[Magdalen] Safely home

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Tue Nov 11 15:11:21 UTC 2014


Watch out, David! Jim Guthrie will be after you in his next post!

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> I don't drink tapwater anyway.  Mineral water, yes, but otherwise I  get my
> liquid via coffee/tea and soda.  And no booze.  I gave that up  for Lent
> 30 years ago this December 27th.
>
> I remember the reaction of a French waiter when a friend of mine  ordered
> "water" for his meal.  The waiter stammered, "Uhh...uhh...l'eau?   Uhh...de
> l'eau?
> I persuaded him to go the mineral water route, and then all was well.
>
> David Strang.
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> In a message dated 11/10/2014 10:28:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:
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> Don't do  bourbon. Beer yes, bourbon no.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> in the state with the  most breweries per capita,
> Woodbury, VT  USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:  James Handsfield
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 10:14 PM
> To:  Magdalen
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Safely home
>
> Well, no, no mountains  in Florida.  But the water isn’t bad, particularly
> when mixed with a  little bourbon.
>
> “The worst form of corruption is acceptance of  corruption.”  Herblock
>
> Jim  Handsfield
> jhandsfield at att.net
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> > On Nov 10, 2014, at 10:12  PM, Charles Wohlers
> > <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>  wrote:
> >
> > Well, Key West likely won't be so hot as it's  surrounded by ocean. Or so
> > crowded as it's so isolated. OTOH, it is  isolated. Can't climb mountains
> > there! And I bet the water tastes  awful.
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