Speaking of ingenuity, my father was on a submarine tender in WWII supplying and repairing subs in the So. Pacific. The had a water purification plant on board for supplying distilled water for the batteried on the subs. Dad said the crew operating it could run 5 gallons of medical alcohol (ethanol not denatured, since it was war time) through it and make it drinkable without the officers finding out.
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Date: 2006-04-27 10:50 pm (UTC)