The Old World is a reference to those parts of Earth known to Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia and Africa.
Moderators: Minimalist, MichelleH
-
Minimalist
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 15836
- Joined: Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:09 pm
- Location: Arizona
Post
by Minimalist » Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:41 pm
Keep up the good work, boys.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/14/middleea ... index.html
Archaeologists discover ancient beer factory in Egypt
Well-aged.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
-- George Carlin
-
circumspice
- Posts: 1058
- Joined: Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:10 pm
Post
by circumspice » Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:22 pm
Thanks Min. Hopefully they'll publish quickly. It's not like they currently have a whole lot of irons in the fire.
"Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, and, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." ~ Alexander Pope
-
Simon21
- Posts: 598
- Joined: Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:40 am
Post
by Simon21 » Sun Feb 28, 2021 2:34 pm
My eldest went on a tour of Soweto and was offered the chance to drink at a Shebeen (supposedly illegal beer stube - so illegal there were tourist tours of it). The beverage of choice was "kaffirbeer", allegedly the oldest type of beer in the world and the one allegedly drunk in Egypt etc. It's served in milk cartons cut in half. \he said he considered himself lucky to come back alive, being the foulest brew he had ever consumed, like an extremely bitter version of soapy dishwater.