Re: Defining civilisation: contrary view

2003-03-09 Thread Rob Studdert
On 9 Mar 2003 at 19:48, Bob Walkden wrote: > well said, Stan! Anybody would be hard pushed to find anywhere a greater > variety of very high quality eateries than we have in the UK > French wine is still the best... Come to Oz, I'll change your mind :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Te

Re: Defining civilisation: contrary view

2003-03-09 Thread Keith Whaley
Shaun Canning wrote: > > Jeez Bob, you obviously haven't spent much time drinking Australian > quality wines. It is as good as anything produced anywhere in the world. They have replaced most of our American wines as house wines... and we drink some nice wines at home... keith whaley So Cal >

Re: Defining civilisation: contrary view

2003-03-09 Thread Shaun Canning
Jeez Bob, you obviously haven't spent much time drinking Australian quality wines. It is as good as anything produced anywhere in the world. Cheers Shaun Bob Walkden wrote: Hi, Sunday, March 9, 2003, 6:15:06 PM, you wrote: I have accumulated 10-12 weeks total time in the U.K. over the last 2

Re: Defining civilisation: contrary view

2003-03-09 Thread Keith Whaley
Now there's a tale! ;^) I won't pursue it, for fear of raising someone's hackles! THey do make some fine plum wines, and the Japanese have been making alcoholic beverages for millennia, so I'll believe you! keith whaley Bob Walkden wrote: > > Hi, > > Sunday, March 9, 2003, 8:46:30 PM, you wro

Re: Defining civilisation: contrary view

2003-03-09 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Sunday, March 9, 2003, 8:46:30 PM, you wrote: >> French wine is still the best, though; here we send all our grapes north to >> Scotland where they make whiskey out of them . > That may be, but they make whisky out of grain products and fine clear water... > Perhaps it's the workers in the d

Re: Defining civilisation: contrary view

2003-03-09 Thread Keith Whaley
Bob Walkden wrote: > > Hi, > > Sunday, March 9, 2003, 6:15:06 PM, you wrote: > > > I have accumulated 10-12 weeks total time in the U.K. over the last 25 > > years. I can recall one bad meal (in an Indian restaurant in Cambridge.) > > From fish-and-chips take-out locations in London to high en

Re: Defining civilisation: contrary view

2003-03-09 Thread Stan Halpin
on 3/09/03 10:47 AM, Nick Zentena at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On March 9, 2003 10:08 am, William Robb wrote: >> >> Better wine, better cheese and better food than the English. > > > Better then the English? Isn't that a universal given?-) > > Nick > > I have accumulated 10-12 weeks tot