Western civilization was built on alcohol. The US, always looking out for more efficient methods, distilled the essence of the old standbys and used that supercharged fuel to charge across the continent.
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I guess that accounts for the slave apportionment section: the man was accustomed to thinking in fifths. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI wish I were man enough to "Drink a pint of whiskey a day" and still function at the level that I do.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know that, and that is a LOT of booze every day!
ReplyDeleteDuring that day and time, the whiskey was probably safer than the water.
ReplyDeleteMeh. Churchill need more than that to win a World War. ;-)
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ReplyDeleteIf slave apportionment was not in there, the slave states were ready to not join the US, and form a separate country.
There weren't any good solutions to the slave issue. Just less bad ones.
...And that right there might lead a man to drink heavily.
ReplyDeleteWonder what Dolly made of that?
ReplyDeleteWestern civilization was built on alcohol. The US, always looking out for more efficient methods, distilled the essence of the old standbys and used that supercharged fuel to charge across the continent.
ReplyDelete'Hell On Wheels'
ReplyDeleteGeorge Washington distilled it. And they still do, at Mount Vernon.
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