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re: Pre-prohibition the truth
Posted on 7/4/17 at 4:00 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Posted on 7/4/17 at 4:00 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
The British Navy still has a vestige of this. I think it's like 2 cans of beer a day. They did away with the rum rations in the late 60s I believe.
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Posted on 7/4/17 at 4:04 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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The British Navy still has a vestige of this. I think it's like 2 cans of beer a day
Two beers would only arouse my appetite without beddin' her back down.
Posted on 7/4/17 at 4:05 pm to northshorebamaman
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Two beers would only arouse my appetite without beddin' her back down.
That's like just sticking the tip in.
Posted on 7/4/17 at 4:29 pm to WhiskeyPapa
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Having watched a lot of HC shows, a lot of them are porly sourced and careless of the facts.
I don't like the History Channel at all - too much Pawn Stars and Counting Cars crap. The old companion channel = History International - or History 2 was much better.
I remember looking forward to "Texas Rising" for months and when It finally debuted it was the worst 'historical' documentary I've ever seen. Nothing was factual except perhaps the chronology of events. Everything else was as informative/factual as an old Lash LaRue movie. I'm still pissed I wasted the hours watching that pathetic crap.
Posted on 7/4/17 at 4:34 pm to Sidicous
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The water was unsafe back then. Alcohol was therefore "more healthy" than water.
Some think beer was the original agricultural product. (I've seen that on the History Channel also)
Posted on 7/4/17 at 4:41 pm to ChineseBandit58
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Some think beer was the original agricultural product. (I've seen that on the History Channel also)
The theory is that it's essentially the basis of non-nomadic stablized human civilization.
Posted on 7/4/17 at 4:51 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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The theory is that it's essentially the basis of non-nomadic stablized human civilization.
Yes - but I saw one program that suggested the original impetus to grow grain was to make beer, not bread.
Posted on 7/4/17 at 4:52 pm to ChineseBandit58
How beer saved the world is the name of the show. Was interesting to say the least.
Posted on 7/4/17 at 5:19 pm to Jjdoc
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What the hell??? Water was bad.... wow
Without modern public water systems, yes, water is a crapshoot at best. Ever heard of Montezuma's Revenge?
Without a massive scientific water supply that's filtered and chemically treated, water can actually kill in small quantities. Don't believe? Go ahead and drink the rainwater out of the ditch nearest you. Or, go take a canteen to the nearest swamp, river, pond, or lake.
Be sure to have your health insurance and a phone to call 911 though before you ingest natural, untreated, water.
According to Wikipedia until 1948 the water was pretty much completely untreated across America. Until then raw untreated water was pumped into cities and towns. ("It took until the 1890s for the now universally accepted germ theory of disease to prevail.")
Posted on 7/4/17 at 5:22 pm to Ghost of Colby
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Before prohibition it was mainly men drinking to cope with working for 12 hours in a factory or field. They would then go home to a bitter wife and a small house or apartment filled with screaming kids.
Lol
Posted on 7/4/17 at 5:23 pm to russellvillehog
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How beer saved the world is the name of the show. Was interesting to say the least.
"How beer saved the world" sounds vaguely familiar. Was that the name of the program??
yes - very interesting.
Posted on 7/4/17 at 5:26 pm to Jjdoc
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My point is that unrestricted lead to more use.
A pro-regulation trump apologist?
Posted on 7/4/17 at 5:29 pm to Jjdoc
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What the hell??? Water was bad.... wow
You're surprised drinking water an issue in the late 1800s into the early 20th C?
Posted on 7/4/17 at 5:33 pm to cwill
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You're surprised drinking water an issue in the late 1800s into the early 20th C?
It's basically, the dawn of time to the early 20th century.
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