We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
Fresh beer, unpasteurized. My lunch in Bavaria, along the Danube canal, last summer. Roast pork, grilled pork, bratwurst, weisswurst, sauerkraut, applesauce, weissbrau. Hold the veggies! I like German mustard - isn't mustard a vegetable?
you gotta love Bavaria... If not for Oktoberfest, but the beer is hopps based manna....
My best 'forgotten weekend' was at an Oktoberfest in 1989 - I remember getting off the train, going to the fest tents (Paulaner, IIRC) , and beginning to drink, but my last 'clear' thought was waking on the train, and having to pee like a Russian race horse. Must have been good...