What are you drinking right now?

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 03 Nov 2006, 22:54

Sounds much the same as me!!!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 03 Nov 2006, 22:56

arachnid wrote:Sounds much the same as me!!!

I normally vote too but haven't been able to for the last two weeks since being away/out. I like Leona and Ben and the odd but nice guy in Eton Road.

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 03 Nov 2006, 23:03

Mr. Arachnid likes Ben, I like leona too and Nikita
Robert Allen is pretty good too.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 03 Nov 2006, 23:21

Like Nikkta too - nice west coast girl

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 03 Nov 2006, 23:21

cannot stand Ray with his "pasted on" smile

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 03 Nov 2006, 23:30

Having a nice glass of white wine having done my" mums taxi "routine.
Robola from Kefalonia, nice white wine unlike the "rose" I brought back in the plastic bottles.

Thanks to Bellybabe for tip about Valerian tea. Tried it and it worked- though the smell reminds me a bit of old socks. Gave some to Baby Dragon as her sleep patterns are all over the place having had a bad bout of glandular fever. Zzzzzz

iainburnside · Post by **iainburnside** » 03 Nov 2006, 23:34

Vodka and coke... okay, the third vodka and coke... a quiet night-in watching nonsense and talking gibberish after a busy week!

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 03 Nov 2006, 23:49

On the JD and coke........again. Yes, the man-flu has abated enough to partake again.

Watching HIGNFY, still good for a laugh, after watching that new series The State Within - not bad, worth tuning in again next week.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 03 Nov 2006, 23:54

iainburnside wrote:Vodka and coke..

Sounds like a plan I could follow !

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 03 Nov 2006, 23:55

Sandra wrote: I normally vote too but haven't been able to for the last two weeks since being away/out.

....although think I've run out of excuses to get S away from it this week.

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 04 Nov 2006, 22:40

Enjoying my favourite Spanish licqueur!!! Mmmmmm

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 05 Nov 2006, 16:45

I've had a lot of insomnia lately so I think tonight I'll have a nice glass of La FÃ©e Parisian Absinthe (68% abv)
and watch a good dvd.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 10 Nov 2006, 19:57

G&T with slimline tonic and lots of lime - yum

, its been a looonnnnng week.

gilo · Post by **gilo** » 10 Nov 2006, 20:17

Black Mamba wrote:I've had a lot of insomnia lately so I think tonight I'll have a nice glass of La FÃ©e Parisian Absinthe (68% abv)
and watch a good dvd.

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Respect to you Black Mamba http://www.opendemocracy.net/ecology-fo ... e_1745.jsp

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 10 Nov 2006, 21:01

Sandra wrote:G&T with slimline tonic and lots of lime - yum , its been a looonnnnng week.

If you are walking Bess past mine tomorrow there will be some strong rum truffles left; very relaxing : )

gilo · Post by **gilo** » 10 Nov 2006, 21:03

rapunzell wrote:If you are walking Bess past mine tomorrow there will be some very strong rum truffles left; very relaxing : )

Where do I find Bess?

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 10 Nov 2006, 21:17

Here :

http://porty.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php ... t+pictures

Could always try walking past Rapunzell's with a poster-sized cut out and see if it fools her...........

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 10 Nov 2006, 23:08

Black Mamba will love you're avatar Gilo!!!

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 10 Nov 2006, 23:16

gilo wrote:
rapunzell wrote:If you are walking Bess past mine tomorrow there will be some very strong rum truffles left; very relaxing : )
Where do I find Bess?

OK, if *you* are walking past mine with your kidnapped pet of choice/ poster cut out imitation Bess/ Jonny Depp (especially Depp), I will keep some truffles aside just in case..

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 11 Nov 2006, 11:57

rapunzell wrote:
Sandra wrote:G&T with slimline tonic and lots of lime - yum , its been a looonnnnng week.
If you are walking Bess past mine tomorrow there will be some strong rum truffles left; very relaxing : )

Sounds great Rapunzell but having friends up for dinner today so will be slaving away in the kitchen, as will BC as he is cooking the main course, do you think there will be any left on Sunday?

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 11 Nov 2006, 12:58

Thanks Gilo (love the avatar). Interesting site. You might find these ones interesting. Althoough I buy my absinthe in Tesco would you believe (pricey but worth it).

http://www.lafeeabsinthe.com/

http://www.feeverte.net/

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 11 Nov 2006, 14:39

Black Mamba, I've never tried absinthe, what does it taste like and do you drink it straight?

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 11 Nov 2006, 16:18

I'm a new convert to absinthe myself (still on my first bottle)
I drink the Parisien absinthe
Absinthe tastes like aniseed, if you like aniseed balls you'll love absinthe
(It's made with anis
The way to drink is
1. put a measure of absinthe in a glass
2. put an absinthe spoon (a fork would do) over the glass
3. put a sugar cube on the spoon and four
pour about double (some say up to four times) the amount of chilled water over the sugar cube, stir (the drink should turn cloudy)

http://www.lafeeabsinthe.com/

La FÃ©e Absinthe is a highly alcoholic, anise-flavoured, distilled liquor containing the herb wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), green in colour, turning to cloudy, opalescent white when mixed with water. Highly aromatic, this spirit is dry and somewhat bitter in taste, with alcoholic content of 68 percent by volume.

Hope this helps.

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 11 Nov 2006, 18:38

Sandra wrote:Black Mamba, I've never tried absinthe, what does it taste like and do you drink it straight?

Sandra.

Don't.

Just say no.

Like Zammo.

Black Mamba wrote:The way to drink is
1. put a measure of absinthe in a glass
2. put an absinthe spoon (a fork would do) over the glass
3. put a sugar cube on the spoon and four
pour about double (some say up to four times) the amount of chilled water over the sugar cube, stir (the drink should turn cloudy)

I did that once. Then I sicked it up, straight back into the glass.

You'd never even have known it had been inside me.

My friend certainly didn't notice.

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 11 Nov 2006, 19:07

Sandra wrote:
rapunzell wrote:
Sandra wrote:G&T with slimline tonic and lots of lime - yum , its been a looonnnnng week.
If you are walking Bess past mine tomorrow there will be some strong rum truffles left; very relaxing : )
Sounds great Rapunzell but having friends up for dinner today so will be slaving away in the kitchen, as will BC as he is cooking the main course, do you think there will be any left on Sunday?

I think there might well be, especially late afternoon early evening..

Marguerite-the-Poet · Post by **Marguerite-the-Poet** » 11 Nov 2006, 19:36

I'm drinking a cup of illy espresso coffee with sugar and cream laced with a wee touch of orange juice.

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 11 Nov 2006, 22:07

Pretensious moi?
How could you JP

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 11 Nov 2006, 22:15

Black Mamba wrote: How could you JP

How could I what?

JP.

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 11 Nov 2006, 22:18

Marguerite-the-Poet wrote:I'm drinking a cup of illy espresso coffee with sugar and cream laced with a wee touch of orange juice.

you have my sympathies...

Marguerite-the-Poet · Post by **Marguerite-the-Poet** » 11 Nov 2006, 22:25

mr magnolia wrote:
Marguerite-the-Poet wrote:I'm drinking a cup of illy espresso coffee with sugar and cream laced with a wee touch of orange juice.

you have my sympathies...

Thanks. I like my coffee sweet but ran out of sugar.

No choice , I used orange juice as a substitute. It isn't all that bad tasting though using it with Illy doesn't quite cut the mustard. Thank goodness I don't have acid reflux problems

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 11 Nov 2006, 23:46

I have given up drinking anything. Even water. After all, fish copulate in it!!!

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 11 Nov 2006, 23:52

Ha ha Cleopas

You Absinthe drinkers better watch out- it gives you motorbike flatulence.
You must have heard the saying "Absinthe makes the fart go Honda."

Izzie · Post by **Izzie** » 11 Nov 2006, 23:54

Well I like my Honda

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 12 Nov 2006, 02:59

So sorry Simon got rid of Nikkita, thought she was great, as for ray - sorry boy, no chance in the real world

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 12 Nov 2006, 03:32

SoupDragon wrote:You Absinthe drinkers better watch out- it gives you motorbike flatulence.
You must have heard the saying "Absinthe makes the fart go Honda."

Excuse me, that should be hydrogen http://porty.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php ... flatulence sulphide affliction.