And the next mornig while defecating, was he able to" get the lead out of
his ass"?

All 700 of us can play this game!!

DM&FS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Snow" <dieselvanagon@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: interesting TRUE facts

> If I recall correctly from my tour of Pompeii, there were stores that
> offered hot wine during the winter months. The wine was warmed in big lead
> casks. The big treat was to get the last swig from the cask, which
contained
> a slurry of lead salts that had precipitated out of the wine when it was
> warmed in the lead casks. MMM mmmm good.
>
> Daniel Snow
> PhD Student
> UC Berkeley
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>
> >From: Hector Zapata <hector.zapata@XRXGSN.COM>
> >Reply-To: Hector Zapata <hector.zapata@XRXGSN.COM>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: interesting TRUE facts
> >Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 07:47:58 -0700
> >
> >
> >  Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with a high acid
> >  content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead
> >  poisoning and death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so, for
> >  Bread was divided, according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom
> >  of the loaf, the family got the middle, head of the house, his
> >  eldest son and guests got the top, or, "upper crust."
> >
> >  Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would,
> >  sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along
> >  the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They
>
>
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