A quote a day (or whatever stuff whenever I can)

[PuliMorgan]

 

Yup! Just opened the third 650 ml bottle of 6% strong beer....

[ParramattaPaul]

1 hour ago, PuliMorgan said:

 

Yup! Just opened the third 650 ml bottle of 6% strong beer....

There was a time, in the mid-1970s, when beer was part of soccer or rugby player's sports nutrition since it helped to rehydrate, and provided some carbohydrates and protein. 

 

Then of course, we ruggers had our post-match parties at which the consumption of beer was a major feature.  That naturally led to singing, and after enough time, the 'Elephant Walk'.

 

Oh, the memories!

[inkstainedruth]

In the Middle Ages, the English had bread and ale for breakfast, which gave them protein, carbs and nutrients.  But this apparently then caused a problem when they were trying to conquer Wales -- who had meat and milk for breakfast (the terrain and soil being less conducive to growing grain...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[PuliMorgan]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

In the Middle Ages, the English had bread and ale for breakfast, which gave them protein, carbs and nutrients.  But this apparently then caused a problem when they were trying to conquer Wales -- who had meat and milk for breakfast (the terrain and soil being less conducive to growing grain...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

This is so funny and I want to borrow this for a lecture that I am preparing to give. But can you confirm if this is a historical fact or just an canard? (Middle ages must have been an intersting period - the other day I read that the monarchs employed high ranking nobility as the "Grooms of the Stool" for assisting with their pooping!)

 

 

3 hours ago, ParramattaPaul said:

There was a time, in the mid-1970s, when beer was part of soccer or rugby player's sports nutrition since it helped to rehydrate, and provided some carbohydrates and protein. 

 

Then of course, we ruggers had our post-match parties at which the consumption of beer was a major feature.  That naturally led to singing, and after enough time, the 'Elephant Walk'.

 

Oh, the memories!

 

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - (This quote is commonly misattributed to Ben Franklin, anyway only a wise man could have come up with something like this).

[ParramattaPaul]

20 hours ago, PuliMorgan said:

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - (This quote is commonly misattributed to Ben Franklin, anyway only a wise man could have come up with something like this).

I know for a fact, that my uncle Darcy said that.  In fact, he said it to me as he popped the cap off of a bottle of Resch's Dinner Ale one Saturday night in 1970.

 

 

just kidding.

[PuliMorgan]

[inkstainedruth]

On 2/11/2022 at 6:05 PM, PuliMorgan said:

This is so funny and I want to borrow this for a lecture that I am preparing to give. But can you confirm if this is a historical fact or just an canard?

The part about getting carbs and protein I can't cite you a source.  Just something I remember from a class at an SCA event way too many years ago.

But the English breakfast vs. Welsh breakfast part I read in a really interesting book I read a number of years ago called The Geography Behind History.  Which is *somewhere* in my house... (I think...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[PuliMorgan]

17 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

The part about getting carbs and protein I can't cite you a source.  Just something I remember from a class at an SCA event way too many years ago.

But the English breakfast vs. Welsh breakfast part I read in a really interesting book I read a number of years ago called The Geography Behind History.  Which is *somewhere* in my house... (I think...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

 

Thank you @inkstainedruth. Let me see if I can find book The Geography behind History in the local library. It soinds like an interesting read.

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[InkyColors]

[ParramattaPaul]

'... I will add each day of my life to my treasure of days lived. and with each day, my treasure will grow...'   YES!

 

[InkyColors]

3 minutes ago, ParramattaPaul said:

'... I will add each day of my life to my treasure of days lived. and with each day, my treasure will grow...'   YES!

 

That was the part that made me share the quote.  Very uplifting I thought.

[brokenclay]

14 minutes ago, InkyColors said:

That was the part that made me share the quote.  Very uplifting I thought.

Indeed. Thank you.

[ParramattaPaul]

1 hour ago, InkyColors said:

That was the part that made me share the quote.  Very uplifting I thought.

The attitude the quote expresses has been one I have embraced throughout my life, and through the joyful experiences and heartbreaking events/losses that have filled more than 70 years. 

 

Life is a journey to be looked forward to, embraced, and enjoyed.

[PuliMorgan]

 

Become "inconquerable"....

[PuliMorgan]

17 hours ago, InkyColors said:

 

Love this quote!

[PuliMorgan]