-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 21-Feb-2018 19:06 <=-   
      
    NB>> And was the price right....?  Or wasn't it even available...?   
      
    MK> I haven't checked yet.  From the web site they claim that it should be   
    MK> available at the store next door to where I normally buy groceries but   
    MK> I have yet to come up with an excuse to potentially liberate a bottle   
    MK> if indeed it is available and the price is right.    
      
   I thought the chance to try it out was being put forth as the excuse...   
   and its proximity of availability as a plus...   
      
    MK> It may have to wait until Sept. 24th when the "99 Bottles of Beer"   
    MK> routine kicks in as that is the nearest date of interest to me ...   
    MK> unless you can come up with one in the meantime.    
      
   Celebrating Canada's 150th year with a Canadian single malt...?   
      
    NB>> That sounds far enough away that we shouldn't have to worry about it   
      
    MK> Given how long it has been since the official declaration of   
    MK> obsolescence of the FTN datetime format I question whether it even   
    MK> matters whatsoever.  Also I have doubts that MS based nodes will ever   
    MK> have a suitable uuid generator/parser without Fidonet providing one.    
    MK> However, given that Windows can generate a proper email datetime stamp   
    MK> (four digit year) I believe the current accepted datetime stamp could   
    MK> be updated without causing any grief ... errrrr ... probably.  ;-)    
      
   Just have to get some people to join your bandwagon to get it off the   
   ground in the first place... ;)   
      
   ttyl      neb   
      
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