"George.com" wrote in message
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Righteho

Cider was brewed early February so almot 9 months old now.

Sunday was the old boys birthday so we celebrated by opening a bottle of
still cider. Very dry. Tasted of cider but not the best. Drinkable with
some lemonade added, but too dry.

Tonight wife & I sampled some sparkling cider. Not much of a psssssst out
of the bottle, more of a 'st'. Not very active on the sparkling side.
Tasted ok, not as harsh as the still. More of a muted flavour.

Over all not the success one had hoped for. This weekend coming I will try
a couple more bottles with a mate. Maybe, just maybe.

I reckon I may have received some duff advice from Charlie somewhere along
the line. Should've known he'd put me crook.

rob

Charles and Bill, you jokers will enjoy this story.

Its hedge trimming time so today I got the electric trimmer out to give it a
sharpen. The blades are damned difficult to sharpen so I took the trimmer
apart to sherpen each blade individually. The first I did with a small file.
The second I got my tungsten sharpener and just ran it across the teeth, far
easier. Anyhow, i tested the teeth for sharpness by accidently catching my
thumb on the edge of one tooth. Yep, sliced my thumb open nicely and drew
blood. Sharp enough to force me indoors for a plaster. Put the trimmer back
together, tested it, ran well, and still had 3 bolts left over. Bonus.

rob