When I was a kid, there were less than 10,000 phones in our local calling area, so we only had one exchange. That means we only had to dial four numbers for any local call!
I read an article that said one "unnamed miner" had four women fighting over him... a wife he never got around to divorcing, the mother of his child, a roommate, and a new girlfriend. I told my husband, and he said, "When did he ever find time to work?"
Before someone else mentions this is a duplicate, http://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/27/brewing-beer-on-a-boat/ the original post is gone, the link dead, and this is apparently an updated recipe from the same people. So I'm glad you posted it, John!
Sue, I recall that scene so well. I wondered if the entire movie was going to be that depressing. No, but it turns out that first sequence was the only thing memorable (or cinematically artful) about Joe vs. the Volcano.
How do you think I felt when I read the story? My husband has FOUR daughters. I have TWO. They are ages 20, 18, 15, 13, 12, and 12. There's only one son in the whole mix.