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|    Alexander Koryagin to Ardith Hinton    |
|    degrees    |
|    16 Feb 20 20:45:18    |
      MSGID: 2:221/360.0 5e498db6       REPLY: 1:153/716.0 e48c3080       PID: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0200       Hi, Ardith Hinton! ->Alexander Koryagin       I read your message from 16.02.2020 00:15               AK>> I heard that American whiskey contains as much alcohol as a        AK>> producer wants, up to 90%.               AH> Ah... I think I get the picture (pun alert!) now. The cartoon shows        AH> a scale of ninety degrees similar to what one might see on a              I probably should have sent the direct link to the picture.       https://i.ibb.co/7pPvmk1/degrees.jpg               AK>> For instance, the strength of pure alcohol is 90 degrees. Is it 90        AK>> %? Why 90%, not 100% if it is a pure substance?               AH> We have a bottle of isopropyl alcohol listed as 99% USP. It is used        AH> for de-icing frozen car door locks & dissolving glue from sticky        AH> labels we want to remove from book covers, e.g., without damaging        AH> them. Medical professionals often use it as an antiseptic. However,        AH> it's clearly labelled "POISON" & there may be different rules WRT        AH> the variety human beings tend to drink... [chuckle].              Of course it is poison, people drink ethyl alcohol.              Bye, Ardith!       Alexander Koryagin       english_tutor 2020              ---        * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 203/0 221/1 6 360 227/114 229/426 1014 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/1634 2100 5138 5832 5853 8001 8002 8005 249/206 317 261/38       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 5006 313/41 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364 342/200       SEEN-BY: 382/147 423/81 2454/119       PATH: 221/1 280/5003 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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