6.2.05
No Beer, No Antibiotics
In some other time, I would've been an almost-grandfather by now, old, toothless, wise, and venerable. Providing I survived to my age, of course.
Which I wouldn't. I would've died of appendicitis at the age of 19, leaving my kids (the oldest one being five or six) fatherless. Of course, I could've died of a middle-ear inflammation at the age of 3 or 4; it would've at least left me deaf on one ear - a dangerous condition in a world full of bears and wolves and lions.
I wonder, though... Living in that time, knowing what I know now, what would I miss more - antibiotics, or beer?
Which I wouldn't. I would've died of appendicitis at the age of 19, leaving my kids (the oldest one being five or six) fatherless. Of course, I could've died of a middle-ear inflammation at the age of 3 or 4; it would've at least left me deaf on one ear - a dangerous condition in a world full of bears and wolves and lions.
I wonder, though... Living in that time, knowing what I know now, what would I miss more - antibiotics, or beer?
Comments: 3
What "some other time" are you reffering to? The oldest evidence of beer is 6000 year old.
I was thinking some 20000 years... Pre-agriculture. And beer requires agriculture. :)
OK :)
