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I was on a business trip in Germany. This in and of itself is not odd, I dream that I'm overseas all the time. But this time, I was with
The next morning, I'd run into galinda! What a surprise that was! I met the guy she was living with, a tall, thin European with dark wavy hair who wore only black. We got along at first, but I noticed he kept disrespecting her, so I punched him in the gut and took her with me. Our first stop was for a 5-liter gravity-tap keg of...wine? Sure enough, there was an entire store in a mini-mall with floor to ceiling glass windows so a passersby could watch the inventory process. We walked in and were greeted by a heavyset man wearing an apron and a big bristly mustache. I explained I wanted a red wine (no telling why I wanted a red wine in Germany) that wasn't too sweet, nor was it too dry. He made his suggestion, snapped his fingers and his workers ran down the long, tall rows of kegs to fetch my purchase. He and I discussed the fittings necessary to "tap" the keg and I went into some detail on crafting my own top-mount pull from step-down threaded brass. He pulled out the items I had described, but they were far too expensive for me to purchase. Something like $100. I figured after the purchase of 5-liters of wine, I'd just use his cap-method, which he indicated would make it last longer, providing I wasn't planning to drink it all at once.
Making my way across the parking lot, I ran into unixwolf who was joining us. He was driving
The parking lot reminds me of Branneky Hardware store on the Rock Road in Saint Louis. unixwolf and galinda drive off together. I get in my Tib. The car is filthy from the muddy parking lot at the gasthaus the night before...
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...which reminds me of
Because the party was so late, and so far away, (the children and I were gone about 12-hours, which included a nice visit with the folks on the way down) we didn't bother to leave the house at all Sunday. My son was thrilled to discover he was still in his pajamas that evening just prior to bed. My wife hosts a, "Pajama Day" every so often (read, "I'm not leaving the house, I don't care if you dress or not.") I took this day to play Star Wars Legos The Game, with my son. Now - we've been building things with a mixture of Star Wars and Bionicle Legos - even put up a Gallery of Lego Creations to showcase the items we snap together. But yesterday was the first day I've played the game with him. I let him lead each campaign (each movie has several areas in which you can complete tasks - not only is it a highly accurate representation of the movies, it also uses the soundtrack appropriately - lots of fun for kids or adults) and it was soooooooo funny watching him get frustrated with me:
"Stop shooting me, Dad!"
"Dad, You killed me too!"
"You're slowing me down!"
"Come over here and cover me, Dad!"
"Why are you going that way?"
"Don't leave me here!"
"Daaaaaad, COVER ME!"