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Sometimes, just sometimes, my local supermarket has something really good. This time a bottle cought my eye. It was among countless bottles of wine, but its darker golden color made it stand out. That's not the usual grape juice!
MEAD!
And really good mead, not too sweet. The sort that gives you want to sail to Ireland and do some plundering and maybe burning down a village or two. If that stuff was good enough for the old gods, it sure is good enough for me.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I hate to break it to you but.... The old gods don't shop at the supermarket! 
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you got me! 
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No, they didn't. It was a little more complicated.[^] Something about murderous dwarves and giants.
Quote: The dwarves explained to the gods that Kvasir had suffocated in intelligence.
How long has it been since this explanation became unbelievable?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I see you are well informed! 
I guess short of murdering some very hard to find giants, supermarket might do in the meantime....
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They don't even sell that stuff at liquor stores over here.
Need to get mine at specific (fantasy) festivals or order online 
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My wife's a beekeeper and makes the stuff by the gallon; the garage is full. Apparently its pretty good (it's won in competitions) but neither of us are too keen on mead AND neither of us can drink more than a thimbleful of alcohol anyway (doesn't go well with heart medication). Great for Christmas presents though!
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DerekT-P wrote: Great for Christmas presents though!
You'd think, but it's not popular over here!
I've brought a bottle to work a couple of times, so we could have a little Friday afternoon mead tasting (most people here never even tasted mead), but I don't think I've ever heard someone say they liked it.
Maybe because they're expecting wine, which it isn't, maybe because it's sweeter than they think, but no one liked it.
I don't mind, more for me! Cheers!
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Our local grocery only stocks mead during the months when there is a festival in the area. They run a “must go” sale when the festival ends.
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CodeWraith wrote: cought
I see you've already hit the bottle. 
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Ewe cot that two? Gud I!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Yes, I sometimes find a bottle of ice wine, hopefully from the Michigan peninsula. Slightly costly, but a fine dessert wine.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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Not the same without TOTD
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Not even 48 hours, and already I get complaints? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Not even 48 hours, and already I get complaints?
That's the way it works. Do something nice and for free, and now everyone expects it, for free.
I'm always amused when I write a utility, mainly to make my job easier, that I wrote off hours (because I also love programming and learning new things and making my life easier and I don't really care that this wasn't on company time and some pieces have become articles) and now everyone is using these utilities (they're actually web pages that do useful things) and I get these "oh, can you add this feature" requests.
So...is your break from TotD over?
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Yes, but Windows is all yours, have fun ...
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Then fill in for him. Here's a thought to play with, maybe not for a day: "He who laughs last - may be deranged."
Of course, it isn't the same kind of thought, but a thought is still a thought.
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A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen.
'Careful,' he said, 'CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my gosh! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my gosh! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful. CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the! Salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!'
The wife stared at him. 'What in the world is wrong with you?You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?'
The husband calmly replied, 'I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving.'
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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/ravi
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And he said that while she had a frying pan in her hand? 
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I am living that scenario, and have been for 40 years or so! 
Not sure whether to laugh or cry at this. Perhaps I'll do both.
Ed
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I haven't been married for 15 years or so but my current SO and I don't argue because we've learned; 1) to pick our fights and 2) we've learned how to fight, plus we're very compatible.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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