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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,899 posts)Aristus
(66,478 posts)I tested seven patients this week for COVID-19. Five negative and two positives.
Trying to hold on...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,899 posts)or trying to shine UV light on their innards?
Aristus
(66,478 posts)None of my patients is that stupid. I work with the homeless. They're great. Only entitled, middle-class white people can be that stupid.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,899 posts)Drinking bleach because Trump suggested it really is a special kind of stupid.
Aristus
(66,478 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Aristus
(66,478 posts)Plus, I could probably have posted an additional 25,000 if I hadn't deleted them at the last second. I'm getting better at editing myself...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I might be better off if I think twice before hitting 'post my reply'.
Aristus
(66,478 posts)Plus a host of other subjects...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Seems like I pissed off to many folks in the past.
Aristus
(66,478 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)A girls gotta do what comes naturally.
Aristus
(66,478 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,737 posts)Something good happened to me.
I hope something good happened to you too!
Aristus
(66,478 posts)Why are you happy? Oh, this makes me happy...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,737 posts)I was worried that I had colon cancer.
He's pretty sure that I don't!
Aristus
(66,478 posts)I'm glad to hear it...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,737 posts)I hadn't realized how much this had been on my mind--until he told me.
My relief was palpable.
LeftInTX
(25,607 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,737 posts)I was worried that I had colon CA.
My GI Doc thinks that I don't!
LeftInTX
(25,607 posts)I'm glad that he thinks that you're OK
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,737 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,602 posts)I think English bitter or English mild, both cask conditioned. But what do YOU think?
Wolf
Aristus
(66,478 posts)There should be enough salt in the bangers and mash to set it off.
Enjoy! Sounds wonderful...
Wolf Frankula
(3,602 posts)west of Liverpool and Salisbury is closed because of Covid 19.
Wolf
Aristus
(66,478 posts)served a wonderful bangers and mash once upon a time...
Xolodno
(6,406 posts)...box wine?
I'm doing it now...not the greatest, but when you just want a bit of a buzz and don't want to crack open the expensive bottles....
Aristus
(66,478 posts)But I liked it when I could get it. To hell with the snobs. it was good. It did what it was supposed to do, and it was more environmentally friendly than the corked stuff...
Xolodno
(6,406 posts)It reminds me when we went to Napa on vacation, we couldn't afford to buy much due to the cost. But what got me, we went to one boutique "known" winery....their cheapest wine was around $70...the price of the most expensive wine in the wine club we subscribe to in Los Olivos. Difference, wine club was liquid heaven....the snobbish brand name, well I imagine that's what Thunderbird tastes like.
Its why I buy Charles Shaw Sauvigion Blanc at Trader Joe's, Sauvigion Blanc is always good, cheap or expensive, its one of those you have to work hard to make it taste bad.
Aristus
(66,478 posts)the very good vintages and the poor ones.
I usually only pay $10-16 a bottle, and usually get great stuff.
I remember my father once brought back a bottle from France. Set him back a pretty penny. We cracked it, and it smelled like soil; like loam. it had to breath for thirty minutes before it was anywhere near drinkable.
Xolodno
(6,406 posts)...California, Oregon, etc. wines are actively managed. Making sure they get just the right amount of water, pruning, etc. France was slow on the uptake and making wines purely by what the weather brought and relying heavily by the name value (saw a documentary on the conflict of those embracing modern techniques vs. those insisting doing it the old way..and it got violent at times). So, hence, the good year vs. the bad year.
But after getting their asses handed to them from not just California, but South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Mexico, etc. The old school ways are vanishing. But maybe its too little too late. Spain, Italy and even Germany are ahead in the game in the region. French winemakers response has been trying to sue for name recognition, they won it on Champagne but lost when it came to Chardonnay..so bad they haven't bothered much since. They no longer have a monopoly on what is "good wine".
Aristus
(66,478 posts)One can't recognize when change is a good thing...
France had most of the ideal weather when growing wine...and the economics over time help them solidify their position. Italy didn't unify until much later, Spain was under constant political unrest and the market in the USA was less for wines and more for harder alcohols and on the softer side, beer (then of course, prohibition). Even during WW2, the France wine regions weren't heavily affected.
Good wines were being developed post WW2 in California and Mexico at the same time.
There wasn't much promotion for Mexico (long story), but word about California started to reach out internationally...and eventually challenged. And that opened the whole market up.
With that said, the baguettes, macaroons and other baked goods in France still kick the USA's ass. I can't wait for the opportunity to return for that, the wine...yeah, not so much.
Wolf Frankula
(3,602 posts)of the bota bag.
Wolf
TexasTowelie
(112,514 posts)Now for the tough question--what do you intend to accomplish within the next 50,000 posts?
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