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

Talking about drunks is like what, taking potshots at sitting ducks

Your thesis about blood alcohol levels is interesting. I actually
believed only one beer.
The papers made light of this all. Not a single paper stressed the
dangers of getting a stroke from what was reported. There are a lot of
serious, deadly illnesses that can occur very easily when you irritate
and rub the heart the wrong way.

It's all religion and politics. And it's difficult to discuss even
irrationally. And that's the problem. You can't avoid it but you can't
thrash it out either. But "we" here are above the roil of boiling
water. Barely.