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It has been a funny sort of week.


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Inter-semester break.

 

Monday: Visited Maiden Castle (one of the major reasons why I chose to study archaeology) and various other Iron Age hillforts in Dorset: a very nice place, but the weather conditions could have been better. Scaling the ramparts was an incredibly entertaining ordeal; although the 50mph wind did not really help. One of my peers deemed it hilarious to roll down the various mounds; he was in fact correct in judgement because he received a black eye as a result of his stupidity ( :lol: ). Besides engaging in tomfoolery, I did find the trip to be very informative - so much so, I have taken out a few of Mortimer Wheeler's journals on the site. However, the trip was spoiled a little bit by the fact that during the journey back, my lecturer realised that a couple of students were missing (in fact a group of six were still at the hillfort), and the coach had to go back and get them...apparently some students are still there now.

 

Tuesday: went to a black-tie ball. A very interesting event indeed. It started with a six-course meal complete with courses that I did not know even existed - apparently there is a course between the starter and the main meal known as an entr

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OK! What is the difference between 'navy' and 'ladies' strength gin? A few names please. Which is more suitable for 'muddy tinis'? :drunk:

 

:P

 

Not entirely: it is sometimes mixed with mint and other perfumes.

Manly snuff doesn't have that stuff in it! :lol:

 

:P

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OK! What is the difference between 'navy' and 'ladies' strength gin? A few names please. Which is more suitable for 'muddy tinis'? :drunk:

 

 

Navy strength is 57% alcohol; 'Lady strength' is just my friend's nickname for ordinary strength gin.

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114 proof! That's called 'white lightnin'! You could go blind and or stop breathing! ;) Made it once; cat died. :P

 

:P

 

In the UK, we have a cheap cider known as 'white lightning'

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