[geeks] This bogles my mind

[Joshua D. Boyd]

A friend of mine who was in the Navy 4 years ago said that in many parts
of the world, alcohol was the only safe choice.  His mates teased him for
drinking so much alcohol on shore leave, but come the following morning
his was a little "happy" and they were wretching in the can.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Amy wrote:

> 
> 
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 ward at zilla.nu wrote:
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> > I never really thought of it, but is that a reason why beer was so
> > common back then?  Or was it just that they had good taste?
> 
> they tended to bathe and go to the bathroom in streams or outhouses which
> were fed to streams via runoffs, later fed to lakes.
> 
> of course beer was the healthier choice (and i'm not sure it still isnt in
> many parts of the world...)
> 
> --a
> 
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