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If I remember my Navy training, 180 proof is almost pure alcohol?


252 posted on 03/07/2006 4:23:20 AM PST by tomkow6 (Canteen CooCoo Consultant, and CookingWithLARD.com person Lard greases the way for tomorrow)
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To: tomkow6; SevenofNine
If I remember my Navy training, 180 proof is almost pure alcohol?

There was discussion about this yesterday around the coffee pot here at w***. Something similar was distilled in the days of Wm. Shakespeare in England. Lore at the time insisted that any more than 3 tablespoons of the elixir would kill a man of normal proportions...

279 posted on 03/07/2006 6:42:33 AM PST by HiJinx (~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Easter/Passover ~)
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