BDay for me!

[US Janet]

It turns out you can order in everything for a birthday

I've gotten a bouquet.
A birthday cake has been delivered. Cheesecake.
Dinner will be ordered from my favorite Mexican restaurant.
Already have the beer.
We'll stream a movie later.

Just like date night but we don't have to go out and get exposed to
any virus flying around.

Janet US

[Dave Smith]

Happy Birthday Janet. Have a beer for me.

[Asjemenou]

On Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:39:17 -0700, US Janet <USJ...@jan6noplace.com>
wrote:

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

[Graham]

Happy Birthday, Janet!!
Graham

[US Janet]

Thank you. Will do, Corona o.k.?
Janet US

[Ophelia]

Hope you have a very happy Birthday, Janet:))

Enjoy :)))

[Bryan Simmons]

Corona is not OK, though it could be worse. Tecate is definitely
worse. Dos Equis Special Export is OK. Negra Modelo is
actually pretty good. Corona is like a Mexican version of Miller
High Life. There actually no reason to drink Mexican beer with
Mexican food. Decent American beer goes way better with
Mexican food than does shitty Mexican beer.
>
> Janet US

--Bryan

[Haberdoedas]

Allow me to broaden that statement a bit:

"Decent beer goes way better with food than shitty beer."

[Haberdoedas]

We Dutch have a saying about froggers like yoos, which is KILL YOURSELF
you loser. no friends no real job no money no sex and no hope for the
future. Loser. Ghe Ghe Ghe.

[Haberdoedas]

Uhm Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[US Janet]

On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 07:10:09 +1100, Haberdoedas <Bra...@null.invalid>
wrote:

Husband likes Corona but we have Modelo in the house. I generally
have American beer in house but not today.
I will take your advice to heart. Since I am buying online lately,
what do you advise for casual drinking? I like a lighter, sweeter
beer. Not too sweet.
Janet US

[Hank Rogers]

So, master druce drinks beer? I thought he was a wino.

[Lucretia Borgia]

On Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:39:17 -0700, US Janet <USJ...@jan6noplace.com>
wrote:

>

Have a good one and have an extra drink that I couldn't be there for
:)

[cshenk]

Happy birthday!

I'm home this week. Bronchitis. I feel fine except for the coughing.

[bruce bowser]

Happy b-day!

[Dave Smith]

On 2022-02-01 3:55 p.m., US Janet wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 07:10:09 +1100, Haberdoedas <Bra...@null.invalid>

>>

>> Allow me to broaden that statement a bit:
>>
>> "Decent beer goes way better with food than shitty beer."
>
> Husband likes Corona but we have Modelo in the house. I generally
> have American beer in house but not today.
> I will take your advice to heart. Since I am buying online lately,
> what do you advise for casual drinking? I like a lighter, sweeter
> beer. Not too sweet.

Corona is fine with Mexican food. It is actually a German style of beer,
a light lager. Modela is a Pilsner, which is a very similar style of
beer, but with a little more flavour.

If I have a beer for the sake of a beer it is likely to be either a
Pilsner or an IPA.

[Peter]

Ghe? Uhm, can you go into more detail? I don't get it

[Peter]

[jmcquown]

Happy Birthday! Enjoy!

Jill

[Peter]

On Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:39:17 -0700, US Janet <USJ...@jan6noplace.com>
wrote:

Happy belated Birthday!

[Bryan Simmons]

I tell you what's nice and light, low in alcohol, and still
tastes good, is Founders *All Day*.
https://foundersbrewing.com/our-beer/all-day-ipa/
15 packs are about $15
I don't know that it's sweet.
>
> Janet US

--Bryan

[Paul]

On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:00:32 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons

Does that mean it's sweet but you don't know that?

[Bryan Simmons]

Corona is pisswater. The best Modelo is this.
https://www.modelousa.com/en-US/product/negra

--Bryan

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Woo-hoo, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[US Janet]

On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:00:32 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons

I often use the word sweet. I use it to describe vegetables also. It
isn't about sugar sweet for me it is a natural, light flavor that
carries the flavor of the item. Does that make sense?
Janet US

[US Janet]

Absolutely! ;)
Janet US

[US Janet]

Honey and tea should sooth the cough.
Janet US

[US Janet]

Next year will be the big WOO-HOO! Getting up there.
Janet US

[Michael Trew]

The funny thing is, that the sales of Corona beer dropped by a third at
the start of the pandemic, while other alcohol companies were up.
Consumers tend to be stupid. I don't watch cable TV, but in the break
room at work, I caught some of their huge advertising campaign, trying
to perk up sales in the early pandemic.

I hope that you have a happy birthday!

[Bryan Simmons]

Near the beginning of the pandemic, I was telling folks that
while the Corona virus is bad, it could be worse. It could be
a Tecate virus. Corona is shitty beer. It's like Bud, Coors or
Miller. They spend a lot more on advertising than quality
ingredients. That's the difference. It's not some brewing
skill thing. It's recipes that use costlier ingredients that
tend to be better. You don't need small batches, or special
skills. You need decent hops, and you need to use enough
of it, rather than boiling the shit out of the stuff to get
every bit of everything out of it. Imagine doing that to
coffee.

Hey, I'm not against people drinking shitty, pisswater beer.
Lord knows I drank the stuff for decades, but I never once
pretended that it tasted good. Shit, once I got to my
second or third one, while I didn't shoot the whole can
straight down, I only lifted it two or three times. You tip
your head back, and it goes straight down, without much
tasting at all. The difference between Lite (by Miller),
and Milwaukee's Best Light (also made by Miller) was
negligible, other than the difference in price.

People pay a lot more for Coors Light than for AB's
Natural Light. They're both 4.2 ABV, and both are
equivalently crappy, but Coors Light's cost includes
millions and millions of $$ of advertising costs. AB's
Bud Light is also 4.2, and like Coors Light, you're
paying for Super Bowl commercials. AB also makes
Goose Island IPA. Yeah, it's a bit pricier, but it's 5.7,
and the ingredient costs are significantly higher, as
malted barley is more expensive than rice, and the
hopping costs more. Ten cents more a can, and it
tastes like decent beer, not great, but decent.

--Bryan

[Paul]

On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 17:25:13 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Near the beginning of the pandemic, I was telling folks that
>while the Corona virus is bad, it could be worse. It could be
>a Tecate virus. Corona is shitty beer. It's like Bud, Coors or
>Miller. They spend a lot more on advertising than quality
>ingredients. That's the difference. It's not some brewing
>skill thing. It's recipes that use costlier ingredients that
>tend to be better. You don't need small batches, or special
>skills. You need decent hops, and you need to use enough
>of it, rather than boiling the shit out of the stuff to get
>every bit of everything out of it. Imagine doing that to
>coffee.
>
>Hey, I'm not against people drinking shitty, pisswater beer.

Of course not. You add sweetener to wine.

[GM]

US Janet wrote:

> It turns out you can order in everything for a birthday
>
> I've gotten a bouquet.
> A birthday cake has been delivered. Cheesecake.
> Dinner will be ordered from my favorite Mexican restaurant.
> Already have the beer.
> We'll stream a movie later.
>
> Just like date night but we don't have to go out and get exposed to
> any virus flying around.

Best to you, Janet!

--
GM

[US Janet]

On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 17:25:13 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

I grew up in the land between Hamms and Schlitz. My first beer was in
a paper cup at the Bratwurst Festival., in the land of Oompa Bands and
Firemens's picnics. I drank beers you never heard of. You probably
can't sophisticate me now.
Janet US

[Gary]

On 2/1/2022 6:32 PM, US Janet wrote:

> "cshenk" wrote:
>> I'm home this week. Bronchitis. I feel fine except for the coughing.
>
> Honey and tea should sooth the cough.
> Janet US

Also, Vick's NyQuil (or the generic equivalent) will suppress a
persistent nagging cough that will keep you awake at night.

[Gary]

Will that be 70 or 80?
Hope you had a good birthday yesterday, Janet!

[Bryan Simmons]

Here, the swill was Busch. Imagine the sentence,
*I grew up in the land between Franco-American
and Chef Boyardee.*

I grew up Protestant/Agnostic, but my oldest sister
(coincidentally, her name is Janet) married into a
Catholic family. If there was a wedding, I'd try to
get out of going if it was a Protestant one, but at
Catholic wedding receptions the kids were allowed
to drink beer. "Uncles" would see that your cup
was empty or nearly empty, and they'd top it up.

Beer, as bad as that stuff tasted back then, was a
rare treat, but there was one thing about wedding
receptions that shone above all else, the possibility
of slow dancing with girls. *That* was pure
Heaven.
>
> Janet US

--Bryan

[fos]

On 2022-02-01, US Janet <USJ...@jan6noplace.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 07:10:09 +1100, Haberdoedas <Bra...@null.invalid>

> wrote:

>>On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 12:06:15 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>><bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>On Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 1:28:29 PM UTC-6, US Janet wrote:

>>>> >Happy Birthday Janet. Have a beer for me.
>>>> Thank you. Will do, Corona o.k.?

>>>Corona is not OK, though it could be worse. Tecate is definitely
>>>worse. Dos Equis Special Export is OK. Negra Modelo is
>>>actually pretty good. Corona is like a Mexican version of Miller
>>>High Life. There actually no reason to drink Mexican beer with
>>>Mexican food. Decent American beer goes way better with
>>>Mexican food than does shitty Mexican beer.

>>Allow me to broaden that statement a bit:

>>"Decent beer goes way better with food than shitty beer."

> Husband likes Corona but we have Modelo in the house. I generally
> have American beer in house but not today.
> I will take your advice to heart. Since I am buying online lately,
> what do you advise for casual drinking? I like a lighter, sweeter
> beer. Not too sweet.

ones taste in beer is entirely subjective. i quit drinking the stuff 22
years ago but my wife still drinks it. i always keep the cooler stocked
with Corona, Modelo, Dos Equis, Molson, Labatt, and Old Vienna. she
drinks the Corona more than the others. the only time she'll ask for
American beer is some cheap swill like Budweiser, Coors, or Busch when
we're doing a Saturday night bender. i'm a whisky guy. malt whisky only,
i find bourbon (all corn whisky actually) so sweet it's disgusting. anyway,
there are a lot of craft beers available, nationally, and around here,
locally. i can't comment on taste, but i have hit up distributors with
questions about my wife's preferred tastes and usually i come home with
something she likes. how to do that from home i have no idea, i rarely
purchase anything online preferring to patronize local businesses and
interact with people.

--
f...@sdf.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - https://sdf.org

[fos]

On 2022-02-01, US Janet <USJ...@jan6noplace.com> wrote:

> Next year will be the big WOO-HOO! Getting up there.

so what you're saying is you'll finally be old enough to legally drink
the beer you're talking about?

> Janet US

Happy Birthday!

[Mike Duffy]

On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:02:36 -0700, US Janet wrote:

> My first beer was in a paper cup [...]

> I drank beers you never heard of.
> You probably can't sophisticate me now.

If anyone can sophisticate anyone about beer, it's probably not someone
who drinks it with ice just to kill the bad taste of cheap beer to let
him drink more total alcohol.

[Mick]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 14:15:40 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy <mxd...@bell.net>
wrote:

I told him to be himself; that was pretty mean, I guess.

[Mick]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 01:59:05 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons

[Dave Smith]

I have never understood drinking that crappy light beer just so you can
drink more of it. I have done my share of overindulging in beer but
never bought the canoe beer just so I could drink more of it. I never
liked getting drunk and never set out to drink to get drunk. These days
my alcohol consumption is way down and when I have beer it is one good one.


Best line I ever heard from a bartender was in Golden CO, home of Coors.
Happy Hour was two beers for the price of one. I asked if it was just
Coors. He said "We do have Coors, but we have some good beers too."

[US Janet]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 13:31:45 -0000 (UTC), fos <f...@sdf.org> wrote:

>On 2022-02-01, US Janet <USJ...@jan6noplace.com> wrote:
>
>> Next year will be the big WOO-HOO! Getting up there.
>
>so what you're saying is you'll finally be old enough to legally drink
>the beer you're talking about?
>
>> Janet US
>
>Happy Birthday!

Exactly :)
Janet US

[US Janet]

You'll have to wait and see
Janet US

[Mork]

> Ghe? Uhm, can you go into more detail? I don't get it

Ghe? Uhm, can you go into more detail? I don't get it

[Mork]

On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:55:28 -0700, US Janet <USJ...@jan6noplace.com>
wrote:

[Mork]

On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:56:52 -0700, US Janet <USJ...@jan6noplace.com>
wrote:

[Mork]

[Mork]

[Bryan Simmons]

Mike, I drink all beer on ice. I drink soda pop on ice. I drink
cranberry juice cocktail on ice. I drink coffee on ice. I don't
drink cheap, or bad tasting beer. Again, you only half-ass
pay attention. The melting ice dilutes the alcohol, so I get
less alcohol, and more water. You should stick with your
arcane scientific shit, where most others wouldn't have a
clue as to whether you were blowing out your ass.

You strike me more and more as being one of the dullest,
most unimaginative persons here.

--Bryan

[Bryan Simmons]

Light beer doesn't have to be crappy, and there are
full bodied beers that are garbage.

--Bryan

[Bertie]

[Lucretia Borgia]

In article <ea61a9d4-323d-46bd...@googlegroups.com>, bryang...@gmail.com says...

Have you issued a death wish to Mike yet?

[Antonio]

I was wondering the same thing. Mike must be getting close.

[Antonio]

We Dutch have a saying about froggers like yoos, which is KILL YOURSELF
you loser. no friends no real job no money no sex and no hope for the
future. Loser. Ghe Ghe Ghe.

[Antonio]

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[Antonio]

[Antonio]

[Antonio]

[Jeßus]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 10:11:44 -0500, Dave Smith
<adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>On 2022-02-02 9:15 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
>> On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:02:36 -0700, US Janet wrote:
>>
>>> My first beer was in a paper cup [...]
>>> I drank beers you never heard of.
>>> You probably can't sophisticate me now.
>>
>> If anyone can sophisticate anyone about beer, it's probably not someone
>> who drinks it with ice just to kill the bad taste of cheap beer to let
>> him drink more total alcohol.
>
>I have never understood drinking that crappy light beer just so you can
>drink more of it.

I find any beer under 4% doesn't taste quite right. Same for over 6%.

[Jonathon]

Uhm Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[Jonathan]

Over 6% is where the real beers start. 4%-6% is ok but it's not real
beer. But most Australians probably don't know these things. They're
too far from Belgium.

[Jonnie]

On Thu, 03 Feb 2022 07:18:14 +1100, Jeßus <j...@j.net> wrote:

[Jonnie]

[Jonnie]

Mike Duffy wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:02:36 -0700, US Janet wrote:
>
>> My first beer was in a paper cup [...]
>> I drank beers you never heard of.
>> You probably can't sophisticate me now.
>
> If anyone can sophisticate anyone about beer, it's probably not someone
> who drinks it with ice just to kill the bad taste of cheap beer to let
> him drink more total alcohol.
>

[Ed Pawlowski]

>> In article <ea61a9d4-323d-46bd...@googlegroups.com>, bryang...@gmail.com says...

>>> Mike, I drink all beer on ice. I drink soda pop on ice. I drink
>>> cranberry juice cocktail on ice. I drink coffee on ice. I don't
>>> drink cheap, or bad tasting beer. Again, you only half-ass
>>> pay attention. The melting ice dilutes the alcohol, so I get
>>> less alcohol, and more water.

Just noticed this. No, you get the same amount of alcohol if you drink
a 12 ounce bottle straight or a 12 ounce bottle diluted with a few
ounces of melted ice.

Less per mouthful but the same in total.

[Hank Rogers]

Also, it's harder to guzzle it with the ice.

[Dave Smith]

On 2022-02-02 3:18 p.m., Je�us wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 10:11:44 -0500, Dave Smith

> him drink more total alcohol.
>>
>> I have never understood drinking that crappy light beer just so you can
>> drink more of it.
>
> I find any beer under 4% doesn't taste quite right. Same for over 6%.
>
>

I once went to the beer store and asked for a half dozen cans of Faxe, a
Danish beer. The woman asked if I wanted 5 or 10, I said, 6... a half
dozen. She clarified ..... 5% or 10%.. what the heck, I opted for 10.
I didn't like it. It is the only beer I ever had where you can really
taste the alcohol/

[jmcquown]

On 2/2/2022 4:40 AM, Gary wrote:
> On 2/1/2022 6:33 PM, US Janet wrote:
>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:24:07 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
>> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 12:39:21 PM UTC-6, US Janet wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It turns out you can order in everything for a birthday
>>>>
>>>> I've gotten a bouquet.
>>>> A birthday cake has been delivered. Cheesecake.
>>>> Dinner will be ordered from my favorite Mexican restaurant.
>>>> Already have the beer.
>>>> We'll stream a movie later.
>>>>
>>>> Just like date night but we don't have to go out and get exposed to
>>>> any virus flying around.
>>>>
>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>> Woo-hoo, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>

>> Next year will be the big WOO-HOO! Getting up there.
>

> Will that be 70 or 80?
> Hope you had a good birthday yesterday, Janet!
>
>

That's a rather backhanded way to wish her a happy birthday. Phishing
for her age.

Jill

[Dave Smith]

1 can appreciate that a person who puts ice in beer might not understand
that.

[Jonnie]

[Leonard Blaisdell]

On 2022-02-01, US Janet <USJ...@jan6noplace.com> wrote:

> It turns out you can order in everything for a birthday

> I've gotten a bouquet.
> A birthday cake has been delivered. Cheesecake.
> Dinner will be ordered from my favorite Mexican restaurant.
> Already have the beer.
> We'll stream a movie later.

Happy Birthday, Janet! I'm a day late. My youngest granddaughter
celebrates her 19th birthday, today. IIRC, you're just a couple of years
older than she is ;)

[Leonard Blaisdell]

On 2022-02-02, Dave Smith <adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I have never understood drinking that crappy light beer just so you can

> drink more of it. I have done my share of overindulging in beer but
> never bought the canoe beer just so I could drink more of it. I never
> liked getting drunk and never set out to drink to get drunk. These days
> my alcohol consumption is way down and when I have beer it is one good one.

I drink anything with alcohol in it at the same speed. I can last about
45 minutes on Everclear, two hours on bottled liquor, four hours on wine
and twelve hours on Budweiser.
My friends wish I'd stick to Everclear, but I like to chat, so it's Bud
until they throw me out.

[Jonah]

Or sweetener in wine. We're dealing with a complete barbarian here.
His opinions about beer and wine are moot.

[Jonah]

[Jonah]

[Ed Pawlowski]

Anything with ice has a diluted taste and that may be the goal. More
fluid intake equal pee more.

[Bertram]

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[US Janet]

On 3 Feb 2022 00:14:43 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell

I think you are right! Thanks for the wishes.
Janet US

[Zebediah]

[Gary]

Just conversation, Jill.
She brought it up, "Next year will be the big WOO-HOO!"
Why say that if you don't want to give your age?

[Jeßus]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 18:17:10 -0500, Dave Smith
<adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

I used to brew beer, mead and cider. At one time I wanted to see how
high % I could achieve, I think it was 11-12%, something like that. I
didn't like the taste, for me it wasn't beer any more. Tried some
similar beers from Europe, again, not a fan of the taste. I like the %
around 4-6%.

[Shimon]

Good little redneck :)