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[James F. Johnson]

Jenne Heise wrote:
> 
> > 1. What people want is in part a function of what they have been
> > exposed to. In areas where we routinely brought sekanjabin to fighter
> > practices, we didn't observe people responding with "ick, period
> > drink."
> 
> Nope, lots of people flock to the cold mint sekanjibin. But they also
> drink Gatorade. At a war, however, there's a special consideration AGAINST
> sekanjibin that I just thought of: that is lack of facilities to clean
> your water containers thoroughly. Sekanjibin, being a sugar-vinegar syrup,
> leaves a little sugar in the container that you have to be sure to clean
> out or you get new civilizations in the water cooler (I speak from

I would have thought the vinegar would stifle microbes (cheesecloth
soaked in vinegar and wrapped around cheese does), and then Gatorade
contains sugar as well, being it's main source of energy. Does the
Gatorade not also aid in microcolonialism?

Seumas

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