 43yr old men with (at least one) 43yr old bottles. Sadly I will be in Crawley

PhilW wrote:I predict 43yr old men

No likely attendee is 43.

PhilW wrote:with (at least one) 43yr old bottles.

I might bring my G70.

jdaw1 wrote:I might bring my G70.

I've already adopted it. You'll have to bring something else.

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:I might bring my G70.

I've already adopted it. You'll have to bring something else.

OK. Not that I have very many ordinary-size bottles to hand.

jdaw1 wrote:

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:I might bring my G70.

I've already adopted it. You'll have to bring something else.

OK. Not that I have very many ordinary-size bottles to hand.

As it is an emergency it would be perfectly acceptable to just have the G70 followed by beer and a cigar, unless more volunteers decide to join us.

jdaw1 wrote:

PhilW wrote:I predict 43yr old men

No likely attendee is 43.

PhilW wrote:with (at least one) 43yr old bottles.

I might bring my G70.

I am 43 years old, but it is correct to say unlikely to be able to attend if it proves to be Wednesday!

The storm clouds are gathering. Try as I might I cannot find a way to avert the emergency.

Should I change the thread title?

First draft of the placemats.

DRT wrote:Should I change the thread title?

Title changed.

At this tasting will be two fine bottles. And only two brave men to drink them.

Oh well.

Into the valley of death rode the brave two...

DRT wrote:Into the valley of death rode the brave two...

Port to right of them,
Beer to left of them,
Cigars in front of them
Cut’d and Light’d;
Storm’d at with sugar and smoke,
Boldly they drank and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of bliss
Rode the two.


Hmmm. Maybe more work needed.

Actually, should this emergency be vintage port? London is having a heatwave. Is G70, and other VP of like quality, best used this Wednesday? How about a beer emergency?

Well, I wish that I could be there tonight,
I'm in Crawley which just cannot be right,
I brought port in case I get away fast,
But the time for wishful thinking has passed,
No Dow to the left of me,
Nor Graham's to the right,
Here I am, wishing that I was with you

[edit:
Looks like the evening could have switched to beer while I posted - the trial of Crawley becomes easier to bear.
However, now what *will* JDAW do with his unexpected G70 find...]

PhilW wrote:Well, I wish that I could be there tonight,
I'm in Crawley which just cannot be right,
I brought port in case I get away fast,
But the time for wishful thinking has passed,
No Dow to the left of me,
Nor Graham's to the right,
Here I am, wishing that I was with you

[edit:
Looks like the evening could have switched to beer while I posted - the trial of Crawley becomes easier to bear.
However, now what *will* JDAW do with his unexpected G70 find...]

Crawley? My neck of the woods!

Is it a regular trip? If you are ever local overnight, let me know....

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jdaw1 wrote:Actually, should this emergency be vintage port? London is having a heatwave. Is G70, and other VP of like quality, best used this Wednesday? How about a beer emergency?

Good call. My last meeting of the day is in Victoria Street. Is that a good location for your travel or is there a better place to meet?

Victoria Station convenient for me.

17:30 at the pub that I can never remember the name of? (Prince of Wales, Duke of York or other variant)

The Duke of York, 130-134 Victoria St, London, SW1E 5LA?

jdaw1 wrote:The Duke of York, 130-134 Victoria St, London, SW1E 5LA?

That's the one.

This is an international crisis. I feel a strong sense that others, in distant cities and towns, will be joining with you to fight it, wherever they may be. Travelling back from Scotland to Ireland, for instance, I have a great sense of foreboding. Already I have received one text message which suggests to me that the beer emergency is general there too.

This is exactly the sort of contagion that the world's experts have been worried about. It is our duty to solve the crisis as soon as possible.

Will be there about 6pm.

The Duke of York is boarded up and soon to be demolished. In The Albert.

6.5 pints in we began to crumble, so did the obvious thing and went for a curry.

We did what we could do to face up to the crisis. Hopefully others will have done the same.

Unfortunately the crisis got the better of us, mainly due to others insisting on a pub with rubbish beer. After standing in an alleyway drinking Diageo for a while I gave up and came home for a sirloin.

Shabby.

Where would we be if Boudica, Wallace, Thatcher, Monty or Churchill had decided to go home for a sirloin rather than face up to the challenge?

DRT wrote:Boudica

She sacked London (as, later, the French and Germans would hope to do), and then lost (as previous did without intermediate step).

jdaw1 wrote:

DRT wrote:Boudica

She sacked London (as, later, the French and Germans would hope to do), and then lost (as previous did without intermediate step).

I think I held the pass.. I plan to check tomorrow though (with beer this time, rather than a novelty drink like Guinness; I can be much more effective with the right ammunition).

jdaw1 wrote:

DRT wrote:Boudica

She sacked London (as, later, the French and Germans would hope to do), and then lost (as previous did without intermediate step).

But when her time came she stepped up. This is not a debate about who was right and who was wrong, or who eventually won or who was defeated. We all have our challenges to face - some step up and some go home for a sirloin.

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:

DRT wrote:Boudica

She sacked London (as, later, the French and Germans would hope to do), and then lost (as previous did without intermediate step).

But when her time came she stepped up. This is not a debate about who was right and who was wrong, or who eventually won or who was defeated. We all have our challenges to face - some step up and some go home for a sirloin.

But Guinness, Derek. Boudicca would have crumbled instantly if she'd had to drink stale Guinness. Even Churchill would have turned his nose up at it.

djewesbury wrote:

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:

DRT wrote:Boudica

She sacked London (as, later, the French and Germans would hope to do), and then lost (as previous did without intermediate step).

But when her time came she stepped up. This is not a debate about who was right and who was wrong, or who eventually won or who was defeated. We all have our challenges to face - some step up and some go home for a sirloin.

But Guinness, Derek. Boudicca would have crumbled instantly if she'd had to drink stale Guinness. Even Churchill would have turned his nose up at it.

Nonsense.

Boudica would have rubbed the stale Guinness on her breasts and removed the barman's head with an axe. Churchill would have poured his over an over-heating machine gun to cool it down whilst fighting on the beaches. Neither would have resorted to a sirloin as their best defence of a nation.

DRT wrote:

djewesbury wrote:

DRT wrote:

jdaw1 wrote:

DRT wrote:Boudica

She sacked London (as, later, the French and Germans would hope to do), and then lost (as previous did without intermediate step).

But when her time came she stepped up. This is not a debate about who was right and who was wrong, or who eventually won or who was defeated. We all have our challenges to face - some step up and some go home for a sirloin.

But Guinness, Derek. Boudicca would have crumbled instantly if she'd had to drink stale Guinness. Even Churchill would have turned his nose up at it.

Nonsense.

Boudica would have rubbed the stale Guinness on her breasts and removed the barman's head with an axe. Churchill would have poured his over an over-heating machine gun to cool it down whilst fighting on the beaches. Neither would have resorted to a sirloin as their best defence of a nation.

Sometimes it is important to be able to fight another day. The enemy is ever-present and this is a long, attritional war. We need to be able to go forward again and again. To regroup and be resurgent.

djewesbury wrote:Sometimes it is important to be able to fight another day. The enemy is ever-present and this is a long, attritional war. We need to be able to go forward again and again. To regroup and be resurgent.

I'm Scottish, so conditioned by modern history to go in first with little hope of seeing another opportunity to win the long game. Best of luck old chap, I'll see you on the other side.

DRT wrote:

djewesbury wrote:But Guinness, Derek. Boudicca would have crumbled instantly if she'd had to drink stale Guinness. Even Churchill would have turned his nose up at it.

Nonsense.

Boudica would have rubbed the stale Guinness on her breasts and removed the barman's head with an axe. Churchill would have poured his over an over-heating machine gun to cool it down whilst fighting on the beaches. Neither would have resorted to a sirloin as their best defence of a nation.

There is a complete fallacy here. Churchill would never have stooped to using stale Guinness to cool a machine gun. The man had style. The cheapest drink he ever used for cooling machine guns was Pol Roger. Guinness would only have been used - still in barrel / can - to protect the machine gun nest.

AHB wrote:There is a complete fallacy here. Churchill would never have stooped to using stale Guiness to cool a machine gun. The man had style. The cheapest drink he ever used for cooling machine guns was Pol Roger. Guiness would only have been used - still in barrel / can - to protect the machine gun nest.

Surely Churchill would have used the machine gun to protect the Pol Roger?

jdaw1 wrote:

AHB wrote:There is a complete fallacy here. Churchill would never have stooped to using stale Guiness to cool a machine gun. The man had style. The cheapest drink he ever used for cooling machine guns was Pol Roger. Guiness would only have been used - still in barrel / can - to protect the machine gun nest.

Surely Churchill would have used the machine gun to protect the Pol Roger?

Mmm. Probably.

And thrown the cans of stale Guiness at the attacking forces who were threatening his wine cellar.