Why Joe, beer still does come in pitchers, although since I usually drink Guinness I never buy it that way. What I miss are the nice heavy glass pitchers -- they just use the cheap plastic garbage now.

The main problem in trying to get people to sing is finding songs that they know. You can loosen their fears with as much wine as you please but it does no good if they don't know any songs. I was at a gathering the other night and the only songs that everyone knew were Christmas carols. It's presently in the eighties here ('bout time I got some benefit from this here global warming) so that won't do. I maintain it all comes from spending too much time watching television. I miss the days when we had three channels and rabbit ears. Few people sing or play cards any more:(