Kool-Aid is a pre-mixed powder packet of artificial flavor an artificial colour to which you add sugar and water and drink (i think in England it's called a squash). It's something people used to give their children to drink instead of water before 2 litre bottles of soda pop became so cheap that people started buying that in unhealthy quantities instead.
On Aug 23, 2013, at 4:41 AM, "Peter Lambert" <plamb...@qa.com.au> wrote: Read Tom Wolfe's classic "Electric Kool Aid Acid Test" ... Peter, VK4JD -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary W. Hvizdak Sent: Friday, 23 August 2013 4:51 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] "Kool-Aid" -- was "2m Module" Tim Hague (M0AFJ) asked ... Could someone tell us non-Americans what Kool-Aid is?, and if it's so good for stress where can we get it? Hi Tim, Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid ... "Drinking the Kool-Aid" is a metaphor commonly used in the United States that refers to a person or group holding an unquestioned belief. Further, Kool-Aid is a powered drink mix reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool-Aid See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown Cheers, Gary KI4GGX ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
