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Originally Posted by DeanFL
I get the water boil notices too.
But only when I'm ready for a cup of tea in January.
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We've all heard about the Boston tea party. I don't think most people ever learned or were told why it was a major issue.
While people did not know about germs they knew from experience that you would get sick if you drank water in the cities. People got their necessary fluid from tea, or liquor. Boiling the water to make tea would kill the germs and so would the alcohol in liquor or wine.
When we read about the greats that founded this country. It is likely they were at least partially intoxicated.