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Old 4th May 2017, 15:17
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Originally Posted by sibby View Post
The best rum I used to get out of bond was called Black Negrita. The bottle had raffia wrapped round it. It was good for sea sickness . The cure was recommended to me by an a.b. on the first ship I sailed on, a coaster. I found it did not work for everyone. The cook tried it and was seasick in the galley sink. Yuk.


The words of Nobel prize winning scientist Richard Feynman comes to mind on that one:

"No matter how beautiful your theory is, if it doesn't agree with experiment, then it's wrong."

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