Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 11:21:07 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Arnold <tom@inna.net> To: Ola Persson <smurfen@ludd.luth.se> Cc: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>, Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD hacker dinner report... Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961103111924.395D-100000@caught.inna.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.95.961103091014.25652F-100000@sister.ludd.luth.se>
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> Why why WHY do you guys use 'proof' as a measure of alcoholic content.. I
> have always wondered.... And is it exacty twice as much as ?
Back in the olden days of door to door liqour salesman, a common question
was "Show me your proof" at which time a bottle would be uncapped and
setafire to prove the presence of alcohol.
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