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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Maverick on January 13, 2007, 05:30:24 PM
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Water & WINE EDUCATION
It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the
year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of E. coli bacteria found in feces. In other
words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop!
However, we do not run that risk when drinking wine (or rum, whiskey, Scotch, vodka, beer or other liquors) because alcohol has to go through a distillation process of boiling, filtering, and
fermenting.
It is better to drink wine and talk bull ...
than to drink water and be full of bull.
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I am doing it as a public service.
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One liter of water weights exactly one kilo. That is the definition of a kilo, the weight of 1 liter of water.
So according to your calculation each liter of water contains 1/365 part E coli. I don't know if you realize how much this is but that is like 3 parts per thousand or 300 parts per million. If my local water supply had 300 ppm of e-coli in it the entire town I live in would have been dead years ago.
A few years back a water well in a place called Walkerton Ontario had some E-Coli in it and it got into the municiple supply. People were dropping like flies.
Town water might a few PPM of various dissolved minerals but that is it. Any E-Coli is too much.
Drink water and don't worry about it.
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Originally posted by Maverick
Water & WINE EDUCATION
It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the
year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of E. coli bacteria found in feces. In other
words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop!
This explains a-lot, Bush / congress must drink at least 100 liters of water a day to be that full of crap.. I knew there was a scientific explanation.
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Well having just had two glasses of very good red wine I can concur with that. Apart from anything else, something in red wine is supposed to help you live longer.
Actually, Maverick makes a good point. In centuries past it was simply not safe to drink the water particularly in cities. Beer was the better alternative and cheaper than wine. Which probably means that most people in the middle ages went around half cut most of the time. Probably explains their propensity for wars and burning witches.:O
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Maverick rules.
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Originally posted by cpxxx
Well having just had two glasses of very good red wine I can concur with that. Apart from anything else, something in red wine is supposed to help you live longer.
Actually, Maverick makes a good point. In centuries past it was simply not safe to drink the water particularly in cities. Beer was the better alternative and cheaper than wine. Which probably means that most people in the middle ages went around half cut most of the time. Probably explains their propensity for wars and burning witches.:O
probably not. beer then was probably pretty weak.
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Maverick, how many times have I told you to stop drinking out of the toilet.
Drinking out of the toilet's bad, mmmmkay.
:D
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Originally posted by Sandman
Maverick rules.
Nice of you to finally recognize that!!!
:D
Neubob,
I leave that to you. I'll leave you some flavoring in your water though. I'm sure you're used to it. :p
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Pffft you're drinking E. Coli not poop. I call shenanigans...
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It's true! Stop drinking water, or something made with water like wine (try growing grapes without water) and you'll stop pooping.
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Wine and beer are not distilled, just fermented.
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"How much did you drink, you say?"
"Two liters of vodka each"
"Look, I can't drink 2 liters of water!"
"I can't either..."
:rolleyes:
Was drinking with officers on Friday. Still on the borderline between astral and reality.
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Originally posted by Boroda
"How much did you drink, you say?"
"Two liters of vodka each"
"Look, I can't drink 2 liters of water!"
"I can't either..."
:rolleyes:
Was drinking with officers on Friday. Still on the borderline between astral and reality.
Did somebody out-drink you, Pasha?
I find that hard to believe
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But, water doesn't turn people into idiots like booze can.
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Originally posted by Neubob
Did somebody out-drink you, Pasha?
I find that hard to believe
Drinking with officers is a very dangerous sport. This time I was drinking with military scientists, at my Father's 80th birthday party, in the institute were he served 20 years ago (he retired in 1987, after 43 calendar years of service). At least I didn't behave badly, and remember everything. Drinking with PVO (Aircraft Defence) officers is dangerous even for my health. And please remember that I am no longer 20 years old, can't participate in liter-ball games in professional league any more.
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Pavel, have you ever sampled Stoli Elit?
(http://www.thedrinkshop.com/images/products/main/1817/1817.jpg)
My friend Tom and I decided that any vodka selling for $60 a bottle is worth trying, so we drank a 750 one night. I had real trouble telling apart that stoli from regular stoli.
Later, when I shared the story of this experience with my dad, he laughed at me, saying that we paid $60 for an elaborate container of generic stolichnaya. This holiday season, however, I found a similar bottle in his basement refrigerator. He claims it was a gift.
What do you think, just a gimmick?
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According to Wikipedia, the elit is just ultra filtered. Supposed to decrease hangovers when it's filtered more isn't it?
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Decrease hangovers and smoothen out the finish. Vodka, in my experience, pound for pound, gives the least severe hangovers of any alcohol. The finish on the Elit wasn't too much better than conventional stoli though. The smoothest remains grey goose, which, in my opinion, is a little too smooth for vodka. Reminds me of drinking real vodka while suffering from a bad case of cotton mouth.
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Originally posted by Neubob
Pavel, have you ever sampled Stoli Elit?
(http://www.thedrinkshop.com/images/products/main/1817/1817.jpg)
My friend Tom and I decided that any vodka selling for $60 a bottle is worth trying, so we drank a 750 one night. I had real trouble telling apart that stoli from regular stoli.
Later, when I shared the story of this experience with my dad, he laughed at me, saying that we paid $60 for an elaborate container of generic stolichnaya. This holiday season, however, I found a similar bottle in his basement refrigerator. He claims it was a gift.
What do you think, just a gimmick?
I usually drink cheapest good stuff I find, I mean with "Lux" (Ëþêñ) grade ethanol. Some stuff made of Extra grade isn't poisonous too.
Currently i buy Medal vodka from Kristall distillery, Moscow. It contains amber acid, makes hangovers better.
Paying 60 bucks for a half-litre is insane IMHO. I'd better buy good brandy (Armenian or like that) or Canadian whiskey. Or rum, like Cpt Morgan, Havana Club or Bundaberg - I prefer dark rum, had too much white Havana club in Soviet times. But this drinks require different food and the feeling is different. If you want to drink vodka - the only thing to avoid is potato stuff, this means that you shoulf buy Russian or Ukrainian production. Pay attention to Kristall vodka (Stoly), then - Nemiroff (best pepper vodka, white one is good too), Soyuz-Viktan (birch-tree), I don't know what else is sold abroad.
I saw Stoly "strawberry" and other flavoured vodka in stores in the US and Australia. I didn't taste them, but I suggest to avoid this chemicals. The only good flavoured stuff was "Russian Souvenir" with cranberry, but I don't see it in stores here any more :(
We do have $60 vodka here, but it's "ïîíòû" - stuff to raise your social status. In restaurants I always buy cheapest stuff, it's all from one barrel.
In Sydney in a bar I had a weirdest shot of vodka. Double Stoly, plain. In a HOT GLASS! I mean - when a bartender gave it to me - I couldn't hold it! An American guy drinking with me had it on the rocks (i never understood why you have to drink vodka on the rocks, but this time I got it). Radio was playing G-n-R "November rain", it was November 7th, and the rain outside was warm. Weird land. I love it.
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I haven't seen Boroda in a while:eek:
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Remember Bezkozirka, Pavel? Not sure if that's the proper name, or just jargon. Back in the soviet times, it used to come in bottle with a tearable top that you could not re-seal once opened. I never drank this, was far, far too young. I did see a bottle of it once at a relative's home, sort of like a museum exhibit. Now all those old Russians just drink French and Dutch premium stuff.
I like my vodka very simple. Ice cold, in a shot glass. Sometimes, on the rocks will work too, but nothing beats the utility of an frosty shot.