Norman Ingram:
Harry I have just had sardines on toast, will that make me a mariner
Hiya,
No Norm youâve got to board the trawler and catch your sardines before you
can term yourself any sort of a mariner but if youâve any sense and at youâre
time of life youâll remain a landlubber and buy your fish from Tescoâs, .
thanks harry, long retired.
Us poor pensioners cannot afford Tescoâs prices, Aldiâs, Nettoâs, and Lidlâs, the poor shop my son calls them. Before Asda gobbled up Nettoâs a few years ago I pick up 6 litre bottles of Irish Mist to keep my wife happy at ÂŁ10 per bottle, down to the last bottle, is my wife a alcoholic, I get given a drop when I have a cold, I think she donât like my coughing.
With all your mechanical knowledge Norm, you could easily construct a still behind your shed and brew some moonshine. Be even cheaper than the poor shop.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
There you go Norm, youâre good lady being of Irish extraction will have the know-how
to knock a drop of poteen up Iâve tasted a drop or two of the stuff in the past and itâs
very palatable but can be very potent and can knock you bowlegged very quickly.
thanks harry, long retired.
Well we have done our best to advise the old lad Harry. All we can do is wait for the moonshine to be produced and tasted when ready. Could be some good stuff.
Cheers Dave.
Norman Ingram:
Harry I have just had sardines on toast, will that make me a mariner
Hiya,
No Norm youâve got to board the trawler and catch your sardines before you
can term yourself any sort of a mariner but if youâve any sense and at youâre
time of life youâll remain a landlubber and buy your fish from Tescoâs, .
thanks harry, long retired.
Us poor pensioners cannot afford Tescoâs prices, Aldiâs, Nettoâs, and Lidlâs, the poor shop my son calls them. Before Asda gobbled up Nettoâs a few years ago I pick up 6 litre bottles of Irish Mist to keep my wife happy at ÂŁ10 per bottle, down to the last bottle, is my wife a alcoholic, I get given a drop when I have a cold, I think she donât like my coughing.
With all your mechanical knowledge Norm, you could easily construct a still behind your shed and brew some moonshine. Be even cheaper than the poor shop.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
There you go Norm, youâre good lady being of Irish extraction will have the know-how
to knock a drop of poteen up Iâve tasted a drop or two of the stuff in the past and itâs
very palatable but can be very potent and can knock you bowlegged very quickly.
thanks harry, long retired.
Well we have done our best to advise the old lad Harry. All we can do is wait for the moonshine to be produced and tasted when ready. Could be some good stuff.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave, maybe heâs waiting for the taters to come through, Ohâ yes Iâve had had some
canny Poteen in my time Iâve had some rubbish as well some of the older folks out
in the sticks could turn out a nice drop of stuff, very palatable.
thanks harry, long retired.
Norman Ingram:
Harry I have just had sardines on toast, will that make me a mariner
Hiya,
No Norm youâve got to board the trawler and catch your sardines before you
can term yourself any sort of a mariner but if youâve any sense and at youâre
time of life youâll remain a landlubber and buy your fish from Tescoâs, .
thanks harry, long retired.
Us poor pensioners cannot afford Tescoâs prices, Aldiâs, Nettoâs, and Lidlâs, the poor shop my son calls them. Before Asda gobbled up Nettoâs a few years ago I pick up 6 litre bottles of Irish Mist to keep my wife happy at ÂŁ10 per bottle, down to the last bottle, is my wife a alcoholic, I get given a drop when I have a cold, I think she donât like my coughing.
With all your mechanical knowledge Norm, you could easily construct a still behind your shed and brew some moonshine. Be even cheaper than the poor shop.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
There you go Norm, youâre good lady being of Irish extraction will have the know-how
to knock a drop of poteen up Iâve tasted a drop or two of the stuff in the past and itâs
very palatable but can be very potent and can knock you bowlegged very quickly.
thanks harry, long retired.
Well we have done our best to advise the old lad Harry. All we can do is wait for the moonshine to be produced and tasted when ready. Could be some good stuff.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave, maybe heâs waiting for the taters to come through, Ohâ yes Iâve had had some
canny Poteen in my time Iâve had some rubbish as well some of the older folks out
in the sticks could turn out a nice drop of stuff, very palatable.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi Harry,
I was talking to a woman today who said her son makes Raspberry vodka, wouldnât fancy that somehow.
Cheers Dave.
Norman Ingram:
Harry I have just had sardines on toast, will that make me a mariner
Hiya,
No Norm youâve got to board the trawler and catch your sardines before you
can term yourself any sort of a mariner but if youâve any sense and at youâre
time of life youâll remain a landlubber and buy your fish from Tescoâs, .
thanks harry, long retired.
Us poor pensioners cannot afford Tescoâs prices, Aldiâs, Nettoâs, and Lidlâs, the poor shop my son calls them. Before Asda gobbled up Nettoâs a few years ago I pick up 6 litre bottles of Irish Mist to keep my wife happy at ÂŁ10 per bottle, down to the last bottle, is my wife a alcoholic, I get given a drop when I have a cold, I think she donât like my coughing.
With all your mechanical knowledge Norm, you could easily construct a still behind your shed and brew some moonshine. Be even cheaper than the poor shop.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
There you go Norm, youâre good lady being of Irish extraction will have the know-how
to knock a drop of poteen up Iâve tasted a drop or two of the stuff in the past and itâs
very palatable but can be very potent and can knock you bowlegged very quickly.
thanks harry, long retired.
Well we have done our best to advise the old lad Harry. All we can do is wait for the moonshine to be produced and tasted when ready. Could be some good stuff.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave, maybe heâs waiting for the taters to come through, Ohâ yes Iâve had had some
canny Poteen in my time Iâve had some rubbish as well some of the older folks out
in the sticks could turn out a nice drop of stuff, very palatable.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi Harry,
I was talking to a woman today who said her son makes Raspberry vodka, wouldnât fancy that somehow.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
She wants to be very careful who she tells about the vodka it has to be distilled so therefore
illegal to make in-house obviously he has a still of sorts which would be a bomb if it got out
of control tell him to stick to wine making or beer/cider production, that is lawful in the UK
but spirit production carries a gaol term if caught the customs and excise men will jump on
him from a great height, but after saying all that Dave if he ever requires a sampler Iâm his
man and Iâm cheap, and as an afterthought why not raspberries should make a nice drink.
thanks harry, long retired.
I reckon that yon Harry has a bit more experience on the art of distilling and of âmeetings with the revenue menâ than what he is divulging on here. Come on yer owd bugga, tell us more.
Oh, and a word of caution to all of youâŚdonât ever , never dâya hear, have a session on homemade Rhubarb Wine. Itâs bloody lethalâŚI know
hiya,
I did once have a go at wine making and set a couple of demijohns of red away,
having read a borrowed book from a neighbour left it alone per the instructions
recommended, after I thought everything was ready and a slightly longer time
than was normal had elapsed, just to be sure you understand I drew off about
eleven litre bottles with enough left for the missus to have a sample, it was in
her opinion very drinkable I had an homemade rack under the stairs where the
stuff was stowed until ready for drinking by this time it was going out time so
we did, but under the stairs lurked a boiler which was set to come on at certain
times during the day and night and of course warming the contents of the new
bottles just enough to start a little bit re-fermentation away and of course all
this while totherâ half and me were out having a jar or two, on returning home
to what resembled a murder scene a kitchen floor swimming in red wine and a
couple of Jack Russell dogs which were mainly supposed to be white both dyed
crimson with the contents of a couple of gallons of red hooch, every bleedin one
of the bottles had uncorked itself, what a mess and strict orders never to try
making the stuff ever again, and I havenât.
thanks harry, long retired.
There was a bloke that lived a couple of miles from here that had a small holding of about 10 acres and had a very good garden, from which he used to sell produce such as fruit a veg, also I think honey and other things. He also made a lot of homemade wineâs, such as potato wine and wheat wine plus other brews. Many years ago my Grandad who was used to drinking most alcoholic drinks occasionally,was given about half a pint of this wheat or potato wine to try ( I canât remember which ). He had a few swigs of this home brew and it put him on his arse. Tasted lovely he said, but seriously strong stuff.
Cheers Dave.
harry_gill:
hiya,
I did once have a go at wine making and set a couple of demijohns of red away,
having read a borrowed book from a neighbour left it alone per the instructions
recommended, after I thought everything was ready and a slightly longer time
than was normal had elapsed, just to be sure you understand I drew off about
eleven litre bottles with enough left for the missus to have a sample, it was in
her opinion very drinkable I had an homemade rack under the stairs where the
stuff was stowed until ready for drinking by this time it was going out time so
we did, but under the stairs lurked a boiler which was set to come on at certain
times during the day and night and of course warming the contents of the new
bottles just enough to start a little bit re-fermentation away and of course all
this while totherâ half and me were out having a jar or two, on returning home
to what resembled a murder scene a kitchen floor swimming in red wine and a
couple of Jack Russell dogs which were mainly supposed to be white both dyed
crimson with the contents of a couple of gallons of red hooch, every bleedin one
of the bottles had uncorked itself, what a mess and strict orders never to try
making the stuff ever again, and I havenât.
thanks harry, long retired.
Harry, we bought a new house 1974, at the same time I went down the home brew route I left it to âmatureâ in the airing cupboard at the top of the stairs in screw top bottles I had âcadgedâ BIG mistake!!! The bottles exploded the contents poured down the stairs via the walls . Of course I was âdown the roadâ at the time, Did I get hell when I got homeâ â ? ya darned tootin I did. I had to take a week off work to redecorate as we had a new carpet on order. needless to say I am reminded of this minor? mistake at EVERY opportunity. Regards Kev.
harry_gill:
hiya,
I did once have a go at wine making and set a couple of demijohns of red away,
having read a borrowed book from a neighbour left it alone per the instructions
recommended, after I thought everything was ready and a slightly longer time
than was normal had elapsed, just to be sure you understand I drew off about
eleven litre bottles with enough left for the missus to have a sample, it was in
her opinion very drinkable I had an homemade rack under the stairs where the
stuff was stowed until ready for drinking by this time it was going out time so
we did, but under the stairs lurked a boiler which was set to come on at certain
times during the day and night and of course warming the contents of the new
bottles just enough to start a little bit re-fermentation away and of course all
this while totherâ half and me were out having a jar or two, on returning home
to what resembled a murder scene a kitchen floor swimming in red wine and a
couple of Jack Russell dogs which were mainly supposed to be white both dyed
crimson with the contents of a couple of gallons of red hooch, every bleedin one
of the bottles had uncorked itself, what a mess and strict orders never to try
making the stuff ever again, and I havenât.
thanks harry, long retired.
Harry, we bought a new house 1974, at the same time I went down the home brew route I left it to âmatureâ in the airing cupboard at the top of the stairs in screw top bottles I had âcadgedâ BIG mistake!!! The bottles exploded the contents poured down the stairs via the walls . Of course I was âdown the roadâ at the time, Did I get hell when I got homeâ â ? ya darned tootin I did. I had to take a week off work to redecorate as we had a new carpet on order. needless to say I am reminded of this minor? mistake at EVERY opportunity. Regards Kev.
hiya,
Ayeâ Kev I can see youâve got one similar to me, one who canât manage to see the funny side,
mind you weâd just quite recently had a new kitchen fitted and part of the job was tiling to
the floor, the previously white grout had turned pink and remained that way until we moved
house about two years later, just about when the ribbing about my wine making expertise
slowly died the death, funnily enough Iâve never had a desire to try wine so why did I bother,
thanks harry, long retired.
When I was on Corona, we had quite a few bottles explode, ginger beer was the worst and a close second was dandylion& burdock, but we had to take back the broken bottles to be checked off. My lorry boy said lend me a shilling to buy a bottle of pop, it was in the summer he was dying of thirst, I gave him a bottle and he gulped it down, I took the bottle off of him when empty, and oh dear I dropped it. Why did you do that he said, I didnât it exploded! Now be a good lad and pick up the pieces and put them on the back of the lorry to be checked off. Chris from then on said sod me Norman another bottle has gone pop! He was never thirsty again.
Mr Saviem will know this:-âŚwhy is there a large concave ( dint) in the base of ALL champagne bottles? And itâs not to put your thumb in to hold the bottle when pouring. Answer maybe a bit later
Oh, and itâs true, Iâve been round the Moet cellars at Epernay.
Mainly for extra strength to withstand the pressure of the contents, larger glass area, though one landlord told me that it also allowed sediment to collect around the edge of the bottle!
windrush:
Mainly for extra strength to withstand the pressure of the contents, larger glass area, though one landlord told me that it also allowed sediment to collect around the edge of the bottle!
Pete.
hiya,
Many years ago before proper mechanical filtration wine was taken from the rack
and stood for a couple of days after being shaken before being decanted into the
serving decanter the sediment which was always there in the proper wine making
days stayed put if the job was done properly, the dimple is now a leftover from a
lot of years ago and has no real purpose other than to make the bottle look bigger.
thanks harry, long retired.
As was explained on our tour, it is DELIBERATELY manufactured to be the weakest point of the bottle. There are 100âs of thousands of bottles of champagne in those miles of cellars, all racked with the neck/cork angled 45 degrees downwards so the weakest part of the bottle is facing outwards. When one lets go, and we were told it does happen, it just blows the bottom out and doesnât wreck many thousands of bottles in the racks. It was said that the bottle manufacturer is allowed a 3% bottle failure rate on a complete batch of bottles.
grumpy old man:
As was explained on our tour, it is DELIBERATELY manufactured to be the weakest point of the bottle. There are 100âs of thousands of bottles of champagne in those miles of cellars, all racked with the neck/cork angled 45 degrees downwards so the weakest part of the bottle is facing outwards. When one lets go, and we were told it does happen, it just blows the bottom out and doesnât wreck many thousands of bottles in the racks. It was said that the bottle manufacturer is allowed a 3% bottle failure rate on a complete batch of bottles.
hiya,
And thereâs me thinking Google knew everything thatâs where my explanation came from.
thanks harry, long retired.
Norman Ingram:
I would rather have a cup of tea than drink that fizzy pop, it has nether made me lick my lips and want more.ugh
hiya,
Howay now Norm surely you could get used to the champagne lifestyle,
donât tell me you didnât put a drop of decent âchampersâ on the table at
your family weddings and you a man with a few bob, Iâve tried Iâve never
bought though, top notch stuff in my time and to be honest was I as well
heeled as you my friend I could become a âChampagne Charlieâ.
thanks harry, long retired.
Had plenty chances of partaking in champers, but turn it down, even at the wedding we went to at Richmond. Now getting too old to change my ways. Sunday I went to play snooker, afterwards home for a meal then watching Man U v Liverpool, then I was feeling rough, might have been my diabetes, asthma, or even the football match, I even went to sleep after tea, till nine oâclock, woke up feeling yucky, next morning slight improvement but never went to bowls, I thought I would go for a walk to the chemist to give my subscription in, then jumped on to the bus to Kingsley Park where a few decent shops around to pick up a adaptor for the waste pipe under the sink, as it was leaking under the veg sink, it had a plastic one and after 15 years gone brittle and snapped, so I took it out, and my brain started clicking, I remembered that in 1980 I had a spare brass chrome one from when I had a new kitching in my old house, I went to garage and to be sure, to be sure it was sitting on a shelf in itâs box. I fixed as instruction, it bloody leaked, I told my wife plan B, I done it and it was OK, the wife was pleased and said what was plan B I and said " Plummers Mate" nothing gets past that.
Norman Ingram:
Had plenty chances of partaking in champers, but turn it down, even at the wedding we went to at Richmond. Now getting too old to change my ways. Sunday I went to play snooker, afterwards home for a meal then watching Man U v Liverpool, then I was feeling rough, might have been my diabetes, asthma, or even the football match, I even went to sleep after tea, till nine oâclock, woke up feeling yucky, next morning slight improvement but never went to bowls, I thought I would go for a walk to the chemist to give my subscription in, then jumped on to the bus to Kingsley Park where a few decent shops around to pick up a adaptor for the waste pipe under the sink, as it was leaking under the veg sink, it had a plastic one and after 15 years gone brittle and snapped, so I took it out, and my brain started clicking, I remembered that in 1980 I had a spare brass chrome one from when I had a new kitching in my old house, I went to garage and to be sure, to be sure it was sitting on a shelf in itâs box. I fixed as instruction, it bloody leaked, I told my wife plan B, I done it and it was OK, the wife was pleased and said what was plan B I and said " Plummers Mate" nothing gets past that.
Thatâs the way Norm, let nothing beat you. As in the old saying , if at first you donât succeed etc.
Cheers Dave.
