The Off Topic Topic

[Liep]

Was it Mikelob?

But yeah there's loads of American-style craft breweries and bars in London now

Edit: Not Mikelob, Mikkeller?

It's Danish beer by a so-called nomad brewer, he borrows different breweries. It's very good but equally expensive. He has a bar close to here, it's heaven.

[Maladict]

Hell even something as significant as the wars with the Dutch and are only know by a tiny percentage of the population, and I'd be surprised if more than 1% knew about the Dutch landings on the Kentish coast, which were more than just a few dozen soldiers. 

I think the stern of the Royal Charles was sent on loan back to England a few months ago.
It's now back at the wonderfully reborn Rijksmuseum.

[Syt]

. . . and a partridge in a pear tree!

[Phillip V]

Need more Wonder Woman, Catwoman, etc.

[MadImmortalMan]

The Statues of Liberty were advertising tax return services. It would be different if it weren't April. 

[derspiess]

But yeah there's loads of American-style craft breweries and bars in London now

In many places over here it's reached bubble-status, I think.

Dunno if it's really so much of a bubble, but a continuous process.  I've seen quite a few breweries go under or get acquired since the 90s.

In Cincinnati (and the rest of Ohio) the really small 'boutique'-style craft breweries have started to spring up only recently.  The state license fees were a bit of a barrier before they were done away with a couple years ago.  Not sure when we'll hit the saturation point but I think there's still plenty of room to grow.

[Ed Anger]

Speaking of beer, I'm sick of Sam Adams ads.

[garbon]

The Statues of Liberty were advertising tax return services. It would be different if it weren't April. 

[Eddie Teach]

[Syt]

That doesn't look like Times Square.

[mongers]

Hawkwind: Space rock band still going strong after 44 years :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22090429

[Lettow77]

So Lettow, any word how your paper was received?

I've only just gotten the grade today- it was a 93, although I had to contest for points when the professor had the temerity to question some of my stronger anti-northern invective and other goodies from the propaganda mill.

I was particularly praised for my assessment of Forrest's legacy in Southern circles from 1877 to 2000, in which I explored Forrest as a fascist hero and Forrest, the feudal strongman and savior to his people

[Neil]

I've met all of them, but I was just a kid. I'm from the lefty side of the family, so I doubt they'd listen to me.

I visited Søren's brother - Steen - last time I was in Denmark, but we didn't discuss politics at all. He is all into obscure Danish military history; which is reasonably fascinating

Overwhelming Prussian and German military victories aren't that obscure, are they?

Nor were the victories of Nelson.

[Ideologue]

What's really great is that even my air war papers were not a tenth as obviously biased as Lettow's silliness.

[Lettow77]

 I seriously doubt they were as well written, Ide.