Update on Ken's domestic situation

[El Presidente]

Well Al, Graeme and I headed off to Kens late last week for an invitation of drinks at "Chalet Ken" where we were joined by one of Australias leading wine makers in Charles Melton and regular reprobates "Deeks" and "Sco"

No photos were permitted of the event :-|

3pm.

Al popped in at 3pm to Czar house and we where enjoyed a couple of Partags D 4's and a bottle of wine before we headed off to Kens at 4pm.

4pm

Ken called begging for a lift from a ISIS restaurant for his and his inebriated crew back to his house

4:05

Ken called my mobile complaining I was late.

4:06 pm

Picked up Ken, Charlie and Deeks. Ken complained of my lack of punctuality. Ken holding a bag of the worst stinking cheese I have ever experienced.

4:07 pm

Ken complained there was no Springsteen on the stereo.

4:08/09/10/12/15/19/25/30/40 pm

Ken complains I have no idea where I am going and can not drive.

4:50pm

Passing the last general store before his house I ask Ken if I should stop and purchase anything.....like food.

"I have cheese.....nothing else needed" I drive on.

5pm

Arrive at Kens house. Place a mess but nothing new. I note bed actually made (could he have had company?????)

Al passes out some nice aged Lusi's

5:05pm

Ken puts on more comfortable clothes. First a Redskins Pullover purchased in 1985 which covers half his stomach. Then some grey tracksuit pants from 1980 and finally his grey slippers which he has removed the rabbit ears from.

5:10pm

Ken puts Springteen on the stereo. Pulls up plastic chair and plonks on stinky cheese still in cardboard box along with wafer buscuits I brought back in March. He supplies some excellent wine and rum.

5:25 pm

Wafer biscuits so pliable due to age it takes three to make a suitable foundation for the cheese. I hop up to see if the resident possum is back in residence. No chance.....more civility out in the wild.

Fast forward to 7pm

Guests getting hungry so I take it upon myself to check out fridge. More food in Stalingrad during German siege. Plenty of wine. I return to the group bearing two items: Jar of home made pickled eggs and an uncooked cabbage the size of a basketball. I left behind Yoghurt and about 12 sauces.

Ken pics the Lusi gifted by Al as a 2002. Nice work Ken...spot on

Ken takes umbrage. He is cooking "tripe" on the stove but it is not ready

8Pm

Need to take a leak but will not do so over the balcony. Ken advises guest bathroom now operational. Thrilled. Find fullly functioning bathroom with half dozen Holiday inn soaps still in Holiday inn plastic wrap :-D

Need another cigar so I head to Kens humidor. He intercepts me.

"I am fine ken...I will just choose something little"

"Your a bastard...I will help you select ;-)

Picked a Bolibar LE Simones which was excellent.

9pm Temp dropping to below 10 degrees celsius and guest leave before frostbite sets in. I stay for another half hour but in end the Gargett Igloo takes its tole. Must leave ;-)

Thanks for another great evening mate

[SmokinAl]

» Ken advises guest bathroom now operational.

Oh God now they tell me. That explains why haven't been invited back in a couple of months...

[Ken Gargett]

JUST AS WELL IT WASN'T TODAY. POWER ONLY JUST ON. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PLACE? ALMOST MISSED A FEW AUSSIE MEDALS. YOU'VE TIME FOR ALL THIS CRAP AND NO TIME TO COME TO LUNCH THURSDAY?

ALLOW ME TO CORRECT WHERE NECESSARY.

» Well Al, Graeme and I headed off to Kens late last week for an invitation

» of drinks at "Chalet Ken" where we were joined by one of Australias

» leading wine makers in Charles Melton and regular reprobates "Deeks" and

» "Sco"

TRUE

»

» No photos were permitted of the event :-|

RUBBISH. YOU FORGOT YOUR CAMERA SO CLAIM I STOPPED YOU. OUTRAGEOUS.

»

» 3pm.

» Al popped in at 3pm to Czar house and we where enjoyed a couple of Partags

» D 4's and a bottle of wine before we headed off to Kens at 4pm.

»

» 4pm

» Ken called begging for a lift from a ISIS restaurant for his and his

» inebriated crew back to his house.

THERE WAS NO BEGGING. SIMPLY NO CABS AND NOT MUCH POINT IN YOU GETTING THERE FIRST. AND THIS WAS AT LAST 3.46PM. ONLY.

»

» 4:05

» Ken called my mobile complaining I was late.

YOU SAID 4PM.

»

» 4:06 pm

» Picked up Ken, Charlie and Deeks. Ken complained of my lack of

» punctuality. Ken holding a bag of the worst stinking cheese I have ever

» experienced.

I HAVE A FEW OTHERS THAT WOULD REALLY SET YOU OFF. IT WAS GREAT CHEESE. JENSEN RED.

»

» 4:07 pm

» Ken complained there was no Springsteen on the stereo.

FAIR COMPLAINT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. YOU HAD MUZAK ON.

»

» 4:08/09/10/12/15/19/25/30/40 pm

» Ken complains I have no idea where I am going and can not drive.

YOUR POINT??

»

» 4:50pm

» Passing the last general store before his house I ask Ken if I should stop

» and purchase anything.....like food.

» "I have cheese.....nothing else needed" I drive on.

I HAVE CHEESE. I HAVE THE BOSS. I HAVE WINE. I HAVE RUM. I HAVE CIGARS. WHAT MORE?

»

» 5pm

»

» Arrive at Kens house. Place a mess but nothing new. I note bed actually

» made (could he have had company?????)

ABSOLUTELY NO COMMENT. AND IT WAS NOT TOO BAD A MESS, TO BE FAIR.

» Al passes out some nice aged Lusi's

AND THEY WERE VERY NICE.

»

» 5:05pm

»

» Ken puts on more comfortable clothes. First a Redskins Pullover purchased

» in 1985 which covers half his stomach. Then some grey tracksuit pants from

» 1980 and finally his grey slippers which he has removed the rabbit ears

» from.

THE 'SLIPPERS' ARE TO GO OVER CLIMBING BOOTS AND NEVER HAD BUNNIES. THE REDSKINS IS FROM 1989 AND FITS PERFECTLY - IT WAS VERY LARGE BACK THEN. THE GREY TRAKKIES CIRCA????

»

» 5:10pm

»

» Ken puts Springteen on the stereo. Pulls up plastic chair and plonks on

» stinky cheese still in cardboard box along with wafer buscuits I brought

» back in March. He supplies some excellent wine and rum.

»

» 5:25 pm

» Wafer biscuits so pliable due to age it takes three to make a suitable

» foundation for the cheese. I hop up to see if the resident possum is back

» in residence. No chance.....more civility out in the wild.

THE LAST TIME ANYONE SAW THE POSSUM WAS WHEN YOU PROPOSITIONED IT.

»

» Fast forward to 7pm

»

» Guests getting hungry so I take it upon myself to check out fridge. More

» food in Stalingrad during German siege.

GREATEST LOAD OF ABSOLUTE LIES EVER TOLD. DAY VEFORE I DID A $450 GROCERY SHOP SO FOOD OUT THE WAHZOO. YOU NAME IT, I HAD IT.

Plenty of wine. I return to the

» group bearing two items: Jar of home made pickled eggs and an uncooked

» cabbage the size of a basketball. I left behind Yoghurt and about 12

» sauces.

AND ENOUGH FOOD FOR THE SIEGE OF TROY.

» Ken pics the Lusi gifted by Al as a 2002. Nice work Ken...spot on

NEVER IN DOUBT.

»

» Ken takes umbrage. He is cooking "tripe" on the stove but it is not ready

»

NO UMBRAGE BUT MAY I SAY THAT THE TRIPE IS SPECTACULAR.

»

» 8Pm

» Need to take a leak but will not do so over the balcony. Ken advises guest

» bathroom now operational. Thrilled. Find fullly functioning bathroom with

» half dozen Holiday inn soaps still in Holiday inn plastic wrap :-D

IT HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL SINCE DAY ONE. YOU THINK I AM GOING TO WASTE MONEY ON SOAP FOR YOU. THE UPMARKET ONES FROM THE GOOD HOTELS AND RESORTS IN THE PRIVATE BATHROOM.

» Need another cigar so I head to Kens humidor. He intercepts me.

» "I am fine ken...I will just choose something little"

» "Your a bastard...I will help you select ;-)

» Picked a Bolibar LE Simones which was excellent.

YES, I HAVE HAD MORE CABS I PURCHASED FOR THE LONG HAUL OPENED BY ROB WHEN I AM NOT LOOKING, IN THE HOPE THAT I WILL WIN GOLD LOTTO AND BUY MORE FROM HIM, THAN I CARE TO REMEMBER.

»

» 9pm Temp dropping to below 10 degrees celsius and guest leave

» before frostbite sets in. I stay for another half hour but in end the

» Gargett Igloo takes its tole. Must leave ;-)

IT REALLY IS THE COLDEST HOUSE ON THE PLANET. I AM IN THREE LEVELS OF JUMPERS, MERINO WOOL, TROUT-FISHING LEGGINGS, FISHING GLOVES AS I CAN TYPE WITH THE FINGERS CUT OFF, BEANIE ETC ETC. SO COLD. IF IT EVER GOT TO 10 DEGREES THE OTHER NIGHT, I MUST HAVE BLINKED.

»

» Thanks for another great evening mate

ALWAYS WELCOME. DON'T FORGET, THIS THURSDAY WE ARE ON AGAIN. MAY NEED LIFT FROM ISIS. MACHO A STARTER.