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This type of badly written article really annoys me.
Where were these "estimated" deaths? In the UK (population 62 million)? In the EU (population ~0.5 billion)? 'Developed' countries? Worldwide (population ~7 billion)? Without that information the figures are at best meaningless, at worst deceitful (as some people will assume they relate to the UK).In the new study, researchers from the University of Milan and other centres in the US, France, Canada, Iran and Sweden, estimated that, in one year alone, 24,000 deaths from oesophageal cancer, 5,000 from oral and pharyngeal, and 5,000 from breast cancer, were due to light drinking.
The other point is that these articles never indicate what the effect is on average life expectancy. Sometimes the average effect on this is trivial (though for some individuals that is far from the case, of course).Comment
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Yes. How many worldwide/developed country deaths are caused annually due to obesity and eating too many chips and consuming other junk foods?
Coop Claret, £3.99 a bottle. Who wants to know?
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Another Coop customer here - although it's one of the more expensive supermarkets they do have some very good wine offers, at the moment a Montepulciano d'Abruzzo for £3.49 and a Pinot Grigio at the same price in their wine sale. I've not seen the claret in our branch, will investigate.Originally posted by french frank View PostCoop Claret, £3.99 a bottle. Who wants to know?Comment
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Merci, beau Coop.Originally posted by french frank View PostCoop Claret, £3.99 a bottle. Who wants to know?[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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... well, if it's a decent claret - I think many of us might like to know!Originally posted by french frank View Post
Coop Claret, £3.99 a bottle. Who wants to know?
So, look out that corkscrew, pour yourself a generous glass or two - and let us know! - I'm always up for a drinkable house claret!!!Comment
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I'm just a humble wine-with-every-meal peasant. I only notice what I'm drinking when it isn't there.Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
I suspect 'claret' rather dignifies it in that I would expect something a bit better than a vin de pays. It does, however, call itself an 'appellation d'origine protégée' - so that's all right then!
This medium-bodied red wine has dark damson fruit flavours and an attractive early edge (
). Serve at room temperature with grilled lamb [what else? - Ed], or with cheese. Drink within 12 months 
12.5% vol.
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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... discuss.Originally posted by french frank View Post
[ I shall propose this as a possible question for prospective Philosophy candidates at future Oxford entrance examinations ... ]Comment
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post Also one for Zen masters to set their pupils...
Two favourites of mine in the "wine with every meal" stakes are this Minervois , and this wine from Puglia. Playing the deals/offers game and ordering a case at a time keeps the price down, I haven't bought a bottle of red from the supermarket for years now.
I've been a fan of wines from some of Spain's slightly lesser known (as they were then) wine regions since I started to discover them in the 1980s (in Spain) - from Extremadura, La Mancha, Catalonia etc.
Ribera del Duero for state occasions - birthdays, retirement......Comment
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Working my way through a case of Mas Coutelou's "7 rue de la Pompe" 2010.
Lovely stuff!Comment
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Yes, subscribing to JR's website at the end of last year has had serious financial consequences. (So much so that I try to avoid even peeking these days!)Comment
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Love it! Let's hope my Coop has got it as well.Originally posted by Anna View PostMy life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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PS I ordered a case of Mark Haisma's Croix des Champs 2010 Gevrey-Chambertin direct from his website earlier this year (at a significantly lower price than is now showing), on the basis of JR's recommendation, and was stunned when Mark Haisma himself delivered it to me a month or so ago. He explained that, when in the UK, he lives in Wiltshire and was doing the local deliveries himself. (Nice bloke too.)Comment
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i.e. your Co-op's protected by burglar alarms, you can feel confident that the stuff won't be nicked overnight and will very likely still be there in 12 months time?Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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