tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post5464092136516762329..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Iron Men and Wooden Ships?Steve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-24974431819136488632011-12-05T17:55:33.735-08:002011-12-05T17:55:33.735-08:00Alcohol added a lot to the calorie content of thei...Alcohol added a lot to the calorie content of their dietsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-1437325803641446292008-01-17T08:31:00.000-08:002008-01-17T08:31:00.000-08:00I find it curious that an American ship of the lin...I find it curious that an American ship of the line - at a time when the US and Great Britain were at war - would stop in Jamaica to take on stores.<BR/><BR/>At that time Kingston, Jamaica was a prized colony and the operations center for the British Southern Fleet. <BR/><BR/>Might be worth the risk, though, in order to take on tens of thousands of gallons of J. Wray and Nephew Appleton Rum. <BR/><BR/>Sub-comment. In the wonderful days, water stores were very commonly foul. Rum and brandy were the preferred beverages, though I don't think they made pina coladas.Mike Spieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181679891489101232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-50243210286587851502008-01-06T07:48:00.000-08:002008-01-06T07:48:00.000-08:00Per-capita alcohol consumption in Revolutionary wa...Per-capita alcohol consumption in Revolutionary war days was off the hook, in part due to the poor quality of the water and the fact that beer and rum were less likely to give you the trots than booze was. <BR/><BR/>Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Constitution, did the first temperance pamphlet which was also one of the first big American best sellers. <BR/><BR/>When the "Demon Run" forces finally got national Prohibition passed in 1919 (it had passed earlier in many states), alcohol consumption fell through the floor to the point that alcohol sanitariums (dry tanks and wet-brain homes) had to find a new line of business as TB wards. Murder and other violent crime also fell during the Prohibition years -- a fact obscured by America's love of a good mafia tale. <BR/><BR/>Prohibition changed the way an entire generation thought about alcohol to the point that per-capita alcohol consumoption did not reach pre-Prohibition levels until the early 1970s. <BR/><BR/>PatrickPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-14642920961549806542008-01-05T18:16:00.000-08:002008-01-05T18:16:00.000-08:00THAT was the Greatest Generation!Aye me hearties!THAT was the Greatest Generation!<BR/><BR/>Aye me hearties!Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.com