tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post522271499134079335..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: PARKENSTEIN! Part the LastRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-26660311154908113262012-01-20T09:23:08.643-08:002012-01-20T09:23:08.643-08:00If you have an erection lasting more than four hou...If you have an erection lasting more than four hours, just write another sequel to Sideways.Andy Perduenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-65340028098285622442012-01-09T18:23:11.535-08:002012-01-09T18:23:11.535-08:00Hey Gerry,
Thanks, I guess. And, indeed, my reade...Hey Gerry,<br /><br />Thanks, I guess. And, indeed, my readership has soared into the teens. Which has actually been a lifelong dream. Know any teens?<br /><br />Eric,<br /><br />Long time, no talkee. Hope things are well. Clearly, I'm still insane.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-33884265802259101282012-01-09T13:02:44.723-08:002012-01-09T13:02:44.723-08:00Hose, Hose, Hose.
Merry Christmas.
EVOHose, Hose, Hose.<br /><br />Merry Christmas.<br /><br />EVOEric V. Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421713709476706024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-77025540201183050262012-01-09T11:54:40.447-08:002012-01-09T11:54:40.447-08:00If you have an erection that lasts for more than f...If you have an erection that lasts for more than four hours, call for re-inforcements!! ;-)<br /><br />BTW, I have purloined your entire Parkenstein saga and put it on my blog with links to yours. That is why your hits have soared to four or five more than last week.Gerry Daweshttp://www.gerrydawesspain.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-5585197929614218152012-01-08T18:25:38.348-08:002012-01-08T18:25:38.348-08:00Hi Sue!
Yes, it was fun judging with you. I try t...Hi Sue!<br /><br />Yes, it was fun judging with you. I try to keep my HoseMaster secret identity secret when I'm at industry functions. Though the bullet-proof vest is often a tip-off.<br /><br />Oh, the archives are full of nothing but my nonsense. Don't waste too much time there. But if you have an erection lasting more than four hours, call a doctor.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-62912031452161331702012-01-08T17:21:41.971-08:002012-01-08T17:21:41.971-08:00Damn! When I grow up, I wanna write like you!
It w...Damn! When I grow up, I wanna write like you!<br />It was great judging with ya, Ron. I had an idea of the brain power that was humming along on my left, but now I need to check out your archives!<br />Cheers!<br />Sue Straight<br />The Wine Wench®Wine Wenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17842693643013987040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-59722877946928793912012-01-06T15:17:15.582-08:002012-01-06T15:17:15.582-08:00Hey Blake,
Well, if you mean the eBob discussion ...Hey Blake,<br /><br />Well, if you mean the eBob discussion board, yup, those are a lot of zombies to fear. Or there is the CIA Hall of Fame awards, known as "Night of the Living Dead."<br /><br />The zombies--they're all around us!!Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-31883463278172469892012-01-06T08:35:26.786-08:002012-01-06T08:35:26.786-08:00Nice one, Ron. But death is not final: beware the ...Nice one, Ron. But death is not final: beware the Parkenstein zombie.W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-6635301905527886602012-01-06T07:50:18.391-08:002012-01-06T07:50:18.391-08:00Alfonso,
Nothing to add from the author of "...Alfonso,<br /><br />Nothing to add from the author of "On and on and on and on and on the Wine Trail in Italy." Wow, that's a first! I'm humbled.<br /><br />Thomas,<br /><br />Parkenstein! is over. Thank God for small blessings. Though it was fun to write, unlike most of the drivel I produce.<br /><br />Score Daddy,<br /><br />Thanks for remembering the Million Point Scale. I cannot imagine why it never caught on. Maybe because most critics (or "mitics" as Alfonso likes to call them)only like numbers between 84 and 98, roughly equivalent to their readers' IQs.<br /><br />Samantha, My Love,<br /><br />You AND Alfonso rendered speechless with one post! Man, I definitely deserve a Poodle.<br /><br />Can't say I'm thrilled to be back, but having you love me is a gift. I love you too, Gorgeous.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-420885370831782422012-01-06T07:35:41.608-08:002012-01-06T07:35:41.608-08:00Ah yes, the ever so familiar feeling of, "Fuc...Ah yes, the ever so familiar feeling of, "Fuck, what can I say to sound the least bit clever....(sigh)" feeling after reading a HoseMaster piece. Got nothin'. I adored the series, am thrilled you're back and love you so!Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-8051542340095651562012-01-05T23:44:34.769-08:002012-01-05T23:44:34.769-08:00I believe that Howdy Deuteronomy is going to live ...I believe that Howdy Deuteronomy is going to live a long time in annals (gee, did I spell that right?) of wine rhetoric.<br /><br />As for me, I am off the read the book of numbers. No, not the Book of Numbers, silly. The book of numbers. Now that Parkerstein is dead, we are going to need new numbers, different numbers.<br /><br />Oh, wait, I've got it. The million point system.One Two Three Daddyhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-35067588270946948822012-01-05T18:50:24.685-08:002012-01-05T18:50:24.685-08:00is it really over?
I doubt it.
I do have to say,...is it really over?<br /><br />I doubt it.<br /><br />I do have to say, however, that Mr. Dawes may have gored the ox into infinity by now.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-32593774551377453292012-01-05T17:53:53.122-08:002012-01-05T17:53:53.122-08:00nothing to add- just thought it was cool my word v...nothing to add- just thought it was cool my word verification was<br /><br />miticAlfonso Cevolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-91153087810059695722012-01-05T16:27:35.180-08:002012-01-05T16:27:35.180-08:00Gerry,
Thanks for all the links. Just having a bi...Gerry,<br /><br />Thanks for all the links. Just having a bit of fun at an easy target. Jim Budd has been a long time supporter of the ol' HoseMaster, for which I am very grateful.<br /><br />Marcia Love,<br /><br />I told you it was a happy ending. Now it's on to other wine baloney.<br /><br />T. Dominic Hughes,<br /><br />Quite the moniker. And not the first time I've been called a goat.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-13878430196405849712012-01-05T14:35:01.058-08:002012-01-05T14:35:01.058-08:00Howdy Deuteronomy.
You better quit now, there ar...Howdy Deuteronomy. <br /><br />You better quit now, there are no lofty peaks to climb, etc. You leaped over all of them like the capering goat. Go rest ye, my Lord and tin God.<br /><br />T. Dominic HughesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-75558016081838061632012-01-05T13:22:01.851-08:002012-01-05T13:22:01.851-08:00Jim Budd actually put the Parkenstein post links i...Jim Budd actually put the Parkenstein post links in a story on his blog. <br />http://jimsloire.blogspot.com/Gerry Daweshttp://www.adventuresinspanishtaste.com/2010/10/experience-gerry-dawess-spain-video-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-19348868376408508032012-01-05T12:34:29.342-08:002012-01-05T12:34:29.342-08:00Jim Budd has linked your posts on Parkenstein to h...Jim Budd has linked your posts on Parkenstein to his blog in the UK.<br /><br />Gerry<br /><br />Excellent. Thanks for this, Have linked it up on Jim's Loire.<br /><br />Saluti<br /><br />Jim<br /> <br />Editor of Circle Update, newsletter of the Circle of Wine Writers: http://www.winewriters.org/<br /><br />www.investdrinks.org: dubious wine investment schemes<br />Also: investdrinks-blog – http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Jim's Loire: http://jimsloire.blogspot.com/<br />The Loire: the vineyards, the producers and their wines.<br /><br />As English wine writer Jim Budd commented of Tyler Colman’s Dr. Vino blog on the morning of Dec. 6: “The $64,000 (or rather euro) question is will Miller be writing up for the Wine Advocate his recent visits to a number of Spanish wine regions, in particular Murcia and Valencia who paid a total of 64,000€ for Miller to visit, assess and rate their wines.<br /><br />If, as it appears, Miller's retirement was long planned and if these visits are not to be written up* in TWA have not the Murcia, Valencia, Madrid and Malaga D. O.s been seriously misled at best?”Gerry Daweshttp://www.gerrydawesspain.com/2011/12/david-schildknect-of-wine-advocates.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-14944373167576232752012-01-05T10:42:21.682-08:002012-01-05T10:42:21.682-08:00"Howdy Deuteronomy!" Nearly shot my coff..."Howdy Deuteronomy!" Nearly shot my coffee out my nose -- I had forgotten the safety rules when reading a HoseMaster original. (<i>WARNING: The consumption of beverages while reading may be hazardous to your desktop and keyboard. Drink and read at your own risk.</i>)<br /><br />Parkenstein! RIPMarcia Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237764449953259939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-88567493514974581122012-01-05T09:07:47.386-08:002012-01-05T09:07:47.386-08:00Miller has taken that one-way trip down Robert Par...Miller has taken that one-way trip down Robert Parker Coffin Road in Long Grove, Illinois, joining Pierre Rovani as another botched Parkenstein at cloning. https://picasaweb.google.com/DawesPhoto/RobertParkerCoffinRoadLongGroveIL?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCPuZvcr05OOLfg&feat=directlinkGerry Daweshttp://www.gerrydawesspain.com/2011/12/distancing-begins-jancis-robinsons-read.htmlnoreply@blogger.com