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Subject:Yet another reason to RTFM From:"Karen E. Black" <kblack_text -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:00:37 -0400
Last weekend I bought a "bubba" of beer (Grolsch lager) -- a 5 liter
aluminum keg that fits in the fridge and dispenses like draft. I opened it
last night. Simple instructions:
1. Vent the keg by twisting a little opening in the top one quarter turn
2. Open the tap on the side by lifting, twisting to the left and pulling
3. ...
Well, I didn't read #3, in consequence of which I spilled about half a glass
on the floor, delaying my enjoyment and causing me to suck up a whole lot of
foam out of the glass, and then get out the floor mop.
Karen Black in Toronto, will never learn to practice what she preaches
