After a tough afternoon in the waves, we kick back on the terrace with a beer, exchanging surf notes and playing pool.
While it's unlikely that the beer exchanges, shall we call them, will be the game-changer, the Kochs may well end up driving many of us to drink with their relentless and futile vendetta to undo the law – not just the college students.
After the evening talent show, they gather over beer to exchange advice and share concerns.
Apparently Todd offered to buy this golden docklord a beer in exchange for counting his money for the camera, and the guy was like, "Nah, you don't gotta buy me a beer!
Mehmet, the owner of another bodega, gives me rolling papers and beers in exchange for the Thai lamp.
At the table with us sat three other young English-speaking travelers, and we settled into the same slow dance of smiles and pleasantries that in previous days had led to enjoyable evenings of conversation and beer followed by exchanges of e-mail addresses.
The grandsons of the commanding officers of the Welsh and German troops were also present and exchanged beer and plum pudding.
They include methods of measuring a ship's mast and rudder, calculating the volume of cylinders and truncated pyramids, dividing grain quantities into fractions and verifying how much bread to exchange for beer.
There was the post-Kickstarter scandal last year, where, having raised a then unprecedented amount of money ($1.2m) for her new album, she asked musicians to play for free on her tour, or at least, in exchange for "beer, hugs and high fives".
Analog solutions to this problem include: borrowing from the library, borrowing from friends who've already taken the class, and photocopying from those foolish enough to buy the book in exchange for beer.
