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minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·1 month agohttps://www.historynet.com/a-doctors-note-for-booze-winston-churchill-prescribed-indefinite-quantities-of-alcohol-during-prohibition/
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoThis site tried to install a VPN app on my phone
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoReally? Weird. I’m on desktop, so I didn’t notice anything. In any case, here’s the relevant bit:
minus-squarefubarx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoThe medical marijuana card of its day. The per-meal ‘minimum’ is a nice touch.
minus-squarekalpol@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoI hope that was just a baseline 250 ml overall and not 250 per meal. That’s… a lot
minus-squareHoimo@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoDepends on what Churchill counts as “alcoholic spirits”. 250ml can be one beer (normal) or 3 martinis (a bit much for breakfast). He can’t have meant 250ml of pure alcohol, surely. That’s what, 4 liters of beer or a bottle of vodka?
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoTIL Churchill visited the US during prohibition, and also TIL he got hit by a car during his trip. Getting that full American experience, LOL
https://www.historynet.com/a-doctors-note-for-booze-winston-churchill-prescribed-indefinite-quantities-of-alcohol-during-prohibition/
This site tried to install a VPN app on my phone
Really? Weird. I’m on desktop, so I didn’t notice anything.
In any case, here’s the relevant bit:
The medical marijuana card of its day. The per-meal ‘minimum’ is a nice touch.
I hope that was just a baseline 250 ml overall and not 250 per meal. That’s… a lot
Depends on what Churchill counts as “alcoholic spirits”. 250ml can be one beer (normal) or 3 martinis (a bit much for breakfast). He can’t have meant 250ml of pure alcohol, surely. That’s what, 4 liters of beer or a bottle of vodka?
Churchill counted brandy as alcohol.
TIL Churchill visited the US during prohibition, and also TIL he got hit by a car during his trip. Getting that full American experience, LOL