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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=680512823-06012000>Re:
what is grog </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=680512823-06012000>According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable:
"Rum diluted with water. In 1740 Admiral Vernon when Commander in Chief West
Indies substituted watered down run for the neat spirit then issued to both
officers and men. The admiral was nicknamed Old Grog from his Grogram coat and
the name was transferred to the new beverage...Originally issued twice daily (a
quarter pint of rum with a pint of water)...(My book is torn here but evidently
the ration was reduced as time went on) Grog ration to all ratings ended on 31
July 1970."</DIV>
<P><FONT color=#008080 face="Brush Script MT" size=5>Scott Mansfield</FONT><FONT
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