Another pointless thread

France

If you are into castles then there are Dover, Walmer and Deal to visit.

Romney Hythe and Dymchurch railway is good- you can go to Dungeness on it for instance - lots of Photo ops there.

Rye is not too far away either. Port Lympne Wildlife park may be worth a visit too.

Do wrap up warm! It is going to be cold next next week.

Some inspiring photos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKuxGWkF1Jc&feature=player_embedded#!

And Canterbury Cathedral isn't too far way either,

Bernard

If it wasn't full of French

but think of the cheap high quality wine

Being a Geordie I was thinking of taking a long sleeved shirt in case it got a bit parky

It sounds like I'm going to need a month but hopefully in the time I'll have available will get some good snaps

I think that is one of the "mandatory" tours and looking forward to that

Thanks for the helpful hints

Wasn't it sweetened with anti-freeze some time ago

Perfect for the cold weather then .

(It was the Austrians who did that btw)

I think you`ll find it was the Italians who thought of it first.................7th Apr 1986 – A deadly wine scandal in Italy. ... a bottle of Fraris Dolcetto del Piedmonte that contained methyl alcohol, which is normally used in antifreeze.But the Austrians got found out first ...................... Four thousand years of winemaking history counted for little after the "antifreeze scandal" of 1985, when it was revealed that some wine brokers had been adulterating their wines with diethylene glycol. The scandal destroyed the market for Austrian wine and compeeled Austria to tackle low standards of bulk wine production, and reposition itself as a producer of quality wines.

But......................For as long as wine has been made, wine has been manipulated, adulterated and counterfeited. In ancient Rome, Pliny the Elder complained about the abundance of fraudulent Roman wine which was so great that even the nobility could not be assured that the wine they were pouring on their table was genuine. For the poor and middle class of Rome, local bar establishments seemed to have an unlimited supply of the prestigious Falernian wine for unusually low prices.

HG and I both remember Pliny moaning - lol

Tony - the younger

I thought the Italians blended methanol with theirs in 1986. The Austrians did the antifreeze in 85.

I had a bottle of Austrian wine recently. Sadly those drinking it with me were all too young to get the antifreeze reference.

I thought I`d just said that Gwyn !!!!!

I`m having a Zinfandel with no added additives.............

Cheers

Tony

Just to change the subject (completely for a very short while, please). Can anyone recommend a pair of headphones that can be use to remotely listen to a TV set. All I can find locally work with Bluetooth and I'm sure our TV doesn't have that. I found a set on ebay that use the FM band so you have to find a dead spot that doesn't include Radio 1 or a local Asian pirate station, so not keen on those either.

I am thinking of something that converts a headphone socket to a UHF (433MHz) signal which is then reconsitutedd by the headphones, if such a thing exists.

Would welcome the advise then you can get back to the merits (or lack of) imbibing C2H5OH in its many disguises.

Regards
Bernard

reconsitutedd is that like reconstituted but STEREO!

Never used any but wireless headphones have been widely available
for at least 15 years.... you shouldn't have any trouble finding some.

I've had a pair of Sennheisers for years and they work as well today as they did when I first unpacked them. Compared with others I've tried, both before my original purchase and since when I've had money 'burning a hole in my pocket', they sound good, remain comfortable even when listening for extended periods, do not suffer from interference and are able to function over a considerable distance. Indeed, weather permitting, I have often listened to digital radio on Freeview whilst working or lounging in the garden. They range in price from around £50.00 to £180.00 on Amazon link. Mine are at the lower end of the range but my experience has led me to conclude that those in the middle and top of the range must sound superb

Jon

I've been using Phillips (from Argos IIRC ) and the only problem is the rechargable batteries in the headset start to not hold a charge after a couple of years. If replaced with "look alike" you have to strip about 5mm of the label from the base of the battery for it to work. It means wife can listen to tv at normal volume while I can hear with the headphones otherwise its sub titles (when available) or the street can hear our tv too