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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 07:37 PM
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With a bottle, you are more or less forced to consume the entire thing over the course of a single evening.
I fail to see the problem.
Old Jan 23, 2013 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Hmm.

Does anybody know the name of that website where you can go and commission bored, angsty teenagers to create one-off custom crafts for you? You know- stuffed animals, **** with beads, etc? I'm thinking of a knitted cover for the wine cube.
Etsy? I know there's all sorts of custom **** on there. Don't know if there is any request thing though. Also I would buy a companion cube cover for my boxed wine. I don't drink boxed wine. But if I had a companion cube cover I might start.
Old Jan 23, 2013 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
then call me poor and slap my ***.
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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by thenuge26
Etsy? I know there's all sorts of custom **** on there. Don't know if there is any request thing though.
Huh. I think that's what I was thinking of, but I thought there were folks doing requests. lots of Companion Cube items, but no Wine Companions.

Is it possible that I just invented something useful that hasn't already been patented? Not the wine cube thingy, but the concept of a website that pairs bored, angsty liberal arts majors with people like me who want to pay them to create knitted things to put on our wine?
Old Jan 23, 2013 | 08:29 PM
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I know someone who would make that cube-wine-cozy. Granted she's probably in her 30s but still very angsty. she can knit.
Old Jan 23, 2013 | 11:06 PM
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I actually like their wine.. lol
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by thenuge26
etsy? I know there's all sorts of custom **** on there. Don't know if there is any request thing though. Also i would buy a companion cube cover for my boxed wine. I don't drink boxed wine. But if i had a companion cube cover i might start.
+1
Old Jan 25, 2013 | 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
With a bottle, you are more or less forced to consume the entire thing over the course of a single evening. The box allows one to space out one's wine consumption over a more reasonable period of time.
Old Jan 25, 2013 | 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
I don't believe the stagnation thing either.
Old Jan 25, 2013 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by JasonC SBB
Unfortunately these vacuum savers don't do a whole lot to prevent wine oxidation. I was first turned on to the idea when visiting my friend and chef at the Culinary Institute of America after buying one not 48 hours before at a California winery.

I read a few good articles like the one below (few of the links are broken within it but I saw them this summer). Basically, experienced wine tasters didn't distinguish any benefit and actually saw some detriment to using vacu-vin or similar products. One of the main issues being that it doesn't hold its seal. I know you still get that psshhhhhhhhhh sound of pressure when you release ALL OF IT, but over time you'll notice how weak it gets as compared to what a true vacuum would sound like. Now you've just got a rubber cork that lets air diffuse in.

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I'll try and find some of the other strong articles I read if you want more or maybe consult my professors in the food science department.

What I do after researching is simply replace the original cork for a decent seal and refrigerate (slows oxidation).

If you REALLY want to preserve that bottle, buy some inert gas like nitrogen to flush the bottle's headspace with before popping the original cork back in and refrigerating.

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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 10:32 AM
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shouldn't prices technically go down in a bad economy?
Old Jan 25, 2013 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
shouldn't prices technically go down in a bad economy?
Have you seen how much money the Fed is printing?! This is the first step in the dramatic race to currency debasement that leads to hyperinflation!

I hope you have your canned goods, gold coins and baby wipes!
Old Jan 25, 2013 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Scrappy Jack
I hope you have your canned goods, gold coins and baby wipes!
And wine.
Old Jan 25, 2013 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
shouldn't prices technically go down in a bad economy?
Hookers are cheaper
Old Jan 25, 2013 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
shouldn't prices technically go down in a bad economy?
This is EXACTLY what happens, which is a completely natural way for purely capitalistic economies to self regulate, and it works 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME!!! - unless of course there's a price fix on the cost of labor...
Old Jan 25, 2013 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
With a bottle, you are more or less forced to consume the entire thing over the course of a single evening. The box allows one to space out one's wine consumption over a more reasonable period of time.
I always thought that was reasonable.

1) Pull cork
2) Toss cork to labrador who loves to chew on it until wine flavor is gone (only fake "corks" though)
3) Drink wine
4) Have sex
Old Jan 25, 2013 | 04:34 PM
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With the lab? You are a sick man.
Old Jan 25, 2013 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by rleete
With the lab? You are a sick man.
I guess I could have worded that better.
Old Jan 25, 2013 | 05:01 PM
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No, it's perfect. You and the lab both have to get liquored up first. Makes sense.
Old Feb 5, 2013 | 04:40 PM
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"The most expensive Super Bowl ticket (face value price, not the price paid through a ticket broker) for Super Bowl # 1 in Los Angeles (1967) was $12. The most expensive ticket for Super Bowl # 47 in New Orleans (2013) was $1,250."

Ye gods! We are only a couple of years away from a total currency rejection at this rate.

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