Duckduckgo

March 25, 2015

A stupid name of course, but have been trying out this clutter free, untrackable search engine for awhile. It's grown on me, as it's so very clean and simple, and you can easily set it up as you want. I know you guys would not be seen dead using such a search engine because of the title, but I like it anyway.

Coss · March 25, 2015

You might be surprised to know, that it's well known and used amongst the cognoscenti of the board.

March 25, 2015

" Cognoscenti "

That's a word I have never ever come across or heard of before, and had to look that up. A high word only used very occasionally, by extremely well educated people, unless of course your Italian ... I would have thought.

So that sort of counts me out .... Have to be content with using expert

... Cognoscenti is an old Italian word which means 'experts' or 'people in the know'

Now I wonder who these discerning expert board members might be, but I think i have a general idea

Mekong · March 25, 2015

Cogito, ergo sum

I think, therefore I am

Any Latin derived word with the prefix "Cog" relates to thought or mind

See my Grammar School Latin still works even though it's over 30 years ago now.

The_Munchmaster · March 25, 2015

A high word only used very occasionally, by extremely well educated people,.....

Which begs the question, how did Coss know it?! :neener: :cover:

March 25, 2015

A cognoscenti board member indeed, as is Mekong .....

Coss · March 26, 2015

Which begs the question, how did Coss know it?!

A lot of people in this country pooh-pooh Australian table wines. This is a pity as many fine Australian wines appeal not only to the Australian palate but also to the cognoscenti of Great Britain.

Black Stump Bordeaux is rightly praised as a peppermint flavoured Burgundy, whilst a good Sydney Syrup can rank with any of the world's best sugary wines.

ChÃ¢teau Blue, too, has won many prizes; not least for its taste, and its lingering afterburn.

Old Smokey 1968 has been compared favourably to a Welsh claret, whilst the Australian Wino Society thoroughly recommends a 1970 Coq du Rod Laver, which, believe me, has a kick on it like a mule: eight bottles of this and you're really finished. At the opening of the Sydney Bridge Club, they were fishing them out of the main sewers every half an hour.

Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Perth Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is 'beware'. This is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.

Another good fighting wine is Melbourne Old-and-Yellow, which is particularly heavy and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat.

Quite the reverse is true of ChÃ¢teau Chunder, which is an appellation contrÃ´lÃ©e, specially grown for those keen on regurgitation; a fine wine which really opens up the sluices at both ends.

Real emetic fans will also go for a Hobart Muddy, and a prize winning Cuivre Reserve ChÃ¢teau Bottled Nuit San Wogga Wogga, which has a bouquet like an aborigine's armpit.