Wine carriers

On Nov 18, 9:03 pm, Rosemary wrote:

I would use them Rosemary except Celestina and Belle' both like the
cardboard tubes made for yarn. I just pile them in and they have
fun...almost as much fun with the leaving from carding our alpaca
fiber.
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"Rosemary" wrote in message

> Does anyone else use the cardboard carry-boxes with six compartments for
> wine bottles which you can get from supermarkets (in the UK, anyway) for
> their rats? Mine love them - they can go in through one of the
> compartments
> and it's all one big box inside, and I can get it in the cage even though
> the door's quite small, cause I put it in flat with the top bit bent over
> and open it out once it's inside the cage.
>
> Rosemary

I haven't, but I will pick one up next time I shop. Thanks for the tip! :)
Even if they're not that keen on the carry-box, it sounds like a damn good
excuse to get six bottles of wine. :)
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"Ratticus Rattus esq." wrote:

> On Nov 18, 9:03 pm, Rosemary wrote:
>
> I would use them Rosemary except Celestina and Belle' both like the
> cardboard tubes made for yarn. I just pile them in and they have
> fun...almost as much fun with the leaving from carding our alpaca
> fiber.

I've not come across the cardboard tubes you're talking about - I'm always
on the lookout for ones the right size, though. I have heard people say
they use the cardboard tubes from rolls of carpet that they beg from the
local carpet shop, but I've never got up the courage to ask :-)

Do you keep your own alpaca?

Rosemary
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"Andrea" wrote:

> "Rosemary" wrote:

>> Does anyone else use the cardboard carry-boxes with six compartments
>> for wine bottles which you can get from supermarkets (in the UK,
>> anyway) for their rats? Mine love them - they can go in through one
>> of the compartments
>> and it's all one big box inside, and I can get it in the cage even
>> though the door's quite small, cause I put it in flat with the top
>> bit bent over and open it out once it's inside the cage.
>
> I haven't, but I will pick one up next time I shop. Thanks for the
> tip! :) Even if they're not that keen on the carry-box, it sounds like
> a damn good excuse to get six bottles of wine. :)

Now that's a very good point :-D

Rosemary
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On Nov 26, 3:41 am, Rosemary wrote:
> "Ratticus Rattus esq." wrote:
>
> > On Nov 18, 9:03 pm, Rosemary wrote:
>
> > I would use them Rosemary except Celestina and Belle' both like the
> > cardboard tubes made for yarn. I just pile them in and they have
> > fun...almost as much fun with the leaving from carding our alpaca
> > fiber.
>
> I've not come across the cardboard tubes you're talking about - I'm always
> on the lookout for ones the right size, though. I have heard people say
> they use the cardboard tubes from rolls of carpet that they beg from the
> local carpet shop, but I've never got up the courage to ask :-)

Try a craft shop or knitting shop. The tubes are about 3 1/2 to 4
inches in diameter and roughly the same length. I get mine for free
because the wife crochets. ;^) Mind you I've learned to never answer
"it doesn't matter" when she asks what colour I want something...she
has a room full of yarn. YIKES!

> Do you keep your own alpaca?

Yes, currently they are boarded at a alpaca ranch. Farm land isn't
cheap and our studs need to earn some more money so we can buy land.
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On Nov 26, 3:42 am, Rosemary wrote:
> "Andrea" wrote:
> > "Rosemary" wrote:
> >> Does anyone else use the cardboard carry-boxes with six compartments
> >> for wine bottles which you can get from supermarkets (in the UK,
> >> anyway) for their rats? Mine love them - they can go in through one
> >> of the compartments
> >> and it's all one big box inside, and I can get it in the cage even
> >> though the door's quite small, cause I put it in flat with the top
> >> bit bent over and open it out once it's inside the cage.
>
> > I haven't, but I will pick one up next time I shop. Thanks for the
> > tip! :) Even if they're not that keen on the carry-box, it sounds like
> > a damn good excuse to get six bottles of wine. :)
>
> Now that's a very good point :-D
>
> Rosemary

But what if I prefer a nice sherry or amontialldo? Granted the grocery
store carries wine...none I'm that fond of. For heavens sake some of
it comes in boxes!!!
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On Nov 29, 8:41 am, Rosemary wrote:
> "Ratticus Rattus esq." wrote:
>
> > Try a craft shop or knitting shop. The tubes are about 3 1/2 to 4
> > inches in diameter and roughly the same length. I get mine for free
> > because the wife crochets. ;^) Mind you I've learned to never answer
> > "it doesn't matter" when she asks what colour I want something...she
> > has a room full of yarn. YIKES!
>
> Thanks for the idea :-) Did you know when you got married your wife was a
> yarnoholic?
>
> >> Do you keep your own alpaca?
>
> > Yes, currently they are boarded at a alpaca ranch. Farm land isn't
> > cheap and our studs need to earn some more money so we can buy land.
>
> Wow. An alpaca ranch. I've never heard of such a thing.
>
> Are they good to keep with sheep like llamas?

I suppose. Haven't looked into it. Most of the lamb here is for wool
and after owning alpaca fiber socks, gloves and clothing in
general...sheep are naught but meat to me. I love lamb...might even
have a little something special of the the 25th of Jan. ;^)

p.s. That way my fellow 'merkans don't get grossed out.
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On Nov 29, 8:38 am, Rosemary wrote:
> "Ratticus Rattus esq."     wrote:
>
> > Rosemary wrote:
> >> "Andrea" wrote:
>
> >> > Even if they're not that keen on the carry-box, it sounds like
> >> > a damn good excuse to get six bottles of wine. :)
>
> >> Now that's a very good point :-D
>
> > But what if I prefer a nice sherry or amontialldo? Granted the grocery
> > store carries wine...none I'm that fond of. For heavens sake some of
> > it comes in boxes!!!
>
> Ooh dear; wine from a box. I'd rather drink tapwater.

Well it's a aluminumized<sic> mylar sandwich in a cardboard box if you
wish to be picky. 8^) But yeah...if one is drinking with a meal or
good company it's beer. Wine is for cooking...sherry's being an
exception to the rule.

IF you want a real shocker...over here the morons think that beer
isn't any good if it has any yeast left in it! Don't get me started on
how under hopped the so called american lagers are...heathens.

> If I'm honest, I use the wine carriers for bottles of passata more often
> than wine, anyway :-)

Lucky you, ours is all in boxes or bags.
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"Ratticus Rattus esq." wrote:
> Rosemary wrote:
>> "Andrea" wrote:
>
>> > Even if they're not that keen on the carry-box, it sounds like
>> > a damn good excuse to get six bottles of wine. :)
>>
>> Now that's a very good point :-D
>
> But what if I prefer a nice sherry or amontialldo? Granted the grocery
> store carries wine...none I'm that fond of. For heavens sake some of
> it comes in boxes!!!

Ooh dear; wine from a box. I'd rather drink tapwater.

If I'm honest, I use the wine carriers for bottles of passata more often
than wine, anyway :-)

Rosemary
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"Ratticus Rattus esq." wrote:
>
> Try a craft shop or knitting shop. The tubes are about 3 1/2 to 4
> inches in diameter and roughly the same length. I get mine for free
> because the wife crochets. ;^) Mind you I've learned to never answer
> "it doesn't matter" when she asks what colour I want something...she
> has a room full of yarn. YIKES!

Thanks for the idea :-) Did you know when you got married your wife was a
yarnoholic?

>> Do you keep your own alpaca?
>
> Yes, currently they are boarded at a alpaca ranch. Farm land isn't
> cheap and our studs need to earn some more money so we can buy land.

Wow. An alpaca ranch. I've never heard of such a thing.

Are they good to keep with sheep like llamas?

Rosemary
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"Ratticus Rattus esq." wrote:
> Rosemary wrote:
>> "Ratticus Rattus esq." wrote:
>
>> > IF you want a real shocker...over here the morons think that beer
>> > isn't any good if it has any yeast left in it! Don't get me started
>> > on how under hopped the so called american lagers are...heathens.
>>
>> Presumably you cen get imported lagers, though (at a price)? Pilsner
>> Urquell is one of my favourites of the Czech lagers, or Staropramen
>> for when I want something a bit punchier. Budweiser Budvar is good,
>> too
>
> I LOVE Pilsen Urquell! We've recently been able to Hoogarden<sic?>
> mmm, gooood.

I think I have a Hoegaarden glass somewhere :-) I've heard there's an
American-made beer called (...wait while I ferret round the web... aha!)
Celis White, that's made by a company started by the same guy who made
Hoegaarden. Don't know what it's like, but it sounds a similar sort of
thing.

I got into lager more after I went to the Czech Republic - before that, I
drank the odd lager, the occasional ale, some spirits. I really only
drink ale when I'm in a pub. Strange thing was that most of the places I
went to in Prague served either Budweiser Budvar or Pilser Urquell (from
Budweis and Pilsen respectively, obviously) if you just asked for a
lager, rather than Staropramen, which is from Prague.

> Get Stella Arois also, when I lived in the Tacoma, Wa
> area I could get some Lambec beers.

Is it still "reassuringly expensive" by the time it gets to you? :-)

> Interestingly the BEST porter I
> can recall ever having is made in Cambridge, Ma. It's a little brewery
> called "Cambridge brewing co." they call it their 'Charles River
> Porter'

That sounds like an interesting drink. I'm not much of a stout or porter
drinker - dark beers tend to mess with my medications more than lighter
ones!

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>> > Lucky you, ours is all in boxes or bags.
>>
>> Wine, or passata?
>
> Yes...though I can get Barilla pasta. We make our own occasionally,
> spagetti, fettucini...the non-extruded stuff. Nothing like home made
> and I can say the same for beers.
> p.s. fresh pasta and fresh beer are the best. For the rats and the
> owners.

I've never made beer, though my other half apparently spent most of his
teenage years making wine from various different things. We do do the
easy things like homemade bread and pasta, though. Well, easy for me - he
does most of the hard work :-) We buy dried pasta for the rats' dried
food mix, though - I've no idea how I'd go about trying to dry homemade
pasta properly.

Rosemary
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On Dec 3, 9:43 pm, Rosemary wrote:
> "Ratticus Rattus esq." wrote:
> > Rosemary wrote:
> >> "Ratticus Rattus esq." wrote:
>
> >> > IF you want a real shocker...over here the morons think that beer
> >> > isn't any good if it has any yeast left in it! Don't get me started
> >> > on how under hopped the so called american lagers are...heathens.
>
> >> Presumably you cen get imported lagers, though (at a price)? Pilsner
> >> Urquell is one of my favourites of the Czech lagers, or Staropramen
> >> for when I want something a bit punchier. Budweiser Budvar is good,
> >> too
>
> > I LOVE Pilsen Urquell! We've recently been able to Hoogarden<sic?>
> > mmm, gooood.
>
> I think I have a Hoegaarden glass somewhere :-) I've heard there's an
> American-made beer called (...wait while I ferret round the web... aha!)
> Celis White, that's made by a company started by the same guy who made
> Hoegaarden. Don't know what it's like, but it sounds a similar sort of
> thing.

Celis brewery makes some damn fine beer. 8^) They were down the road
from me (down the road in texas is 135mi). I miss Sam Samuels (?) use
a glass like that enough and it breaks eventually. 8^(,

> I got into lager more after I went to the Czech Republic - before that, I
> drank the odd lager, the occasional ale, some spirits. I really only
> drink ale when I'm in a pub. Strange thing  was that most of the places I
> went to in Prague served either Budweiser Budvar or Pilser Urquell (from
> Budweis and Pilsen respectively, obviously) if you just asked for a
> lager, rather than Staropramen, which is from Prague.

Ah then you understand what I mean when I say that "If I could afford
a tour of europe I'd skip the museums and tour the breweries and the
distilleries of scotia" <sigh> even if all I did was taste it's worth
it. Beer is life and scotch is a sacrament. ;^) Not that I feel
strongly mind you.


> > Get Stella Arois also, when I lived in the Tacoma, Wa
> > area I could get some Lambec beers.
>
> Is it still "reassuringly expensive" by the time it gets to you? :-)

Oh yes! Roughly $11usd for a 6 pack...one of the few beers I've had at
that price point that I felt was worth that and maybe more.

> > Interestingly the BEST porter I
> > can recall ever having is made in Cambridge, Ma. It's a little brewery
> > called "Cambridge brewing co." they call it their 'Charles River
> > Porter'
>> That sounds like an interesting drink. I'm not much of a stout or porter
> drinker - dark beers tend to mess with my medications more than lighter
> ones!

FOR SHAME! I'll take up your share of the darks beers then...it's a
sacrafice I know, but someone has to do it. Being a former cavalry
trooper I'm emminently qualified to throw myself betwixt others and
harm.

> <snip>
>
> >> > Lucky you, ours is all in boxes or bags.
>
> >> Wine, or passata?
>
> > Yes...though I can get Barilla pasta. We make our own occasionally,
> > spagetti, fettucini...the non-extruded stuff. Nothing like home made
> > and I can say the same for beers.
> > p.s. fresh pasta and fresh beer are the best. For the rats and the
> > owners.
>
> I've never made beer, though my other half apparently spent most of his
> teenage years making wine from various different things.

To qoute a brewmeister I had chance to talk with years ago "Making
beer is like making bread only wetter" 8^) Well think about it, you
use wheat, barley, yeast and water...the difference is the amout of
water mixed with the grains. ;^)

>We do do the
> easy things like homemade bread and pasta, though. Well, easy for me - he
> does most of the hard work :-) We buy dried pasta for the rats' dried
> food mix, though - I've no idea how I'd go about trying to dry homemade
> pasta properly.


Make a "tree" out of wooden dowels. With all the branches horizontal.

Sort of like this...


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Note I am NO ASCII artist. But you get the jist of it. Make the centre
part like a St. Andrews cross and pick a height that allows for the
length of your pasta. I'm lazy I bought the wife one years ago.

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"Ratticus Rattus esq." wrote:
> Rosemary wrote:
>> "Ratticus Rattus esq." wrote:

<snip>

>> I think I have a Hoegaarden glass somewhere :-) I've heard there's an
>> American-made beer called (...wait while I ferret round the web...
>> aha!) Celis White, that's made by a company started by the same guy
>> who made Hoegaarden. Don't know what it's like, but it sounds a
>> similar sort of thing.
>
> Celis brewery makes some damn fine beer. 8^) They were down the road
> from me (down the road in texas is 135mi). I miss Sam Samuels (?) use
> a glass like that enough and it breaks eventually. 8^(,

Yeah - maybe that's why I don't drink much Belgian beer; I don't have
enough room to store all the glasses :-)

<snip>

> Beer is life and scotch is a sacrament. ;^) Not that I feel
> strongly mind you.

It's a point of view... :-D I got horribly drunk on Scotch once, and
have't been able to face it since, so I drink Bourbon or Irish whiskey if
I feel the need. I take it you're not a gin or vodka drinker?

Drifting back to rats for a minute, I remember going on a cycling trip
with my dad and a load of his mates, and I took the rats with me (it was
an overnighter). The lads decided to find out what kind of beer rats
preferred (when I was out of the room). Luckily, they only gave eack rat
a droplet each of lager and of bitter, so they weren't drunk, and didn't
seem to suffer any ill effects. I was pretty annoyed, though.

Turned out they preferred the bitter.

>> > Get Stella Arois also, when I lived in the Tacoma, Wa
>> > area I could get some Lambec beers.
>>
>> Is it still "reassuringly expensive" by the time it gets to you? :-)
>
> Oh yes! Roughly $11usd for a 6 pack...one of the few beers I've had at
> that price point that I felt was worth that and maybe more.

Sounds like a pretty reasonable price to me. Mind you, booze is a rip-off
in this country.

<snip>

>> We do do the
>> easy things like homemade bread and pasta, though. Well, easy for me
>> - he does most of the hard work :-) We buy dried pasta for the rats'
>> dried food mix, though - I've no idea how I'd go about trying to dry
>> homemade pasta properly.
>
>
> Make a "tree" out of wooden dowels. With all the branches horizontal.
>
> Sort of like this...
>
>
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> -----------------------------------------------|
>
> Note I am NO ASCII artist. But you get the jist of it. Make the centre
> part like a St. Andrews cross and pick a height that allows for the
> length of your pasta. I'm lazy I bought the wife one years ago.

Would that really dry it out completely like the stuff you buy in
packets, though? We dry on racks already, because you really have to in
order to cut it properly in the machine, but not that much! :-)

Rosemary
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