In a message dated 7/17/02 3:23:39 AM, mumbrue@ATTBI.COM writes:

<< Snarky's is across the street, for those of you interested in a beer
afterwards. >>

Dear Julianna,

As a women, you likely do not have experience with these things.  When a call
is issued for men to gather together to work, the one necessary and constant
ingredient in the stew is beer.  A liberal amount of beer is administered
before, during and after the work.  This is not some suburban weekend warrior
phenomenon either.  Archeologists have proven that before the first block was
even set in place on the Great Pyramid of Cheops, the requisite cases of
honey beer stacked up in preparation made the mass of the finished pyramid
pale in comparison.

One equation suggests a second order derivative of 1 case per man per day.
This is assuming 12 oz. bottles.  It may seem counterintuitive, but if cases
of 16 oz. cans are purchased, the rate of the rate remains the same.  I
cannot provide you with the cost/benefit data of using kegs; that data bec
omes lost to the ether at some point.  I do know that if you go with kegs you
will lose one man-day per day to the guy who hangs around the keg for the
vital task of pumping.  This can be avoided for the minor cost of some CO2.

Remember: the Good Lord watches over fools and drunks, so when it is all
buttoned up, have one of the "technicians" take it for a test drive.

Richie