Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:19:20 -0500 Organization: None Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <2ItTO.338744$v8v2.95701@fx18.iad> <1190130485.752353610.782141.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <38b4c4eb-2ab5-df94-0baa-c2d7fcdda60d@example.net> <0a299bb1-a543-4fc4-1d5f-44dc660bb256@example.net> <685000453.752623682.964071.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <1404344009.752720024.643574.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <2083751770.752766386.413856.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:19:22 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c1104492bb3e8820ad1ca69a0a39ce5a"; logging-data="1124376"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18ZfHhrmMH8LmluZSQjz4SI" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3VNKparKSNT0FBD1I+6Aq7UpQvQ= X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-Slrn: Why use anything else? X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Face: 63n<76,LYJQ2m#'5YL#.T95xqyPiG`ffIP70tN+j"(&@6(4l\7uL)2+/-r0)/9SjZ`qw= Njn mr93Xrerx}aQG-Ap5IHn"xe;`5:pp"$RH>Kx_ngWw%c\+6qSg!q"41n2[.N/;Pu6q8?+Poz~e A9? $6_R7cm.l!s8]yfv7x+-FYQ|/k Bytes: 3081 Niklas Karlsson wrote this post while blinking in Morse code: > On 2024-11-10, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 10/11/2024 01:59, Niklas Karlsson wrote: >>> On 2024-11-08, Peter Flass 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/ -- Function reject.