[geeks] This bogles my mind

[Amy]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 ward at zilla.nu wrote:

> I never really thought of it, but is that a reason why beer was so
> common back then?  Or was it just that they had good taste?

they tended to bathe and go to the bathroom in streams or outhouses which
were fed to streams via runoffs, later fed to lakes.

of course beer was the healthier choice (and i'm not sure it still isnt in
many parts of the world...)

--a