Random Political Thoughts Inc.

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

3 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

Good for her.
I instinctively distrust teetotalers (Trump and Biden) without a medical reason for it.

You insist of reviewing medical records as some sort of purity test for teetotalers?  What's with you, Johnny Law? 

[The Frankish Reich]

Just now, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

You insist of reviewing medical records as some sort of purity test for teetotalers?  What's with you, Johnny Law? 

Hey, I'm just sharing my biases.

You know, we all have them.

Lover of fine win? Bills fan? Without knowing anything more, I already think more highly of you.

(Now do the Venn Diagram of those two categories)

[sherpa]

9 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

 

 

As a guy who grows a French Bordeaux grape, I can as well.

Her problem isn't that, it is that she is a goof with no resume that contains achievement, and really bad, and failed, economic ideas.

[The Frankish Reich]

Just now, sherpa said:

As a guy who grows a French Bordeaux grape

Very nice.

Bonus points if its Cab Franc.

https://www.bordeaux.com/us/Our-Terroir/Grape-varieties/Cabernet-Franc

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

1 minute ago, The Frankish Reich said:

Hey, I'm just sharing my biases.

You know, we all have them.

Lover of fine win? Bills fan? Without knowing anything more, I already think more highly of you.

(Now do the Venn Diagram of those two categories)

Wait until she starts price controlling all that grape juice so the masses can get a swig.  Next thing you know we'll find you nippling up to the wine in a box game. 

[The Frankish Reich]

1 minute ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

Wait until she starts price controlling all that grape juice so the masses can get a swig.  Next thing you know we'll find you nippling up to the wine in a box game. 

I'd move to a tiny house in Dunkirk before doing that.

But right now I'm more concerned about an additional Trump tariff on Bordeaux enacted to protect @sherpa's burgeoning production.

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

Just now, The Frankish Reich said:

I'd move to a tiny house in Dunkirk before doing that.

But right now I'm more concerned about an additional Trump tariff on Bordeaux enacted to protect @sherpa's burgeoning production.

You have the money, share it! 

[The Frankish Reich]

Just now, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

You have the money, share it! 

I only have the money for a very special occasion Grand Cru. And those are not getting shared. Sometimes with my wife, but I'll have to think about it.

[Tommy Callahan]

Lol.  Seemed like just this morning. People were puking the Harris platform link without reading it. 

 

 

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

37 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

I only have the money for a very special occasion Grand Cru. And those are not getting shared. Sometimes with my wife, but I'll have to think about it.

I'm not a teetotaler, but find myself drinking less and less as I get older.  The world involving anything called anything like "Grand Cru" is completely lost on me.  I have a friend who owns a nice liquor store and when we get together, he's always bringing something for the rest of the group to enjoy.  Sadly, it's all wasted on me.  

Edited August 19, 2024 by leh-nerd skin-erd

[sherpa]

59 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

Very nice.

Bonus points if its Cab Franc.

https://www.bordeaux.com/us/Our-Terroir/Grape-varieties/Cabernet-Franc

 

Not Cab Franc.

Petit Verdot, and a bit of small brag, my 2017 grapes produced a wine that won a Silver Medal at the 2021 Virginia Governor's Cup competition.

Not bad for an old fighter guy, but I pay attention to details.

[Roundybout]

 

 

[ScotSHO]

1 minute ago, Roundybout said:

 

 

 

TLDR, but I know what that photo is saying!

[sherpa]

Ya. 

Visit Moscow.

Absolutely horrible.

[Tommy Callahan]

Here base ain't gonna like that 

 

 

[Tommy Callahan]

 

[The Frankish Reich]

2 hours ago, sherpa said:

 

Not Cab Franc.

Petit Verdot, and a bit of small brag, my 2017 grapes produced a wine that won a Silver Medal at the 2021 Virginia Governor's Cup competition.

Not bad for an old fighter guy, but I pay attention to details.

Very nice. Congrats!

[The Frankish Reich]

1 hour ago, Tommy Callahan said:

 

What was wrong with that?

Ladies first, even if the husband is president.

[Orlando Buffalo]

4 hours ago, sherpa said:

 

As a guy who grows a French Bordeaux grape, I can as well.

Her problem isn't that, it is that she is a goof with no resume that contains achievement, and really bad, and failed, economic ideas.

You actually grow grapes for wine? That is pretty cool.

[sherpa]

1 hour ago, Orlando Buffalo said:

You actually grow grapes for wine? That is pretty cool.

 

It's not that cool.

It's a lot of work.

I started the vineyard in 2006.

It turns out that our property is really good for petit verdot, which is a really full bodied Bordeaux.

Something you should order with with a beef dinner. A major league red.

Benefits from secondary malolactic fermentation, which smooths it out a bit.

We have been very fortunate, but because of the small nature of my vineyard, (1000 vines), which produces about three tons per year, we are able to concentrate on quality, and that has worked out.