*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

@mark_vasicek That is wonderful work. Well done.

Welcome to mastodon, Mark.

@freemo That is very nice indeed. It looks better on the preview image, has texture and shadow.

How did you convert it into ascii?

@freemo Incredible preservation, look at that fur! Wow.

@realcaseyrollins

Cheers then!
@freemo

@11112011 @Anunnakey@freespeechextremist.com
NW, Porto is really nice. Not to get drunk on, but just to enjoy the taste, some good conversation with good people.

I visited the region where the grapes are grown this year, the Alto Douro, up the Douro River from the city called Porto itself.

The wine got that name from the place it came from. Similar to Madeira wines, which come from that lovely island.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_wine

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For the record, there's nothing wrong with these lower priced Reds, they are honest Table wine.

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Portuguese supermarket shelf. Notice the big range of pricing available, starting at just over Euro 1.5 or so.

Costs here in Canada are three times these, typically. 9 euros for a bottle of locally produced varietals.

The wineries all have monster Chateau kind of buildings; clearly overpriced and it shows in their ostentation.

Image from this page, might be an interestign read!

http://www.aaronokada.com/foodanddrink/grocery-shopping-in-portugal/

@11112011

I meant the LCBO itself. For criticizing them here, lol.

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@11112011
LCBO.com doesn's seem to be responding atm, or maybe they already Blocked me! 😛

But here's a page that could be interesting.

https://www.lcbo.com/content/lcbo/en/homepage/Destination-Collection/discover-the-wines-of-portugal.html
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@11112011
There are so many good wines in Portugal, at all price levels. Can barely find ANY Portuguese wines at the LCBO, Ontario's liquor store controller. Pity.

They bring in all kinds of wines from all over the world.

"Port" made in Australia ?? If it was a French d.o.c. they would have a fit. Rightfully too.

I end up buying Italian wine from the less famous regions (Abbruzzo mostly, San Giovese grapes), or Chilean ones (Cab merlot mix is the currently open bottle).

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@realcaseyrollins
Yes, do take care of those. Have a good trip!

Sometimes I wish we had an "opt out/unsubscribe" control in Mastodon. I just got stormed into a busy one, where we just had talked about Pizza, red Wine and nice ladies, then BOOM... 😜
@freemo

@realcaseyrollins Thank you, same for you!

@susi123 11:56 am here. :) Sleep well, Susi. 🌠

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There is a lot of emotions here, clearly. But we had just started a nice chat about pizza, wine.

😞

@freemo
The incident you describe, with an aged person being attacked by a group, is clearly criminal and indefensible.

@realcaseyrollins

@freemo

Here's the incident I was recalling.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/torch-carrying-white-nationalists-march-through-university-of-virginia-ahead-of-rally/

And the militias came next day, armed to the tooth. See photos here: https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=charlottesville+militia+photos&qpvt=charlotsville+militia+photos
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@realcaseyrollins

Agreed that they are radical, but they clearly oppose people who are not pretty flowers. See last year in August, the torch walkthru University campus and armed militia coming to town.

Ending on protester being killed intentionally with a vehicle.
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@realcaseyrollins Good morning. 🌄

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Not sure who Portugal is mad at, as Blitz stated. 😏