Jono Slack

[F.J.]

Hi

:^?

dunno what a Beerenauslese is - I'm afraid .

Beerenauslese -- German version of Sauternes. Made from rotten Riesling grapes if expensive, from rotten Muller-Thurgau if not (like mine.)

As for expensive over here, well, there's BARSAC and there's barsac - and > ours is definitely barsac!

Know what you mean. Mine was 35.00 USD and was the most expensive bottle of wine I ever bought. (Note that all the wine snobs are now laughing at me from behind their 300.00 Chateau d' Yquem.)

prefer the montbazillac myself, but maybe it's because I've been
there!

Oh neato! Never had the opportunity to go abroad myself. London is the top of my list, though. Followed by Vienna and Paris. The other day I was thinking, wow, you guys in the UK could hop a plane a t Heathrow and have lunch in Paris, then go back in one day. Obviously not something practical, but hey? The Chunnel might even make it cheaper, I suppose.

kind regards
jono slack
(who usually drinks 'plonk')

'Plonk' ? What's that? Britslang for run-of-the-mill wine? I love it!?!

Take care,

F.J.
(Who usually drinks 'plonk', too)

hehehe
I'm afraid I'm not really in the same league as you - when I say
'classy' I mean classy for me!

Oh, don't be so self-deprecating! I know absolutely noone IRL who'd
have a clue what a Montbazillac or a Barsac is. (They'd probably
think I fired the bartender if I started muttering about 'Barsac.')

there's some Montbazillac and a bottle of Barsac - neither of them
remotely grand vintages.

Well, I'll shamefully admit to only having a Beerenauslese on hand
at present.

one day maybe!

Same here. I caved in and drank my Barsac some time ago, and
haven't yet replaced it. They probably aren't cheap in the UK
either!

so - what's for desert :^)

Dang. Makin' me hungry again. Just found a recipe for an apple cake
served with Roquefort -- that might do the trick for a Barsac,
methinks.

kind regards
jono slack

and to you,

F.J.

:^)

Didn't think you would - s'true though - I may be old, but I can
make it to the wine rack in the house - this one has mostly malt
whiskey and gin - together with a couple of bottles of classier
desert wine.

kind regards
jono slack

Oooh.... Oneophiles abound. Whatcha' got there, Sauternes,
Trockenbeerenauslese, Tokaj, Port, what?

I need to know so that I can bring the appropriate dessert, you
see.... Chocolate souffle' cake with the Port, Raspberry and pastry
cream Gateaux with the Trocken.... oh, I'm getting hungry now, all
your fault!

May all your corks stay moist,

F.J.

 

[Brent Lossing]

Jono,

So I go out for a while and come back to see - you! I didn't read all the posts, but the few I did read seemed pretty relieved that you were not a lot different in picture than you appeared in writing - and I'll second the sentiment - though a nose shaped like a trunk may have added to the flavor of your later comments. Nice to see who you are.

Brent

PS are you actually attached to that wood thing in the back left of you it must be uncomfortable

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

 

[William C]

Just keeping this thread alive (yes I can be evil)
and I wonder if it will reach 100.

I honestly do believe that you did not realized how
much attention you will be attracting. Did you notice
on DP Review home page the Top discussion,
your name is there. Of course you did.

Bill

 

[adwiser]

What a man Jono! What a man!
Bravo!

friendly your Adwiser

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

 

[F.J.]

Just keeping this thread alive (yes I can be evil)
and I wonder if it will reach 100.

I honestly do believe that you did not realized how
much attention you will be attracting. Did you notice
on DP Review home page the Top discussion,
your name is there. Of course you did.

Bill

Well, soon as I saw Jono, I said to myself, this thread's gonna' go Hot. It took, what, 20 minutes? It was the suspense!

F.J.

 

[Jono Slack]

HI FJ

Thank you - you learn something every day - today I've learned what Beerenauslese is, and you've learned what PLONK is . . . . . . not sure quite what to make of that!
:^)

Hi

:^?

dunno what a Beerenauslese is - I'm afraid .

Beerenauslese -- German version of Sauternes. Made from rotten
Riesling grapes if expensive, from rotten Muller-Thurgau if not
(like mine.)

As for expensive over here, well, there's BARSAC and there's barsac - and > ours is definitely barsac!

Know what you mean. Mine was 35.00 USD and was the most expensive
bottle of wine I ever bought. (Note that all the wine snobs are now
laughing at me from behind their 300.00 Chateau d' Yquem.)

I once saw a bottle of Chateau d' Yquem on a restaurant wine list for £1200 . . .
$2000 - didn't buy it though !

prefer the montbazillac myself, but maybe it's because I've been
there!

Oh neato! Never had the opportunity to go abroad myself. London is
the top of my list, though. Followed by Vienna and Paris. The
other day I was thinking, wow, you guys in the UK could hop a plane
a t Heathrow and have lunch in Paris, then go back in one day.
Obviously not something practical, but hey? The Chunnel might even
make it cheaper, I suppose.

Yes - or the ferry - over to France, stock up with the wine and back again the same day - not Paris it's too far! You can get cheap day trips, and it only takes a couple of hours each way - including waiting time - either chunnel or ferry.

kind regards
jono slack
(who usually drinks 'plonk')

'Plonk' ? What's that? Britslang for run-of-the-mill wine? I love
it!?!

Take care,

F.J.
(Who usually drinks 'plonk', too)

hehehe
I'm afraid I'm not really in the same league as you - when I say
'classy' I mean classy for me!

Oh, don't be so self-deprecating! I know absolutely noone IRL who'd
have a clue what a Montbazillac or a Barsac is. (They'd probably
think I fired the bartender if I started muttering about 'Barsac.')

there's some Montbazillac and a bottle of Barsac - neither of them
remotely grand vintages.

Well, I'll shamefully admit to only having a Beerenauslese on hand
at present.

one day maybe!

Same here. I caved in and drank my Barsac some time ago, and
haven't yet replaced it. They probably aren't cheap in the UK
either!

so - what's for desert :^)

Dang. Makin' me hungry again. Just found a recipe for an apple cake
served with Roquefort -- that might do the trick for a Barsac,
methinks.

kind regards
jono slack

and to you,

F.J.

:^)

Didn't think you would - s'true though - I may be old, but I can
make it to the wine rack in the house - this one has mostly malt
whiskey and gin - together with a couple of bottles of classier
desert wine.

kind regards
jono slack

Oooh.... Oneophiles abound. Whatcha' got there, Sauternes,
Trockenbeerenauslese, Tokaj, Port, what?

I need to know so that I can bring the appropriate dessert, you
see.... Chocolate souffle' cake with the Port, Raspberry and pastry
cream Gateaux with the Trocken.... oh, I'm getting hungry now, all
your fault!

May all your corks stay moist,

F.J.

 

[Jono Slack]

HI Gerald!

Hi Gerald
you should have seen the other 35 pictures -aaaahh - but for me - I
still remember those days when I wasn't covered in wrinkles with
one eye on the pisss!

I didn't really want to post it at all - I mean - if they found the
Loch Ness Monster - or that bear thing in the States - it'd be
exciting for about ten minutes and then - bang - there's another
little mystery gone

Hmmmmmmm, OTOH, I also suspect that you, as I, may believe that
Gentlemen are also known as horse thieves and liars... ;-)

Horse thief - me - more likely to be giving 'em away

Liar - definitely - so maybe I am a gentleman, even if I can't play the piano accordian.

Perhaps that really wasn't you? Maybe it's a carefully crafted bit
of British humor designed to mislead the masses? Perhaps there is
still a mystery at hand. Is that really Jono? Are there more than
one of him? Who was holding the camera? Despite that carefully
posed hand holding a remote I'm not entirely sure the effect of
using a tripod wasn't carefully planned. Perhaps the REAL Jono
Slack was again behind the camera? Is that a crop circle espied in
the background?

You don't think I didn't think of this one . . .. . . . truth to be told, I was rather embarrassed by how big an issue it seemed to have begun - otherwise - definitely, another red herring would have been in order!

No takers? Oh, well, so much for mythos... Some say the greek
gods all went home again because the people stopped believing in
them. Sad. I hear Venus was a cutie. ;-)

PS. As for the wrinkles, consider them badges of office. Bet you
earned every one fair and square.

No - I inherited them from my father - and nobody ever said that inherited wealth was earned!

PPS. If/when I post a self-portrait the mystery of Bigfoot will at
last be set to rest... sadly, there dies another myth.

Bigfoot - that's the name - haha - not just the wrinkles, the brain's going too
:^)

kind regards
jono slack

 

[Jono Slack]

hi Brent

I'm rather confused as to how you can tell what somebody looks like from their writing. I guess you are telling me that I write skinny, wrinkled and slightly crooked! Not sure that I should take that as a compliment!

As for the wood thing - definitely part of the structure, and I spend so much time in here that I guess I might be considered as part of it!

How the devil are you!

kind regards
thanks for posting
Jono slack

So I go out for a while and come back to see - you! I didn't read
all the posts, but the few I did read seemed pretty relieved that
you were not a lot different in picture than you appeared in
writing - and I'll second the sentiment - though a nose shaped like
a trunk may have added to the flavor of your later comments. Nice
to see who you are.

Brent

PS are you actually attached to that wood thing in the back left of
you it must be uncomfortable

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

 

[Jono Slack]

HI Bill
Might reach 100 if I keep posting answers!

It's all a con, based on my principle that I need to answer everybody that posts on my threads!

as for the top thread . . . . . of course I noticed, but I also noticed that I was second to a flame war about D30 snobs! So . . . . . I don't think I should feel too proud of that do you!

OTOH this is a great place, and just to let down my british reserver for a second, I would like to say that I'm very touched by all the interest! . . . . . even if some of it is malicious!

kind regards
jono slack

Just keeping this thread alive (yes I can be evil)
and I wonder if it will reach 100.

I honestly do believe that you did not realized how
much attention you will be attracting. Did you notice
on DP Review home page the Top discussion,
your name is there. Of course you did.

Bill

 

[Jono Slack]

Hi good advisor :^)

ho hum - do I detect sarcasm . . . . or even . . . . god forbid . . . .IRONY!

kind regards
jono slack

friendly your Adwiser

snip - that's enough of THAT

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

 

[Gerard(TheFarmer)]

Irish Whiskey oh yes!
Jamesons I like best (can't think of other names off the top of my
head).

Hi Jono

Nice to see you and good to hear you've got your E20.
I still haven't, still got the Lipo Pack, but no camera as yet.

Regarding Irish Whiskey, there is another type!!!

It's clear i.e.transparant and highly potent.

It's extremely difficult to get and very illegal to own.

But if you're in the know, it can still be got.

A few years ago, I struck up a friendship with a Japanese fellow called Mr. Itoh. He was over here, in Ireland, on contract doing work for the telecommunications company I work for.
(My daytime job - my other job is a farmer!)

He told me that when he was going home, his whole extended family was getting together to toast or celebrate their ancestors, apparantly an annual custom of theirs.

So, he asked me if I could get him a bottle of this potent liquid to help things along.

Trough a friend of a friend of a friend, in the dead of night, I managed to source said bottle.

Needless to say, one happy little man went through customs and off back to Japan with a bottle of "Poteen" disguised as a bottle of Holy Water From The Knock Shrine.

I met him a year later and he assured me that the bottle had gone down a treat with the family, although he did say that next day, "Head very sore, but could we have two more bottles?"

Before anyone else asks, my supplier has since gone out of business.
Anyway, I don't even drink!!!

Best regards

Gerard (The Farmer)

 

[Veniamin Kostitsin II]

Hey, i am just a shameless narcistic do-no-good %-) that's it ... how are you doing by the way ? if you are interested, i've dumped a few new shots on to my gallery :

http://www.digitalimage.at/photo

cheers

veniamin

kind regards
jono slack

veniamin

http://www.digitalimage.at/photo

http://www.slack.co.uk/oddsandends/jono.jpg

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

 

[adwiser]

Hi Jono,

Please excuse me for not reading "my threads" more often )
There was no sarcasm and no irony in my post, could you believe that ;-) ?

Perhaps a little envy? I am not an elegant person - most of the times I look like a pitbull... Oh yea, not mentioning the newly arrived weight problems :-(

best regards,

AdWiser (the newbie jerk arround ;-)

ho hum - do I detect sarcasm . . . . or even . . . . god forbid . .
. .IRONY!

kind regards
jono slack

friendly your Adwiser

snip - that's enough of THAT

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk