>Mea culpa, but:
>I was actually only trying to raise the level of the pound, knowing that the
>family Keens were en-route and fearing that our water lily filled stretch
>might distress people of such a sensitive nature! :-)
>The truth is that we were preparing the gas locker for its very first use
>for the purpose for which it was designed (the mounting of the gas bottles
>that is) and discovered that during the past 3 year we had accumulated a
>very large number of tins of Guinness (which neither of us drinks by choice)
>several of which had exploded and all of which were out of date by between 2
>and four years. This may be because they had been brought to various parties
>by other non-Guinness drinkers. Having tried, unsuccessfully, to palm them
>off on others, Andy decreed that they would have to be dispatched to a
>watery grave to make room in the rest of the boat for more acceptable
>refreshments. All parties will be relieved to hear that the only can of HSB
>was in the gas locker as a result of an oversight, was only 12 months out of
>date, and was only donated to Graham out of respect for his distress at
>having seen the untimely demise of so much of the black stuff.:-)
>Caroline
Pity the fish. Beer removes the oxygen from the water, so we were told when a
kiliber lorry overturned at Rugby. It may have to be in much larger
quantities. EA were oxygenising the water for best part of a week.
Sue nb Nackered Navvy
Sue nb Nackered Navvy
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