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	<title>Comments on: Wet On A Dry Day</title>
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	<description>I'm a Sri Lankan American Canadian graduate trying to make something of myself in Colombo</description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 04:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I suppose, after you make the fermented stuff, you need equipment to distil it to increase it&#039;s potency.  Which would be quite a process I asume.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I suppose, after you make the fermented stuff, you need equipment to distil it to increase it&#8217;s potency.  Which would be quite a process I asume.</p>
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		<title>By: comment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 04:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok.  I wasn&#039;t sure. I remember my parents telling me that poorer people in Sri Lanka who couldn&#039;t afford alcohol (ethanol), drink stuff which contains methylated spirits  (methanol).  Actually aboriginal communities in australia do the same.  The following explains the action of methylated spirits.

&quot;Despite its poisonous nature, methylated spirit is sometimes drunk, alone, or mixed with other substances, by alcoholics who have become destitute. As such, there is an argument that the methanol or other poisonous component should be removed because it can cause death and blindness. It is also common to add a vomiting (emetic) agent, which serves a similar purpose without the fatal side-effects. Likewise, denatonium adds a bitter taste but is non-fatal.

It is not the methanol itself that is toxic, but the accumulation of its metabolites, formaldehyde and formic acid. Because the metabolic pathways for ethanol and methanol share a common enzyme, alcohol dehydrogenase, ethanol can be used to treat methanol poisoning by blocking the enzyme until the body can excrete enough methanol through the lungs and skin. (In a documented case, a shipworker poisoned while cleaning out a methanol tank was successfully treated with administration of a good portion of the liquor in the ship&#039;s &quot;medicine chest.)&quot;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylated_spirits

There must be high class kassipu which hopefully doesn&#039;t have this.

You can try and make some sort of fermented drink, with a mixture of fruit  juice and yeast.  I don&#039;t think it would be potent though.  I have tried it with apple juice after learning the equation for fermentation to produce ethanol when I was in school.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok.  I wasn&#8217;t sure. I remember my parents telling me that poorer people in Sri Lanka who couldn&#8217;t afford alcohol (ethanol), drink stuff which contains methylated spirits  (methanol).  Actually aboriginal communities in australia do the same.  The following explains the action of methylated spirits.</p>
<p>&#8220;Despite its poisonous nature, methylated spirit is sometimes drunk, alone, or mixed with other substances, by alcoholics who have become destitute. As such, there is an argument that the methanol or other poisonous component should be removed because it can cause death and blindness. It is also common to add a vomiting (emetic) agent, which serves a similar purpose without the fatal side-effects. Likewise, denatonium adds a bitter taste but is non-fatal.</p>
<p>It is not the methanol itself that is toxic, but the accumulation of its metabolites, formaldehyde and formic acid. Because the metabolic pathways for ethanol and methanol share a common enzyme, alcohol dehydrogenase, ethanol can be used to treat methanol poisoning by blocking the enzyme until the body can excrete enough methanol through the lungs and skin. (In a documented case, a shipworker poisoned while cleaning out a methanol tank was successfully treated with administration of a good portion of the liquor in the ship&#8217;s &#8220;medicine chest.)&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylated_spirits" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylated_spirits</a></p>
<p>There must be high class kassipu which hopefully doesn&#8217;t have this.</p>
<p>You can try and make some sort of fermented drink, with a mixture of fruit  juice and yeast.  I don&#8217;t think it would be potent though.  I have tried it with apple juice after learning the equation for fermentation to produce ethanol when I was in school.</p>
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		<title>By: indi</title>
		<link>http://indi.ca/2007/05/wet-on-a-dry-day/comment-page-1/#comment-63156</link>
		<dc:creator>indi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 03:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>depending on where you get it, it&#039;s not that bad. If its made by someone you know it&#039;s probably mainly fermented fruit. The stuff sold in plastic bags is usually adulterated, but I don&#039;t think a drink will make you go blind</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>depending on where you get it, it&#8217;s not that bad. If its made by someone you know it&#8217;s probably mainly fermented fruit. The stuff sold in plastic bags is usually adulterated, but I don&#8217;t think a drink will make you go blind</p>
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		<title>By: Virginia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Virginia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 21:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even contains rusted nails, battery acid, and urine. :) Contents may vary according to manufacturer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even contains rusted nails, battery acid, and urine. :) Contents may vary according to manufacturer.</p>
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		<title>By: Ravana</title>
		<link>http://indi.ca/2007/05/wet-on-a-dry-day/comment-page-1/#comment-62923</link>
		<dc:creator>Ravana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 08:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m back. Just marking attendance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m back. Just marking attendance.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 06:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I remember being told that Kasippu actually contains all sorts of toxic impurities, including methylated spirits?  Among poorer people anyway, it is common practice to consume methylated spirits that leads to complications such as blindness etc.  So anyone thinking of consuming such liquids, please be careful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember being told that Kasippu actually contains all sorts of toxic impurities, including methylated spirits?  Among poorer people anyway, it is common practice to consume methylated spirits that leads to complications such as blindness etc.  So anyone thinking of consuming such liquids, please be careful.</p>
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