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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 12/18/2017 7:21:08 PM   
Hollowine

 

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Scott, Ive been fortunate for the past three decades: two cavities and one replaced filling. I see the dentist every 4-5 months and know how susceptible I am to bad dentistry. No root canals and one set of wisdom teeth in distant memory. Sorry for your pain but happy for your cure.


Remarkably, never had a cavity. I'm look like a gap-toothed idiot, but hey...worked for Letterman.

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 2/19/2018 6:28:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		Its unusual for me to drink a whole bottle on a Monday, but I thoroughly enjoyed this 2009 Ch. Lalande (St. Julien), and by the time dinner was ready there was only a glass and a half left.


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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 4/22/2018 7:42:38 PM   
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Rescued this from page 4 - y'all are slackin' off!

Drank a 2012 Maison Sichel Margaux and it was quite nice with spaghetti and a homemade red sauce.
I think I love Mario Batalie - don't tell Mr Cookie.

Mr Cookie is stuck in FL with a flight delay, not supposed to take off now until 11:10, so he's watching the Pacers in some airport bar with his golfing buddies. I - on the other hand - had a lovely dinner in the company of my silly dog, watched 'The Greatest Showman' (loved it!) while finishing the wine.
Now I gotta take the trash out.
Ain't life grand?

I miss you guys, sorry I haven't been around as much lately.
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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 4/23/2018 5:09:31 AM   
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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 5/15/2018 7:01:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		So I'm on the road (there is a surprise) and I get to my room at the Crowne Plaza (aka the Taj Mahal in this area apparently) and I unpack and work for a while until dusk starts to settle. So I start flipping lights on in my room and notice half the lights in the room don't work and the other half are unplugged.

So I plug the ones back in that I found because I'm resourceful like that.

So I start to head down to the front desk to ask for maintenance and low and behold when I open my door next door are two maintenance workers getting ready to work on the adjacent room (hmmmm.....just happened to be here why???). So I grab one (not literally) and say hey! Do I need to turn in a ticket for you to fix these two lights? Oh no sir, I think I have some extra bulbs so we'll fix you up while you're out.

By the way, hear that?

What?

That waterfall coming from the A/C unit above your head?

Oh yeah.

Well, I just point it out because normally when I hear that sound in Texas where I'm from it means there is a problem with your filtration or outside A/C unit and your overflow valve is about to start dumping water all over the place before the unit eventually freezes over.

Oh no, that's normal. That's the water running through the pipes of our cooling units. You should hear it on the 14th floor!



Thank goodness you're on the 6th floor.



Posted here because indeed I did post while consuming although I must admit I wasn't in the bar alone. Apparently there were LOTS of burned out lights in this hotel.




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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 5/16/2018 3:57:58 AM   
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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 5/16/2018 1:37:11 PM   
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Posted here because indeed I did post while consuming although I must admit I wasn't in the bar alone. Apparently there were LOTS of burned out lights in this hotel.


Right on, Joe. Sometimes, the spontaneous parties are the best ones.

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 5/16/2018 7:39:35 PM   
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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 5/23/2018 6:06:41 PM   
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The Occasion: Wife departed this morning on her 7th out-of-the-region trip of this Spring. I prepared sauteed chicken tenders, steamed broccoli, and wild rice pilaf for dinner for my two teenagers and I.
Next? Bourbon after a full bottle of red, I've learned, is a real no-no. What about following a full bottle of white? We shall soon find out! Or maybe gin, or tequila, white rum? Your suggestions?

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 5/23/2018 6:39:26 PM   
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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 5/23/2018 6:52:06 PM   
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Grand Marnier?


Hmm? Never really had Grand Marnier on its own before. I think I'll look toward an Italian digestif, but thanks for the suggestion!

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 5/23/2018 8:21:13 PM   
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Grand Marnier?


Hmm? Never really had Grand Marnier on its own before. I think I'll look toward an Italian digestif, but thanks for the suggestion!

I occasionally splurge and use it in Margaritas, but drinking it neat is quite a treat.
I've enjoyed a flight of the Cordon Rouge, Centenaire (25yo), and Centcinquentenaire (50yo) to go with desert at a nice Italian restaurant.
As good as the regular cuvee is, the special commemorative cuvees are really great.

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 5/23/2018 8:28:51 PM   
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Grand Marnier?


Hmm? Never really had Grand Marnier on its own before. I think I'll look toward an Italian digestif, but thanks for the suggestion!


Well, I returned my wine glass back to the kitchen counter, opened my cabinet back up and noticed one of my lonely Irish whiskey glasses. So, poured myself 2 oz. of Bushmill's and have called it a night. Seems ok for now. Glad to have seen the Capitals win game 7 to progress to the Stanley Cup final.

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 5/23/2018 9:00:10 PM   
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. Glad to have seen the Capitals win game 7 to progress to the Stanley Cup final.


Me as well. I think it willl be a great cup series.

Just to be compliant with the thread, this post was after pushing down an ever-so-slightly corked bottle of 2007 Arcadian Sleepy Hollow Peeno Nwaur.

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 5/23/2018 10:10:37 PM   
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. Glad to have seen the Capitals win game 7 to progress to the Stanley Cup final.


Me as well. I think it willl be a great cup series.

Just to be compliant with the thread, this post was after pushing down an ever-so-slightly corked bottle of 2007 Arcadian Sleepy Hollow Peeno Nwaur.



I do think this warrants an emphasis. Not just a whole bottle, but a (slightly) corked bottle. Well done!

I have done a 500 ml bottle on my own (well, minus one sip), and now a glass of 1989 Armagnac (which I think brings me to the equivalent of a full bottle?).

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 6/9/2018 8:03:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well, tonight has seen three very drinkable local Chinese micro brews and a bottle of 2013 Rocca Delle Macie Chianti Riserva well enjoyed, now typing with a little Glenfiddich 15 year old.
Today I have watched my lovely All Blacks beat Les Bleus from France in an entertaining rugby match, a match that was much tougher than the score line indicated and then I pondered a while on the death of Tony Bourdain. Tony was seemingly a guy to call a spade a spade and appreciated that salami, cheese and cotes du rhone in the sun could be just as meaningful an experience as a 3 michelin star dinner in the finest of restaurants. the honesty and reality of what he said, often found a place with me. I am a Chef, and sometimes the most basic of things are what calls to mean i take the most joy from, so i enjoyed his books and shows. Where we each find meaning or satisfaction is so different - for those of use with healthy minds and bodies have a gift, and i just hope that we all can appreciate how lucky we are.
Cheers

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 6/9/2018 3:33:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nice sentiments. Must be good to be an All Black fan these days... Cheers indeed, BigJ.

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 6/15/2018 3:14:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's always good to be an All Black fan... and i write as an Englishman who has just downed a bottle of cheap claret, a couple of small Aberlour A'Bunadhs, and is staring down the barrel of the FIFA World Cup...

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 6/15/2018 3:51:03 PM   
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It's always good to be an All Black fan... and i write as an Englishman who has just downed a bottle of cheap claret, a couple of small Aberlour A'Bunadhs, and is staring down the barrel of the FIFA World Cup...


An alternative for your sign off. One for the ditch. (Irish version)

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 9/22/2018 9:02:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just went in on a nice tasting of 2009 Bordeaux with two others and it worked out to 1.5 bottles consumed each.

I was taught long ago that wine is meant to be opened and consumed at all different ages. It allows the drinker to experience different phases of the wine and see if it truly moves them (multiple times). These are the best wines that keep us engaged for a long time.

I suppose 2009 Bordeaux gave me pause for the first time this evening.

Wines that live up to expectation, but deliver longevity concerns worry me. Are too many wines now made for earlier consumption? Should I be drinking the cellar down faster?

This event included some widely held wines with high CT scores. Haut Bailly, Leoville Barton and Rausan Segla were all great, bus somehow each left us guessing, and misfired in one way or anther.


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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 9/30/2018 7:10:23 PM   
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Cue the Black Sabbath earbug

Airport + time + drinks

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 9/30/2018 7:18:59 PM   
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You know it’s only 7:20pm, right? ;)

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 10/1/2018 2:53:29 PM   
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I am Ironman!

Cue the Black Sabbath earbug


Watched 'Black Sabbath the End of the End' a couple days ago - the last show of the final tour. Yes, Ozzy is somewhat debilitated, and granted that Black Sabbath is not for everybody, but what a great thing - and so influential. Where did the time go?

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 10/1/2018 4:04:17 PM   
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I am Ironman!

Cue the Black Sabbath earbug

Airport + time + drinks


That would make a great bumper sticker, right next to the 0.0 sticker.

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 12/18/2018 8:36:09 PM   
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Found this thread on page 7! Seems like we're slowing down somewhat.

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 3/5/2019 9:24:47 PM   
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70 years ago, James Cagney as Cody Jarrett in the movie White Heat. Back then, it had been a while since a career criminal had captured the fancy of cinematic audiences. World War II had come and gone. The years pass...

There was a time - damn near as far back as that movie - when I was an innocent. Okay, I'm not even quite 60 yet - 8 whole days to go - but in the grand scheme of things not all that far off, as far as orders of magnitude. My great criminal career - my real "wine" time, began either in 1980 when I first had a really cheap red Bordeaux, and totally liked it - or (more likely) when I discovered CellarTracker and the Forum in 2011. I'd had some "good wine" before, including one great one (1961 Latour), but little did I know...

Wasn't long before I'd met Dontime and J2K, and lucked upon a one-off leftover Riedel wineglass for $5 in a sorry winestore in Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.A. Wine-Searcher opened my eyes to the widely variable pricing that was and is operating in the U.S., and I never bought another bottle of wine around those parts again. That glass though - the stem was four little round glass columns fused together, made it feel like a "square' with rounded corners, oh-so-comfortable. The bowl was very thin crystal, a joy to drink out of. Holding the glass, like a finely-crafted knife or gun, you felt the balance, you felt that much was right with the world.

Last night I finally did it - I broke that glass. Ironic that I wasn't even drunk - after all the enormous fills it'd had (the damn thing would hold most of a standard bottle of wine) - all the Guinnesses, all the brutal gin and vodka concoctions I'd filled it with.... One small glass of white wine around 7 p.m. and then a modest fill of red wine about 10 p.m. Like an idiot, I kept it right on my computer desk, and before 11 p.m. I turned to the right with some speed, and backhanded the glass off the desk and onto the floor. I had dreaded that moment like I dread the death of my parents, and I've thought about the occurrence many times in the past, likely to somehow hopefully dilute the horror of its true appearance.

There is no real "getting over it," however - for decades I've been confronted with the fact that it's only a relatively few possessions that make us happy (if that), not to mention that "too much stuff" is often a recipe for misery. I've got an old brass ship's lantern - a great whorin' thing, in fact - made in Dunbarton, Scotland, in 1816 - and that's my second-favored possession, and even there I've never been moved to fill it with oil and light it up. 21 years it's been like that. That wineglass, though - ha, you talk about something getting used...

Most things change, and there are any number of parallels one can draw here. Today was a really good day for my wife and I, and we had a great dinner with good people, food and drinks par excellence.

I'm home now, without that glass, and things will never be the same.

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 3/6/2019 3:46:15 AM   
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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 3/6/2019 5:21:34 AM   
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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 3/6/2019 7:09:13 AM   
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I think Ken has a great idea... enjoy the hunt for a new cherished vessel and keep your mourning brief.

Cheers Doug!

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RE: Postings after 1 whole bottle consumed alone - 3/6/2019 7:31:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		There is an old Jewish joke, very relevant here. (By the way, I'm Jewish, which means I'm allowed to tell Jewish jokes).

A Jewish guy, call him Adam, is looking very sad, walking down the street. He kvetches as he walks.

"Oh God, has anyone ever had worse fate then me? Even Job didn't suffer as I do! My job is terribly dull. My wife complains all the time. My kids -- they just play video games! My favorite wine glass shattered! God, would it be asking so much if I could just have a little luck, just once?"

Well, this gets tiresome even for the all-knowing, who finally has had it. The heavens roar, the clouds split, and a great voice booms from the sky. "Adam, give me a break! Let me just ask one small thing of you. Would it kill you to actually buy a lottery ticket?"

Adam is startled but responds almost automatically. "Buy a lottery ticket? Never! That would be gambling. And anyhow, the guy behind me in the line would win, not me..."

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