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"Rule of Thumb"
Before thermometers were invented, brewers would dip a thumb or finger into the mix to assess the temperature before adding yeast. Too cold, and the yeast wouldn't grow. Too hot, and the yeast would die. This yields the phrase a "rule of thumb".

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"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

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"Wet your whistle?"
In England (long ago), whistles were baked into the handles of ceramic cups. When someone wanted a refill they would blow on their whistle to get service.

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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

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BEER FACTS - Famous Moments in Beer

4300 BC Babylonian clay tablets from this time depict brewing and show detailed recipes for beer.

1600 BC An Egyptian text from this period contains 100 medical prescriptions that call for beer.

1200 AD Beer-making is firmly established as an important commercial enterprise in Germany, Austria and England.

1420 German brewers begin to make lager.

1516 Germany's "Reinheitsgebot" purity law takes effect (it states that the only ingredients permitted for brewing beer are water, malted barley, malted wheat, hops and water).

1602 Dr. Alexanders Nowell discovers that ale will keep longer if stored in glass bottles, sealed with corks.

1620 The Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock, bringing beer with them.

1623 The New World's first brewery is built in Manhattan.

1786 Molson, the oldest surviving brewery in the New World, is founded.

1788 Ale is proclaimed "the proper drink for Americans" at a huge parade in New York City.

1789 In the first year in which the U.S. Constitution is effective, James Madison proposes in Congress that a duty of 8-cents per barrel be levied on malt liquors in the hope "that this low rate will such an encouragement as to induce the manufacture of beer in every State in the Union."

1810 Oktoberfest is established in Munich as an official citywide celebration.

1842 The first clear, golden-hued lager is produced in the town of Pilsen in Bohemia. (The town was granted brewing rights by King Wenceslas in 1295.)

1850's The modern era of brewing in the U.S. begins to take shape as German immigrants bring a love of lager and the technological expertise to make it to their new land. By the late
1800's, aided by the development of commercial refrigeration, automatic bottling and pasteurization, the modern era of big brands is in full swing.

1860's The first federal excise tax on beer was imposed as a "temporary" measure to help the Union during the Civil War.

1876 Louis Pasteur publishes Studies on Fermentation-The Diseases of Beer, Their Causes, and Means of Preventing Them.
Source: Cheers - Knowing and Understanding Beer - June 1996

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#5538~So, the other night, you were just doing research?

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The "Beer Me" Diet

For the beer drinkers out there...... Happy dieting !!!

Your on the right track

8 Facts
FACT 1:
A lite beer has between 70 and 100 calories, is almost all water, and the part that isn't water is almost pure carbohydrates.

FACT 2:
The average diet recommends a daily caloric intake of 1,200 calories for women, 1,500 for men, if you want to lose the medically safe two to three pounds a week. On the "Beer-Me" diet, that equates to at least 12 beverages a day for women, and 15 for men. A measurable goal.

FACT 3:
The alcohol in beer is a diuretic, which causes the water to flush out almost immediately, leading to a consistent workout regimen including deep knee bends (getting out of the chair), fast walking (getting to the bathroom) and squats (as the case may be).

FACT 4:
Drinking beer actually helps you sleep-even when you aren't necessarily tired. All that added rest is certain to help any problems you may have experienced in sleep deprivation, counting calories on those other fad diets. In addition, you may experience the occasional "How did I get here?" when you wake up, which always makes for lively conversation, and possibly additional exercise if you have to sneak out and run home.

FACT 5:
The "Beer-Me" diet is good for your heart. After just one day of consuming your required 12-15 beers, you will certainly want to consume some aspirin, which is medically proven to help prevent heart attacks.

FACT 6:
On the "Beer-Me" diet you can eat anything you want. The only rule is that you cannot consume any food until you have consumed at least half of the day's required beers. This way the food will probably only stay in your body a short time, until you again exercise the deep knee bends, quick walk and, this time, the "lean-over-and-hurl" stomach crunches.

FACT 7:
Beer drinking is often done in bars, where other forms of exercise are common. Dancing, for example, is a good way to build up a thirst, as is chasing members of the opposite sex. If you really want to maximize your workout, try actually walking up to the bar, versus using a waitress. To take this to the extreme, you could even get up and get someone else a beer-perhaps someone who is newer to the diet plan than yourself.

FACT 8:
Beer is cheaper than Jenny Craig. Based on these facts, let's run through a given scenario for diet implementation.

CAUTION:
This is a weekend diet plan, and should be attempted during the work week by only the staunchest of dieters.

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY:
Eat junk food and basically be a slob.

FRIDAY:
Feeling "huge," swing by the liquor store and stock up. Go to favorite place of beer drinking and begin the consumption process (remember 12 for women, 15 for men).

SATURDAY (a.m.):
Wake up (as required) and lounge around all day, feeling slightly smaller after expunging any food that you may have accidentally consumed (particularly if it involved beef jerky from 7-11). Take aspirin. Notice that you have absolutely no interest in food, anyway.

SATURDAY (p.m.):
Restart cycle, noticing that your appetite has still not returned. Perhaps only meet half of your consumption goal due to an ongoing discussion with "the dog that bit you." This is a good thing, as only half-consumption means less than 1,000 calories for the day, and you still don't feel hungry.

SUNDAY (a.m.):
Wake up for mandatory sports day. This is a very convenient diet during football season, but it can be successfully implemented year-round. There is some major professional sport being played every day of the year except the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star game (fact-look it up). Consumption on this day should be paced to cover the entire day-you don't want to peak too soon. Again you notice a lack of appetite, and are feeling thinner all the time. Don't forget the aspirin.

MONDAY: Return to work, feeling thinner, well rested and surprisingly mellow. Mark your log book, and begin preparation for the upcoming weekend.

Happy dieting !!!

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"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

I could say that I am doing research right now... along with my Wicked friend Pete

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"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

#5541~And, is there anything else you need to research?

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depends on what it is that is being researched

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#5543~ Just curious

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well, time to run... need to hit the sack early tonight....

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"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

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good progress in this thread today

est. achievement date as of this post: 2/3/25 3:04 PM

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MT- Consider yourself my official beer guru.

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#5448~Songwriter Randy Newman, the man who wrote the 1977 hit parody of bigotry "Short People," is 5 ft., 11 inches tall.

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#5549

Do you sleep in a vat MT?

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