Today.

Had a nice long wander this afternoon along the edge of the North End and into part of Charlestown then back across the Back Bay with redstarrobot. Tired feet, yeah, but that was a neat way to hang out - just walk and talk.

After we parted ways and I was headed home on the bus, I tried this 'Victorian style fermented' orange drink. The ingrediants didn't list yeast, but those were surely yeasty lumps creating that sediment on the bottom (a label doesn't say, in fine print, that there's less than 0.5% alcohol in the drink for no reason).

For that was, of course, how 'soda' was created originally - as in beer, the yeasty beasties made the carbon dioxide (and a wee bit of alcohol). That's the way me mum's family used to make root beer when she was growing up - Baker's root beer extract, water, sugar - and yeast. Wait a few days, and voila - root beer.

So, is it merely the 'squick' factor that they're allowed to get away with not being 100% truthful on their labeling - and neglecting to mention that leftover yeast?

Ah-HA!

Found that pressure/crank washer.

Now just have to find that spin-almost-dryer....

And yo, what's the URL for that eco-blog...?

Edit: Found the spin-dryer. Umm....bit more of an investment than the other...then again, not really more than the average conventional dryer. But quicker and vastly more energy efficient, apparently....