Not that it's really important, but I notice that M-x yow 
always returns the same quotation. Is that a bug, or am 
I doing it wrong?

Phil
-- 
The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the 
point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. 
The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Preface to Androcles and the Lion

Phil Carmody wrote:
> Not that it's really important, but I notice that M-x yow 
> always returns the same quotation. Is that a bug, or am 
> I doing it wrong?
> 
Have you been on the turps again Phil?

You're doing it wrong!

Try comp.how.to.configure.phils.emacs

-- 
Ian Collins

Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> writes:

> Phil Carmody wrote:
>> Not that it's really important, but I notice that M-x yow 
>> always returns the same quotation. Is that a bug, or am 
>> I doing it wrong?
>> 
> Have you been on the turps again Phil?

Saaremaa Tume, Left Hand Milk Stout, and Slaapmutske Tripel,
for reference.

> You're doing it wrong!
>
> Try comp.how.to.configure.phils.emacs

You're lucky you didn't get both the logs from the debugging 
runs from my latest number-crunching code, and also some 
veeeeery off-topic statements destined for IRC.

I need to work out which window's which, and when I've done
that, I'll get the post to the right newsgroup.

Sorry!
Phil
-- 
The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the 
point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. 
The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Preface to Androcles and the Lion

Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> writes:
> Phil Carmody wrote:
>> Not that it's really important, but I notice that M-x yow 
>> always returns the same quotation. Is that a bug, or am 
>> I doing it wrong?
>> 
> Have you been on the turps again Phil?
>
> You're doing it wrong!
>
> Try comp.how.to.configure.phils.emacs

Oh god, I've just remembered - you've seen me after too many beers...

Phil
-- 
The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the 
point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. 
The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Preface to Androcles and the Lion

Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Have you been on the turps again Phil?
> 
> Saaremaa Tume, Left Hand Milk Stout,

Coincidentally, I bought one of those recently. Haven't opened it yet;
I've been drinking bocks lately, of course. What's it like? Does it
really taste of milk?

Richard

rlb@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl (Richard Bos) writes:
> Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Have you been on the turps again Phil?
>> 
>> Saaremaa Tume, Left Hand Milk Stout,
>
> Coincidentally, I bought one of those recently. Haven't opened it yet;
> I've been drinking bocks lately, of course. 

At the festival in Amsterdam, I hope. The Cracked Kettle has just
received a large order of bocks...

> What's it like? Does it really taste of milk?

Not at all. The 'milk' in the name is because some of the 
fermentable sugars in the wort were lactose. Normal brewing
yeast can't ferment that, so it remains in the final beer.
So it's sweeter and more full-bodied than it would be if the
sugars had been fermented. More calories too, but I don't 
recommend combining the habits of calorie counting and beer 
drinking, unless you're actively aiming for high numbers.
In the UK it's no longer legal to call such a stout a "milk"
stout. I think "sweet stout" is the prefered name.

Is it possible to get more OT?

Phil
-- 
The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the 
point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. 
The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Preface to Androcles and the Lion

In article <874p30lveb.fsf@nonospaz.fatphil.org>,
Phil Carmody  <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> wrote a bunch of
interesting stuff (seriously!) that is, alas, verboten in CLC, leading
up to:
....
>In the UK it's no longer legal to call such a stout a "milk"
>stout. I think "sweet stout" is the prefered name.
>
>Is it possible to get more OT?

Now where are KT and CBF when you need them???

Phil Carmody wrote:

> In the UK it's no longer legal to call such a stout a "milk"
> stout. I think "sweet stout" is the prefered name.
> 
> Is it possible to get more OT?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6159630.stm

"The public analyst has stated that the name Welsh Dragon Sausage
  is not sufficiently precise to inform a purchaser
  of the true nature of the food."

-- 
pete

Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> rlb@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl (Richard Bos) writes:
> > Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> writes:
> >> 
> >> > Have you been on the turps again Phil?
> >> 
> >> Saaremaa Tume, Left Hand Milk Stout,
> >
> > Coincidentally, I bought one of those recently. Haven't opened it yet;
> > I've been drinking bocks lately, of course. 
> 
> At the festival in Amsterdam, I hope.

No, at home. I don't drink and drive, and I'd have to to get home.

> > What's it like? Does it really taste of milk?
> 
> Not at all. The 'milk' in the name is because some of the 
> fermentable sugars in the wort were lactose. Normal brewing
> yeast can't ferment that, so it remains in the final beer.

I see.

> Is it possible to get more OT?

Yes (though, admittedly, not much): beer is good for when the
programming has got too much to handle :-)

Richard