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As if it isn't hard enough to coincide the amount super needed with one's death, I gotta do it with my wine too??

Side bets on our annual golf weekend sees us pump $40 into Keno after each round. Once we won 300 dollarydoos. Mate recently won $34k then $1600 the following week. That CMO.

Are you electable?

As does mine. Ah well.

Absolutely, I doubt anyone could reasonably argue otherwise...... provided the travel is a legit need. In which case it's just a coincidence or handy bonus that travel bookings increased during the DSC booking period. If not, and I think this is clear in the tone of the article, the...

There's a Virgin Wine deal ($135 for 12 wines, 2 x wine, 2 x stemless glasses, and 4000 point) that would stack with the Amex offer. Dunno if it'll also trigger the Aus and/or Laithwaite offers. $85 for 4000 points isn't special but not bad to get a few points ahead of the winter slow cook season.

I keep a scanned copy of my passport (visa pages, personal info page) in the cloud or web-based email in case I lose the real thing, together with other important documents like driver's license, TI policy/pds. Especially important when travelling. I also keep the same copies on an external...

If a public servant conjures up reasons to get status via work funded travel, a DSC promo saves the taxpayer 50%.

We trained it up to Lhasa from Chengdu and flew from Lhasa to Xian. Our "private" tour was 12 days which included 2 full days in Lhasa. We had a couple of hours with the guide on arrival then we just did our own thing. All permits and train tickets were sorted by the travel agency about 2-3...

Credit cards points and transfer bonus might help the numbers seem less pedestrian. If there were cards in the store I shop at then I'd probably buy them but I wouldn't hunt for them like I otherwise would for a better offer.

I thought I had read reports of some getting a second bite of the hotel cherry when they requalified for Platinum? Had to call and request it, not automatic via website.

We use Reho and they inserted their ABN on one of my bookings. It couldn't be changed.

I'm delighted to read that @olympicwiz. I was going by the langtons vintage chart that was posted here not long ago. 10/10 for Barossa in 2018, 7/10 for 2017. Expectations now raised accordingly. Bang on about the bottle too. It looks and feels like a very substantial wine when holding it...

The Righteous FG I received was a 2017. Even though it does say "Vintage is not guaranteed and may vary store to store or when delivered", I'm spewing a little. Thought I bought one of the best recent vintages and got a decidedly average one. 😡

A small pebble in a tyre valve is appropriate. Two tyres if the smile/shrug had mayo on it.

Terrific! Ta for that. It does sound cool and now am really looking forward to it. Though 60ml is not what I'd thought a "very small amount" (as per the website) would be. I imagined pipettes and microscopes and litmus tests for some reason. 🤣

Looking forward to following along @Matt_01 :) I see you've booked a tour but is it still the case that guided tours are required for travel outside of Lhasa?

Turns out mine is a 91 (that I bought for $180 in 1996). And the ullage appears to be in the "re-cork recommended" zone so I'll register for an event, prolly in BNE so my Dad can come. Does anyone taste the wine as part of the re-corking process?

I haven't tried it either but a quick search of posts here suggests it's worth a spin. I like the Albert too so that sealed it.

@cosi and @anat0l need to be better joke raitas.