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Good parents will do their best to prepare something for theirkids.
I was blown away by the response to my post.
I was just looking for some insight into my situation.
My wife and I will be leaving for Europe in about a week.
I will be taking about a month to visit with family and work our way towards the monastery.
Both of my grandfathers brought home wives from France after WWII so I have quite a few relatives there.
So many people offered to buy me a beer I laughed.
Neither my liver nor my wife would be happy with me if I took them up on their offer.
I asked instead that they enjoy a toast with me on the week of June 23rd.
I love the idea that people all around the world are raising a glass for my son.
I dont blame my ex for asking for the money.
Her stepson is a good kid.
Her husband is a good person who always treated my son with kindness and respect.
Her stepson will be attending university this year as well and life is expensive.
It turned out to be a moot point anyway.
I could only give her the money I put in myself.
RESPs are only transferable between siblings more or less, he shared.
I like to think his love of the microscopic world started with yeast.
If it is legal I may venture to start some in Belgium.
There are only thirteen monasteries worldwide, with only ten of the number bearing the official Authentic Trappist Productlabel.
This tradition goes back to the 17th century, which is a great pedigree for any beer.
In 1997, the Trappist monasteries trademarked their beer under the Trappist brand, with pretty strict rules.
The brewery is not intended to be a profit-making venture.
The income covers the living expenses of the monks and the maintenance of the buildings and grounds.
Whatever remains is donated to charity for social work and to help persons in need.
You are not likely to find them in your nearby craft beer store either.
This is perhaps why so many people make a sort of beer pilgrimage to visit the actual monastery.
So if this is something this mans son would have liked, more power to him.
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