tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post1304743142010021243..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: Go drugs!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-67568889434798589302009-02-07T06:59:00.000+00:002009-02-07T06:59:00.000+00:00Nope, that cat's out of the bag already. But it sh...Nope, that cat's out of the bag already. But it should be recognised for what it is, and there are intermediate positions between Prohibition and the Gin Epidemic.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-2642435949868905482009-02-07T02:28:00.000+00:002009-02-07T02:28:00.000+00:00So you want to ban booze now too?So you want to ban booze now too?AntiCitizenOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017073518049848696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-40654850050245306012009-02-06T16:38:00.000+00:002009-02-06T16:38:00.000+00:00There was beer for work, and beer for drunkenness....There was beer for work, and beer for drunkenness. I read that in the 18th century, the working man got a quarter of his calories from beer; but that's different from what he'd have when "on the batter". A late 19th century favourite was Dog's Nose, a mixture of beer, gin and spices; and I understand that the average strength of beer then was equivalent to the strongest winter ales today. <BR/><BR/>I used to share lodgings with a wiry Irishman who joined a road gang. They soon got him into their routine: 17 pints of Guinness a night, with possibly a cheese sandwich when he got home - and that was it. Thick head in the morning, sweated out with labour by lunchtime, and a good thirst by knocking-off time. How many labourers died in working men's hostels with nothing to their name, having sent money home and spent the rest enriching Arthur Guinness and Co.?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-6175653555933457742009-02-06T14:42:00.000+00:002009-02-06T14:42:00.000+00:00The author of a new biography of Priestly noted th...The author of a new biography of Priestly noted that, before the coffee houses, everyone started the day with beer. He discusses the idea that the enlightenment and Industrial Revolution may have been possible becuase we sobered up.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.com