"Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:41EFDDCB.1010600@hotmail.com...
> John W. wrote:
> > Declan Murphy wrote:
>
> >>What on earth could be considered exotic about Ireland?
> >
> > Beer and whiskey are sufficient, I believe.
>
> The whiskey yes, the beer no. Ireland's beer culture is a perfect
> example of one of the downsides of oligopoly. I'm off skiing tomorrow
> (Hi Ed, I'll wave as I pass through), taking a bottle of Paddy and a
> bottle of Black Bush up to Nagano.

Hi, Declan. Hope you had a good time skiing and Nagano traffic. I could have
skied to work faster than drivng the other day. Just horrible horrible
traffic whenever it snows.