Fascinating article about the origins of alcohol distillation from the Economist (Long) - Beyond Tiki

GT Geeky Tiki Member Las vegas Joined: Oct 15, 2002 Posts: 533	GT Geeky Tiki Posted posted on Sat, Jan 10, 2004 2:16 PM Highly cool. Their Christmas Issue rocks! Really a great magazine. We have so much to be thankful for to Arab culture: Mathematics, Chess, Distilled Spirits, The Fez (both with and without tassle), The Modern Alphabet...on and on. Sometimes it seems that area was more advanced 500 years ago than now. No politics intended. The vibe from that area doesn't seem as progressive as its history would indicate. Willing to edit if this is deemed political [ Edited by: Geeky Tiki on 2004-01-10 14:17 ]

Highly cool.

Their Christmas Issue rocks! Really a great magazine.

We have so much to be thankful for to Arab culture: Mathematics, Chess, Distilled Spirits, The Fez (both with and without tassle), The Modern Alphabet...on and on.

Sometimes it seems that area was more advanced 500 years ago than now.

No politics intended. The vibe from that area doesn't seem as progressive as its history would indicate.

Willing to edit if this is deemed political

[ Edited by: Geeky Tiki on 2004-01-10 14:17 ]

Post #68714 by Geeky Tiki on Sat, Jan 10, 2004 2:16 PM