What Are You Doing In Real Life II

[Jimbuna]

^ Pictures or it didn't happen!!

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

^ Pictures or it didn't happen!!

You cheeky old sod you.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

You cheeky old sod you.

[Fubar2Niner]

My daughter was released from hospital last night and is home at last.

She is still recovering and will be for some time to come. She has to attend a day ward once a week for scans. These are to check that the infection that kept her in so long and was the reason for her emergency surgery is continuing to clear. She also has a nurse visiting each day, to change dressings and monitor her recovery.

As you can imagine after a very anxious two weeks I am over the moon, there is still some way to go before complete recovery but things are on the up and up at last.

Thanks for all your support through this torrid time chaps

Respect and kind regards.

Fubar

[Jimbuna]

^ Nice one

[Aktungbby]

Temperature to reach 109 F. today and 110 F. tomorrow! The high temps and abundant winter rains have started the all important Napa grape harvest earlier than normal. Much harvesting is at night to avoid the heat on the workers. The smoke from numerous California and Oregon fires has descended on the Napa Valley and the haze is very thick. This is not without effect on the #1 industry:

...also mentioned that a majority of red grapes are in a hardened state at the moment, but as they begin to soften toward the end of the month, this will make them more susceptible to smoke.
As it happens, Australia’s Department of Agriculture has already had the chance to investigate the effect smoke has on grape and wine production, after the country was hit with large wildfires in 2003 near Canberra. And it wasn’t good.
“Wines made from grapes exposed to smoke during sensitive growth stages can exhibit aromas and flavors resembling smoked meat, disinfectant, leather, salami and ashtrays,” said a report. It noted that when “unfavorable smoke characteristics are detected by consumers at high concentrations”, the wines could be “unpalatable”.
“Unsalable wines result in financial losses for producers with costs flowing on to wine brands, market presence and future sales,” the report said
In California, those invested in winemaking all across the state are watching the daily efforts to extinguish or contain the blazes that have already come dangerously close to their grapes.

Spare the Air is in legal effect till after the weekend; so no holiday BBQ's; spending day indoors watching "Up Periscope' ''the Enemy Below'' and ''Destination Tokyo'' on TCM! with a classic 2009 Napa Cabernet (as yet smoke free) in hand of course.

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by Fubar2Niner

My daughter was released from hospital last night and is home at last.

She is still recovering and will be for some time to come. She has to attend a day ward once a week for scans. These are to check that the infection that kept her in so long and was the reason for her emergency surgery is continuing to clear. She also has a nurse visiting each day, to change dressings and monitor her recovery.

As you can imagine after a very anxious two weeks I am over the moon, there is still some way to go before complete recovery but things are on the up and up at last.

Thanks for all your support through this torrid time chaps

Respect and kind regards.

Fubar

Thank you for the update ... sometimes we never hear back from people. Hoping and praying for her to get over this soon.

@ Aktungbby haven't the Sacramento delta area had fires before and I didn't hear anything about wine making then being a problem. All they have to do is put a strange name on it anyway like Old Smokey Chateu la Brand

what about the honey won't the smoke cause it to be flavored also

[Aktungbby]

Sacramento delta....Old Smokey Chateu la Brand

The Delta area wine appellation consists of Koolaide with rubbing-alcohol and red dye #2 or excess maraschino cherry juice added for effect...generally causing blindness. That's Chateau by the way; although the spelling their runs toward 'Quonset Hooch'! Gallo a major wine middle grade bottler in the Lodi-delta area famously made 'fortified wines such as Thunderbird; 'Wild Irish Rose' a favorite of the down and out. https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/bum-wine-comparing-wild-irish-rose-thunderbird-cisco-wine-and-others I myself stick to Trader Joe's $3 buck chuck chardonnay (used 2 B Two buck Chuck) which is actually quite good but on occasions of state go with classy Mondovi's lesser brand of Woodbridge, also from the delta appellation.....No screw-top vino only corks in my hooch BBY...at 66, I have some standards left!

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Fubar2Niner

My daughter was released from hospital last night and is home at last.

Good news indeed.

[STEED]

Nothing on today so I am relaxing and gearing up to cut the lawn Sunday some time.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Fubar2Niner

My daughter was released from hospital last night and is home at last.

[Sailor Steve]

Went to hear a friend's band play last night. Great food, great music and great fun. Didn't get to bed until almost 0400, but still...

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Fubar2Niner

My daughter was released from hospital last night and is home at last.

She is still recovering and will be for some time to come. She has to attend a day ward once a week for scans. These are to check that the infection that kept her in so long and was the reason for her emergency surgery is continuing to clear. She also has a nurse visiting each day, to change dressings and monitor her recovery.

As you can imagine after a very anxious two weeks I am over the moon, there is still some way to go before complete recovery but things are on the up and up at last.

Thanks for all your support through this torrid time chaps

Respect and kind regards.

Fubar

Happy to hear that your daughter is doing well and on the path to recovery. Hopefully your family is breathing easier now that the worst seems to be behind your daughter and family.

All the best.

[STEED]

Cutting the grass today has been cancelled due to rain, result.

[Eichhörnchen]

Lawrence fell down a rabbit-hole when we were on holiday a few years back (well not RIGHT down)...