didn't see it mentioned... ;)

Nice catch, surprised it hasn't been mentioned.

Errr...what's the significance of the #? I don't get it :confused:

Hee hee.. Good catch.. Every 108 minutes or kaboom ring a bell? lol. I thought there might have been a significance to how many cases were made, but when I thought about that I couldn't remember how many he said.. Very clever though! I wonder if that was intentional :rolleyes:

Who would make only 108 cases of wine? That's a very odd number, if you ask me. Unless that's all the grapes that they had. Or something.I am loving that the numbers are still popping up occasionally.

108 cases of wine is very small production. Small production is generally considered to be about 500 cases. At any rate, I'm kinda sick of the numbers. I mean, does anyone think they're actually going to be explained? It seems to me that it's more than a coincidence since they're on the hatch and the vials of whatever Des injected himself with, etc.. And a casual viewer of the show would have no knowledge of the Valenzetti equation, so I can't buy that as being part of the explanation.

Nice catch. I heard it, and it tickled my brain, but by that point I was a little numb from the episode's pace, and it didn't ring the right bells. It does seem a small run and a weird use of the numbers, but I still love it when they make an appearance! I was disappointed that Des and Ruth had dated fro 6 years. It seemed like TPTB missed an opportunity there, although I understand the position of many that the numbers are played out. One doesn't need to have done the LOST Experience to know about the numbers, though, so I like any reference to them. It was a welcome respite from the juvenile love triangle stuff.

yeh they seem to be backing off the numbers. For instance a few weeks back in the Nikki/Paolo epi, Artz mentioned that he discovered 20 new species. Why not 23? Or 16? I think they still toss us a cookie once in awhile but clearly the numbers are fading from the story line.
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Errr...what's the significance of the #? I don't get it :confused:

108 is the sum of the "numbers" 4,8,15,16,23,42 which were largely featured as a considerable sub plot in the first two seasons.

The exact number of cases is totally irrelevant to the story line. It was a throw away line. The writers probably chose 108 to keep us wonks chasing our tails.

That was, IMO, the most forced use of the numbers in a storyline to date. I think it's because it was spoken....to see 1516 on the door of Jin's hotel room...or seeing the numbers on top of the poilce cars in Ana's flashback...That's cool...but the padre's blatant mentioning of 108 cases was like force feeding it to us. And it tasted horrible.

Wow!! I didn't catch that. It probably doesn't mean anything. It is fun to see the numbers again though.

Not to mention Sawyer's great line about playing ping pong every 108 minutes or the island will explode.

Some quick math and history checking. A case is 12 bottles. 108 cases is 1296 bottles. According to Lostpedia, the monastary scene takes place in 1995. According to a currency exchange history site (http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory), the US exchange rate for a British Pound(a quid) was about 1.579 dollars to the pound in 1995. Multiplying all this out puts that ~$204,000 worth of wine.

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Leander, TX

So, like when "Brother McLeod of the Clan McLeod" discovers Desmond drinking the wine, he has already consumed 1.85% of the Monastery's entire year's production! No wonder he fired his lazy ***! :cool:

So, does anyone know how many bottles Penny's booze-a-holic father bought?

So, does anyone know how many bottles Penny's booze-a-holic father bought?

Probably 42 :P

So, like when "Brother McLeod of the Clan McLeod" discovers Desmond drinking the wine, he has already consumed 1.85% of the Monastery's entire year's production! No wonder he fired his lazy ***! :cool:



I thought he drank 2 bottles of wine, not 2 cases?

Im thinking that would be about 2% of all the wine produced in Scotland in about 1000 years...

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So, like when "Brother McLeod of the Clan McLeod" discovers Desmond drinking the wine, he has already consumed 1.85% of the Monastery's entire year's production! No wonder he fired his lazy ***! :cool:



I thought he drank 2 bottles of wine, not 2 cases?

Doh, well, I got that one wrong. Maybe I need to find some wine...

I thought he drank 2 bottles of wine, not 2 cases?

I hope he didnt drink two cases. Hed have to be a bigger drinker than we thought.

A case is 12 bottles. 108 cases is 1296 bottles.

Funny how the label claimed a limited number of 500 bottles was produced. Interesting marketing tactic for monks.
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So, does anyone know how many bottles Penny's booze-a-holic father bought?

10 cases x 12 bottles/case = 120 bottles

Funny how the label claimed a limited number of 500 bottles was produced. Interesting marketing tactic for monks.
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10 cases x 12 bottles/case = 120 bottles

I noticed the 500 bottles thing too, I also thought it was strange that they called it a production not a vintage.

A link on the history of English wine including information on English vinyards.
http://www.english-wine.com/history.html
Guess the Romans did more than build a wall while they were there..

I've seen a lost theory that says the numbers are a Lat. Lon. coordinate in the pacific, that corresponds with where the plane was when it went down.

A link on the history of English wine including information on English vinyards.
http://www.english-wine.com/history.html
Guess the Romans did more than build a wall while they were there..Thanks for the link I had been looking for vineyards in Scotland. Specifically ones that grow the Cabernet grapes. I just found Black Grapes.

Thanks for the link I had been looking for vineyards in Scotland. Specifically ones that grow the Cabernet grapes. I just found Black Grapes.Glad it helped. I wondered about wine in England. Cabernet is big in another part of my state but Pinot Noir is big in my immediate area. There are several other varieties in various parts of the state. About once a year a 100 or more wineries in the nearby hills will have open house on the same weekend. We have around 300 wineries and about 100 micro breweries in Oregon. I think micro brewery beer production out runs wine production. Good thing since I like beer/ale/porter etc.

Glad it helped. I wondered about wine in England. Cabernet is big in another part of my state but Pinot Noir is big in my immediate area. There are several other varieties in various parts of the state. About once a year a 100 or more wineries in the nearby hills will have open house on the same weekend. We have around 300 wineries and about 100 micro breweries in Oregon. I think micro brewery beer production out runs wine production. Good thing since I like beer/ale/porter etc.

I had a lovely Pinot Gris from Lachini Vineyards (http://www.lachinivineyards.com/vineyard.asp). My employer's sister owns a Chappellet vineyard in St. Helena.

Errr...what's the significance of the #? I don't get it :confused:

IMO, there will never be a "payoff" regarding the explanation of the numbers.

however, and also IMO, if there IS some sort of "answer" to any of the mysteries surrounding the numbers, it will be the main "numbers-plot" involving Hugo and the concept that using the numbers in a specific way acts as a "key" which unlocks Pandora's Box.

This is obviously a hint to time travel. Desmond is from the future, when glabal warming makes Scotlands climate like Italy's today.

Otherwise they would have been distilling whiskey.

Ah, duh--how soon we forget :p

My employer's sister owns a Chappellet vineyard in St. Helena.

I've had their cab and merlot. Fine wines, she should be proud.

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I've had their cab and merlot. Fine wines, she should be proud.

Yeah! Thanks. It's a beautiful vineyard, off the beaten track but worth the drive, if you are around Napa.