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> because the tap water was not deemed potable So what were they doing in France before bottled water? Just going thirsty?
by jstanley 4y ago
> because the tap water was not deemed potable
So what were they doing in France before bottled water? Just going thirsty?
- Theodores 4y agoDrinking wine. In Ye Olden Days in the UK some fermented beer was 'drinking water'. In Ye Olden Days yeast strains were not the ones we have today. The yeast got killed by alcohol at a lower concentration. Drinking wine or beer all the time was fine when it was as weak as shandy. Waaait a minute! People used to drink lightly alcoholised drinks made from natural ingredients, recycling their receptacles? And now we pay for bottled water laced with plastics that render mankind infertile? I am going back to the old ways!