Pet Peeves

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 4:36 am

peter wrote:..... and they're starting to omit the 'skip ad' option more and more frequently!

Are they? Are you using any browser extensions/plugins?

--A

Post by **Sorus** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:36 pm

I'm still finding that most ads can be skipped, though I don't spend a lot of time on YouTube.

Firefox with no addons.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:20 am

No add-ons? How do you live?

--A

Post by **peter** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:59 am

Avatar wrote:
peter wrote:..... and they're starting to omit the 'skip ad' option more and more frequently!
Are they? Are you using any browser extensions/plugins?

--A

Not that I'm aware Av. In fact my browser is so outdated that virtually every site I usetells me it is no longer supported. YouTube actually displays big sad face emoticon, but then lets me use it anyway!

(Quick peeve: people who take an age to choose a bottle of wine, and then select a bottle of total crap anyway (actually not a peeve because I appreciate their custom - more an amused observation).)

Post by **Sorus** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:18 pm

Avatar wrote:No add-ons? How do you live?

--A

In a cave. (Well, not yet. It's in the works.)

peter wrote: (Quick peeve: people who take an age to choose a bottle of wine, and then select a bottle of total crap anyway (actually not a peeve because I appreciate their custom - more an amused observation).)

That would be me. My wine-buying knowledge would fit in a thimble with room to spare. Therefore, I go by label and price. The last bottle I purchased featured a rather nice picture of a griffin, and cost $7. It was highly disappointing.

Post by **ussusimiel** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:15 pm

Sorus wrote:
peter wrote: (Quick peeve: people who take an age to choose a bottle of wine, and then select a bottle of total crap anyway (actually not a peeve because I appreciate their custom - more an amused observation).)
That would be me. My wine-buying knowledge would fit in a thimble with room to spare. Therefore, I go by label and price. The last bottle I purchased featured a rather nice picture of a griffin, and cost $7. It was highly disappointing.

I've just bumped the wine thread for you, Sorus. I know it's middle-class and bourgeois etc. etc. etc., but if you're going to drink wine at all it's worth knowing just the tiniest bit about it.

1st rule of thumb: don't bother buying cheap wine! (price generally indicates quality. Buy good beer and good spirits instead and save up to splash out on good wine).

2nd rule of thumb: experiment a little bit. (Don't just find a wine you like and then drink it forevermore. Most of the fun with wines is trying something new.)

3rd rule of thumb: don't just buy single variety wines e.g. Pinot Noir, Merlot etc.. (Some of the nicest wines are blended.)

Tips: If you like rich reds try: Cotes du Rhone, Chateauneuf du Pape, Rioja, Chianti.

If you like light fruity whites try: Pino Grigio, Reisling

That's probably the complete extent of my wine knowledge, but it's taken me twenty years of drinking wine to learn it!

u.

Post by **wayfriend** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:49 pm

I drink almost exclusively Pinot Grigio, because I am older and I know what I like, and I like cool, crisp and dry, and I occasionally venture into Pinot Noir. But I can certainly tell you that I enjoy many of the inexpensive (but not cheap) bottles, and there's a considerable variety there to venture around in. I don't disagree that generally the more expensive the better, and I live by that rule when I require champagne for an occasion, however for me the cost/benefit ratio doesn't work out - a $20 bottle of PG isn't worth twice as much [to me] as a $10 one. But two $10 ones are. Anyway, now I know about 15 labels that I like and that keeps me happy -and- varied.

Uncorking the occasional clunker is part of the fun. Besides, wine is like sex. (When it's good, etc etc.)

Post by **Sorus** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 12:23 am

ussusimiel wrote:That's probably the complete extent of my wine knowledge, but it's taken me twenty years of drinking wine to learn it!

I only buy wine once in a blue moon, but it would be nice to expand my knowledge beyond 'a bird or a tree on the label is probably good, but griffins are mediocre at best'.

(I have probably horrified Peter. Sorry, Peter.)

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:43 am

--A

Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 7:26 am

wine starts tasting good after the 2nd bottle. is that a problem?

Post by **peter** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 7:47 am

(That's odd. I posted a reply here yesterday, saw it in the thread and today it's gone. How bizarre.

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Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:05 am

peter wrote:(That's odd. I posted a reply here yesterday, saw it in the thread and today it's gone. How bizarre. )

mayhaps it was that thrid bottle of wine?

Post by **Avatar** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:47 am

peter wrote: Not that I'm aware Av. In fact my browser is so outdated that virtually every site I usetells me it is no longer supported. YouTube actually displays big sad face emoticon, but then lets me use it anyway!

Update your browser man.

--A

Post by **peter** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:58 am

Avatar wrote:
peter wrote: Not that I'm aware Av. In fact my browser is so outdated that virtually every site I usetells me it is no longer supported. YouTube actually displays big sad face emoticon, but then lets me use it anyway!
Update your browser man.

--A

Tried Av - screwed up my computer. It's never been the same since, even though I removed the update. I need a new machine is what I need.

I can manage about two bottles plus a glug or two from a third Sarge.........but the price is heavy

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Post by **Avatar** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:25 am

peter wrote: Tried Av - screwed up my computer. It's never been the same since, even though I removed the update. I need a new machine is what I need.

Install a different (modern) browser rather than update the old one? Anyway, new one is in the works, then you can play Empire.

--A

Post by **Sorus** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:16 pm

ussusimiel wrote:
Tips: If you like rich reds try: Cotes du Rhone, Chateauneuf du Pape, Rioja, Chianti.

If you like light fruity whites try: Pino Grigio, Reisling

I think my main problem when it comes to wine buying is that while I have had wine that was exceptionally good, my wine-related vocabulary is insufficient to articulate what I liked about that particular bottle.

I like a dry, griffin-free red, but there's more to it than that. Rich? I have no idea.

I like knowing the proper terminology for things. I'm sure it's much more reliable than pictograms.

Post by **Sorus** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:36 pm

Apparently the hippo upstairs is not a hippo after all, but actually 4 human children, who are mercifully just visiting. I could not think of a tactful way to ask how long the visit will last.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 4:50 am

At least there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Wine "vocab" is usually related to tastes which the taste evokes, the texture and the body.

--A

Post by **peter** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:31 am

In the UK reds are graded A to E, with A being the lightest and E the richest (ie most full bodied). D grade wines of the Cabernet sauvignon variety will be fullish bodied - or try a Ravenswood Zinfandel: that should hit the spot!

Post by **Sorus** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:43 pm

Came into work to find my workspace covered in broken glass. All I could get from my boss was 'they broke it on Saturday'. Who broke what? It's safety glass - the sort that breaks into neat little squares, so it's not like someone just dropped a bottle or something.

I didn't ask why no one cleaned it up, because I am learning to not ask stupid questions.

peter wrote:In the UK reds are graded A to E, with A being the lightest and E the richest (ie most full bodied). D grade wines of the Cabernet sauvignon variety will be fullish bodied - or try a Ravenswood Zinfandel: that should hit the spot!

See, bird and tree. I tell you, I'm onto something here.

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