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To: Ilaine who wrote (136006)	6/19/2004 4:06:22 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Hi CobaltBlue; Re: "No idea how people can drink and continue with their daily affairs." The way I understand it, if you drink enough, you end up resistant to the effects. Drink enough, over a long enough period of time, and you'll be asking how people can be sober and continue with their daily affairs (and avoid delerium tremens). Re: "I was surprised to read how much Americans drank during the Colonial era, it's a miracle they survived, much less built a civilization. Small beer with breakfast, or cider. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in the City Tavern while drinking pints of madeira." Did they always drink it straight, or did they tend to dilute it with water? Most jobs, most of the time, don't require much in the way of attention or brains, so being tipsy isn't a problem. Women drinking during pregnancy is a problem, but I would guess that women drank less than men back during the Revolution. -- Carl

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