Removing hand grips ?

On Feb 19, 8:42 am, "Theo Bekkers" <tbekk... DeleteThis @bekkers.com.au> wrote:
> JL wrote:
> > Theo Bekkers wrote:
> >> I just bought three cases of wine from my local vineyard. A 2003
> >> Verdelho, a 2005 Chenin Verdelho, and a 2006 Shiraz. Advertised
> >> locally by letterbox drop. They also chucked in a case of cleanskin
> >> Chenin Blanc. The whole lot for $260. Averages $5.40 a bottle.
> >> Cellar door and in the know sales only. It's quite quaffable.
>
> >> Another peasant.
>
> > How do you work that out ? That's not a logical extension at all - you
> > scored something drinkable at cost or thereabouts for whatever reason
> > (probably because they don't have a commercial quantity left so it'd
> > cost them more than the profit to ship it). Rec retail on the above is
> > what - $15-25, yes ?
>
> Ahh grasshopper. If I pay $5 for a bottle of wine that retails for $20, is
> it a $5 bottle or a $20 bottle that I bought?

<shrug> It's a bottle that rates N out of 100 (lets say 90 for the
sake of argument),that's constant it's RRP is say $20 but you bought
it at manufacturing cost of $5. It's still the same bottle of wine the
fact that you got it for a quarter of what the rest of us poor
bastards pay is beside the point. The RRP is just a convenient (albeit
somewhat imprecise - Hammo would be loving this discussion) shorthand
for a quality range. Thanks to the marketing types not everything that
retails for >$25 is above 90/100 rating, but sure as hell very few
that sell for under 15 will rate above 90...

JL
(and as discussed those many times with Hammo, whether the thermometer
reading -8C is precisely accurate or not, it's a good rule of thumb
reading that says "it's bloody cold" same same for the above)

On Feb 18, 4:01 pm, intact.kneesli....DeleteThis@start.com.au wrote:
> On Feb 15, 11:17 pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbe....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> working in North Sydney, the coffee black hole of greater Sydney.
> Eight cafes within a block of the building, and none of them rate
> better than a six...

Hmm the one on Miller near the corner of McLaren *might* have been OK
(not the one on the actual south east corner thats below road level
its woeful, the one near the south west corner a door or two down)
only been once and that was a year ago so memory is fuzzy but I seem
to recall it was drinkable. Worth a try.

Ahh, yes and another worth a try, is owned by the same guy as my
second favourite in the city (behind Mecca of course). Elizabeth
Plaza. Directly underneath fitness first and the walkbridge over the
pacific highway.

JL