[Info-vax] We regret to inform (VMS uptime)

[Paul Sture]

In article <4e57d431$0$23059$c3e8da3$92d0a893 at news.astraweb.com>,
 JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:

> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 
> > The lake in Lakewood, I believe.  Very picturesque but dotted with hordes of
> > "invisible pedestrians."  It's a very dangerous spot to travel unless you're
> > surrounded by a concrete wall. ;)  
> 
> Didn't have problems with invisible pedestrians. I had problems with
> invisible pedestrians driving cars.  And at a road construction site,
> they had 2 workers dedicated to helping those drivers have the courage
> to pass through the site. And I had one stop without warning right in
> the middle of an intersection. Had to pass him because he decided he
> wasn't moving (and the whole intersection was blocked because of it).
> 
> I had forgotten about it. It quickly came back and I was able to laugh
> it off.

Talk about coincidence.  I have a Zombie horror playing at the moment, 
and just as I read that they ran three Zombies down in a truck.  I the 
woods too.

> > Australia is a long way to travel _for_ a Guinness and for that Guinness to
> > travel from St. James' Gate.
> 
> It is obviously brewed locally in Australia to different
> recipe/standard. I guess they figure this is what the Aissie market
> wants. Either that, or the irish bar I was in has decided to dilute the
> elixir to reduce costs.  But I thought of you and how mad you would have
> been if served that watered down Guinness.

I definitely had watered down Guinness in one student haunt, but the 
other beers on offer were so bad it was the only sensible option.  I was 
once told that Guiness barrels were tamper proof, but when I mentioned 
that to a landlord who smile and said "There are ways".

-- 
Paul Sture