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Levi Dalton

Levi Dalton
It's true that if you watch from 2nd Ave, and you look down 79th towards the East River, the tugboats seem to be driving on FDR. It's a clear view to Roosevelt Island down 79th St., and you can't see the water beyond the freeway from that distance. So the freighters and tugs and Coast Guard cutters seem swept along by the mid afternoon traffic, and not by the water current.

The other day I had a lady yell at me that her no sulphur added red wine selection was too cold to be served at table. Of course I know that if you store a wine like this warm you lose it to Brett, and popping bubbles, and zero finish. I know. But she didn't, and there was her finger in my face. She was upset.

Perspective is not everything, but I'm sure it counts for a lot. I know I got startled the first time I saw a giant oil tanker gaining on a Buick.
 
You must have perhaps more than your fair share of horror stories, since you take greater risks (or so it seems to me). Was it colder than 15C?
 
Did she know the bottle would arrive cold?

If yes, she could have mustered up every last particle of will (difficult for many Manhattanites, I realize) and waited 20 minutes to enjoy.

If no...maybe a little expectation adjustment would have been in order.
 
Perspective is not everything, but I'm sure it counts for a lot. I know I got startled the first time I saw a giant oil tanker gaining on a Buick.
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Must have been a pretty slowly moving Buick.
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
It's a clear view to Roosevelt Island down 79th St., and you can't see the water beyond the freeway from that distance.
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Your roots are showing, Levi. Given my experiences driving the FDR, it would not surprise me in the least to encounter a tugboat or two laboring alongside my car. And I do hope that you asked that troublesome patron to leave forthwith as someone with so little appreciation of the risks of storing sans souffre wine doesn't deserve to drink it, either. [emoticon redacted]

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Was it colder than 15C?
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Stored at 56 F, decanted before being poured. So somewhere about 15 C at the time of tasting.
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Hard to find fault with that, given that no sulphur added usually means something that is not an alcoholic monster.
 
originally posted by MLipton:
Freeways... in NYC?
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
It's a clear view to Roosevelt Island down 79th St., and you can't see the water beyond the freeway from that distance.
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Your roots are showing, Levi. Given my experiences driving the FDR, it would not surprise me in the least to encounter a tugboat or two laboring alongside my car.

Mark Lipton
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I think you may have missed my meaning here.
 
originally posted by The Wine Mule:
Did she know the bottle would arrive cold?

If yes, she could have mustered up every last particle of will (difficult for many Manhattanites, I realize) and waited 20 minutes to enjoy.
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Or, you could have advised a 5 Easy Pieces scenario.
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by MLipton:
Freeways... in NYC?
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
It's a clear view to Roosevelt Island down 79th St., and you can't see the water beyond the freeway from that distance.
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Your roots are showing, Levi. Given my experiences driving the FDR, it would not surprise me in the least to encounter a tugboat or two laboring alongside my car.

Mark Lipton
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I think you may have missed my meaning here.
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No, don't think so. Perhaps you missed that the quoted passage of mine is a non-sequitur? The title refers to the highlighted word and the following sentence. As always, a joke (however lame) is always best when explained.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by MLipton:
Freeways... in NYC?
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
It's a clear view to Roosevelt Island down 79th St., and you can't see the water beyond the freeway from that distance.
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Your roots are showing, Levi. Given my experiences driving the FDR, it would not surprise me in the least to encounter a tugboat or two laboring alongside my car.

Mark Lipton
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I think you may have missed my meaning here.
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No, don't think so. Perhaps you missed that the quoted passage of mine is a non-sequitur? The title refers to the highlighted word and the following sentence. As always, a joke (however lame) is always best when explained.

Mark Lipton
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Ok, I'm confused.
 
You guys can conduct a conversation about yeast metabolism in three languages simultaneously but the word "freeways" has you stumped? Sheesh.
 
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