>The search for the Holy Grail

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Aka Sauvignon Blanc.

Now that Jürgen Hofmann has run out of the 2009 and Pfannebecker in Worms told us that “but we’ll be harvesting the 2010 soon”, we’ve been forced to enter uncharted territory.

Viz: “Margaretenhof” in Schwabenheim.

“Looks like piss” I said.

“I’ll let you into a secret” said Mrs jb “Tastes like it too……”

Keep searching.

(Cake was nice, though……)

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>Double glazing option priced upon request

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Checking out window options on New Zealand websites.

Nice cedar bifolds, 4 frames wide, around $4500.

“Double glazing option priced upon request”

In this day and age?

Bugger me….

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>Being British

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>A sad (but true…) tale

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Bunch of 40 years old guys

       “Let’s go down to “Hooters” – they’ve got a REALLY hot new waitress”

10 years later

       “Let’s go down to “Hooters” – they do REALLY good steaks”

Another 10 years

       “Let’s go down to “Hooters” – they’ve got Monday Night football”

Another 10 years (They’re 70 at this stage ..)

       “Let’s go down to “Hooters” – they’ve got mobility access”

Same bunch of guys – now 80..

       “Let’s go down to “Hooters” – we’ve never been there…”

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>Blond too, I bet

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>A gaggle of geese, a nest of rabbits… #9

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..a shitload of postcards

Staithes, Yorkshire

James Cook was apprenticed as a shop boy to the local grocer here.

He went on to captain the “Endeavour”, a converted coastal collier a mere 100 feet long and a crew of 94, with which he

  • Circumnavigated the globe between 1768 and 1771
  • Observed the transit of Venus in Tahiti
  • (Re) Discovered New Zealand and accurately mapped the coastline
  • Became the first European to discover the east coast of Australia 

Murdered by Americans* in 1779.

*Hawaiians then, actually, but they’re Americans these days….

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>Well, yes…..

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>Y’all unnerstayand thiyus?

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I found an interesting article on Gutenberg that I wanted to share with my Alabaman friend Virginia.

Couldn’t find a Google German:Alabaman translator, but they do have one for Georgia, which is right next door to Alabama, so I suppose it’ll do.

Not that it makes a lot of sense, but then I hardly understand anything she says anyway.

Y’all…

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>RunKeeper gets it wrong

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RunKeeper is a nifty little App for the iPhone that lets you keep track of your fitness activities.

Ideally suited for the 100 meters, marginal for the 400 meters and useless for anything over 3 hours.

Which is how long it takes to run down the battery, shortly before which it COMPLETELY screws up everything and tells you that your average speed was close to 400km/hour…..

Today’s effort was more like it – 60km cycling, a quick swim ferry trip across the Rhine and a double espresso at Moguntia on the market.

AND I’ve worked off enough calories for almost 9 beers tonight….

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>A guy walks into a bar…

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HT VJ

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