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From: Marc on 24 Dec 2009 13:26 Ben wrote: > On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:37:10 +0000, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk > (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > >> Plenty of gin, plenty of claret, plenty of decent ale, mountain of grub, >> work finished until January, aaaahhhhhh... > > No food, no booze, back to work on Tuesday, then off to Leeds for 7 > months in January. I love my job. SWMBO's mum fell and broke her hip this morning, so no drink, back and for hospital for the next 2 weeks, pressies unwrapped un bought. Xmas dinner in her fridge, we eating out of the freezer... Ho hum!
From: ian field on 24 Dec 2009 13:47 "ogden" <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote in message news:MPG.259db575a9f6e8ff989cff(a)news.eternal-september.org... > ian field wrote: >> >> "doetnietcomputeren" <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:2009122417512646517-doesnotcompute(a)gmailcom... >> > On 2009-12-24 17:43:01 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> said: >> > >> >> I've only got the next five days off, and I slept til 2.30pm today. >> >> >> >> So to get the ball rolling, and catch up a bit, I've just drained a >> >> bottle of Kahlua and a healthy dose of vodka, now on to the Maker's >> >> Mark. >> > >> > A not very scientific test of bourbons showed that one out of the total >> > of >> > me found MM to be the most drinkable of the cheap bourbons. They also >> > had >> > the best distillery tour. >> >> IMO Western gold bourbon from Lidl takes its place at the other end of >> the >> scale. > > Sainsbury's own-brand bourbon is revolting. Tastes like scotch. Ugh. It didn't take me long to inspect Sainsbury's booze shelves and leave without buying anything.
From: ogden on 24 Dec 2009 13:53 ian field wrote: > > "ogden" <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote in message > news:MPG.259db575a9f6e8ff989cff(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > ian field wrote: > >> > >> "doetnietcomputeren" <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > >> news:2009122417512646517-doesnotcompute(a)gmailcom... > >> > On 2009-12-24 17:43:01 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> said: > >> > > >> >> I've only got the next five days off, and I slept til 2.30pm today. > >> >> > >> >> So to get the ball rolling, and catch up a bit, I've just drained a > >> >> bottle of Kahlua and a healthy dose of vodka, now on to the Maker's > >> >> Mark. > >> > > >> > A not very scientific test of bourbons showed that one out of the total > >> > of > >> > me found MM to be the most drinkable of the cheap bourbons. They also > >> > had > >> > the best distillery tour. > >> > >> IMO Western gold bourbon from Lidl takes its place at the other end of > >> the > >> scale. > > > > Sainsbury's own-brand bourbon is revolting. Tastes like scotch. Ugh. > > It didn't take me long to inspect Sainsbury's booze shelves and leave > without buying anything. Was it a Local or something? -- ogden
From: ian field on 24 Dec 2009 14:10 "ogden" <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote in message news:MPG.259dc8f46b76d8cb989d00(a)news.eternal-september.org... > ian field wrote: >> >> "ogden" <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote in message >> news:MPG.259db575a9f6e8ff989cff(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> > ian field wrote: >> >> >> >> "doetnietcomputeren" <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:2009122417512646517-doesnotcompute(a)gmailcom... >> >> > On 2009-12-24 17:43:01 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> said: >> >> > >> >> >> I've only got the next five days off, and I slept til 2.30pm today. >> >> >> >> >> >> So to get the ball rolling, and catch up a bit, I've just drained a >> >> >> bottle of Kahlua and a healthy dose of vodka, now on to the Maker's >> >> >> Mark. >> >> > >> >> > A not very scientific test of bourbons showed that one out of the >> >> > total >> >> > of >> >> > me found MM to be the most drinkable of the cheap bourbons. They >> >> > also >> >> > had >> >> > the best distillery tour. >> >> >> >> IMO Western gold bourbon from Lidl takes its place at the other end of >> >> the >> >> scale. >> > >> > Sainsbury's own-brand bourbon is revolting. Tastes like scotch. Ugh. >> >> It didn't take me long to inspect Sainsbury's booze shelves and leave >> without buying anything. > > Was it a Local or something? Its a main size store, their special offers were somewhat lacking.
From: ginge on 24 Dec 2009 14:13
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:10:27 -0000, "ian field" <gangprobing.alien(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > >"ogden" <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote in message >news:MPG.259dc8f46b76d8cb989d00(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> ian field wrote: >>> It didn't take me long to inspect Sainsbury's booze shelves and leave >>> without buying anything. >> >> Was it a Local or something? > >Its a main size store, their special offers were somewhat lacking. What's the point in only buying special offers? I buy the products I like, and if they cost a quid or so more than what's on special I know I'll enjoy them at least enough to justify that difference. |