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  • Re: Birthday weekend

    From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Adept on Thursday, December 11, 2025 08:53:34
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    Though I still drank things; just that my idea of drinking is to have enough sips to review the wine, and then have someone else finish off
    the other 2/3rds of my tasting portion.

    My mother's upbringing of "clean your plate!" apparently extended to
    "finish your wine!" in my mind. I learned some time ago that it's OK to
    pour the remainder out after a taste -- also, after 3 or 4 full tastes,
    my palate is gone and they all taste the same.


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  • From Bob Worm@21:1/205 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thursday, December 11, 2025 20:59:42
    Re: Re: Birthday weekend
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Adept on Thu Dec 11 2025 08:53:35

    Hi, pF.

    My mother's upbringing of "clean your plate!" apparently extended to
    "finish your wine!" in my mind. I learned some time ago that it's OK to
    pour the remainder out after a taste -- also, after 3 or 4 full tastes,
    my palate is gone and they all taste the same.

    I don't remember my parents ever really drinking wine when I was a kid and it took me until my 40s to even remotely enjoy it myself.

    A couple of years ago we went on holiday with my parents and my brother's family - my parents are odd, while my brother and I rarely see eye to eye on anything. By early evening each day my brain would be cooked so the wife and I would go for a quiet glass of wine down at the far end of the garden. What made me laugh was that my mum saw what we were up to and started to join us, occasionally staying around for a top-up. She evidently finds our family as taxing as I do :)

    BobW
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Bob Worm on Saturday, December 13, 2025 07:50:00
    Bob Worm wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    A couple of years ago we went on holiday with my parents and my
    brother's family - my parents are odd, while my brother and I rarely
    see eye to eye on anything. By early evening each day my brain would be cooked so the wife and I would go for a quiet glass of wine down at the far end of the garden.

    During the lockdown in 2020, two of my neighbors started having evening
    wine on their respective porches, suitably distanced. I stopped with my
    dog (having a dog to walk during the lockdown was a godsend...) and
    chatted with them on my way. After a while, they'd put a glass of wine
    on the mailboxes between them and I'd enjoy a glass with them.

    ... Adding on
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