In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Bob (this one) wrote:
>
> > zxcvbob wrote:
> >
> >> Bob (this one) wrote:
> >>
> >>> George Shirley wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Allan Matthews wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> At one time I had a copy of a booklet called "The Blue Flame" which
> >>>>> was an instruction manual for making alcohol. It was written by
> >>>>> Aramco employees in Saudi Arabia. Might still have it. BTW Everclear
> >>>>> is still sold in Penna last I knew.
> >>>>> Allan
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I still have one myself Allan. They were issued to American,
> >>>> Canadian, and European employees of Aramco before it became Saudi
> >>>> Aramco. full instructions on building stills and the warehouse part
> >>>> numbers of all the stuff needed to build one. Everclear is still
> >>>> sold in Louisiana and Texas to my knowledge.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Virginia, too, but you need a special license to buy it. They don't
> >>> put it out on the shelves, so most people don't know they carry it. I
> >>> use it to make extracts.
> >>>
> >>> Pastorio
> >>
> >>
> >> Last time I saw Everclear for sale in Minnesota, it was 167 proof. Is
> >> nothing sacred?
> >
> >
> > Um, is this a trick question? I mean I don't want to get into religious
> > discussions - that whole sacred thing. Or politics.
> >
> > That's why I don't want to think about Cheney being drunk (said he'd had
> > "a beer") while "hunting" those tame birds and lawyers. That might be a
> > reason why the secret service didn't let anyone (like the investigating
> > sheriff deputies) have access to him for 11 hours. Enough time to drink
> > a lot of coffee and sober up to his normal unpleasant, grunting self.
> >
> > So no talk about religion or politics. A drunk, though, is free meat.
> >
> > Pastorio
> I used to live down the road from the Armstrong Ranch and though I was
> never invited to hunt a friend was one of their guides and dog handlers.
> He swore up and down that the quail weren't tame. I hunted land adjacent
> to the ranch and we hunted wild quail so assume he was right. I can't
> speak for the VP's drinking habits but the Armstrongs had a reputation
> for not allowing their guests to drink too much and then tote a gun.
>
> George, defending Texas again
>

It does not take alcohol to get a case of hunter fever... ;-)

The bird flushed, he aimed and fired with OUT checking down range!
Happened too fast. He may have been careless but stuff like this happens
from time to time.

It's only a big deal because he's the VP!

They don't make major headline news out of every hunting accident that
happens in the states.

Sheesh! Give it a rest already!
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Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson