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requiem_for_a_starfury
Hero of the Wastes
Joined: 29 Oct 2002
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 1:44 am |
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| S4ur0n27 wrote: | | I was just saying, saying most wien drinkers are snob makes you look full of shit. |
And posting a link to a pretentious over priced bottle of plonk doesn't I suppose?
I've got nothing against ordinary wine drinkers who drink wine as if it was water, but people who pay ridiculous amounts for basically a bottle of fermented grape juice and then go on about being aged in oak barrels etc, well there's an expression that just sums them up nicely 'they saw you coming' . |
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Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD
Hero of the Wastes
Joined: 09 Jun 2002
Posts: 1757
Location: Legitimate Businessmen's Social Club
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:28 am |
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| requiem_for_a_starfury wrote: | | S4ur0n27 wrote: | | I was just saying, saying most wien drinkers are snob makes you look full of shit. |
And posting a link to a pretentious over priced bottle of plonk doesn't I suppose?
I've got nothing against ordinary wine drinkers who drink wine as if it was water, but people who pay ridiculous amounts for basically a bottle of fermented grape juice and then go on about being aged in oak barrels etc, well there's an expression that just sums them up nicely 'they saw you coming' . |
Its only 15 dollars. How is that overpriced?
A name brand case of beer will cost you over 30 easy, possibly more. Jager and other bottled alcohol costs you in the range of 30-40, more or less. |
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Retlaw83
Goatse Messiah
Joined: 17 Jul 2004
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:32 am |
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| Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote: | | boywoos wrote: | | Mandy: I'd heard American beers are usually 2-3%, surely this cannot be true? |
It sure is. Maybe if they are lucky they can get some 4%. Americans aren't allowed to have alcoholic beer because they get excited and cause mischief. |
Virtually all American beer is 4%. That's why the circles I hang out in tend to drink ice or imports. |
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Subhuman
Haha you're still not there yet
Joined: 21 May 2002
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Location: Denial
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:24 am |
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Mandy, better wines cost more. A lot more than 15 dollars. It depends what you're looking for. |
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Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD
Hero of the Wastes
Joined: 09 Jun 2002
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 4:03 am |
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| Subhuman wrote: | | Mandy, better wines cost more. A lot more than 15 dollars. It depends what you're looking for. |
Of course. Everything comes in a price grade.
My uncle drinks 500 dollar bottles while spending over 100 a plate at restaurants.
Its all the same piss, just from different areas of the globe. |
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S4ur0n27
Mamma's Gang member
Joined: 01 Jun 2002
Posts: 15013
Location: Outremont
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 5:03 am |
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How is 15 $ CDN in any way overpriced? You can buy a decent bottle of wine for around 12 $. I even posted a link to the Astica which is 8 $. Sure, I've seen bottles worth 5000$, but it's not like I can afford them.
Hell, Paris was packed with decent bottles for like 3 euros.
The image you have of wine drinkers is really coming straight from the 50s or something. Or you really are a poor fuck. |
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Arjuna
Vault Dweller
Joined: 23 Jul 2003
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Location: UK
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:42 am |
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Another reason beer is so popular is that its so mobile, you can walk around with a can or a bottle. And they come in 8-packs.... how can that be bad? |
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requiem_for_a_starfury
Hero of the Wastes
Joined: 29 Oct 2002
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:23 am |
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It's overpriced because it's twice the price of an average bottle converting to British Pounds. Sure by paying more you get a better product (I sure hope so) but the difference between a £7 bottle and a £3 bottle is miniscule. Even a £30 or £1000 bottle is still just basically immature vingear not yet fit to put on your chips. 
And my view of wine drinkers comes from living, working and socialising with them. |
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Nicolai
ASSHAT
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
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Location: Wheelchair Warez HQ
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:23 pm |
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Vinegar chips = worst invention ever. |
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requiem_for_a_starfury
Hero of the Wastes
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:14 pm |
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Ah but vinegar + salt + chips = beauty. |
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Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD
Hero of the Wastes
Joined: 09 Jun 2002
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 5:00 pm |
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| requiem_for_a_starfury wrote: | It's overpriced because it's twice the price of an average bottle converting to British Pounds. Sure by paying more you get a better product (I sure hope so) but the difference between a £7 bottle and a £3 bottle is miniscule. Even a £30 or £1000 bottle is still just basically immature vingear not yet fit to put on your chips.
And my view of wine drinkers comes from living, working and socialising with them. |
That isn't the conversion for Canadian money. Its higher than the conversion for the American dollar. |
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requiem_for_a_starfury
Hero of the Wastes
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:09 pm |
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On line currency converters show 15 Canadian dollars as 6.77 British Pounds so I wasn't that far out. |
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Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD
Hero of the Wastes
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Location: Legitimate Businessmen's Social Club
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:02 pm |
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Whats minimum wage in the UK? |
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Gimp Mask
Mamma's Gang member
Joined: 18 Apr 2002
Posts: 3530
Location: 18 Apr 2012
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:07 pm |
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| Arjuna wrote: | | Another reason beer is so popular is that its so mobile, you can walk around with a can or a bottle. And they come in 8-packs.... how can that be bad? |
we have 'em in 6 packs and 12 packs, but I've never heard of 8 packs  |
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Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD
Hero of the Wastes
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:55 pm |
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| Gimp Mask wrote: | | Arjuna wrote: | | Another reason beer is so popular is that its so mobile, you can walk around with a can or a bottle. And they come in 8-packs.... how can that be bad? |
we have 'em in 6 packs and 12 packs, but I've never heard of 8 packs |
Neither have I. |
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requiem_for_a_starfury
Hero of the Wastes
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:07 pm |
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| Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote: | | Whats minimum wage in the UK? |
What's that got to do with anything, a bottle could cost a £1 and would still be overpriced if it was only worth a penny.
| Gimp Mask wrote: | | we have 'em in 6 packs and 12 packs, but I've never heard of 8 packs |
I don't know where Arjuna is but you can get beer in packs of 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 24 in the UK. |
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S4ur0n27
Mamma's Gang member
Joined: 01 Jun 2002
Posts: 15013
Location: Outremont
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:38 pm |
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Wine isn't overpriced, you just don't like it. |
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Arjuna
Vault Dweller
Joined: 23 Jul 2003
Posts: 118
Location: UK
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:54 pm |
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| Gimp Mask wrote: | | we have 'em in 6 packs and 12 packs, but I've never heard of 8 packs |
we have em in 8 packs observe
www.drink-king.co.uk/ index.php
the link shows what I buy, 8 x 500ml for £5.00
I'm poor what can I say? |
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