At the pub [edit & why my wife is great also]
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So Dan showed up? Details, man, we need details! And photos, too; in this day and age, if you have no images to share, it never happened. Such an epic hookup demands documentation! And yes, your wife is a peach, and certainly a keeper. She deserves far better than you, but don't tell her so; it'll only go to her head, and they get funny ideas when that happens. Glad you had a good time, lad... :)
Will Rogers never met me.
i was a slack tart on the photo front - as I was getting the train and walking I didn't take the camera, and my iPhone is so crapped up with pocket lint that it's useless on teh photoing front. Mrs. Maxxx asks that I pass on apologies to dan for her "abruptness" and for not offering him a lift. She had had what she described later as "an elaphanting crap morning" which surprised me, as she'd normally say "a fucking crap morning" Dan had a 1/2 hour walk too! Still, the brekky creek hotel[^] is a fine venue, the beer (carlton mid - it was lunchtime) was on special,and I arrived about an hour early, so had oiled the larynx nicely when Dan arrived. Dan't not mush of a drinker (MM, be gentle!) and I stuck to only four or five (may have been five, as i can't remember!) Steaks were great, and conversation covered everything - though not much about Dan's work which is hush hush !! (well, subject to NDAs anyway)
Roger Wright wrote:
your wife is a peach, and certainly a keeper.
She'd better be - I've kept her for 27 years!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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i was a slack tart on the photo front - as I was getting the train and walking I didn't take the camera, and my iPhone is so crapped up with pocket lint that it's useless on teh photoing front. Mrs. Maxxx asks that I pass on apologies to dan for her "abruptness" and for not offering him a lift. She had had what she described later as "an elaphanting crap morning" which surprised me, as she'd normally say "a fucking crap morning" Dan had a 1/2 hour walk too! Still, the brekky creek hotel[^] is a fine venue, the beer (carlton mid - it was lunchtime) was on special,and I arrived about an hour early, so had oiled the larynx nicely when Dan arrived. Dan't not mush of a drinker (MM, be gentle!) and I stuck to only four or five (may have been five, as i can't remember!) Steaks were great, and conversation covered everything - though not much about Dan's work which is hush hush !! (well, subject to NDAs anyway)
Roger Wright wrote:
your wife is a peach, and certainly a keeper.
She'd better be - I've kept her for 27 years!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
I have to know something from one who's at the coalface of Australian beer. What's the take on James Boag's Premium lager in Australia? We "discovered" it at a sleazy pizza restaurant in Mt. Gambier in 2005. We fell in love with it - the beer that is, not the sleazy pizza-shite house. We used to buy a couple of cases each summer back in the UK but over the years, the local importer (Majestic Wines) now sell it for £56 (yes, FIFTY SIX POUNDS) for 24 x 330cl bottles. Bloody hell. That's not even proportionate to what's in the bottle. Needless to say, we no longer buy it and tend to opt for distant second Italian Peroni lagers. One of my dreams if I ever win the lottery is that I'll go to Tasmania to the Boag brewery and have one at the coalface. :)
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
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I have to know something from one who's at the coalface of Australian beer. What's the take on James Boag's Premium lager in Australia? We "discovered" it at a sleazy pizza restaurant in Mt. Gambier in 2005. We fell in love with it - the beer that is, not the sleazy pizza-shite house. We used to buy a couple of cases each summer back in the UK but over the years, the local importer (Majestic Wines) now sell it for £56 (yes, FIFTY SIX POUNDS) for 24 x 330cl bottles. Bloody hell. That's not even proportionate to what's in the bottle. Needless to say, we no longer buy it and tend to opt for distant second Italian Peroni lagers. One of my dreams if I ever win the lottery is that I'll go to Tasmania to the Boag brewery and have one at the coalface. :)
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
PHS241 wrote:
What's the take on James Boag's Premium lager in Australia?
A few years ago it was my tipple of choice on draught at my local pub. These days I don't know anywhere that I frequent has it on draught, and while I like the bottled stuff, I don't drink enough beer at home to warrant the additional expense (i buy Carlton mid-strength beer which is, coincidentally, cheap, for regular beer and tend to go for the boags of this world when there's cause for celebration) 24 bottles is around the $50 mark - compared to 30 cans of my regular tipple which is around the $30
PHS241 wrote:
f I ever win the lottery is that I'll go to Tasmania to buy the Boag brewery.
FTFY if you do get the funds to come down under, be sure to drop in & I will treat us to a case!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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PHS241 wrote:
What's the take on James Boag's Premium lager in Australia?
A few years ago it was my tipple of choice on draught at my local pub. These days I don't know anywhere that I frequent has it on draught, and while I like the bottled stuff, I don't drink enough beer at home to warrant the additional expense (i buy Carlton mid-strength beer which is, coincidentally, cheap, for regular beer and tend to go for the boags of this world when there's cause for celebration) 24 bottles is around the $50 mark - compared to 30 cans of my regular tipple which is around the $30
PHS241 wrote:
f I ever win the lottery is that I'll go to Tasmania to buy the Boag brewery.
FTFY if you do get the funds to come down under, be sure to drop in & I will treat us to a case!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
If we win the lottery, done. The case will be on me. One each! $50 for a case. Wow! That's nearly half the price we pay here. In Calais, quite a few UK folk would take the ferry and load up with cheap wine and spirits so a lot of independents blossomed. Then the large supermarkets here started selling more choice and so-called special deals. Back in Calais, the large Carrefour and Leclerc supermarkets latched on and started selling bulk loads by the case and that finally drove many of the independents out of business. One of the small ones that went under sold Boag's but we didn't know anything about it at the time as we put all Ozzie beers in the same league as Fosters. Pity. We never knew then what an excellent beer we overlooked. I'm not much of a cider drinker (I find the UK ciders a bit lacking for some reason though I'm sure there are some very good ones) but Normandy produces some superb champagne ciders. We brought back some ten cases (60 bottles) from different places the last time we were in France. We lamented the day the last bottle was consumed. For excellence, and yes - you can't compare them, but Normandy cider and Boag's are worthy of the highest tables in the land. Normandy cider cost us about €4 for a 75cl bottle. No wonder we want to go back and get some more! :-D
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68). "I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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If we win the lottery, done. The case will be on me. One each! $50 for a case. Wow! That's nearly half the price we pay here. In Calais, quite a few UK folk would take the ferry and load up with cheap wine and spirits so a lot of independents blossomed. Then the large supermarkets here started selling more choice and so-called special deals. Back in Calais, the large Carrefour and Leclerc supermarkets latched on and started selling bulk loads by the case and that finally drove many of the independents out of business. One of the small ones that went under sold Boag's but we didn't know anything about it at the time as we put all Ozzie beers in the same league as Fosters. Pity. We never knew then what an excellent beer we overlooked. I'm not much of a cider drinker (I find the UK ciders a bit lacking for some reason though I'm sure there are some very good ones) but Normandy produces some superb champagne ciders. We brought back some ten cases (60 bottles) from different places the last time we were in France. We lamented the day the last bottle was consumed. For excellence, and yes - you can't compare them, but Normandy cider and Boag's are worthy of the highest tables in the land. Normandy cider cost us about €4 for a 75cl bottle. No wonder we want to go back and get some more! :-D
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68). "I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
interesting about the ciders. I was an avid cider drinker in the UK - some of the draught ciders were fantastic, and I'm a very dry cider fan. over here when we emigrated you would be lucky to find anything except Strongbow Sweet - which is about as bad as it gets, I reckon! But just recently there has been a huge push on ciders, and there are hundreds of them - and the price has gone through the roof! There's also a big push on alcoholic ginger beer - some of which is nice on a hot day but too fizzy generally. There used to be a cider in the uk whose name I forget which was my tipple of choice - the label was a light fawn as I recall, and it was sold in draught in quite a few places - at least on the south coast. i would kill for a bottle now - I can't eat fish and chips without a cider! Maybe I have strange tastes, but I also miss Manns Brown Ale[^] (once a Mann's Man...) which (my fading memory recalls) was a particularly sweet brew. I drank enough of it that I was an expert at pouring a pint from two bottles simultaneously, with a perfect head. Ohhhhh I miss English pubs!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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I have to know something from one who's at the coalface of Australian beer. What's the take on James Boag's Premium lager in Australia? We "discovered" it at a sleazy pizza restaurant in Mt. Gambier in 2005. We fell in love with it - the beer that is, not the sleazy pizza-shite house. We used to buy a couple of cases each summer back in the UK but over the years, the local importer (Majestic Wines) now sell it for £56 (yes, FIFTY SIX POUNDS) for 24 x 330cl bottles. Bloody hell. That's not even proportionate to what's in the bottle. Needless to say, we no longer buy it and tend to opt for distant second Italian Peroni lagers. One of my dreams if I ever win the lottery is that I'll go to Tasmania to the Boag brewery and have one at the coalface. :)
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
PHS241 wrote:
I have to know something from one who's at the coalface of Australian beer. What's the take on James Boag's Premium lager in Australia? We "discovered" it at a sleazy pizza restaurant in Mt. Gambier in 2005. We fell in love with it - the beer that is, not the sleazy pizza-shite house. We used to buy a couple of cases each summer back in the UK but over the years, the local importer (Majestic Wines) now sell it for £56 (yes, FIFTY SIX POUNDS) for 24 x 330cl bottles. Bloody hell. That's not even proportionate to what's in the bottle. Needless to say, we no longer buy it and tend to opt for distant second Italian Peroni lagers.
One of my dreams if I ever win the lottery is that I'll go to Tasmania to the Boag brewery and have one at the coalface. :)I'm going to go with you meaning 330ml bottles of beer. If you get 3.3L (yes 330cl is 3300ml) bottles of beer over there I'm on my way. James Boags is good beer, Boags Premium Lager is good but I reckon Boags Strongarm is way better, haven't seen it about for a while though.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I have to know something from one who's at the coalface of Australian beer. What's the take on James Boag's Premium lager in Australia? We "discovered" it at a sleazy pizza restaurant in Mt. Gambier in 2005. We fell in love with it - the beer that is, not the sleazy pizza-shite house. We used to buy a couple of cases each summer back in the UK but over the years, the local importer (Majestic Wines) now sell it for £56 (yes, FIFTY SIX POUNDS) for 24 x 330cl bottles. Bloody hell. That's not even proportionate to what's in the bottle. Needless to say, we no longer buy it and tend to opt for distant second Italian Peroni lagers. One of my dreams if I ever win the lottery is that I'll go to Tasmania to the Boag brewery and have one at the coalface. :)
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
PHS241 wrote:
James Boag's Premium lager
It's one of the few beers that I buy and as far a price is concerned it is available from around $38AUD - $50AUD per case depending on where it is purchased.
People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs
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PHS241 wrote:
I have to know something from one who's at the coalface of Australian beer. What's the take on James Boag's Premium lager in Australia? We "discovered" it at a sleazy pizza restaurant in Mt. Gambier in 2005. We fell in love with it - the beer that is, not the sleazy pizza-shite house. We used to buy a couple of cases each summer back in the UK but over the years, the local importer (Majestic Wines) now sell it for £56 (yes, FIFTY SIX POUNDS) for 24 x 330cl bottles. Bloody hell. That's not even proportionate to what's in the bottle. Needless to say, we no longer buy it and tend to opt for distant second Italian Peroni lagers.
One of my dreams if I ever win the lottery is that I'll go to Tasmania to the Boag brewery and have one at the coalface. :)I'm going to go with you meaning 330ml bottles of beer. If you get 3.3L (yes 330cl is 3300ml) bottles of beer over there I'm on my way. James Boags is good beer, Boags Premium Lager is good but I reckon Boags Strongarm is way better, haven't seen it about for a while though.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Oops my bad! :-O If they were in 3 liter bottles I'd be very happy myself. Boag's Strongarm? I shall see if there's any chance I can find a bottle or two to try. I believe you can get Boag's at the Ozzie restaurant-cum-bar in London called Walkabout. Have any London-based folks been to it and can comment?
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68). "I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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PHS241 wrote:
James Boag's Premium lager
It's one of the few beers that I buy and as far a price is concerned it is available from around $38AUD - $50AUD per case depending on where it is purchased.
People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs
My b-i-l's son in Adelaide took us to a local beer shop (2005) that was open on Christmas day. We came back with two cases of JB's. It was roasting hot that lunchtime, about 38degC. B-i-l has a large glass-fronted fridge in the cellar. We stuck a case of JB's in it (having evicted several bottles of white wine to make room) and ramped the temperature way down. By mid-afternoon the bottles were well-frosted and we sat on the verandah listening to some kookaburras in the woods and drank JB's with pleasure and most satisfying they were. By Jove, that was the hardest vacation we ever had. :-D
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68). "I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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i was a slack tart on the photo front - as I was getting the train and walking I didn't take the camera, and my iPhone is so crapped up with pocket lint that it's useless on teh photoing front. Mrs. Maxxx asks that I pass on apologies to dan for her "abruptness" and for not offering him a lift. She had had what she described later as "an elaphanting crap morning" which surprised me, as she'd normally say "a fucking crap morning" Dan had a 1/2 hour walk too! Still, the brekky creek hotel[^] is a fine venue, the beer (carlton mid - it was lunchtime) was on special,and I arrived about an hour early, so had oiled the larynx nicely when Dan arrived. Dan't not mush of a drinker (MM, be gentle!) and I stuck to only four or five (may have been five, as i can't remember!) Steaks were great, and conversation covered everything - though not much about Dan's work which is hush hush !! (well, subject to NDAs anyway)
Roger Wright wrote:
your wife is a peach, and certainly a keeper.
She'd better be - I've kept her for 27 years!
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
_Maxxx_ wrote:
i was a slack tart on the photo front - as I was getting the train and walking I didn't take the camera, and my iPhone is so crapped up with pocket lint that it's useless on teh photoing front.
My cheap POS phone doesn't have a camera at all; so no photos from me either.
_Maxxx_ wrote:
Mrs. Maxxx asks that I pass on apologies to dan for her "abruptness" and for not offering him a lift.
Apology accepted; and not a problem. Weather (and procrastination) permitting I try to walk an hour or so a day.
_Maxxx_ wrote:
She had had what she described later as "an elaphanting crap morning" which surprised me, as she'd normally say "a f***ing crap morning"
Wow. Elephants are spreading beyond CP itself! :-D
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
