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I want to start off by saying that I had just broken my one and only wine glass and it was between this glass or a mason jar.

I bought this bottle a couple months ago at an estate sale in Topanga Canyon, CA for $10. My girlfriend of 3 years broke up with me last night and so it seemed like an obvious day to open.

The cork and fill level looked excellent for a 60 year old bottle. Upon opening the seal at the top, the cork was excessively moldy, and put up quite a fight getting out of the neck. Eventually after 20 minutes of meticulous work and cussing under my breath, I had to push the cork into the bottle, and resorted to pouring it into a pitcher through a coffee filter.

Upon opening it, the initial blast of volatile compounds and vinegar and fruit was extremely potent and almost unpleasant; very nauseating. I let it sit open for half an hour rather than decanting, hoping for the smell to change dramatically, as I’ve experienced in the past with old wines.

After letting it sit for half an hour my patience got the best of me and I had a small taste. Initially, it tasted like unremarkable wine, then almost immediately something dominated my palate and I’m really not sure how to describe it. The taste of mud from a river comes to mind (which I’ve heard can be called ‘terroir’ in some pretentious circles). The initial acidity spikes my tongue like I had just licked a live wire. The rest of the flavor is incredibly deep and leathery, it almost tastes like it’s alive. If grapes had bones, this is what the broth would taste like. The wall of flavor blocking the fruitiness I can only assume is probably tannins and sediment compounds; characteristic of old Bordeaux that’s past its prime but not entirely dead. It’s not gone, it’s just very tired.

Honestly, I’m not sure how to feel. It feels like I just drank the blood of an old french mythical creature. I’m gonna go my local winery and see if the guy that works there wants to come to my place after he gets off and share this experience with me. Thanks everyone.

Pic 1: I have the rad front mounted with tubes to bottom of rad from the cap. This is the only way it’ll fit.

2: the mounting screws on the front of the rad are these tiny 1/8th in screws

3: the space for the rad and fans. on the right side (top and bottom) are where the screws screw through the frame into the rad. There are only these two tiny screws that the rad can be mounted into.

4: with the back panel taken off the case, that gap on the left side is my only way of screwing in the screws. I cannot fit my hand in that small of a space, nor have a screwdriver small enough to fit in there to tighten the tiny screws.

5: the rad is too tall and squishes / puts pressure on those cables and wires at the top right of the pc, as you can see there’s a small dent in the cable from when I tried to fit it in.

When positioning the radiator in that space, it can only be mounted via two tiny screws and slightly crushes that wire : cable at the top. additionally I find it impossible to screw it in due to the tiny gap in the back of the PC. Without disassembling the case using a 1/8th in drill bit and taking off the whole top/front panel and the corresponding rivets then replacing the rivets with a rivet gun, I see no other option here. any suggestions?

for context: I used to have a Kraken X63, it started to fail after 6 years of use, NZXT warranty still held up and I was sent this Kraken plus 280. maybe it’s just too big??

I reckon this is quite a solid deal. The viewfinder is a tad foggy, and some of the panels are missing (beaulieu logo on reverse film door + model text on top left of body). The dials work when you turn them. I’ve heard batteries on these are very expensive. Should I repair it and use it? Is it worth my time to just sell it?

I’ve been a photographer for ~10 years but have never used film. The lens on this camera seems exceptional; 1.8 continuous for 6-66mm! Maybe I can purchase an adapter for one of my DLSRs although i’m sure the flange distance would give me lots of trouble for it being 8mm.

Could anyone give me more information about this camera? Is it worth repairing? What would you do with it?

Found this bottle at an estate sale and picked it up for $10. I know little about wine and less about this specific bottle, couldn’t find info online either. Cork and wax seems to be in good condition, only about an inch of air between cork and wine, which seems normal for a 60 year old bottle, and color seems nice too! What should I do with this? Keep it? Sell it? Drink it on a special occasion?