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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:34 AM Original message |
Why the hell is it illegal to distill my own hard alcohol? |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. I agree |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. Bathtub gin! |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. I want to grow a cannibus hedge - it used to be legal |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. Because you might fuck up and kill somebody with alcohol poisoning |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. People fuck up with microbreweries and the beer tastes like shit... |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Making whiskey is much more dangerous. People can more easily die. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. People can die pretty easily if I drink some shitty beer too. |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 02:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You've convinced me |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 02:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. There, was that so hard? |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 02:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Oh, I'd drink it |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. Because the man wants to keep you down |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. I believe you can distill it as long as you don't sell it.... |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Nope. It's unambiguously illegal under all circumstances |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. Probably for safetry reasons. |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 02:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I remember hearing all of those old stories |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 02:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I can believe it. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. No t'ain't |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. we already have one idiot in the white house. we don't need |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. I believe it's all about taxes |
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BornaDem (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. You are exactly correct. It's the same concept as the lottery... |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. Because the gummint can't collect tax on it. |
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ThorsHammer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. I'm surprised they haven't legalized other substances for this reason yet |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. That's itm. I'm pretty sure n/t |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. Taxation... |
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lastknowngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
20. I believe the law allows you to produce a defined quantity for |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. 250 gallons per year per adult of beer/wine |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. According to Charlie Papazian |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Oops, you're right |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
22. Why make your own? |
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bearfan454 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
23. Taxes |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
24. You soon may be able to do so. |
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Flammable Materials (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
25. Shut up and enjoy your freedoms, America hater! n/t |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
26. There are a few people doing it. |
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whatelseisnew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Where do you get your yeast? |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I get my yeast at a local store |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. The distillation apparatus sold at homebrew shops |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
28. as long as you don't distribute |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. Who is the cartoon character in your sig line? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. We used to sit and watch a neighbor make corn whiskey all the time |
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Hans Delbrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
36. Since when did this country need a reason to make something illegal? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. You CAN legally do it, but it's not worth it |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
40. The people "distilling" pseudophedrine are a much bigger concern... |
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Ms_Mary (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
43. I made peach schnapps once. It was pretty easy. I had a kit. |
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