On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 07:34:51PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> of sharp turns, short but steep hills and one-lane corduroy bridges.
They make bridges out of corduroy? Wow, Canada's even weirder than
I'd heard...;)
-rob, currently thinking about a long, cold pint of Kilkenny
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On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 10:15:31PM -0500, Dale Hair wrote:
> Agreed on the American lager, but are you throwing German lagers in
> there also. I really enjoy ales, especially dark ales, I'm in unison
> with Craig Dickson's opinions posted on his site.
I'm just going on what I've experianced. Ge
>
> There's just not a lot you can do with an American standard or a lager
> beer to make it better.
Agreed on the American lager, but are you throwing German lagers in
there also. I really enjoy ales, especially dark ales, I'm in unison
with Craig Dickson's opinions posted on his site.
Howeve
On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 06:48:42AM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote:
> Offerings from the large commercial breweries vary (with the exception
> of Keith's and Moosehead -- I'm not familiar with Unibroue) from
> barely acceptable to plain awful -- one produces Budweiser under
> license, which strikes me as
* Craig Dickson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Daniel Toffetti wrote:
>
> > > > > > No, no, no. American beer is American beer. Come to England and
> > > > > > try a decent bitter or ale sometime ...
> > > >
> > > > If they are close to the Irish Guinness, I'll follow you :)
> > >
> > > No no no no.
Javier Bertoli writes:
> I'm seriously thinking on brewing my own!
I've done that. It isn't hard.
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On Tue, 21 May 2002, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
> > > No, no, no. American beer is American beer. Come to England and try
> > > a decent bitter or ale sometime ...
>
> If they are close to the Irish Guinness, I'll follow you :)
>
> I used to buy a can of Guinness from time to time, but life went very
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 09:41:24PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Tom writes:
> > Could we sue Fosters' for defamation?
>
> You should. It's the only Australian beer most Americans (including me)
> have ever tasted, and most assume that it is representative.
I assumed that, myself, and I try to ass
On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 08:39:21AM +1000, John wrote:
> Actually, when I was working in California I discovered that the
> Foster's there is brewed under license in Canada. I actually had a lot
> of fun when Americans would try to sell me Fosters - I'd pull out my ID
> and tell them "I'm Mr Fost
Tom writes:
> Could we sue Fosters' for defamation?
You should. It's the only Australian beer most Americans (including me)
have ever tasted, and most assume that it is representative.
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At 2002-05-24T00:46:44Z, Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hmmm. Could we sue Fosters' for defamation?
Probably. I visited Perth in '94 (courtesy of the U.S. Navy), and found
your beer both your beer and your inhabitants to be perfectly enjoyable. :)
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On 0, Kirk Strauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> At 2002-05-23T00:56:50Z, Wienand Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Where do people get the impression that Foster's is an Australian beer
>
> Probably from the cheesy commercials on American TV:
>
> Title: "How to speak Australian"
>
Ah, well, now you get down to the point of it all...
On 0, Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 May 2002 08:56:05 +0930, Tom Cook wrote:
[snip]
> >be impartial here, we Australians do a damn good beer. It's not
>
> OK. I won't judge by Foster's. Certainly not an exemplar.
No.
Paul Johnson wrote:
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:23:23AM +0930, Tom Cook wrote:
Oh, good Lord, no. No no no no no. Fosters is what we _export_. Try
to find Coopers' Ales (pale or dark), Carlton United Breweries Crown
Lager or Cold Filtered. Don't *ever* drink Australian beer from a
can, it's
At 2002-05-23T00:56:50Z, Wienand Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Where do people get the impression that Foster's is an Australian beer
Probably from the cheesy commercials on American TV:
Title: "How to speak Australian"
Pictures of surfers. Underwater shot of a shark.
Voiceover: "Gupp
begin Paul 'Baloo' Johnson quotation:
> Have you had Moosehead?
Don't think so. If you say it's worthwhile, I will try it.
> > In case anyone is curious, my reviews of beers are available at my web
> > site, http://crdic.ath.cx . They are also posted (along with those of
>
> That's a pretty g
begin Gary Turner quotation:
> German imports to the US are good to very good for the most part.
> Haven't found an outstanding brew (yet).
Admittedly I'm biased towards dark beers, but I find Ayinger Celebrator
and Spaten Optimator to be excellent. Paulaner Salvator is a little
sweeter, but st
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:56:50AM +1000, Wienand Ian wrote:
> Where do people get the impression that Foster's is an Australian beer
Fosters has been running an ad campaign for the last few years that
always starts with "How to speak Australian" and always ends with
"Fosters, Australian for
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:23:23AM +0930, Tom Cook wrote:
> Oh, good Lord, no. No no no no no. Fosters is what we _export_. Try
> to find Coopers' Ales (pale or dark), Carlton United Breweries Crown
> Lager or Cold Filtered. Don't *ever* drink Australian beer from a
> can, it's just not worth
On Thu, 23 May 2002 08:56:05 +0930, Tom Cook wrote:
>On 0, Daniel Toffetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip
>Oh boy, here comes a flame war...
>
>
>The Irish, without a shadow of a doubt, make the best beer in the
>world. They are just damn good at it. After them, and I am trying to
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On Wed, 22 May 2002, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Meanwhile, most Canadian beer is nearly as bad as American
> macro-breweries; the only really good Canadian brewery I know of is
> Unibroue, which is in Quebec and therefore only nominally Canadian.
Have yo
> I'm told by natives that Fosters isn't Australian for "Beer", it's
> Australian for "Budwiser".
After a hard day in the Texas heat the first budweiser actually tastes
good, probably the same goes for Fosters in Australia.
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On Wed, 22 May 2002 13:25:47 -0700
Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> banged a keyboard:
The Wig & Pen in Canberra au brews their own ale, especially 'Creamy Ale'
{:), which is like a white guinness, almost as thick as Guinness and has a
hint of caramel depending on that months brew.
/me wanders o
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 07:00:34PM -0500, Dale Hair wrote:
> Can you give me an example of good Aussie beer that might be available
> in the US. The only one I can think of is Fosters, I wasn't overly
> impressed with it (as in I will drink one, but I won't buy one).
I'm told by natives that
>I rank Foster's, the only Australian beer I've tried, just a bit above
>Budweiser.
Where do people get the impression that Foster's is an Australian beer
I'd never even had the misfortune of drinking a Foster's till during the
Olympics, when it seems they started to pay some pubs in the city
On 0, Dale Hair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Oh boy, here comes a flame war...
> >
> >
> > The Irish, without a shadow of a doubt, make the best beer in the
> > world. They are just damn good at it. After them, and I am trying to
> > be impartial here, we Australians do a damn good beer. It
Tom Cook writes:
> After them, and I am trying to be impartial here, we Australians do a
> damn good beer.
I rank Foster's, the only Australian beer I've tried, just a bit above
Budweiser.
> After that the whole world really goes to hell, with the French-speakers
> only not coming last because th
begin Tom Cook quotation:
> Oh boy, here comes a flame war...
No kidding.
>
> The Irish, without a shadow of a doubt, make the best beer in the
> world. They are just damn good at it. After them, and I am trying to
> be impartial here, we Australians do a damn good beer. It's not
> exotic,
> Oh boy, here comes a flame war...
>
>
> The Irish, without a shadow of a doubt, make the best beer in the
> world. They are just damn good at it. After them, and I am trying to
> be impartial here, we Australians do a damn good beer. It's not
> exotic, it doesn't have bits floating in it, it
On 0, Daniel Toffetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> O> > > > > Beer is beer. Budwiser makes more beer because they have
> > > > > > bigger horses, that's all.
> > >
> > > Aaarrgghh !!! Hunt the heretic and put him in jail !! :-D
> > >
> > > > > No, no, no. American beer is American beer. Come
Daniel Toffetti wrote:
> > > > > No, no, no. American beer is American beer. Come to England and
> > > > > try a decent bitter or ale sometime ...
> > >
> > > If they are close to the Irish Guinness, I'll follow you :)
> >
> > No no no no. This guys having you on. Ale and bitter are a practic
>
O> > > > > Beer is beer. Budwiser makes more beer because they have
> > > > > bigger horses, that's all.
> >
> > Aaarrgghh !!! Hunt the heretic and put him in jail !! :-D
> >
> > > > No, no, no. American beer is American beer. Come to England and
> > > > try a decent bitter or ale sometime ...
Colin Watson wrote:
> No, no, no. American beer is American beer. Come to England and try a
> decent bitter or ale sometime ...
There are hundreds of excellent American beers and ales. Don' be
distracted by the mediocre rice wines produced by Budweiser and its
imitators.
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On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 09:26:31AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 06:49:06PM -0700, Petro wrote:
> > On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 08:34:20PM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
> > > [1] There's a difference between American beer and Oregonian beer,
> > > though, Widmer Brothers and
On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 06:05:06AM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
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> On Mon, 20 May 2002, Petro wrote:
> > Now that you've probably gotten all huffy, no, I don't mean "you"
> > specifically, I mean "you" in the Outlook using, javascript-R
On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 12:45:09PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
> > > > > [1] There's a difference between American beer and Oregonian
> > > > > beer, though, Widmer Brothers and McMenamins are still good;
> > > > > Henry Weinhards used to be good until they sold out to Miller,
> > > > > they're b
> > > > [1] There's a difference between American beer and Oregonian
> > > > beer, though, Widmer Brothers and McMenamins are still good;
> > > > Henry Weinhards used to be good until they sold out to Miller,
> > > > they're brewed out of St. Louis and the formula changed: it
> > > > tastes like Mi
On Tuesday 21 May 2002 10:26, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 06:49:06PM -0700, Petro wrote:
> > On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 08:34:20PM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
> > > [1] There's a difference between American beer and Oregonian beer,
> > > though, Widmer Brothers and McMenamins
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On Mon, 20 May 2002, Petro wrote:
> Now that you've probably gotten all huffy, no, I don't mean "you"
> specifically, I mean "you" in the Outlook using, javascript-RTF
> enhanced non-RFC compliant email sending twits out there. If you
>
On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 06:49:06PM -0700, Petro wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 08:34:20PM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
> > [1] There's a difference between American beer and Oregonian beer,
> > though, Widmer Brothers and McMenamins are still good; Henry Weinhards
> > used to be good until
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 08:34:20PM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
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> On Sat, 18 May 2002, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
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> > Although I actually have a terminal (can't say I use it much though),
> > I sometimes wonder if email conventions should be de
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 06:47:25PM -0500, Richard Cobbe wrote:
> Lo, on Saturday, May 18, Hans Ekbrand did write:
> > On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:40:47PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> True; it's long been understood in the professional typesetting
> community that lines which are too long are difficu
On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 01:04:19AM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:40:47PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> > The reason most people
> > suggest 72 is that traditionally, terminals are 80 characters wide, and
> > 72 leaves enough room to be quoted with "> " four times.
>
> Alt
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On Sat, 18 May 2002, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> Although I actually have a terminal (can't say I use it much though),
> I sometimes wonder if email conventions should be derived from
> limitations of such ancient hardware. In some sense, its a good
> pract
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:40:47PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Travis Crump ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020517 09:32]:
> > Flowed just means that 72 character lines are terminated by a soft
> > return instead of a hard return so that when a program like Mutt reads
> > the e-mail it will see the soft re
> "Richard" == Richard Cobbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Richard> Lo, on Saturday, May 18, Hans Ekbrand did write:
>> On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:40:47PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
>> > The reason most people suggest 72 is that traditionally,
>> > terminals
>> >are 80 characters wide, and
Lo, on Saturday, May 18, Hans Ekbrand did write:
> On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:40:47PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> > The reason most people suggest 72 is that traditionally, terminals
> > are 80 characters wide, and 72 leaves enough room to be quoted with
> > "> " four times.
That's one of the r
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:40:47PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> The reason most people
> suggest 72 is that traditionally, terminals are 80 characters wide, and
> 72 leaves enough room to be quoted with "> " four times.
Although I actually have a terminal (can't say I use it much though),
I somet
* Travis Crump ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020517 09:32]:
> Michael D. Crawford wrote:
> > A usenet moderator pointed out to me that my paragraphs are "flowed"
> > when I post to usenet. I think what he means is that my paragraphs are
> > all one line terminated by a return, rather than a sequence of lin
Michael D. Crawford wrote:
> A usenet moderator pointed out to me that my paragraphs are "flowed"
> when I post to usenet. I think what he means is that my paragraphs are
> all one line terminated by a return, rather than a sequence of lines
> each terminated by a return.
>
> I don't see how to d
On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 01:25, Paul Scott wrote:
> Michael D. Crawford wrote:
> > A usenet moderator pointed out to me that my paragraphs are "flowed"
> > when I post to usenet. I think what he means is that my paragraphs are
> > all one line terminated by a return, rather than a sequence of lines
Michael D. Crawford wrote:
A usenet moderator pointed out to me that my paragraphs are "flowed"
when I post to usenet. I think what he means is that my paragraphs are
all one line terminated by a return, rather than a sequence of lines
each terminated by a return.
I don't see how to disable
A usenet moderator pointed out to me that my paragraphs are "flowed" when I post
to usenet. I think what he means is that my paragraphs are all one line
terminated by a return, rather than a sequence of lines each terminated by a return.
I don't see how to disable this in Mozilla's preferences
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