I got some egg nog the other night, and I bought a bottle of brandy to put in it. Since it's just to add to my nog, I figured it didn't have to be particularly fancy stuff. So I got E & J, the plain, no-frills brandy made by Gallo, my hometown crew.

I made the mistake tonight of reading the copy on the back label. Here's what it says:

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The 52nd Annual Sycamore Threshing Bee and Steam Show is August 14th through 17th. This is the kind of stuff that you will see there:

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Photographs.It is impossible to convey the wonderfulness of all of this. Live steam-powered and gas-powered tractors. Stationary engines of every conceivable size. Threshing. Demonstrations of straw-baling ( Read more... )

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