Subj : Re: same as it ever was To : Maurice Kinal From : Nancy Backus Date : Wed Jul 04 2018 21:28:12 -=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 02-Jul-2018 17:34 <=- NB>> since I find the taste of it totally nasty MK> Like everything, there is beer and then there is beer. That's what my brothers kept saying... as I rejected one more of the supposedly much better beers... I really really don't like the hops in beer... the only "beer" I've been able to tolerate has been Smithwicks, which apparently has no hops in it... actually drank a good 2-3 oz of that last year... :) NB>> Maybe we could use bottles of water on the wall MK> It seems to me the original concern wasn't about the bottled beverage MK> but instead the threat of 98 days of countdown where all that changes MK> is the number of bottles, with only the last two days offering some MK> variation - "1 bottle of beer on the wall" and "Go to the store and MK> buy some more" on the 0 bottle day. Given the previous 98 days I MK> doubt that is enough to placate anyone who would object being MK> subjected to the months of daily annoyance. I seriously doubt that MK> bottles of water are going to be much less objectionable to those who MK> will potentionally object. Oh, I don't know... the only objection I've heard so far in the echo was to the beer (and it wasn't even me)... ;) MK> For example something like the "The 12 Days of Christmas" might be MK> more acceptable given it is only 12 days instead of 100 and has more MK> variety in the offerings per day. Having said that I don't believe MK> "The 12 Days of Christmas" is appropriate for the occasion in question MK> but it is a very good example of a countdown song. Agreed that it isn't all that appropriate for the occasion, since in the 2024 case we're going to a Nov date, and in the 2019, it's smackdab in the middle of those 12 days... Plus, agreed as well that 12 days isn't really long enough a countdown... Besides, it's really a count up song, as the numbers get larger, not smaller.... MK> Speaking for myself, who took the time to program the routine, I am MK> inclined to leave well enough alone including the bottled beer which MK> is traditional as far as the original song is concerned, although I MK> did find one reference where pop was an acceptable substitution. MK> Personally I don't agree but then again I have no claim whatsoever for MK> "99 Bottles of Beer". Probably the best source of information is MK> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Bottles_of_Beer especially the MK> section labelled "Mathematically inspired variants". However it still MK> lacks any suggestion for a reduction in duration of the potential MK> annoyance in the Little Mikey's Brain implimentation. Oh, well... do as you wish... ;) ttyl neb .... grep..grep..grep... (frog with UNIX stuck in throat) --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (1:229/452) .