> > It used to happen by accident until my state at least forced everyone to
> > pasteurize the cider. 
> 
> A large factor is that when the orchards started
> allowing PYO, there was a certain lack of control
> of access, especially the city slickers whose
> attention to hygiene may not have been too terrific.
> A way to fix the pasteurization issue would be to
> add a touch of active yeast, preferably brewers',
> but perhaps any.
> 
I've thought of that, but my mother would see it bubbling and pour it down
the sink. :-( 

> > I'm not sure my dad ever had a Chevy back then.  My parents didn't meet
> > until 1964. 
> 
> The last time I drove a car for a measurable 
> distance was 1968. There were moments, now that I 
> recall, when I got behind the wheel to help get a 
> vehicle out of a snowdrift, for example, up through 
> the '70s.
> 
I don't usually push it more than 25 miles at a clip myself these days. 


> > The aloe in the real thing ought not.  The glycerin... not so sure. 
> 
> I figure that if it prevents damage to your tissues,
> it might well prevent damage to other things, too.

It's certainly a possibility.
 
> > here and there and my operatically trained friends can really crank it up. 
> 
> I'm not so fond of those big voices but was paid 
> to endure them on occasion.

For me it depends on the voice.  
 
> > > though; he married for the first time when he was 90, 
> > > to a woman 40 years younger.
> > At that point I guess he figured if it was a mistake he wouldn't be around
> > long enough to find out!
> 
> They were inseparable, so the story goes, for a
> decade plus, but that might have been because he
> couldn't hobble away fast enough.

I'm betting he wasn't trying too hard either.
 
> > > the smells of garbage, puke, and pee.
> > It just turns me mildly green.  
> 
> Mildly green is preferable to many other city smells.

Unless it's mold.