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Yay, it's December 1st! Time to breakout #1298, the Advent Calendar!! (Celebrate the little things in life.) -r'm Remy Evard -- evard@mcs.anl.gov -- www.mcs.anl.gov/~evard -- 630.252.5963 Manager of Advanced Computing and Networking, MCS, Argonne (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Ok, I've got probably a stupid question about the Advent Calendar... which door do you open? 1 cuz it's the 1st.. or do you open 24 so you can count down the days till christmas? and leave number 1 till christmas day or christmas eve?? I was a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Good Question - I never thought about it. Remembering back to my youth, I seem to recall that the 24 was the biggest and most important door, so I would assume that to be the last door. ie Start at number 1 as I'm sure you've seen in a few (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) seem (...) Definitively: you start at 1 and go to 24, matching the days on the calendar. That's why it's called an advent *calendar*, not an advent goodie countdown. I had one of these every year from when I was just a toddler until I was (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes... (...) calendar. (...) countdown. Exactly! Besides, if you open the same number (on the door) as it's the day of the month, it'll be much more easy to keep track of what door to open. I always managed to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow Larry, I did too. Especially the Nürnberger Lebkuchen (gingerbread), and Lübecker Marzipan (Almond Paste confections - tastes better than it sounds). My mother used to make Stollen (German Fruitcake), but quit making it a few years back. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My (...) mm....stollen...my mother makes a very good one. I didn't like all the weird fruit when i was little, but I love it now. Especially frosted. Its the best for Christmas morning breakfast. Now i can't wait to visit my parents... (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You have time to eat breakfast on Christmas Morning?? Wow! I'm always too busy building my new Lego sets!! :) Jeff (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Check. No riots. (...) Um, which verse was that in? AFAIK, there is no mention in the Bible as to the date, or even the season, of Christ's birth. Christmas as a holiday was placed on December 25 by some Pope (an expansionist theologist) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) best (...) As long as i can remember we have to eat stollen and drink some oj before we even touch the presents. Not sure why, but its a tradition now. (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ummm... Stollen.... my mom used to make that all the time, she hasn't lately, though... :( (...) I have my own tradition, sleeping in! Christmas is one of the only days I don't have to work at either of my jobs. IF I have to, I get up, but, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:3846A941.F7D715...ich.edu... (...) ...<snip>... (...) Chocolate (...) For those (...) Brandy (...) are the (...) Illegal Chocolate? What kind of a thing is it?..:-) Selçuk (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It is illegal to sell candy in the US that has any sort of alcohol in it. I have never heard a good explanation why other than "kids might eat it and decide that booze is fun or tastes yummy". Which, if you've ever been to florida during (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It has something to do with the alcohol content in the liqueur. I believe the only US state that those *could* be sold in (legally) is/was Nevada. I know that Ethel M used to make a liqueur chocolate for sale there. Ray (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Small teensey rant here: I think it's probably because we have a long standing tradition in this country of deciding how other people can and cannot get there jollies. Many entertainments and vices of an "adult" nature offend the sensibilties (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I find this rant offensive, and I'm going to work very hard to see that you can't continue it! 8^) Dave! (just kidding, of course!) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, crazy. In the last couple years (a budding tradition), Christmas doesn't even start until Costco has packs of rum candies. ;) I guess that's the kind of immoral, corrupting behavior you get when you marry into a Dutch family. <grin, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, James Brown writes: I guess that's the kind (...) hurrah for immoral and corrupting!!! ;> (...) From what I understand- you can make wine and beer as long as you don't sell it- that's a tax thing. I don't think you are (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'd have to disagree with this, only because of all the Micro-Brewerys in Wisconsin, they make and sell alcoholic beverages. Maybe you need some type of license to do this.. I'm not sure.. I'd have to ask my brother who is a Master Brewer at a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) As long as you get your licenses and pay your taxes you can sell the alcohol you brew. Down here in North Carolina, we read several times a year about the revenuers busting someone who has a garage still. One year there was even an article (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) sell (...) into (...) you (...) I think I should have clarified that private citizens can't sell alcohol unless uncle sam gets his cut.- You have to have some kind of license. Chris (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) (walking to the edge of the hometown, on the border of Canada, and stepping across the line:) "Ha! I will EAT my liqueured chocolates, and I will BREATHE ON YOUR CHILDREN!" Dang half-Canuck traitors, we be! ;) LFB (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Also, I think that much of the Midwest would empty out if somehow you couldn't make booze--it's a fine tradition where I grew up, since the winters are so cold you're pretty much restricted to carnality and alcoholism (and, in East Lansing, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) *sniff* you're making me homesick for Alaska and Hootchinoo, the home- fermented fire water that is extremely common in the smaller conclaves. Mmm, I can almost feel it eating the lining of my stomach now... I almost feel like I'm temporarily (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Right. You need licenses (federal, state & possibly local), a bond, a bonded warehouse or area, zoning, etc, etc. The legal hurdles are not small. Then you have to remit the appropriate taxes ON WHAT YOU FERMENT, not just on what you sell. If (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Did you ever build a LEGO model of the Soo Locks? Drat! There I go, off-topic in off-topic! Steve (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Who? The revenooers or the distillers? (speaking of the carolinas, I ALMOST bought a tee shirt today that said: "Barney Fife: the very mention of his name makes criminals quake"... but I'm not too big on tees... or should I say I'm too big FOR (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) As long as it comes back before sunrise (March, I think?), you'll be OK in AK. I've never sniffed Hootchinoo (I quit drinking in '86) but I've heard it's pretty wild stuff, sort of moonshine to the nth degree. As far as that psychosomatic (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) *Gasp!* As a Compartmentalized Dork™, I'm offended! :) I really ought to drive up to Petoskey when I'm in Detroit for the holidays, though...I haven't seen the place in nearly ten years. Hey, Lego's been used to make canal locks before in one (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38487BC5.F5CFA25E@v...er.net>... (...) Both. I think the conversations went along the lines of: "I'm sorry Mr. Smith, you know the rules, we're going to have to bust up all your equipment." "I know, well, it was (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm. I bet there's some legal restrictions about shipping acohol-based foods across state lines. Steve (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Just pack them inside an automatic firearm, and nobody will ever know. LFB (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) you (...) foods (...) For that well-oiled flavour? <shudder> James (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Fascinating! Where'd you learn all this stuff? Happy holidays, whenever they may fall... (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy Sproat writes: . (...) Jeremy: We at the 29th parallel celebrate the solstice because it means that cold weather is (maybe) finally approaching. (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, it is illegal to SELL brandy fill chocolates in most USA states, because the state Liquor Control Commissions in each state are narrow minded. But you can bring them into the USA from Germany. Some states allow them, a few exceptions (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) By the way, there is a minimum amount that NY retailers must sell these brandy filled chocolates on each purchase. That is, you can't walk into Godiva and get a piece or two. I think you need to purchase a half pound minimim or something like (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Aw, man.. That _sucks_. Not even cherry bon-bons? (...) Well, yeah, but booze _does_ taste yummy ;) When handled properly. Cherry+Kirsch filled candies, rum with your raisin cakes, and single malts pure (and _never_ on the rocks). (...) That (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) brandy (...) The govt doesn't REALLY care about much else, do they? Chris (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Presumably, it's tax-related. Jasper (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:384D6496.2D3AEC...ich.edu... (...) because (...) you (...) of a (...) not (...) love (...) others) for (...) Uralt (...) I know those bottle shaped ones..:-) We have customers in Germany and it is (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm.. I'd hesitate to do this to friends. "Friends", on the other hand... Jasper (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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