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W3MIV
12-30-2007, 07:03 PM
I am sitting here now with a water glass filled with a nice Pinot Noir awaiting the annual invasion of the in-laws.
Like the Rendezvous of old, these crows roost every year about this time to swap beads and baubles and chew the fat. My fat this year. In the form of a ham; roasted potatoes; marinated shrimps; al dente snap beans cold and dressed in sesame oil and garlic chilies; fresh French rolls and Ciabatta loaves, and myriad stuffed tomatoes and other bait.
Just finished spreading the newspapers under the dining tables (three) and I am contemplating another glass of the Pinot Noir.
I know just how just how Pope Leo I felt waiting in the river.
In-laws. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif
ve2nsm
12-30-2007, 07:07 PM
Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,15:03)]Just finished spreading the newspapers under the dining tables (three)
You're gonna have to explain that custom to me http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
N7RJD
12-30-2007, 07:15 PM
Quote[/b] (ve2nsm @ Dec. 30 2007,05:07)]Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,15:03)]Just finished spreading the newspapers under the dining tables (three)
You're gonna have to explain that custom to me http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
His in laws aren't house broken. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
kc7jty
12-30-2007, 07:35 PM
Quote[/b] (ve2nsm @ Dec. 30 2007,12:07)]Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,15:03)]Just finished spreading the newspapers under the dining tables (three)
You're gonna have to explain that custom to me #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
he has a parakeet that hangs under the table
BTW: Uncle, anyone who drinks P-no from a water glass should be shot. You sacrilegious bas####!
W3MIV
12-30-2007, 07:57 PM
Quote[/b] (kc7jty @ Dec. 30 2007,15:35)]Quote[/b] (ve2nsm @ Dec. 30 2007,12:07)]Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,15:03)]Just finished spreading the newspapers under the dining tables (three)
You're gonna have to explain that custom to me #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
he has a parakeet that hangs under the table
BTW: Uncle, anyone who drinks P-no from a water glass should be shot. You sacrilegious bas####!
I have sisters-in-law that make California Condors look pretty. And small.
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Billhelm, you will have to shoot half of France. Any full-bodied red should be served in a glass that is easily warmed by the hand; only a sauvage would chill a good Pinot Noir. Stemware is for the effete Kalifornia chardonnay-baked-brie-and-Triskits set.
To quote the late Marcel Marceau: NON!
A bit later I shall be lucky not to cut my lip on the tiny metal ring around the neck!
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W3MIV
12-30-2007, 07:59 PM
Quote[/b] (n7rjd @ Dec. 30 2007,15:15)]Quote[/b] (ve2nsm @ Dec. 30 2007,05:07)]Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,15:03)]Just finished spreading the newspapers under the dining tables (three)
You're gonna have to explain that custom to me #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
His in laws aren't house broken. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
If my sisters-in-law had to travel through Iowa on the way here, they would never make it past the first Oscar Meyer plant along the way.
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ve2nsm
12-30-2007, 08:09 PM
Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,15:59)]Quote[/b] (n7rjd @ Dec. 30 2007,15:15)]Quote[/b] (ve2nsm @ Dec. 30 2007,05:07)]Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,15:03)]Just finished spreading the newspapers under the dining tables (three)
You're gonna have to explain that custom to me http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
His in laws aren't house broken. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
If my sisters-in-law had to travel through Iowa on the way here, they would never make it past the first Oscar Meyer plant along the way.
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Ok, I think I'm starting to get it http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
wd0ct
12-30-2007, 08:17 PM
Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,12:59)]Quote[/b] (n7rjd @ Dec. 30 2007,15:15)]Quote[/b] (ve2nsm @ Dec. 30 2007,05:07)]Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,15:03)]Just finished spreading the newspapers under the dining tables (three)
You're gonna have to explain that custom to me #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
His in laws aren't house broken. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
If my sisters-in-law had to travel through Iowa on the way here, they would never make it past the first Oscar Meyer plant along the way.
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Too bad they aren't hanging around for the oh so exciting caucases huh.
kc7jty
12-31-2007, 03:40 AM
Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,12:57)]Quote[/b] (kc7jty @ Dec. 30 2007,15:35)]Quote[/b] (ve2nsm @ Dec. 30 2007,12:07)]Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,15:03)]Just finished spreading the newspapers under the dining tables (three)
You're gonna have to explain that custom to me #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
he has a parakeet that hangs under the table
BTW: Uncle, anyone who drinks P-no from a water glass should be shot. You sacrilegious bas####!
I have sisters-in-law that make California Condors look pretty. And small.
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Billhelm, you will have to shoot half of France. Any full-bodied red should be served in a glass that is easily warmed by the hand; only a sauvage would chill a good Pinot Noir. Stemware is for the effete Kalifornia chardonnay-baked-brie-and-Triskits set.
To quote the late Marcel Marceau: NON!
A bit later I shall be lucky not to cut my lip on the tiny metal ring around the neck!
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
It is the stemmed wine glass that gives best control of the temperature to the imbiber. I would say a good P-no temp would start out at 62.
P-no is full bodied red NON.
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kc7jty
12-31-2007, 03:43 AM
Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,12:59)]If my sisters-in-law had to travel through Iowa on the way here, they would never make it past the first Oscar Meyer plant along the way.
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HAAH!
ps: I think OM is in Wisconsin
N7RJD
12-31-2007, 03:46 AM
Quote[/b] (kc7jty @ Dec. 30 2007,13:43)]Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,12:59)]If my sisters-in-law had to travel through Iowa on the way here, they would never make it past the first Oscar Meyer plant along the way.
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HAAH!
ps: I think OM is in Wisconsin
Shows you how screwed up his in laws are. They're hypothetically looking for it in Iowa. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
KW4MW
12-31-2007, 04:25 AM
Pinot Noir - good stuff, I prefer it or a good Cabernet Sauvignon but quite frankly I don't much care for Merlot.
Al - I hope that you drink the upscale stuff, you can tell the better wines by the foil wrapped twist off cap instead of the cheap stuff with a rotten stick in the top of the bottle. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
BTW - someone brought me a few bottles of wine from a vinyard near Cleveland. Honest. Two names stick out in my memory "Catawba" and "Walleye White". Ghastly concoctions.
kc7jty
12-31-2007, 05:59 AM
Quote[/b] (KW4MW @ Dec. 30 2007,21:25)]Pinot Noir #- good stuff, I prefer it or a good Cabernet Sauvignon but quite frankly I don't much care for Merlot.
that line makes you not all bad. I prefer the corks....as long as they aren't made from rubber.
Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,11:59)]Quote[/b] (n7rjd @ Dec. 30 2007,15:15)]Quote[/b] (ve2nsm @ Dec. 30 2007,05:07)]Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,15:03)]Just finished spreading the newspapers under the dining tables (three)
You're gonna have to explain that custom to me http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
His in laws aren't house broken. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
If my sisters-in-law had to travel through Iowa on the way here, they would never make it past the first Oscar Meyer plant along the way.
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Albert... growing up in Iowa and Wisconsin, I love meat and cheese of all kinds!
That reminds me. I mostly grew up around the outskirts of Davenport, Iowa -- home of a prosperous and smelly Oscar Mayer meat packing/processing plant in the western downtown area. Cows and pigs would go in one end, and out popped all your favorite lunch meats, etc., at the other end. It was really quite an operation! Nothing was ever wasted; every last part of those animals was made into some product. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif
While in elementary school in the 70's, a fellow classmate's father used to work at the plant. He and his dad claimed they lived atop Pork-Chop Hill. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
W4MAJ
12-31-2007, 06:29 PM
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Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,11:57)]Quote[/b] (kc7jty @ Dec. 30 2007,15:35)]Quote[/b] (ve2nsm @ Dec. 30 2007,12:07)]Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 30 2007,15:03)]Just finished spreading the newspapers under the dining tables (three)
You're gonna have to explain that custom to me #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
he has a parakeet that hangs under the table
BTW: Uncle, anyone who drinks P-no from a water glass should be shot. You sacrilegious bas####!
I have sisters-in-law that make California Condors look pretty. And small.
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Billhelm, you will have to shoot half of France. Any full-bodied red should be served in a glass that is easily warmed by the hand; only a sauvage would chill a good Pinot Noir. Stemware is for the effete Kalifornia chardonnay-baked-brie-and-Triskits set.
To quote the late Marcel Marceau: NON!
A bit later I shall be lucky not to cut my lip on the tiny metal ring around the neck!
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
You even trash your own family.
It figures.
You are a real piece of work...
Happy New Year.
Dave NX6D
Fremont, CA
You're drinking the wrong thing. #Try 2 maybe 3 Manhattans straight up. #That'll fix you good and it will be all over before you know it - literally.
K2WH
kc7jty
12-31-2007, 07:22 PM
Quote[/b] (K2WH @ Dec. 31 2007,12:11)]You're drinking the wrong thing. #Try 2 maybe 3 Manhattans straight up. #That'll fix you good and it will be all over before you know it - literally.
K2WH
You're adrift.
N3ATS
12-31-2007, 07:32 PM
Invasion? LMAO!!!! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Good luck OM!
W3MIV
12-31-2007, 07:54 PM
Just got finished cleaning up the dining room. Luckily I found a Rent-All center that was open today. They had just the right sized bucket loader.
W3MIV
12-31-2007, 07:56 PM
Quote[/b] (nx6d @ Dec. 31 2007,15:07)]You even trash your own family.
Not surprising that I would have to explain to you that in-laws are not MY family. They are my wife's family. I guess it's different in the hills of Kalifornier where every litter ends up mixing genes.
Of course, that's where we get all the intellectual Dumbokrats.
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Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 31 2007,11:56)]Quote[/b] (nx6d @ Dec. 31 2007,15:07)]You even trash your own family.
Not surprising that I would have to explain to you that in-laws are not MY family. They are my wife's family. I guess it's different in the hills of Kalifornier where every litter ends up mixing genes.
Of course, that's where we get all the intellectual Dumbokrats.
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You continue to embarass yourself with every post, Commander McBragg.
Keep it up...
Dave NX6D
Fremont, CA
W3MIV
12-31-2007, 08:21 PM
Quote[/b] (nx6d @ Dec. 31 2007,16:02)]Keep it up...
Happy to oblige. If I go too fast for you, feel free to call out...
N7CPC
12-31-2007, 08:26 PM
I have a jug of Wild Irish Rose. What was that about a glass? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
W3MIV
12-31-2007, 08:29 PM
Quote[/b] (N7CPC @ Dec. 31 2007,16:26)]I have a jug of Wild Irish Rose. #What was that about a glass? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Paper cup.
It helps you to avoid cutting your lip on that rough aluminum ring better than the top of the bag, which becomes soggy.
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kc7jty
12-31-2007, 08:53 PM
Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Dec. 31 2007,13:29)]Quote[/b] (N7CPC @ Dec. 31 2007,16:26)]I have a jug of Wild Irish Rose. #What was that about a glass? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Paper cup.
It helps you to avoid cutting your lip on that rough aluminum ring better than the top of the bag, which becomes soggy.
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
I can see you never passed a jug of WIR amongst your peers all closely huddled around a fire made with well creosoted railroad ties in the winter. You can see the steam rising off the bag as it dries almost instantly. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif