Roobarb,
Wow.
I love to find something I have stashed and forgotten.
Like one time in the early 70's.
I was living in an $75. a month {and all bills paid!}
'old servants quarters' behind the old 'big house'
on 'Swiss ave' in Dallas.
I was back from U.T. Austin and was the owner of:
'Rock Bottom Landscaping co.'
and 'was as broke as it was possible to be.'
I was out front checking my mail and looked up and,
'uh oh...'
Here comes another one,
a 'newbie preacher'.
A 'Theological Seminary' was 'around there some where'
and when ever one saw a young man with other
than 'cut offs' on,
and with 'that gleem' in his eye,
coming right at ya,
and smiling,
you knew it was a newbie preacher and ducked.
No, I wasn't 'checking my mail' I was 'working in the flowerbed'
digging up weeds for my rent that time.
Here came a newbie preacher and I thought:
"Dern"!
"I'm cornered".
I was surrounded by the building on three sides,
I was on my knees pulling weeds and couldn't get away,
so I got preached at, till a question arose.
We went back to 'my Hut' to get my Bible,
so he could look up something
and I could 'take a pxxx.'
I came out of the bathroom and the newbie preacher
was holding the Bible in one hand
and a hundred dollar bill in the other,
with a surprised look on his face.
I thought you said you didn't have any money
and were pulling those weeds to help with your rent?
Why yes, I replied.
I am as broke as it is possible to be.
But where did this $100. come from?
Was it in that Bible?
I started jumping around and dancing around
and saying things like"
'Mexican food tonight!'
{I was really thinking 'I can get me a lid'}
I told him my Mom had given that $100.
to me almost a year ago for my birthday
and I had forgotten it.
And that I kept 'money' in my Bible:
"Because that would be the last place a thief would look."
He was amazed,
and had to go off and think about that one.
He came back and said:
"I'll always remember that."
"The last place a thief would look, indeed."
And preached at me a little and left.
It's fun to find something valuable you have previously stashed.
5 gallons of 'forgotten beer' would 'cheer me up too.'
Luck and Later Roo,
Today I brew a batch
Tomorrow I cut firewood
Then I hunt coon
{Writers note, that was written 2 days ago,
and last night, the first night we have been out hunting,
Sandymay got herself a big old coon, 20Lbs!
A big female and her fur is thick, beautiful and talk about prime!
Today I take a few pictures and then skin her.}
J. Winters von Knife
jacksknifeshop
I brewed ten gallons and served one corny at our wedding shower at the end of last July. It turned out pretty tasty. The other corny, I put in the crawlspace to stay cool, figuring I'd put it on tap later that summer. I obviously forgot about it! 
