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   Ralph Jones to prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invali   
   Re: Alcoholics Drinking Aftershave?   
   26 Jul 14 20:48:11   
   
   From: ralph@nomeking.com   
      
   On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:40:56 +0200, Thomas Prufer   
    wrote:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >Legend was one could separate drinkable alcohol from aftershave by straining   
   it   
   >thorough a slice of white bread.   
   >   
   That property was sometimes attributed to the ethanol, denatured with   
   methanol, that powered the US Navy Mark 14 torpedo of WW2. I believe   
   it resulted in some other adulterants being added.   
      
   rj   
      
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