[Sussex] Moot

[Gareth Ablett]

Hmm I sent this to Geoff first time when it was me to be to the list,
sorry Geoff.


Was reading your sig and thought of this although not a unix brad it has
a tast.

Microsoft Brand : Although this is a popular brand and drunk the world
over by more then most, it has a definite bitter after taste, and  many
a drinking session would end in vomit or ill health the next morning. 

Gareth Ablett
Systems Developer

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Teale [mailto:gteale at cmedltd.com]
> Sent: 30 October 2003 1:29 pm
> To: Gareth Ablett
> Subject: RE: [Sussex] Moot
> 
> On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 13:16, Gareth Ablett wrote:
> > Try ebay,
> 
> Tried and failed several times to secure a decent deal on e-bay -
> anything worth having rockets up to more than it's worth in the last
few
> hours.
> 
> I've done business with some companies trading on e-bay outside of
that
> forum and arranged a decent price before now (my Sun Ultra5 at home
was
> bought that way).
> 
> BTW.. sorry about the large sig below (it was generated by fortune)
but
> as it is appropriate I thought I'd leave it.
> --
> GJT
> gteale at cmedltd.com
> --
> 
> Unix Beer: Comes in several different brands, in cans ranging from 8
oz.
> to 64 oz. Drinkers of Unix Beer display fierce brand loyalty, even
> though they claim that all the different brands taste almost
identical.
> Sometimes the pop-tops break off when you try to open them, so you
have
> to have your own can opener around for those occasions, in which case
> you either need a complete set of instructions, or a friend who has
been
> drinking Unix Beer for several years.
> 
> BSD stout: Deep, hearty, and an acquired taste. The official brewer
has
> released the recipe, and a lot of home-brewers now use it. Hurd beer:
> Long advertised by the popular and politically active GNU brewery, so
> far it has more head than body. The GNU brewery is mostly known for
> printing complete brewing instructions on every can, which contains
> hops, malt, barley, and yeast ... not yet fermented.
> 
> Linux brand: A recipe originally created by a drunken Finn in his
> basement, it has since become the home-brew of choice for impecunious
> brewers and Unix beer-lovers worldwide, many of whom change the
recipe.
> 
> POSIX ales: Sweeter than lager, with the kick of a stout; the newer
> batches of a lot of beers seem to blend ale and stout or lager.
Solaris
> brand: A lager, intended to replace Sun brand stout. Unlike most
lagers,
> this one has to be drunk more slowly than stout.
> 
> Sun brand: Long the most popular stout on the Unix market, it was
> discontinued in favor of a lager.
> 
> SysV lager: Clear and thirst-quenching, but lacking the body of stout
or
> the sweetness of ale.