jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Mar 7 19:21:27 CST 2009
>> Ps. This posting has been spell checked! ROTFL. You use a spell checker? ;) John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Max Wanadoo wrote: > Gustav, > > Yes, that is very interesting. I can remember doing at "tour" of Carlsberg > brewery in Denmark around 1980'ish. We done the tour and ended up in a > large Keller where "wenches" carrying FREE BEER came to serve us, beer after > beer. Each serving was preceding by a brief lecture of the history of the > beer abut to be presented and where it stood in the Carlsberg beer > hierarchy. Each serving was also heading towards the ultimate beer, which > if I recall correctly was Elephant Beer. It was very expensive and very > good. We only got one Elephant beer each, but to be honest by then we > probably wouldn't have appreciated it any more at that stage - hic! > > A good tour and a nice Country. The Danes of course, used to "raid" the > British Isles and no doubt we (probably) share the same gene string - now > there's a thought! It's your round next Bro. > > > Max > Ps. This posting has been spell checked! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock > Sent: 07 March 2009 21:37 > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Figuring the date > > Hi Max > > Oh, it may interest you that even though I live in the country, the famous > town Elsinore is only 6 km away. This housed a local brewery, Wiibroe, which > for years ago was bought by another "local" brand you may have heard of, > Carlsberg. Sad thing was, that the wise marketing guys figured out that the > famous "Wiibroe Imperial Stout": > > http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/wiibroe-porter-imperial-stout/7789/ > > was to be ceased in favour of Carlsberg's own imperial stout: > > http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/carlsberg-carls-porter-40gammel-carlsberg-porte > r-imperial-stout/6974/12252/ > > Not a bad beer but still ... how popular do you think Carlsberg was at that > time? > > Two years ago, however, the production of the Wiibroe Imperial Stout was > reestablished in the old buildings of Wiibroe at the highest standards. This > meant that the latest to brews were abandoned for some reason and now the > shelves at the stores are ripped. I still keep _one_ bottle from the autumn > just in case, while local beer enthusiasts are walking in circles. Should > they come too close, I have arranged for a dark place to hide the bottle! > > /gustav > > >>>> max.wanadoo at gmail.com 07-03-2009 20:46 >>> > Gustav, If you walk down the road and see a guy with a smile on his face > coming towards you - that will be me! > > I *try* my best to keep humour as an essential part of my Super-Ego, viz: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego#Ego > > The Super-ego works in contradiction to the id. The Super-ego strives to act > in a socially appropriate manner, whereas the id just wants instant > self-gratification. The Super-ego controls our sense of right and wrong and > guilt. It helps us fit into society by getting us to act in socially > acceptable ways. > > Pub life keeps me "In Society", otherwise I would be quite happy to sit in > front of my laptop for hours. I am by nature a gregarious person and a bit > of an extravert and enjoy other people's personalities. I *love* happy > people. I strive to retain the child in me and refuse to grow old. I do not > want to grow old gracefully - my body may age, but I will hang on to fun and > love and humour for as long as I can. > > Thinking of which, time I went to the pub! There's a pint sitting somewhere > with my name on it. Ha! > > Max > Ps. I just want code that is 100% accurate 100% of the time. Is that asking > toooo much??? <g> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock > Sent: 07 March 2009 19:12 > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Figuring the date > > Hi Max > > Hanging around for too long at the pub?? > > Drew explained how it works and I added a little. Should be possible to > browse and collect? > And Drew's code is a one-liner. Eh ... cut and paste one line?? > Be careful with the strong beers .. should I mention (serious shutter and > tremble) non-alcoholic beers?? > > But be aware. That code is not for European use. We mostly use the ISO > 8601:1988 standard for weeknumbers (week 1 is first week with four days). > > /gustav > > >>>> max.wanadoo at gmail.com 07-03-2009 19:54 >>> > So, what is the final code that I can put into my Tools Box? > And, could somebody put a line of comment in to say exactly what the > function does and what params are expected. > > Thanks guys. > > Max > > >