End of an era.

I'm allowed to buy 624 bottles of beer a year at about half price, which comes out of my salary, so it feels free... but the real advantage is that I collect it from 'the beer cage' where I turn up: "Hi Tom"; "Hi Gary" "how's it going" "it will be better with a Meantime" "how many do you want" "a couple" "sure, do you want a hand with that?" And then Gary and I carry a 24 bottle case of Meantime each to my car, he waves me away and scribbles a note in his book.
My choices have now changed from Meantime and Peroni, to Stella and Bud. This is the last of my stockpile.

Grateful for a lovely family evening. Sitting and listening to Ed and PKs thoughts. All too rare experience.