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Reminds me of a scene from a favorite book-series, where the protagonist is visiting with a recently-retired/convalescent former boss.

> “So,” Illyan said at last. “What do a couple of retired officers and gentlemen do on a country weekend?”

> [...] “Tradition is, you take the local beer from the village—there’s a woman there who home-brews it, extraordinary stuff—and hang the bottles over the side of the boat to stay cold. When the beer gets too warm to drink, it’s too hot to fish.”

> “What season is that?”

> “Never, as far as I could tell.”

> “Let us by all means observe tradition,” said Illyan gravely.

-- Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold



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