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Fredric Koeppel's avatar

I think this post comes in at Number 6 of your best posts on Substack. Or maybe Number 5. I don't want to hurt your feelings.

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Bfield^4's avatar

GOLD.

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Ruth Spivey's avatar

Excellent stuff. I also wonder if the letters from N onwards in the alphabet have lower self worth than A-M.

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Tom Wark's avatar

I don't think there is any argument on this score, Ruth. No one wants to be a Q.

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Gerhard Van Huyssteen's avatar

Well, unless you're in the James Bond multiverse. Then you definitely might want to be Q. See, authoritarian again!

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David Mastro Scheidt's avatar

The flaw is in your ranking system. You should have ranked them from 91-100 points. Problem solved and everyone just got an A on their report card. Come on Tom, you're in wine, the 100 point systems solves everything. Duh.

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Jeff Hinchliffe's avatar

Top ten of the worst vintages in the past 45 years. From rain and heat and freeze and smoke and consumption.

1. 1989

2 . 2011

3. 1998

4. 2020

5. 2006

6. 1983

7. 2017

8. 2002

9. 2008

10 2025

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Tom Wark's avatar

Man…#10? Already?

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Paul Gregutt's avatar

Old Guy's Top 10 List of Reasons I Didn't Complete This List: #1 - I seem to have forgotten what I'm listing here...

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Jeff Hinchliffe's avatar

I may have buried the lead

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Gerhard Van Huyssteen's avatar

Excellently written!

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Thomas Horgan's avatar

"I kept wondering whether misogynist ranked higher than Nazi, Racist or Fascist on a list of the Top Ten Things to Avoid being. " Now that will keep me awake tonight :-)

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