Steve Williams Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) Has anyone ever come up with starboard wine, too? Yes, and it`s all right! ....and when you finally keel over, it's always to the right. Edited December 25, 2013 by Steve Williams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2013 I'm up for it provided someone pays the ferry fare!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffalo Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 I thought I would suggest this here and gauge opinion before presenting it in the correct thread within RM Web. RM Web Live Sept 2014: One presumes that such a magnificence would open extra early for all the ER fraternity? Perhaps ERs could also have their own little corner, sequestered away from railway matters? We could have a monologue from that doyen of the stage: Ashers. 'A Collie sheep herding demo': Debs and Co 'The rules of cricket, and how to guess them: Barry O 'Caffs I have known': A railwayman tries to remember: Mike the Stationmaster 'How to Fraggle Rock': NHN. What do ERs think? Do you have any other (un)worthy suggestions? Regards Richard No LNER Footballers, please! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2013 Morning (not really). I went down at about 6am just to check the state of the turkey defrost and haven't stopped since! Everyone here seems happy and liked the lunch. Tony 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2013 Charlie is keeping watch at the window! 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) Belated but I hope you all had a great Christmas day 'The rules of cricket, and how to guess them: Barry O Well I can do the laws starting with .... How many are there??? Managed to build lunch... watch her indoors big Herbert and Little Herbert plus "little" sister devour it... I went for a quick walk ... no more food on the horizon just yet so time for some book reading as Santa brought me 5 railway books..... ooh err!! Have a good Boxing Day if I don't get back on before then... Barry O Edited December 25, 2013 by Barry O Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2013 Dogs walked Dinner cooked and eaten a mug (no glasses in the motorhome) of old speckled hen handy might just tax our brains with a crossword. Don 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2013 A slightly belated merry Christmas to all. Spent a very pleasant day at my daughter's place, with her, her fiancé and his parents. A superb lunch was followed by a most enjoyable afternoon. It was their first Christmas in their new home and they were so nervous that everything should be just right - and it was. Back home now and can't decide between the grape and the grain. I think a cheeseboard with the port might win out tonight. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffalo Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 can't decide between the grape and the grain. I think a cheeseboard with the port might win out tonight. IMHO, a nice malt will go well with some cheeses, especially mature cheddars and stiltons. The softer and more creamy cheeses are too sweet to go with the pallette of most malts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) Sorry, got to disagree there Gruff. A malt is to be savoured and it's finer qualities appreciated without any conflicting distractions. The only thing to complement a malt is a second glass of malt. Edit: An unusual combination I was introduced to not too long ago was Christmas cake and a mature cheddar. Try it if you have never done so. Edited December 25, 2013 by BoD 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffalo Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Sorry, got to disagree there Gruff. A malt is to be savoured and it's finer qualities appreciated without any conflicting distractions. The only thing to complement a malt is a second glass of malt. Edit: An unusual combination I was introduced to not too long ago was Christmas cake and a mature cheddar. Try it if you have never done so. I am not about to argue with you BoD. I do enjoy a nice malt without cheese too, my doctor doesn't like me having more than a matchbox sized piece a day so generally I have a malt and a little filtered water, the cheese option is rare but enjoyable all the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2013 Edit: An unusual combination I was introduced to not too long ago was Christmas cake and a mature cheddar. Try it if you have never done so. Standard issue in Yorkshire!! (Although Wensleydale is more appropriate) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) Sorry, got to disagree there Gruff. A malt is to be savoured and it's finer qualities appreciated without any conflicting distractions. The only thing to complement a malt is a second glass of malt. Edit: An unusual combination I was introduced to not too long ago was Christmas cake and a mature cheddar. Try it if you have never done so. not unlike the serving of wensleydale cheese and fruit cake in the north, feels wrong but somehow works. edit to apologise for a similar response to Barry, must have crossed in the ether Edited December 25, 2013 by colin penfold Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2013 Update on the Drinks situation: 2 bottles of Penderyn malt 1 bottle of Jamesons 2 bottles of port 2 bottles of vodka A masterclass in whisky tasting for my brother and I at the Penderyn distillery. Oh and a box of wine gums from my mother! At this rate i shall end up like this: Regards Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2013 IMHO, a nice malt will go well with some cheeses, especially mature cheddars and stiltons. The softer and more creamy cheeses are too sweet to go with the pallette of most malts. I agree I'm just relaxing with some malt and the left over blue Wensleydale after all the outlaw's, inlaws and assorted hangers on have departed. Jamie 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) Ah! The Single Malt. My favourite tipple. Having been educated by Scottish friend to drink my whiskey as 1finger whiskey and 1 finger spring water (and who am I to argue with a man who had a beard like a forest and who could use cabers as toothpicks), I have one everyday as my "drink before bedtime". Mostly, but not always, a 12 year old. However, once a year (and on my birthday) I have a wee dram of 50 year old single malt that I got for my 50th birthday (casked the year I was born, bottled the year I turned 50). Very nice, very complex single malt. Not one for sipping whilst doing anything else, but one for studiously savouring... And only another 6 months to go before my next wee dram of 50y.o. Consumable Christmas gifts included biscuits, chocolate liqueurs and a Stollen, but alas no single malt (not even from Mrs iD). Well, at least there's always the home-made whiskey cake to look forward to on the 27th. Yum. Edited December 25, 2013 by iL Dottore 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Update on the Drinks situation: 2 bottles of Penderyn malt 1 bottle of Jamesons 2 bottles of port 2 bottles of vodka A masterclass in whisky tasting for my brother and I at the Penderyn distillery. Oh and a box of wine gums from my mother! Ah, the top of a very slippery slope! ..............The new year might require a trip to wine gummers` anonymous. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2013 Evening all. Hope it's all going well. We've finally consumed the turkey and trimmings and are settling down, well the others are, I'm waiting for a ballast to leave March so I can go and photograph it at the local station - in fact whilst typing this I notice it's on it's way. The videos will hopefully be Ok (ish) and for the still photos ? - spray and pray is the term that comes to mind - as long as the station lights have been left on I should get something - well..... Can't resist the chance to photograph a train on Christmas day though ! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Something has filled me up. Must have been that last King Prawn I had before lunch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Something has filled me up. Must have been that last King Prawn I had before lunch. Wasn`t that a little shellfish of you! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelintrev Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Evening all, Surprise emails from both son & daughter this morning. (I'd thought they'd forgot me!) Had a cracking day here visiting Homosassa Wild Life Park. A few photos attached, including rescued Manatees (aka Sea Cows) and lots of native wild birds.... For Xmas dinner apparently I'm having Seafood Chowder......hope your day went well. Trev. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) Christmas day 2013 draws to a close and the toast here is to: "absent friends!"....... Edited December 25, 2013 by Debs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted December 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2013 66739 and 66725 duly photographed (a loose term) passing at 22:18, with ice forming, the temperature was 0 deg C, glad I went to see them, there is another ballast tomorrow morning and I know there's still a good chance it could be a celebrity loco on it (66718 , 720 or 721) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Don't forget your favourite Charities, folks! Best, Pete. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Anyone else still up? It's only 7:15 pm over here My nephew gave me an R/C Helicopter - I hope that it is sturdy, if not I might end up with some components to try R/C in Railway mode..... Best, Pete. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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