On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 14:23:12 +0100, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

(Corncrake) contains these words:
I was a few years later than you with my first beer, about 1958/9/ish

You must have got a remarkable thirst on you in that time..

Heheee ! Well spotted,,,
falls into beer glass laughing hysterically,,

"I was a few years later than you with _making_ my first beer" !!

I still have some of those stone jars, empty, not in use any more.