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Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

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  • Pyxis
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    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.


    Or, Hamish, you could send it to Pastures! :D:D:D
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  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
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    Pyxis wrote: »
    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.

    Yep.

    That's how we managed to finish the bottle last night.

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

    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!

    Also good ideas - you lot are brilliant! :D
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  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    It's a cheap bubbly bottle of chav juice....

    Yep.
    it's cheapo chav juice, with a bad reputation for being only fit for drinking by people who know nothing :)

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

    And the 'yeps' keep on coming. :D
    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.

    Nope.

    It really is that bad....:rotfl:
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  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
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    Pyxis wrote: »
    Or, Hamish, you could send it to Pastures! :D:D:D

    Trust me - the postage would exceed the value.:o
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  • PasturesNew
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    Re sending it to me .... I'd rather not be sent it.... I'd prefer Hamish got his money back and sent me the money so I could buy something to eat.

    I'm not a drinker ..... and I'd not thank anybody for more than one bottle of that stuff... and even one bottle would sit around for 1-2 years until I decided opening it would be a good move.

    :)
  • Pyxis
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    Or, Hamish, you could freeze it into alcoholic ice lollies!

    Although it's the wrong time of year for that, really!

    Might be worth trying, though!



    Might also be nice mixed with an unsweetened blackcurrant juice. Drain a tin of blackcurrants and use the juice from that to mix with it, then freeze into ice lollies.
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  • zagubov
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    Crikey! I'm back online! I'm doing an online course (a MOOC, if you will) at the weekends, with online tests on Sundays and this is the third weekend this month my internet went down. I wonder if its time to change provider. :think:
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  • vivatifosi
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    What MOOC are you studying Zag?
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • Loanranger
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    Ah yes, Asti Spumante! Beloved of the girls on a night out in the 70s, that's until we graduated onto Brandy and Babychams... or "Bachams", as we slurred to the barman. Christmas time it was strictly Snowballs. Oh yes, we knew how to enjoy ourselves.:D
  • PasturesNew
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    Turned the heating on under an hour ago - I know it's only about 14C indoors in the evening, so that's jumping the gun a bit, but I've put it on during early/daylight hours, when most neighbours would be awake, when the weather's dry, "in case" there's some catastrophic event (fears/phobias time here). As a rule I'm petrified by heating systems and gas ... and so I put off turning it on until the last minute ... but I also don't want to be rushing about in the dark/wet outside if there's a catastrophic event.

    What is a catastrophic event? I don't know, but I don't want to have one if it's dark, raining and none of the neighbours are at home ...

    :)

    It's all going fine. Boiler works, sounds right, no funny bangs, no water leaks, no catastrophe at all (so far).
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