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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
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Niklas Karlsson wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On 2024-11-10, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 10/11/2024 01:59, Niklas Karlsson wrote:
>>> On 2024-11-08, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I think mediaeval monks ate pretty well, certainly better than the
>>>> peasants. Ascetics they weren’t.
>>> 
>>> And there was the beer...
>>> 
>>> Niklas
>>
>> Well yes, so weak that people could drink a gallon of it without 
>> becoming drunk.
>> Bit like American beer.
>> [hard] Cider was the real McCoy. And mead. And wine.
>
> That's what I hear about beer among the great unwashed, certainly, but I
> was under the impression that monastery beer was quite a different
> matter. I could be mistaken, of course.

    https://www.dummies.com/article/home-auto-hobbies/food-drink/beverages/beer/monastic-brews-and-extreme-beers-178571/

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