The Great Melbourne Cantiniere Catastrophe Corroboree 17 Feb 2023.

[JessicaTam]

Is 110 Kina adequate?

You should be fine… as long as they take my Riyals.

 

[straitman]

You should be fine… as long as they take my Riyals.

Great thanks.

 

[penegal]

Sarcastic Enlightened moderator pesos contributions are not always accepted currency

[Mod edit: the above post has been edited by a moderator in the interests of making it look like @penegal likes moderators! ]

 

[Matt_01]

* For those unfamiliar, cash is money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins.
Source: Cash - Wikipedia

i.e. it is that colourful polymer stuff which you put in your wallet or purse and use to pay for your meal, drinks and corkage!

I am not sure I understand, I have colourful plastic in my wallet and enables me to purchase stuff and I get to keep the plastic On the subject of corkage will my 'goon bag' be exempt as it has neither a cork or a screw cap

 

[straitman]

As I didn't get any sensible answers re my Kina may I ask that I get an appropriate answer by Tuesday when I get to the next atm which is in Rabaul.

 

[Hvr]

As I didn't get any sensible answers re my Kina may I ask that I get an appropriate answer by Tuesday when I get to the next atm which is in Rabaul.

I'm assuming that only Australian currency will be accepted.
No bahts about it.

 

[JessicaTam]

As I didn't get any sensible answers re my Kina may I ask that I get an appropriate answer by Tuesday when I get to the next atm which is in Rabaul.

That's ok. Btw I edited @penegal's post as he was being cheeky!

 

[penegal]

Crikey, this thread has escalated!

 

[cove]

Well I won’t be bringing a 2018 MossWood @penegal as they are all gone. I promise not to bring a Pinot Noir as CE would rubbish me for bringing the equivalent of vinegar based on his taste buds.

 

[penegal]

@cove I remember that we once shared a few exxy bottles of something which may have been Pinot Noir, but don't tell CE!


[Very much off topic of the dinner... ]


The two great Burgundy and Champagne varietals of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir seem to be particularly polarising in the wine world, especially in Australia. Most people seem to love them or hate them.

Personally I find that the difference between a "good", and "bad" example of both varieties to be so significant that it really is like dealing with 'chalk and cheese', or 'apples and oranges', as they are completely worlds apart.

Some new world Pinot Noir is undrinkable dishwater which I can only assume was bottled and sold to satisfy accountants or bankers because if I was a winemaker I wouldn't want to put my name to that cough. However, there are many high quality wines made from the variety, many of which have more body, structure, tannin, and complexity than a lot of people would realise, especially those who shun the variety.

YMMV.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Pinot Noir

there are many high quality wines made from the variety, many of which have more body, structure, tannin, and complexity than a lot of people would realise, especially those who shun the variety.

You having a crack at me bucko?

 

[LinaLee]

You having a crack at me bucko?

I’m bringing a non Pinot but it was close tho as I’m down in the Mornington this weekend

 

[travelnutjohn]

are non drinkers welcome? As i would be driving in

 

[Matt_01]

are non drinkers welcome? As i would be driving in

All are welcome, if you can make it to the evening just put your hand up and we will look forward to meeting you.

 

[Hvr]

are non drinkers welcome? As i would be driving in

We are. However, as a long standing attendee at these Olive Tree functions I have first call on the Diet Coke.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

are non drinkers welcome? As i would be driving in

100% welcome and common sense dictates that non drinkers are exempt from 'Quality red wine required for attendance'

 

[RooFlyer]

Quality red wine required for attendance'

Eeek. I must have missed that

 

[penegal]

are non drinkers welcome? As i would be driving in

Yes, you are most welcome!

As already posted @Hvr is well known for being a teetotaller, or perhaps a Diet Coke-totaller?

 

[penegal]

With all this this Pinot, non-Pinot talk, someone must have rung Qantas and asked them to put the most pathetic sugar-y Pinot Noir imaginable in their MEL Domestic Business Lounge the other day. It has more sugar than a glass of Bickfords!

It was so terrible that I rapidly developed the opinion that it was best left in the bottle, and kept at a Covid-safe distance… despite what @boomy says about the Qantas wine offerings

 

[RooFlyer]

Yes, you are most welcome!

As already posted @Hvr is well known for being a teetotaller, or perhaps a Diet Coke-totaller?

Or maybe just totalled? ( or would that be me?)