Al wrote:
In article ,
kenneth scharf wrote:

Like I said the word 'plumber' comes from the latin plumbum meaning
lead. Ancient Rome was the first to use lead pipes. Could be why
Nero was mad as a hatter.

I heard this. Their wine was being drunk from lead-lined flasks.

Well, no, not so far as I've found. But they _did_ use lead water
piping, and they _did_ use lead acetate ("sugar of lead") as a
condiment.

The first is bad only where the water's mildly acidic.

The _second_ is Just Plain Bad.

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Mike Andrews

Tired old sysadmin