Gfted1 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I'm going to turn the soil in the garden today. There is nothing growing there now. It's just waiting for spring. I have a project in mind this year that requires planting corn. So at least half the field is being dedicated to corn this spring. "Knee high by the 4th of July". Would this project involve a still? 2 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I'm going to turn the soil in the garden today. There is nothing growing there now. It's just waiting for spring. I have a project in mind this year that requires planting corn. So at least half the field is being dedicated to corn this spring. "Knee high by the 4th of July". Would this project involve a still? Since that kind of thing is frowned upon by the government of our supposedly "free" country I can neither confirm nor deny my project might involve the distillation of spirits. I will say, for the benefit of any government agency who monitors this board, that no product of my family farm will ever be sold for cash considerations other than vegetables. 4 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Vacation journal, day 6: I feel myself going quite mad from the boredom...sights and sounds just on the edge of my perception. The NFL channel has been playing in the background for the last ~54 hours and there is no more internet that can possibly be clicked. I should buy a slip in the marina for my boat. no good reason for gifted getting a boat... unless. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly_Nightshade Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 The new laptop I ordered has 5% battery wear out of the box, as long as it doesn't get worse I can live with that otherwise it will be time to call up and get a replacement shipped out so I can replace it. "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Going to miss this week at work, absolutely nothing happened and 90% of the people downtown took the week off. Back to the usual over crowded hell next week Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Same here. This week was a tad too boring, though.... and the next week will be the worst hell... "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherFerg Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) Well i've become very popular at the codex, someone even made an entire thread about me. I think they will ask me soon if I want to be a moderator. I've been thinking about that a lot and I know I am more than capable, I just don't know if they are ready for the ONE.I've been learning a lot of new slang such as Cuck, Incline and SJW. There seems to be an overwhelming fear of the "Alts". I'm assuming an alt is much like a robot that penetrates the forum defenses and passes as a human user (or as you might better understand: a Synth).Anyway I have been following my orders as an Obsidian informant and beat back those who criticize Pillars of Eternity. If I have an equal there.. they escape me.This concludes my first report.-the One Edited December 31, 2016 by BrotherFerg 3 Why does a chair have arms and legs like a man, but can't walk or hold things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Since that kind of thing is frowned upon by the government of our supposedly "free" country I can neither confirm nor deny my project might involve the distillation of spirits. I will say, for the benefit of any government agency who monitors this board, that no product of my family farm will ever be sold for cash considerations other than vegetables. I'm kind of torn about those laws, I can see both the good and the bad in it, but I'm pretty biased against it since my family would be drinking even more if they could make their own booze. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Whats "incline" mean in internet slang? I even checked urban dictionary and it means the same thing there as the normal usage of the word. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Since that kind of thing is frowned upon by the government of our supposedly "free" country I can neither confirm nor deny my project might involve the distillation of spirits. I will say, for the benefit of any government agency who monitors this board, that no product of my family farm will ever be sold for cash considerations other than vegetables. I'm kind of torn about those laws, I can see both the good and the bad in it, but I'm pretty biased against it since my family would be drinking even more if they could make their own booze. Well making booze isn't hard. Making booze anyone would want to drink is another thing entirely. I am a fan of good bourbon. But good bourbon is aged in a charred oak barrel for at least seven years. Preferably 9 or more. That is ho it gets it color and flavor. Fresh made bourbon is clear and tastes just like moonshine. Because that's what it is. Being able to store the whiskey in a temperature controlled environment for the time it takes to age properly is the hard part. The making is easy. As for why moonshine is illegal, it's all about money. Excise taxes on liquor in the US is around $3 a liter. Beer is less than $0.50 per liter. So it doesn't hurt the government so much when you brew your own beer because most home brewers can only produce less than 5 gallons at a time. So at roughly 3.5 liters the total tax lost would be $1.25 give or take. Now five gallon of booze is a loss of $10 in uncollected taxes and that much 'shine goes a lot farther than the same amount of home brew beer. 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) Well making booze isn't hard. Making booze anyone would want to drink is another thing entirely. I am a fan of good bourbon. But good bourbon is aged in a charred oak barrel for at least seven years. Preferably 9 or more. That is ho it gets it color and flavor. Fresh made bourbon is clear and tastes just like moonshine. Because that's what it is. Being able to store the whiskey in a temperature controlled environment for the time it takes to age properly is the hard part. The making is easy. As for why moonshine is illegal, it's all about money. Excise taxes on liquor in the US is around $3 a liter. Beer is less than $0.50 per liter. So it doesn't hurt the government so much when you brew your own beer because most home brewers can only produce less than 5 gallons at a time. So at roughly 3.5 liters the total tax lost would be $1.25 give or take. Now five gallon of booze is a loss of $10 in uncollected taxes and that much 'shine goes a lot farther than the same amount of home brew beer. There was a time in the 90's when making your own booze was legal here in Sweden, a relative of mine had a still wich he used quite frequently, he did add herbs in it to make aquavit. I guess that the time it'd take to age the booze would be somewhat frustrating, especially the first years. If one had enough space to keep it going though it'd make it a bit easier to bear I reckon. Well, not only taxes, but tax expenditure aswell. Atleast here, where healthcare is paid for by taxes, but it does help curb alcohol consumption somewhat. The biggest annoyance with "systembolaget" (The monopolized government controlled outlet for alcohol here in Sweden) is that the refuse to refridgerate their beers... That's supposed to be a tax? 3$ per litre? For booze, we pay 517SEK per litre of alcohol (Wich means, 517SEK for 1 litre of 100% abv) that's about 60$ Edited December 31, 2016 by Azdeus 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Whats "incline" mean in internet slang? I even checked urban dictionary and it means the same thing there as the normal usage of the word. Codex uses that to indicate something defying the trend of everything being garbage these days. 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoman2 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 i put my cat on the hood of my car. she started rolling around and started slipping until she fell off. her look of confusion was priceless The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder. -Teknoman2- What? You thought it was a quote from some well known wise guy from the past? Stupidity leads to willful ignorance - willful ignorance leads to hope - hope leads to sex - and that is how a new generation of fools is born! We are hardcore role players... When we go to bed with a girl, we roll a D20 to see if we hit the target and a D6 to see how much penetration damage we did. Modern democracy is: the sheep voting for which dog will be the shepherd's right hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Speaking of cats, we put some catnip toys in our cats Christmas stocking and oh the hilarity! He alternates between running around it and pouncing on the toy to lovingly cradling it to his bosom and rubbing on it. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Mother in law had a stroke yesterday and we just found out a little while ago. Everything is supposedly fine with her and my wife spoke with her for a while but she's still understandably shaken up by it all Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Scary! Heres hoping for the best. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaeliorin Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Since that kind of thing is frowned upon by the government of our supposedly "free" country I can neither confirm nor deny my project might involve the distillation of spirits. I will say, for the benefit of any government agency who monitors this board, that no product of my family farm will ever be sold for cash considerations other than vegetables. I'm kind of torn about those laws, I can see both the good and the bad in it, but I'm pretty biased against it since my family would be drinking even more if they could make their own booze. Well making booze isn't hard. Making booze anyone would want to drink is another thing entirely. I am a fan of good bourbon. But good bourbon is aged in a charred oak barrel for at least seven years. Preferably 9 or more. That is ho it gets it color and flavor. Fresh made bourbon is clear and tastes just like moonshine. Because that's what it is. Being able to store the whiskey in a temperature controlled environment for the time it takes to age properly is the hard part. The making is easy. As for why moonshine is illegal, it's all about money. Excise taxes on liquor in the US is around $3 a liter. Beer is less than $0.50 per liter. So it doesn't hurt the government so much when you brew your own beer because most home brewers can only produce less than 5 gallons at a time. So at roughly 3.5 liters the total tax lost would be $1.25 give or take. Now five gallon of booze is a loss of $10 in uncollected taxes and that much 'shine goes a lot farther than the same amount of home brew beer. Isn't at least a little bit of it about safety? If people were just allowed to distill and sell unregulated, there would without a doubt be some unscrupulous a-holes selling wood alcohol as something fit for human consumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Isn't at least a little bit of it about safety? If people were just allowed to distill and sell unregulated, there would without a doubt be some unscrupulous a-holes selling wood alcohol as something fit for human consumption. The risk of getting wood alcohol is pretty small, since you have to distill booze from wood to actually get it. Those problems come from a-holes selling moonshine that has been diluted with other things, methylated spirits for instance. You'd have to be pretty callous to do that. So yeah, it's a bit about safety aswell. But you don't get methanol from regular distilling. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Isnt there some kind of old-timey test you can perform on the distilled booze? Something like, light it on fire and if it burns yellow its no good, but if it burns blue its ok? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) Isnt there some kind of old-timey test you can perform on the distilled booze? Something like, light it on fire and if it burns yellow its no good, but if it burns blue its ok? Nope, there isn't any reliable way really. You can only tell the difference from pure methanol to ethanol that way iirc, but if it's methanol diluted in ethanol you can't. Edit; http://www.ehow.com/how_8714279_test-alcohol-methanol.html That sounds about right. Edited January 1, 2017 by Azdeus Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaeliorin Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Isn't at least a little bit of it about safety? If people were just allowed to distill and sell unregulated, there would without a doubt be some unscrupulous a-holes selling wood alcohol as something fit for human consumption. The risk of getting wood alcohol is pretty small, since you have to distill booze from wood to actually get it. Those problems come from a-holes selling moonshine that has been diluted with other things, methylated spirits for instance. You'd have to be pretty callous to do that. So yeah, it's a bit about safety aswell. But you don't get methanol from regular distilling. Yeah, I realize that. Hence the part about unscrupulous a-holes doing it. There are enough people who do horrible things that I'd think there'd be pretty regular cases of people selling contaminated booze. Or maybe I'm just a terrible cynic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDeranged Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Still recovering from New Years Eve Many demons were slain that night. My high point was dancing with a stunning woman who said I'm lovely and kissed me...BUT, she was married 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Maybe shes in an open relationship. "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDeranged Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Maybe shes in an open relationship. Don't think so I'm afraid. Still, it's a much needed boost to my confidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Maybe she is desperate. 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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