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Tango01   | 29 Jan 2018 11:53 a.m. PST |  
  
  
  "Imagine downing half a pint of overproof rum and then going back to work. Now, let's imagine work happened to be on the decks of a vast 18th-century Royal Navy ship. We're talking old-school sea stuff here: complex knots, gunpowder kegs, canon balls, climbing up rigging, etc. Feel a little woozy, eh? All thumbs, perhaps? Well, folks, this is no fantasy. Until July 31, 1970, bracingly strong overproof rum was a vital part of the fabric of the British Navy—rationed, used as a currency, and a veritable way of life…" Main page link Amicalement Armand   |  
    | Cerdic | 29 Jan 2018 10:57 p.m. PST |  
  
  
  Hardly news, is it? "Rum, sodemy, and the lash" and all that!   |  
    Tango01   | 30 Jan 2018 10:18 a.m. PST |  
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    | cosmicbank | 31 Jan 2018 3:58 a.m. PST |  
  
  
  Cerdic,  sounds like Tuesday at my House   |  
    | Bozkashi Jones | 04 Feb 2018 4:34 p.m. PST |  
  
  
  I like rum, I like going out on the lash (British term for going out for a few drinks). I'll give sodomy a miss though.   |  
      
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