IT HAPPENED!

A friend from the South (they exist!) said "Sure, Nick Eddy, Ah can have my parents bring you up some Cheerwine."

It was, of course, EPIC! Having some at lunch, even. And I still can't describe it - somewhere between Cherry 7-Up and Dr Pepper with a light hint of wild cherry bubble-gum flavor...Jeebus!

THEN (and this is where the story shift into overdrive), Tall Frank said "Oh, yeah - you know they sell that at Charlie's Imports over on Troy St?"

WHERE I HAPPEN TO PASS PROBABLY EVERY TWO WEEKS!

So, "blessed are those who expect nothing, for they are not disappointed," and all that.