I was surprised to see that Sainsbury's stocked Old Peculiar as it's not available in Waitrose where I normally shop; neither is Brooklyn although they do stock Fursty Ferret. I wouldn't recommend Old Peculiar as it is a dark beer and only for those of catholic tastes. The Brooklyn was quite strong and had a good body: unlike those French and Italian lagers such as Peroni which, for the most part, seem to be made for women and children; the words weak and insipid spring to mind. Brooklyn is described on the bottle as a pre-prohibition beer which I think must be a different recipe and post-dates the original brew that, ironically, was started by two men who made it secretly for themselves when working in Saudi Arabia, which doesn't allow alcohol at all.Originally Posted by Neely
The work front is something I no longer have to put up with thank God. It wasn't so much the work as the getting there with all those glum (none glummer than mine) faces on public transport five days a week. Some of the work was quite interesting but you will never beat doing your own thing and the nine to five ritual runs contrary to human nature in my view. It's the ritualistic nature of work that's most disturbing and nothing makes a person feel only a number than being part of the rush hour where human beings are literally swept along in a great mass of people whose individuality has been totally submerged in pursuit of the bare necessities. Obviously this is the price we pay for living in a structured society as opposed to one of dissolution which has all kinds of other horrors but, providing they don't resort to criminality and live off everyone else, I do admire those people who turn their back on the whole issue and are able to live according to their lights rather than simply exist. That's one reason why The Moon and Sixpence is my favourite novel.
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It does raise the question though if the fake stuff actually tasted better than the real thing in the case of Blossom Hill. I say 15+ hour day, this is true with work and uni (not getting in while 10.50pm!) but it did include a pub lunch in-between, naturally, where's the expenses account when you need it? A 13/14 hour day today; a lazy one, an Easter break now though and just three sessions after that and I'm done with all that nonsense.
