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  • BBMmk2
    Late Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 20908

    Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
    Oh Bbm, you big tease!

    What whisky?

    What price?



    That's next term's project sorted out for Bbm - all these small boys bringing whisky bottles in their instrument cases to show Sir that it can be done.

    "Preparation for orchestral life, laddie"
    What a good idea! :)
    Don’t cry for me
    I go where music was born

    J S Bach 1685-1750

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    • Beef Oven!
      Ex-member
      • Sep 2013
      • 18147

      Faced with the choice between £30 for a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black and £17 for a bottle of VAT 69 in an over-priced Turkish resort, parsimony got the better of me.

      And what a lovely surprise! Nearly as smooth as JWBL!

      On my second bottle (this week - I'm no Oliver Reed!).

      I think Caliban pointed out that this brand was behind the bar in Fawlty Towers.

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26536

        Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
        I think Caliban pointed out that this brand was behind the bar in Fawlty Towers.
        No that was you, Beefy...

        Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
        IIRC, VAT 69 was behind the bar at Fawlty Towers.
        "...the isle is full of noises,
        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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        • Beef Oven!
          Ex-member
          • Sep 2013
          • 18147

          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
          No that was you, Beefy...



          This stuff is stronger than I thought!!

          P.S. You're not pulling my leg, are you?

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          • MrGongGong
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 18357

            Your box is full matey
            now sober up will you

            I thought you were on the Blue Label stuff anyway ?

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            • Beef Oven!
              Ex-member
              • Sep 2013
              • 18147

              Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
              Your box is full matey
              now sober up will you

              I thought you were on the Blue Label stuff anyway ?
              Even I'm not stupid enough to pay the asking price for Blue Label!!

              I'm sober

              And I'm going to empty my box. Mailbox, of course

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26536

                Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                This stuff is stronger than I thought!!

                P.S. You're not pulling my leg, are you?
                No no - click on the little arrows to the right of your name in the VAT69 quote, and you'll be transported back in time to the exchange... I replied with some lame comment involving Jeeves
                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • Beef Oven!
                  Ex-member
                  • Sep 2013
                  • 18147

                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                  No no - click on the little arrows to the right of your name in the VAT69 quote, and you'll be transported back in time to the exchange... I replied with some lame comment involving Jeeves
                  Oh dear!

                  My excuse is that I was a teenager when Blake Seven, sorry, I mean, Fawlty Towers was broadcast.

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                  • BBMmk2
                    Late Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 20908

                    I seem not to drink very much whisky from spring to end of summer, but more when the cooler climes of autumn come round. What do other boarders think?
                    Don’t cry for me
                    I go where music was born

                    J S Bach 1685-1750

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                    • Beef Oven!
                      Ex-member
                      • Sep 2013
                      • 18147

                      Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                      I seem not to drink very much whisky from spring to end of summer, but more when the cooler climes of autumn come round. What do other boarders think?
                      Hi BBM, I tend to drink whisky in the cooler weather, more than in the summer. However, where I am at the moment, it's been between 34 - 39 degrees, but I've found the whisky has been going down a treat!

                      In the last few weeks it's been JWBL, JW Explorers Edition/spice Road and VAT 69

                      Last edited by Beef Oven!; 07-09-14, 10:12. Reason: Picture from balcony

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                      • Beef Oven!
                        Ex-member
                        • Sep 2013
                        • 18147

                        The local brew is good, too!

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26536

                          That last one is a great example of what Andrew McGregor of CD Review demonstrated as a less egocentric alternative to the 'selfie' - the 'drinkie' !!



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                          PS: your gaff there looks like paradise!
                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • Beef Oven!
                            Ex-member
                            • Sep 2013
                            • 18147

                            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                            That last one is a great example of what Andrew McGregor of CD Review demonstrated as a less egocentric alternative to the 'selfie' - the 'drinkie' !!

                            PS: your gaff there looks like paradise!

                            If I get drunk enough, I may get egotistical and post a selfie!!

                            P.S. Lots of reasonably priced gaffs in this neck of the wood, I'll pass your details on to Mrs Oven if you're interested - just imagine having me as a neighbour - you like Hawkwind at 3.00am!

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26536

                              Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                              If I get drunk enough, I may get egotistical and post a selfie!!

                              P.S. Lots of reasonably priced gaffs in this neck of the wood, I'll pass your details on to Mrs Oven if you're interested - just imagine having me as a neighbour - you like Hawkwind at 3.00am!

                              I'd assumed your avatar was a somewhat off-centre stab at a selfie!

                              Just looked you up on g-maps... very nice. I think I'd have to put a stretch of sea between you and Hawkwind, and me, Ralph, Gabriel and the lads, for acoustic damping purposes
                              "...the isle is full of noises,
                              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                              • teamsaint
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 25209

                                Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                                If I get drunk enough, I may get egotistical and post a selfie!!

                                P.S. Lots of reasonably priced gaffs in this neck of the wood, I'll pass your details on to Mrs Oven if you're interested - just imagine having me as a neighbour - you like Hawkwind at 3.00am!
                                TBF, even Hawkwind don't like Hawkwind at 3 in the morning.

                                Just as a reference point, how drunk will you need to be before posting a selfie ?

                                the nearest bottle of wine or quart of ale would do !!

                                (just having a sneaky mid afternoon grants and dry , as the dinner is mostly prepared !!)

                                Edit: Further question: what are the criteria for having details passed to Mrs Oven?
                                Just out of interest, Like

                                Further Edit: you can come home soon, the Proms are almost over......

                                (Nice looking DSCH 8 at the RFH in late September.....)
                                I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                                I am not a number, I am a free man.

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