Reflecting back over the years, RIP to those former posters who were a significant part of the site, but, sadly, are not with us to mark the 20 year milestone.
@SeanT (left, never to return)
I appreciate it, thank you.Can I also add Robert that keeping this place going for your dad is a wonderful gesture which makes me wonder how entirely serious you were being about your kids earlier!Presumably @eadric - who he? - chose to delete all of his content.Mention of @SeanT reminds me of @eadric (flounced?), @Byronic (banned) and @LadyG (also banned) for some reason - I can't think why.Reflecting back over the years, RIP to those former posters who were a significant part of the site, but, sadly, are not with us to mark the 20 year milestone.I remember when you were Yanis Varoufakis. Anyhoo...
Left whilst still alive
@RodCrosby (Holocaust remarks)
@isam (argued with hosts, since returned)
@antifrank aka @AlistairMeeks (argued with others, now blog author)
@Charles (argued with others),
@TissuePrice (works in a big shed somewhere)
@SeanT (left, never to return)
@IshmaelZ (argued with others)
@MrEd (argued with hosts, thought to have returned)
@CorrectHorseBattery (argued with others, thought to have returned)
Left on death
@SBS (died 2009)
@PLATO (died 2017estimated)
@MARKSENIOR (died 2017)
@CALUM (died 2019)
@NICHOMAR (died 2021)
There have been others which I can't recall, and I know that at least one other has died, so if anybody can add more names I would be grateful.
(Incidentally, why is @eadric showing 0 posts? That's not right, shirley?)
I’d hoped you would have found your password by nowYou must forgive me. I've been reading, and commenting on, this blog site for nearly twenty years, and consequently my mental faculties are not what they once were.No not thatThis is the earliest article I've been able to find so far.Have you found it yetHow would I manage nearly 15,000 posts if that were 'appening???I assumed they were such twaddle the fabric of the universe lost them through a series of quantum blips.I think eadric convinced the mods they were about to have a book adapted into a film and therefore become famous enough to be embarrassed by some of their idle musings, and so had all of their comments deleted.Mention of @SeanT reminds me of @eadric (flounced?), @Byronic (banned) and @LadyG (also banned) for some reason - I can't think why.Reflecting back over the years, RIP to those former posters who were a significant part of the site, but, sadly, are not with us to mark the 20 year milestone.I remember when you were Yanis Varoufakis. Anyhoo...
Left whilst still alive
@RodCrosby (Holocaust remarks)
@isam (argued with hosts, since returned)
@antifrank aka @AlistairMeeks (argued with others, now blog author)
@Charles (argued with others),
@TissuePrice (works in a big shed somewhere)
@SeanT (left, never to return)
@IshmaelZ (argued with others)
@MrEd (argued with hosts, thought to have returned)
@CorrectHorseBattery (argued with others, thought to have returned)
Left on death
@SBS (died 2009)
@PLATO (died 2017estimated)
@MARKSENIOR (died 2017)
@CALUM (died 2019)
@NICHOMAR (died 2021)
There have been others which I can't recall, and I know that at least one other has died, so if anybody can add more names I would be grateful.
(Incidentally, why is @eadric showing 0 posts? That's not right, shirley?)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/oct/10/labour.politicalcolumnists
What is the "it" that you were referring to that I was apparently searching for?
China is now the world’s largest winemaker by some measures.I remember buying Chinese wine in China in about 2009. In xiengeli-la (literally: shangri-la) in Yunnan province, where everyone is TibetanTesco had a Chinese red wine recently. A little odd, and a little overpriced. But not bad.Almost every country I visit these days produces some kind of wineI may have spoken too soon:It exists! According to Google anyway:NoWell this is both sad and touching. Thank-you, Our Most Genial of Hosts, I hope your health somehow allows you to return, occasionallyThey couldn’t come up with anything better than a wine so popular it’s in every Tesco in Britain? Is there any Colombian wine?
It’s been a privilege to comment on this site these past 15, sorry 9, sorry 4, sorry 2 and a half, sorry 2 years. It really is like a pub except the locals wear terrifying masks and Hitler occasionally plays the piano
Its also kept me sane and prevented me dying of loneliness on long foreign trips - such as this one right now
Cheers to all of us, mods and commenters, anarchists and atheists, kippers and Communists, lurkers, lefties, LadyGs and lunatics, from the hot and cloudy jungles of Colombia
At least I haven’t found any
I am extremely grateful for the existence of Chilean and Argentine wine - in Colombia. Otherwise it would be Californian or European and twice as pricey
https://www.madalyneloree.com/post/explore-colombian-wine-country
“INSIDER TIP: we found the wine in La Union to be quite sweet or dulce. They explained during the tour that while they do make drier wines (seco) the majority of their customer base in Colombia (mostly Colombians) instead like the sweet wines. In fact, we read that the majority of wine from Colombia is on the sweeter side (due to the elevation and climate). If you are like us and prefer drier wines, still definitely try the sweet wine - it is quite refreshing and delicious. “
I’ve had Thai wine (not great). I’ve had Ethiopian wine (not bad at all). I’ve had Indian wine (meh but improving). I’ve had Egyptian wine (tolerable)
It’s actually rare to find a country that doesn’t make wine
Eg Denmark makes wine. Yes, Denmark
https://www.visitdenmark.com/denmark/things-do/danish-food/vineyards
Greenland. Iceland. Parts of west and central Africa - no wine
It was the only wine available and pretty expensive but the bottle I bought for $20 was actually ok
I remember my driver could not understand the point of buying a bottle of weak alcohol for $20 when I could buy a litre of the local firewater for about $2
Those were the early days of Chinese wine culture…
What about Dutch wine?Almost every country I visit these days produces some kind of wineI may have spoken too soon:It exists! According to Google anyway:NoWell this is both sad and touching. Thank-you, Our Most Genial of Hosts, I hope your health somehow allows you to return, occasionallyThey couldn’t come up with anything better than a wine so popular it’s in every Tesco in Britain? Is there any Colombian wine?
It’s been a privilege to comment on this site these past 15, sorry 9, sorry 4, sorry 2 and a half, sorry 2 years. It really is like a pub except the locals wear terrifying masks and Hitler occasionally plays the piano
Its also kept me sane and prevented me dying of loneliness on long foreign trips - such as this one right now
Cheers to all of us, mods and commenters, anarchists and atheists, kippers and Communists, lurkers, lefties, LadyGs and lunatics, from the hot and cloudy jungles of Colombia
At least I haven’t found any
I am extremely grateful for the existence of Chilean and Argentine wine - in Colombia. Otherwise it would be Californian or European and twice as pricey
https://www.madalyneloree.com/post/explore-colombian-wine-country
“INSIDER TIP: we found the wine in La Union to be quite sweet or dulce. They explained during the tour that while they do make drier wines (seco) the majority of their customer base in Colombia (mostly Colombians) instead like the sweet wines. In fact, we read that the majority of wine from Colombia is on the sweeter side (due to the elevation and climate). If you are like us and prefer drier wines, still definitely try the sweet wine - it is quite refreshing and delicious. “
I’ve had Thai wine (not great). I’ve had Ethiopian wine (not bad at all). I’ve had Indian wine (meh but improving). I’ve had Egyptian wine (tolerable)
It’s actually rare to find a country that doesn’t make wine
Eg Denmark makes wine. Yes, Denmark
https://www.visitdenmark.com/denmark/things-do/danish-food/vineyards
Greenland. Iceland. Parts of west and central Africa - no wine
Can I also add Robert that keeping this place going for your dad is a wonderful gesture which makes me wonder how entirely serious you were being about your kids earlier!Presumably @eadric - who he? - chose to delete all of his content.Mention of @SeanT reminds me of @eadric (flounced?), @Byronic (banned) and @LadyG (also banned) for some reason - I can't think why.Reflecting back over the years, RIP to those former posters who were a significant part of the site, but, sadly, are not with us to mark the 20 year milestone.I remember when you were Yanis Varoufakis. Anyhoo...
Left whilst still alive
@RodCrosby (Holocaust remarks)
@isam (argued with hosts, since returned)
@antifrank aka @AlistairMeeks (argued with others, now blog author)
@Charles (argued with others),
@TissuePrice (works in a big shed somewhere)
@SeanT (left, never to return)
@IshmaelZ (argued with others)
@MrEd (argued with hosts, thought to have returned)
@CorrectHorseBattery (argued with others, thought to have returned)
Left on death
@SBS (died 2009)
@PLATO (died 2017estimated)
@MARKSENIOR (died 2017)
@CALUM (died 2019)
@NICHOMAR (died 2021)
There have been others which I can't recall, and I know that at least one other has died, so if anybody can add more names I would be grateful.
(Incidentally, why is @eadric showing 0 posts? That's not right, shirley?)