The brewing is working better than expected. Do you know how when you drink some beers that there is an instantaneous hint of a taste as it first hits the tongue that is almost exactly but not entirely like the smell in your car when you are driving down the highway and pass a place where a skunk was made roadkill approximately 2 hours before? We achieved that!

WOW Pio. Awesome. I suggest leaving it for a few more weeks to "mature"
BigK=>only drinks home brew.

That is somewhat of a problem. Let's see. Rate of production vs. rate of consumption. I think this is a differential equation with time as the independent variable. This is getting complicated. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

you also need a LOT of bottles!

There is a brand of grape juice here that comes in a glass bottle with reclosing top with a seal. The other brands come in a box. The bottle brand is much more expensive than the others - almost twice the price. A new sales manager came into the region for that company and he decided he could reduce the manufacturing cost and therefore make more profit by going to boxes too. He was fired within three months and the company went back to glass bottles. They saw their sales go to almost zero overnight.

Gemela has now decided that if life gives her lemons, she'll make sangria.

Well gemela did make the sangria last night and it was a good thing. yesterday PM I called her at the house just to say hello. She told me she was busy cleaning up the DDs' rooms. That didn't quite make much sense at the time but I let it go and frankly forgot all about it. The afternoon was a bit hectic and I'll leave it at that. After it all settled down, DD1 was bawling. Long story short, when gemela said cleaning "up", what she really meant was cleaning "out". Gemela had gone through all the toys and had given away or thrown away the majority. That in and of itself is not necessarily all that bad. The DDs have plenty of toys they don't play with any more and their rooms are always a mess.

But maybe this could have all been handled differently. I don't know. It was too late anyway. At one point, DD1 was out on the curb crying and sitting next to two trash bags of her toys. She begged me to give her the toys back. I couldn't really do that because I couldn't reverse what gemela had done. I do wish we could have all done this together and negotiated on what stayed and what went. In this regard, gemela knows DD1 very well and I believe it was done totally in the name of conflict avoidance.

Gemela had given away some toys and hidden in the pile were some things that DD1 really wanted (she had made in art class). So we have to go over to the peoples' house she gave them to and are sifting through the toys while they are having dinner. That was a Rockwell portrait.

All evening DD1 and gemela were having one long shouting match. I did not get in the middle but I did try to keep them as far apart as possible and in separate rooms most of the evening. I also stayed close enough when they wer together just in case gemela decided to get physical (she is capable). Finally things settled down a bit but DD1 still cried herself to sleep.

The thing is DD2 couldn't care less. As long as she has her Gameboy and rat-bear, she's a happy camper. But DD1 is sentimental. She loves each and every toy equally and with all her heart. It breaks her heart to lose a toy. I can relate. She gets that from me. So I'm brokenhearted too now and I have my own anger at gemela.

Anyway, DD1 pulled me to the side at the height of the fight and told me she never wanted to see mommy again and she wanted me to find them a new mommy. Obviously I told her that she shouldn't say those things and she was just angry but I have to confess that even while I was saying all those things, the first thought that popped into my head was "maybe a blonde?". Just for a split second, I felt enfranchised and it felt really good.

Do blondes really have more fun?

It was just a strange experience. Normally a parent will defend the other parent. And I did defend her. But part of me thought DD1 had a great idea - we were finally on the same page.

* I think its a pity really Pio. We have similar situations with our marriages, you and I, and neither of us is inarticulate or stupid.

Yet we loathe each other so that can't be exploited to our mutual benfit.

Ah well. Such is life outside the movies.

Thaks again for your support in the other thread. Genuinely appreciated on a day where I haven't had much support. *

Fatwa doesn't always mean a death sentence. Although death could be considered extreme shunning. The majority (or is it the minority? I never can remember) are shunni. The rulers are shunni so whether they are majority or minority is really moot. The ones that aren't shunni get shiiti treatment.

I am using the above quote without permission. I can offer PayPal.

I knew it was bound to happen. I see on BBC that George Bush has accused Miss Venezuela of dropping oil on the stage during the evening gown competition which caused Miss USA to fall on her butt.

lol Pio

I can only say those things after I'm sure ML has gone to bed. By the time she wakes up tomorrow, I'll be safe on page 5. Heaven help me if she were to ever read that! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Update on ToddAC:

Gee Pio, I really hope no one bumps the thread. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Aren't your fingers tired? Don't you need to send your keyboard in for a 1,000,000 click checkup? Now we have two marathon posters. I'm glad this web site doesn't have an RSS feed. I would need a bigger hard disk!

Well you quoted the wrong post, Einstein. I'm going to go back and edit it before you CAN quote it. You never were the sharpest axe in the woodshed, bless your heart. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

No I quoted the post I intended. Mel will believe me. LOL.