Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

Jazee

Pyxis - yes I checked all the other values and they were identical. Only the salt and sugar were less.

Hamish - agree, C-presents or raffle prizes if you have to donate some through the year.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Jazee wrote: »

raffle prizes if you have to donate some through the year.

Top tip actually.... Hadn't thought of that. Cheers.... :beer:

PasturesNew

It took me 1.5 hours to get my PC started today .... tried everything - reboot, reboot, log off/on, reboot, wipe the cords of the wifi box, turn the wifi box off/on again, vacuum the PC fan vent, reboot, wiggle wires randomly, reboot.... then I spotted the PC date was 1 January 2000. All it needed was to be told the right date

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

It took me 1.5 hours to get my PC started today .... tried everything - reboot, reboot, log off/on, reboot, wipe the cords of the wifi box, turn the wifi box off/on again, vacuum the PC fan vent, reboot, wiggle wires randomly, reboot.... then I spotted the PC date was 1 January 2000. All it needed was to be told the right date

CMOS battery. Cos you didn't deign to talk to us yesterday...

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

CMOS battery. Cos you didn't deign to talk to us yesterday...

I was at the dentist
It wasn't good news ...

Now I'm online I've also discovered all my websites are down too ... *sighs* ... it's never one thing is it.

Pyxis

Hamish, could you experiment with making cocktails with some of it? See if you can add stuff to it to jazz it up a bit.

Or a sparkling punch type thing?

Or it might be good for cleaning diamond rings?
Or the loo?



Keep a bottle back in case anyone spills red wine on your carpet. You won't feel so bad about using a white wine you don't like, to neutralise it!

PasturesNew

I've not yet managed to get Facebook to load either.

Spoke to my host re my site/s and they replied "I just checked on the status of the server, and it seems to be under maintenance and being worked on by our admins. No ETA when the issue will be resolved." - my email account shows my website went up/down a few times in the last couple of days, I hadn't looked.

So, all round, me and the Internet aren't really on speaking terms this evening.

chris_m

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Other than make excessive amounts of frozen sorbet can any of the NP think of what the hell one can do with a case of cheap and nasty bubbly?

Is it any good for cooking? In stews, casseroles or sauces, maybe?

PasturesNew

chris_m wrote: »

Is it any good for cooking? In stews, casseroles or sauces, maybe?

He said Spumante.... while that name might not mean much to you - it's known to me as I've had some - and liked it. It's a cheap bubbly bottle of chav juice.... but it's probably my first exposure to wine. It had bubbles, was sweet, I liked it I'd still like it today if offered some...

But, for most people's use/palate, it's cheapo chav juice, with a bad reputation for being only fit for drinking by people who know nothing

It's most likely not OK for doing anything with except giving to poor people who appreciate a cheap fizzy bottle of drink.

I like it .... says it all really.

Having said that, I've only ever had Asti Spumante, so have no idea if there were other types,..... I know nothing of wine (except I dislike wine... except fizzy stuff). Maybe what he's bought is different/better.... or maybe not.

GDB2222

Majestic will refund any bottles you don't like, including opened ones. Where did you get your spewmante from, Hamish?