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CWD: An "Aged "Priorat
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Chris Coad
Chris Coad
"...then came the toasted cheese, and with it they shared a bottle of Hermitage; they were both very fond of wine and they both knew that this might be the last bottle they would drink. If that should prove the case, then at least it would be a noble close, for it was a fine great generous wine in the prime of life, one that could stand being tossed about at sea: they drank it slowly, not saying much but sitting there in a companionable silence in the candle-light while the ship moved steadily inshore."
originally posted by Chris Coad:
"...then came the toasted cheese, and with it they shared a bottle of Hermitage; they were both very fond of wine and they both knew that this might be the last bottle they would drink. If that should prove the case, then at least it would be a noble close, for it was a fine great generous wine in the prime of life, one that could stand being tossed about at sea: they drank it slowly, not saying much but sitting there in a companionable silence in the candle-light while the ship moved steadily inshore..."
I must know where this is from
Chris Coad
Chris Coad
Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque.
He is the reason that "The bottle stands by you, sir!" is a common refrain at jeebi in these environs.
He is the reason that "The bottle stands by you, sir!" is a common refrain at jeebi in these environs.
Chris Coad
Chris Coad
originally posted by Don Rice:
total brain malfunction there - !!!
You are on your toes I "sea" master Coad. Perhaps you have a future as a medical officer.
Keep the trepanning tool at the ready in case it happens again.
Heh. Last year Lisa was working with a surgeon, who, when asked to describe a recent successful operation, said: "Basically, we just hit him in the head with an axe, then got lucky."
Some things never change.
Although I had this said to me on a trip to the UK 20 years ago, before I'd discovered O'B.originally posted by Chris Coad:
"The bottle stands by you!"
originally posted by Chris Coad:
Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque.
He is the reason that "The bottle stands by you, sir!" is a common refrain at jeebi in these environs.
Ok, it may not be best to admit this publicly, but I've never read any Patrick O'Brian. The coming weekend looks like a great time to avoid doing my tax return for yet another weekend and read. Where should one start? I've also never watched a single episode of Battlestar Gallactica, maybe I should buy that box dvd set and skip the reading?
originally posted by Florida Jim:
Priorat at 13%; 'must have snowed (one way or the other).
$45? Have I got a deal for you . . .
Best, Jim
(feeling particularly cynical after a meal so glorious I can barely contain myself - Bwood has had Diane's roast chicken and risotto - sometimes, the harmonic convergence arrives on stoneware. And paired with the '05 Vissoux, Poncie, OMG!)
Best, Jim
OMG indeed.
Ok, it may not be best to admit this publicly, but I've never read any Patrick O'Brian. The coming weekend looks like a great time to avoid doing my tax return for yet another weekend and read. Where should one start?
Start at the beginning, "Master and Commander". If you are not hooked in the first chapter then you probably never will be - sort of like Loire gamay.
Doug Padgett
Doug Padgett
originally posted by JasonA:
Ok, it may not be best to admit this publicly, but I've never read any Patrick O'Brian. The coming weekend looks like a great time to avoid doing my tax return for yet another weekend and read. Where should one start?
Start at the beginning, "Master and Commander". If you are not hooked in the first chapter then you probably never will be - sort of like Loire gamay.
You'll know you're really hooked when you go and try to find recipes for Spotted Dog and Burgoo and plum duff. It's best sometimes not to do that.
You'll know you're really hooked when you go and try to find recipes for Spotted Dog and Burgoo and plum duff. It's best sometimes not to do that.
That's Spotted Dick
And you start telling the "Lesser of two weevils" jokes at parties.
Doug Padgett
Doug Padgett
originally posted by JasonA:
You'll know you're really hooked when you go and try to find recipes for Spotted Dog and Burgoo and plum duff. It's best sometimes not to do that.
That's Spotted Dick
And you start telling the "Lesser of two weevils" jokes at parties.
Variant name for the same thing.
Like Jack, I'm a horrible joke-teller.
Cory Cartwright
Cory Cartwright
O'Brian calls it spotted dog. Same thing, different name.
Jonathan Loesberg
Jonathan Loesberg
originally posted by Bwood:
originally posted by Chris Coad:
Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque.
He is the reason that "The bottle stands by you, sir!" is a common refrain at jeebi in these environs.
Ok, it may not be best to admit this publicly, but I've never read any Patrick O'Brian. The coming weekend looks like a great time to avoid doing my tax return for yet another weekend and read. Where should one start? I've also never watched a single episode of Battlestar Gallactica, maybe I should buy that box dvd set and skip the reading?
I'm not a fan of the O'Brian series. I've read a couple of them and have never found them more than just barely mildly entertaining. I do remember the Hornblower series with some fondness from my adolescence, but I don't know if I'd like them as much anymore.
Battlestar Gallactica, for my money, is the much better choice.
originally posted by Bwood:
I've had various forms of burgoo.
It sounds like maybe I should read the first chapter of Master and Commander, and watch BG if that fails, and if that doesn't work watch Deadwood for the 3rd time.
Let me know how it goes, jb. Believe it or not, I've so frittered away my time reading fluff by Homer, Cervantes, Pynchon and Naguib Mahfouz that I've neither read O'Brian nor seen the current edition of BG (I did catch the pilot for the original series with Lorne Greene, sad to say). Truth to tell, I do have a guilty reading pleasure: Neal Stephenson's various tomes. I've got Anathem queued up but am still working my way through Christy Campbell's nifty Phylloxera (aka The Botanist and the Vintner).
Mark Lipton
Cole Kendall
Cole Kendall
While I have in the past interrupted my lifelong study of Dante* for P'OB, I must say that Anathem was a bit of a letdown from the past three. An interesting concept that sort of petered out.
* Currently back in Inferno, Canto 15, pondering the words of Brunetto Latino and wondering whether to read the Tesoretto.
* Currently back in Inferno, Canto 15, pondering the words of Brunetto Latino and wondering whether to read the Tesoretto.
I really enjoyed Cryptonomicon even though I thought the plot and direction of the book sort of fizzled towards the end - have I missed a lot since then (I know there was that whole trilogy thing I never started)? In that same vein, I like Richard Powers books. I liked Galatea 2.2 and especially The Goldbug Variations and The Echo Maker.