Happy Valley Photo Essay

[_RayAgostini]

The irony is killing me.

Merry Christmas, Ray. ;)

I drink Beck's.

You?

Have a great Christmas, gramps.

[_gramps]

The irony is killing me.

Merry Christmas, Ray. ;)

I drink Beck's.

You?

Have a great Christmas, gramps.

I was thinking, incorrectly obviously, that you had better taste than that, Ray.

Becks and a great Christmas: how do they go together?

[_RayAgostini]

I was thinking, incorrectly obviously, that you had better taste than that, Ray.

Becks and a great Christmas: how do they go together?

What's your recommendation? I repent pretty damn fast.

[_gramps]

I was thinking, incorrectly obviously, that you had better taste than that, Ray.

Becks and a great Christmas: how do they go together?

What's your recommendation? I repent pretty damn fast.

You don't only repent fast. You actually have the ability to totally forget your recent past. Good on 'ya. ;)

About the beer: It depends on what you fancy. I don't drink Pilsners, as a rule, but I can recommend a few south Germany lagers, or a weiss beer.

Can you get those in the outback?

[_RayAgostini]

You don't only repent fast. You actually have the ability to totally forget your recent past.

What recent past?

About the beer: It depends on what you fancy. I don't drink Pilsners, as a rule, but I can recommend a few south Germany lagers, or a weiss beer.

Can you get those in the outback?

Good Lord, gramps, I don't live in the Outback. I, like, live in a kangaroo-free city...? With motorcars and all of "civilisations" bills and expenses. I expect to soon be paying just to have a s***, so I'm not exactly Wild Bill Hicock.

I've heard of Weiss. I know most German beer is good. We have something here called "Victoria Bitter", which is basically made from elephant's piss, but still tastier than Fosters.

So Weiss beer is good? Any specific brand name? Or do I just go into a liquor store and ask if they can make be "Weisser"?

[_gramps]

RayAgostini wrote:

What recent past?

It is good to see that you didn't lose your sense of humor along with your memory. ;)

Good Lord, gramps, I don't live in the Outback. I, like, live in a kangaroo-free city...? With motorcars and all of "civilisations" bills and expenses. I expect to soon be paying just to have a s***, so I'm not exactly Wild Bill Hicock.

I've heard of Weiss. I know most German beer is good. We have something here called "Victoria Bitter", which is basically made from elephant's piss, but still tastier than Fosters.

So Weiss beer is good? Any specific brand name? Or do I just go into a liquor store and ask if they can make be "Weisser"?

Please. I am offended when you take the Lord's name in vain. ;)

I just read about a kangaroo punching out an old lady there somewhere in Australia. Good to hear you live in a safe zone.

Well, sometimes it is called Hefeweissen. I don't know what you can get there. My favorite is Unertl. It is Bavarian.

If you like lager, you can't go wrong with Augustiner. It is the 'gold-standard.' But, I am drinking Andechser these days, and I would say it is the best. Good luck.

[_RayAgostini]

I just read about a kangaroo punching out an old lady there somewhere in Australia. Good to hear you live in a safe zone.

Safe? I'd rather be punched out by a kangaroo than the bloody city council, or the pretentious political buffoons in Canberra.

Well, sometimes it is called Hefeweissen. I don't know what you can get there. My favorite is Unertl. It is Bavarian.

If you like lager, you can't go wrong with Augustiner. It is the 'gold-standard.' But, I am drinking Andechser these days, and I would say it is the best. Good luck.

I'll check them out. Thanks. If I don't report back, that means they were extra good.

[_beastie]

To all of you who have bashed, criticised and denounced Dan Peterson, here is my formal challenge to you:

If it's possible (it may not be in many cases), I invite you (sounds better than "challenge", I suppose) to spend several hours with him in face to face discussion.

Do not utter another word of criticism, until you do this. If, after this meeting, you still feel the same way about "DCP", then by all means reveal to the world why you feel he's a "hack", and a "dumb Mormon apologist", a "liar", "dishonest", "self-deceived", a "deceiver", an "anti-Semite", "potentially violent", "pretending to believe", "proud, arrogant and vain", and so on and so forth.

Make your solid case, after you've spent several hours in face to face discussions with DCP. With eye contact, and a sharp eye for deception or pretense, it shouldn't be any problem to expose the "real DCP".

Let me know the results of this face to face meeting. Let me know if you really think he's an "evil mopologist", intent on destroying the lives of others unless they accept Mormonism.

You can PM me the result of this face to face encounter, or publish it on this board so that all decent people "with morals" can scrupulously avoid Dan Peterson like the plague.

I'm not judging Dan Peterson.

I'm judging the online posting of DCP. I'm judging how, when posting online, DCP is unwilling to accept any responsibility for his own part in the conflict that follows him around on the web.

There is a difference, and I'm always aware of that difference.

[_ludwigm]

About the beer: It depends on what you fancy. I don't drink Pilsners, as a rule, but I can recommend a few south Germany lagers, or a weiss beer.

I don't drink Pilsners, as a rule

Stupid rule. Are You a bigot? Should I change my opinion about You?

but I can recommend a few south Germany lagers, or a weiss beer.

Accepted. In Brigham Young’s straightforward words:
“we believe in all good. If you can find a truth in heaven, earth or hell*, it
belongs to our doctrine. We believe it; it is ours; we claim it.”

or, in Joseph Smith's words:
"we will claim truth as ours wherever we find it"

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Some blandishment to my american friends:
American beer is a little like making love in a canoe.
It's damned close to water.

[_gramps]

gramps wrote:

I don't drink Pilsners, as a rule, but I can recommend a few south Germany lagers, or a weiss beer.

to which ludwigm replied:

Stupid rule. Are You a bigot? Should I change my opinion about You?

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you, Ludwig!

I should have qualified that statement above. When I am in Prague, I make it a rule to drink Pilsners. Delicious.

All the recommended beers you provided sound wonderful. I would love to sit down and try to get through a few of them with you.

And think, if you had added all the delicious Belgian beers to that list, well, it would take us an eternity to get through them all.

Here is to a new year, yea, even an eternity of tasting delicious beers.

Peace.