The first Thursday of 2011, #412

[Randi]

Well, I know red wine suits my weather better right now, but I'll join in and have a G & T, please! Love that stuff! Oh, and to go with it... some Bugles and dip, please!

Oh Slick, that BFH - my sympathy.

Maggie, I'll keep sending positive thoughts for your father, hope he'll pull through!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

We are having our first snow of the winter today. BLAH!!!
Plus, a cold front is moving in. We won't be above freezing again until the weekend if then. My arthritis is complaining loud and long.

Need some hot chocolate with tons of marshmallows, and 6 cat nip teas please?

[RICHARD]

We are having our first snow of the winter today. BLAH!!!
Plus, a cold front is moving in. We won't be above freezing again until the weekend if then. My arthritis is complaining loud and long.

Need some hot chocolate with tons of marshmallows, and 6 cat nip teas please?

Hot choc and some CNTs

Stay warm and done!

[DJFyrewolf36]

I'll order through the fog...tis a sad day in fogville today though as the Ducks LOST *sigh*. I will stay here, safe and warm and away from the nutjobs that are sure to come floating out of the woodwork tonight.

A toast to Seattle making it further in the playoffs!

And *hugs* for everyone!!!

[Pinot's Mom]

Good morning, all! Our snow is coming!

Coffee's on the bar with cinnamon scones. Help yourselves!

[Grace]

How about a glass of red wine? Maybe from this press . . . . .

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Archeologists have unearthed the oldest wine-making facility ever found, using biochemical techniques to identify a dry red vintage made about 6,000 years ago in what is now southern Armenia.

The excavation paints a picture of a complex society where mourners tasted a special vintage made at a caveside cemetery, the researchers reported on Tuesday in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

"This is the world's oldest known installation to make wine," Gregory Areshian of the University of California Los Angeles, who helped lead the study, said in a telephone interview.

Carbon dating showed a desiccated grape vine found near a wine press was grown around 4000 BC, his team reported.

This makes it 1,000 years older than any other wine-making facility discovered, the team from Armenia, the United States and Ireland reported.

entire article

Wonder if they found any old, moldy cheese to go with the wine?

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Please keep the hot chocolate flowing. We might warm up to 16 degrees if we are lucky today. Our wind chill is 10 below. BURRR!!!
I WANT SPRING AND I WANT IT NOW!!!! (I know too bad, eh? )

[RICHARD]

Please keep the hot chocolate flowing. We might warm up to 16 degrees if we are lucky today. Our wind chill is 10 below. BURRR!!!
I WANT SPRING AND I WANT IT NOW!!!! (I know too bad, eh? )

I would have died at the busstop!

Refills?

DONE!

Grace,

Hardtack for the cheese?

DONE!

PM,

thanks!


DJ,
They lost to the cheater.

ugh.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Still freezing here. Our windchill was 15 below this morning. With any luck we may warm up to 15 today. At least the sun is out.

Dear Phred, please ask God to turn the sun's heat up on my little spot of the ole dirt ball, please please?

Meanwhile, more hot choco please, Richard?

[RICHARD]

Still freezing here. Our windchill was 15 below this morning. With any luck we may warm up to 15 today. At least the sun is out.

Dear Phred, please ask God to turn the sun's heat up on my little spot of the ole dirt ball, please please?

Meanwhile, more hot choco please, Richard?

Stay warm

DONE!

[cassiesmom]

I heard on the news that tomorrow, 1/13, is actor Patrick Dempsey's birthday ... so ... I'm raising my cuppa decaf (because I'm not a fan of hot chocolate) in a pre-birthday toast to McDreamy! If he really were a neurosurgeon, I'd transfer to the OR in a half a heartbeat.