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[frazzled_frosty]

'... the story of "grog" does manage to truthfully invoke both seafaring and, if not royalty, at least an Admiral. The story begins with Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757) of the British Royal Navy. In 1740, Admiral Vernon issued an order that henceforth all sailors in the Royal Navy would be served a daily ration of rum mixed with water. While

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[keletkezes]

See, I knew it was to do with watered-down run and nicknames on ship, but I didn't know it was a cloak!

[frazzled_frosty]

mm, i only knew it was the horrible stuff they drank on-board, and theat the sailors were getting grumpy about it, but i had no idea about the cloak, the 'grogram-gros grain' connection is really cool :)