Conference kaosws::canada

    Dave,
    Are you in for a surprise. To us from the U.S. side of the border...beer
    in Canada is expensive...like $18-20 a case. At a bar it's about
    $2.50-3.25 a bottle....(but Canadian beer is good) 
    Milk is $4....$2-3 if you buy it in a plastic bag.
    
    Jim                                               

    
    re: .0 Dave and .1 Jim
    
    Are you in for a surprise. To us from the Canadian side of the border
    ... beer in Canada is expensive... like $20-25 a case. At a bar
    its $3.00 to $5.00 a bottle.
    
    Cans are more expensive than bottles because most provinces do not
    impose a deposit on cans. Beer in the Newfoundland is really expensive,
    I believe almost $30 a case.
    
    Brewing in Canada is a provincially regulated industry and unless
    it is brewed in the respective provinces it is not sold in the beer
    stores.  For example Bud is brewed in Ontario under license and
    so can be purchased in the beer store. If you want to buy imported
    Bud, you have to go to a liquor store.
    
    But, and you are right, Canadian beer is good.
    
    Roger

Re: WILSON_D

While sitting on my swimming deck over the weekend, I gazed eastward
in the direction of Coleman Island.  To my surprise, I saw a large pall
of greasy, black smoke emanating from a white house.  As the foliage was
not in full bloom I was able to see across the bay at this scene with
a great deal of interest and horror.  There were a number of naked men
and women cavorting about the burning house with a total disregard for
the disaster that was unfolding in front of them.

It was only after the OPP S.W.A.T. team had rappelled to the scene from
overhead helicopters and stun grenades into the building that I was able
to discern the ring-leaders.  One of them stood out from the crowd by his
swaggering demeanour; his thinning, close-cropped, blonde hair; and his
gaunt almost scrawny appearance.  He too was totally naked but was covered
with lurid scenes of debauchery, hand-painted all over his pitiful person.
Everyone called him 'Jim'.

The house was totally destroyed except for a partially burnt photograph
of a non-descript couple.  The male in the photo was rather bumptious
with a slightly loony glint in his eye, the female was slight in build
and had a rather motherly look about her (if not recently).  Only one
name was visible at the bottom, 'Dave'.

That was all that was left of 15 Mary Street.

Pat

Back to the topic:

What brand of beer were they (.3) drinking, and how much did it cost?

Who was more intoxicated, you or these party-goers?

Was any water from the Grand Canal used to fight the fire?  (Or, perhaps
the beer drinkers simply said, "P*ss on it!")

    I'd like to clarify some of the misrepresentations put forward
    in note .3
    
    First of all, there was nothing 'lurid' about the whole thing.
    
    Secondly, it was not the OPP at all.  It was the 'Almonte Hotel
    Volunteer Mercenary Death Squad' on their first daytime mission.
    
    And thirdly, we drink nothing but Coors at our place.
    
    Next time, get your stories straight.
    
    Love bunny from hell (aka 15 Mary Street)

    <<Love bunny from hell (aka 15 Mary Street)


Bloody hell!  Get my stories straight!?  The ring-leader himself has the
colossal gall to say that.

This was the guy who just recently was caught driving his house into a moving
car.

Wow!  Is he on some strange chemicals.

    yes on the chemicals ... but i here the tulips are still okay ..
    and the grass shows burn marks
    
    wait for summer ... man there are ever some weeds that grow ...
    bettter conssume theem fasst, for theyy groow eveer soo fasst
    
        whoo is loove bunny from helll?
    
    hey jim .. do you know pat has a pool? ... get on the main road,
    turn right, over the bridge, down the hill and then up the hill
    .. first street on the right (by the church) ... brown and barf
    yellow house on the left facing the island .. circa 1890 house .. 
    three story .. there is a pool in the backyard with a fridge (of beer)
    
    ... note beer must be discussed ... oh yes .. after 9:00 or whenever
    pat is asleep (most of the time) the beer is free .. a better bargain
    that a blue at 75 cents
    

    <<hey jim .. do you know pat has a pool? ... get on the main road,
    <<yellow house on the left facing the island .. circa 1890 house .. 
    <<there is a pool in the backyard with a fridge (of beer)
    
It's circa 1870, and it's guarded by disturbed rotweilers which are fed
only once a week with the tiny fingers of neighbourhood children.  The
'fridge door is wired to 200Kg of Semtex and certain bottles of beer have
been filled with liquid Drano.

Attendance at the pool is by invitation only and you must bring all beer,
food and floating thingies (no Sweet Marie chocolate bars in the pool).
Everyone entering the pool must wear a catheter and have had an enema within
the last hour (at their own premises).  Lastly, you must drink one pint of
phenylpthalein before entering the pool.

All guests are then shot dead and fed to the dogs - they LOVE pool parties!

Pat    

Rumour has it that Pat fills the pool with water from the Grand Canal, singing
"Eau Canada" as the harnessed Rottweilers run the treadmill connected to the
pump.

    Dave, is Pat's house the one with the bars on the windows, the 
    armed guards, the Valium concession, the straight jackets, and
    the green vans parked out front?
    
    Oh I get it...the house, the pool, figments of his poor twisted
    imagination....locked forever away with his own warped thoughts.
    
    Although they do allow him out every day to do some teaching at
    Digital.  I guess that's appropriate...explains the expertise
    we've built up in our Volume Manufacturing workforce too...
    
    Jim-who-lives-in-a-weed-infested-crater-where-15-Mary-street-used-
    to-be...with-Coors-empties.

    jim to find pat's place, listen to the guitar playing ... he has
    no problems with rats, wasps, or the like thereof, due to the dreaded
    son_who_playis_guitarist_loudest disease.
    
    warning if you ever intend to visit .. pat actually serves lone star
    beer.  i think he finds canadian beer to expensive .. (ever seen
    the car he drives)
    
    pat why do you not visit us in puerto rico .. there is this nice
    spot, labatts blue is 75 cents, the pool table a quarter, and the 
    wave riding is great ... great for a long lunch
    
    gas is cheap too !  8.50 this morning to fill up my cutlass

    
    
    ... is draino cheaper than beer in canada

Now, how seriously can you take a guy whose personal name is the following:


From:	AGOUTL::WILSON_D "Husband - manufactures a ft computer .. Wife - 
has a ft milk supply for daughter .. Nature was first with a Zone A and 
Zone B  17-May-1990 0932" 17-MAY-1990 09:50:38.97


Jim-who-wishes-he-had-a-box-to-live-in-in-the-crater-that-used-to-be-
15-Mary-Street...but-still-enjoys-a-Canadian-beer-from-time-to-time

Aww, youse guys are just making fun of me and my car.  I'm not playing anymore.

    Ok Pat....let's make fun of your FACE instead.
    
    Pretty-boy P.

Why not yours Jim, at least there's two of them.

  ... basic problem here ... not enough beer .. too much milk

Again, how can you trust a guy with a personal name like this?  Maybe if we
knew Dave had 'pricky face' we could have asked him to keep the beard...



From:	MAGOS::WILSON_D "Rosie .. I shaved off the beard .. I am in mourning, 
but Judy is worried about pricky-face in the morning  22-May-1990 2335" 
22-MAY-1990 23:44:33.04
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		Tsk, tsk

    I'll be visiting Montreal for a couple of days and I have a few
    questions about beer.
    
    Where is it sold?  I'm interested in Canadian microbreweries and,
    especially, Belgian imports that aren't available in the US.
    
    What hours can it be sold?  And, does Canada switch to daylight savings
    time this Sunday when the US changes?
    
    Thanks for any help.
    
    Jamie

    

    	Jamie,

    	Ontario is enacting a graduated beer drinking program for Non-Canadian
    citizens who are unused to the higher levels of alcohol in Canadian
    beer. 
    In the first year, you will be required to drink *only* when a Canadian 
    is present, and only during daylight hours. The second part of the 
    beer drinking graduation process requires the  presence of *two or
    more* Canadians.[The Canadian must have been drinking beer for
    at lease 4 years] This level allows all nighters. It is not 'till 
    the third year where you are allowed to drink alone.
         

    re .20
    
    Fine, so long as I don't have to buy.  Can I get advanced placement
    credit for in-home training?
    
    Besides, Canadian beers aren't any stronger.  Not that I'm up for a
    Labatts vs. Bud drink-off to prove the point.
    
    Jamie

    
    You would be better off to try Ontario for Belgium imports, rather
    than Quebec (I think they have one or two like Duval).  Ontario LCBO Rare
    Wine Stores (very hard to find) currently have Duvel, La Chouffe, Mac
    Chouffe, Triple Engihem (SP?), + one more  Not all stores have all items.
    They get a few in, then switch to something else when the stock runs out.  
    No more than 3 or so at once, but over the last three years 25 or so
    varieties have shown up.  
    
    Regular beer stores have Chimay Read CAP and maybe Duvel. 
    Belgium beer fanatics have to really be resourceful.
    
    A new Montreal brewery does some great belgium-style beers. Can't
    remember the name.
    
    I think you can forget Sunday for either province.  Yes we switch time this
    weekend. 
    
    Contact me off-line.
    
    Marshall

When in Montreal you must try "Maudite." I beleive it's 8% or 8.5%!!

Ben

    Did someone say that Canadian beer is no stronger than American???!!???

    You've got to be kidding!!!!

    Drinking American beer is like making love in a canoe!!

    Hope this helps.

    Glenn

    All joking aside, you can buy beer in Montreal in most corner stores
    (Depanneur [did I spell that right?]) and grocery stores, there is a
    cutoff time at night after which they are not allowed to sell, I seem
    to remember it's 11:00PM but I might be wrong. 
    
    There are some fine Micro-breweries in Montreal, McAusland is one,
    can't remeber any of the others, you might also find some places that
    carry 'imports' from the bigger Ontario MB's like Upper Canada and
    Sleeman. The bigger the place you go the better the selection will be. 

    
    McAusland is one, sells under "St.Ambroise" as the brand name.
    Excellent stuff.
    
    Maudite is the Belgium-style beer, from Unibruse (SP?).  They also make
    a Blanches de Chambly (white beer style) and a few others.
    
    The third micro is Brassers de Allemends, or something like that.  
    
    You can buy these in corner stores/grocery stores.
    
    
    

    >>belgian beers (Mort subite {18% if I remember right}....)
    
    18%  !!!  That's not beer!
    
    Do you mean McChouffe at 8.5%, or La Chouffe at 8.0% ?
    
    Pat

    Eight bottles of Rinse Cochon and you're really finished.

    Hope this helps,

    Glenn