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[quote="Davo"] Jeez Jeff, you are a right proper drongo. of course I fish for the future. Fillet and release is my motto. OK, I have now found an article called "Aussie Slang and Terminology made easy" m from it I have found: Berk: Definition: Jerk, loser, fool. Also called: Boof'ed (Boof ...

BTW, can we conclude you are a vegan or vegetarian? With an attitude to fishing like that you surely can't eat meat either? OK...I admit it, I went for the laugh. It was a line I heard in college many years ago and it cracked me up. Imagine pulling a fish out of the water and it's screaming...It re...

Take no offence. "bastard" are only use on their buddies(strictly Ozztralian speaking ) Much appreciated. I have a number of good Australian friends and have already been called (affectionately I hope!) a bastard. Perhaps I had it wrong. If so......no offense taken. It just seemed inappropriate in ...

Yeh but, they can still buy guns and ship them wherever. Strange bastards that lot. Hi Davo, Perhaps a bit off topic for a wine forum.....don't ya think? As an American myself, please be assured that there is a pretty diverse group of people amongst all those "bastards"....many of which might even ...

Thanks for the replies Graeme – you make a very good point that drink “now” can at times run for more than one year. It does support you’re your conclusion that the wine makers are perhaps consistently underestimating the drinking windows of their wines....

Hello to all the forum regulars. I have been lurking for far too long (probably 2 years) and have decided to "come out of the cellar" so to speak. While nowhere near as experienced as many of the members here, I have tried many of the wines that often appear on the board. I'm a Westerner (O.K....I c...