ancient history

[norseamd]

Fvck that, they lived in one of the hottest parts of the world without air conditioning.

arabs came up with some stuff to fix that

stay in the shade
thermal drafts built into buildings
have servants wave fans over you all day
sit on a ottoman all day playing chess

 

[Kadarin]

sit on a ottoman all day playing chess

The Turks loved ottomans so much they named their empire after them. Seriously, why would you name an empire after furniture, no matter how awesome it is?

 

[BurnItDwn]

arabs came up with some stuff to fix that

stay in the shade
thermal drafts built into buildings
have servants wave fans over you all day
sit on a ottoman all day playing chess

Thermal mass, underground, yadda yadda yadda ...

Still, no thanks. I hate hot places.

I'd rather live in Greenland during the coming of the little ice age struggling every day to survive than deal with the heat of the desert.

 

[zinfamous]

Fvck that, they lived in one of the hottest parts of the world without air conditioning.

They also discovered beer.

so....it makes sense.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

my time machine is set to blacklist anything pre-toilet paper and soap, air condish is optional

 

[norseamd]

you can use nice soft leaves and there is soap

papyrus might be rough

 

[norseamd]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap#History_of_cleansing_soaps

 

[BurnItDwn]

They also discovered beer.

so....it makes sense.

I will admit, I've only had the "Midas Touch" by dogfish head once, it was quite good, but, I'm kinda impartial to stouts or meads.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

you can use nice soft leaves and there is soap

papyrus might be rough

i'm thinking of everyone else. they aren't called "the unwashed masses" for nothing.

 

[BurnItDwn]

OK, as a "time tourist", I would love to spend a week in Sumeria ... but, It's not a place or a time that I would want to live ideally.

 

[zinfamous]

I will admit, I've only had the "Midas Touch" by dogfish head once, it was quite good, but, I'm kinda impartial to stouts or meads.

yes, but don't you agree that these were the people that gave humanity its greatest achievement?

imagine--the first people that discovered beer. probably a bitching time to be alive.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

If living conditions back then were worth a shit, we'd still live like they did. We don't because it turns out that living conditions through most of human history really sucked. College debt or financing a home or accidentally knocking up the local bar wench just isn't as much of a stressor as dying of dysentery in your teen years.

 

[norseamd]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper#History

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet#Ancient_civilizations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sanitation

seems that lead pipes were not that bad when used in the roman aqueducts

 

[norseamd]

where can i buy some ancient alcohol around minnesota?

have any of you made some herb ales or fruit wine?

how about mugwort?

 

[Triumph]

If we have hoistory on the ancient sumerians, who did they have history on? They didnt just appear; didn't they also wonder about who came before them, and research said people?

 

[norseamd]

College debt or financing a home or accidentally knocking up the local bar wench just isn't as much of a stressor as dying of dysentery in your teen years.

all of those likely happened in ancient times

guess only a few might get some college debt

 

[norseamd]

If we have hoistory on the ancient sumerians, who did they have history on? They didnt just appear; didn't they also wonder about who came before them, and research said people?

there are surviving documents from sumeria that talk about history before them as well as the current history in their time

the ancestors of sumeria were likely irrigation farmers in mesopotamia

 

[BurnItDwn]

yes, but don't you agree that these were the people that gave humanity its greatest achievement?

imagine--the first people that discovered beer. probably a bitching time to be alive.

I think today is a good day to be alive. The craft beer scene in the USA is amazing.

 

[BurnItDwn]

where can i buy some ancient alcohol around minnesota?

have any of you made some herb ales or fruit wine?

how about mugwort?

I've made a few batches of Mead, one was a light fruit mead with a bit of pineapple added. The other was a hearty sack mead. The Sack mead is awesome. The fruit mead is meh.

Put your zip code on the dogfish head fish finder ...
http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/fish-finder.htm

Some of their ancient ales are the Midas Touch or Sah'tea (Sah'Tea is 2000ish year old finnish recipie with junipers, it's really really awesome.) Midas Touch will be easier to find ...
looks like they have no distribution in MInnesota, but, there are places in Houlton, WI, Hudson, WI, and Prescott, WI where you can find DogFish Head....

 

[norseamd]

can go to hudson

 

[zinfamous]

I think today is a good day to be alive. The craft beer scene in the USA is amazing.

sure, if you are really into IPAs!

 

[BurnItDwn]

sure, if you are really into IPAs!

Ehh, I like IPAs, but I mostly love stouts!
And Founders is only a few hours away, Three Floyds is only a few hours away, Goose Island is close, Pipeworks is close, and all make epic wold shatteringly good stouts

 

[norseamd]

so have nay of you tried any herbs with beer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruit

 

[norseamd]

an by the way if a beer has hops it needs more hops

 

[BurnItDwn]

so have nay of you tried any herbs with beer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruit

Just the Dogfish Head version of sahti here... I want more of it. Even my fiancee who hates beer likes it. So maybe that's a red flag?