creekbend
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Why stop with beer? I was raised in the mountains of East Tennessee adjacent to NC. West Virginia used to be renowned for "Quality Shine". Perhaps there is still an available source nearby?Yes, and bring more beer.
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Why stop with beer? I was raised in the mountains of East Tennessee adjacent to NC. West Virginia used to be renowned for "Quality Shine". Perhaps there is still an available source nearby?
Well... I used to know a few good sources for white lightning (moonshine), but it's been many a year since I've touched the stuff. Those were the days, what little I can remember of them. :confused2:
creekbend
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It has been many a year since I have drank any also. I use to keep a Mason Jar in the freezer when I was younger.
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My mother's family left Northeastern Alabama in the 30's to move to northeastern NC to make whiskey, her family and two others from Alabama set up their operation , some opening stores to get the sugar and corn meal, others actually making the whiskey and they were in cahoots with a pair of brothers that owned a bus line in order to transport the product to the Norfolk, VA area for distribution.
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Making whiskey was how my family made it through the depression. They made more money doing that then delivering milk.
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My mother's family left Northeastern Alabama in the 30's to move to northeastern NC to make whiskey, her family and two others from Alabama set up their operation , some opening stores to get the sugar and corn meal, others actually making the whiskey and they were in cahoots with a pair of brothers that owned a bus line in order to transport the product to the Norfolk, VA area for distribution.
That explains a lot, Randy you old Rebel you!
I do think that one the underlying motivations of the tone of this thread is the distinct possibility that for various reasons, society as we know it could break down with the resultant failure, or partial failure, of the technological base that keeps the economy going, and more importantly, provides the basic necessities to the majority of the people in this country. The possibilities are limitless, and the answers complex, depending on the extent of the failure and the length of time it exists. If you haven't thought about the means of survival in the case of such an event, at least in the short run, perhaps it's time to do some thinking in that regard.
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Whiskey would be a good trade item...
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Dennis, I believe a worldwide or nation event lasting a week to a month is survivable, beyond that a total breakdown of society would occur and any given individual's survival is doubtful. Some, of course would, but mostly a few young and strong, healthy people. The rest of us would be toast pretty quickly.
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My gram was one of 14, they lost 3 kids in two days when cholera brook out. My gram was the first child to survive (live to be 92). The farm held was a small, in town farm, but they supplied milk to the surrounding areas by pulling it on horse drawn wagon. (Gram was born in 1912). She said they would always have one milk container filled with whiskey and that they would make more money selling whiskey then milk. The still was large pot still that they had on the coal stove. The town people would let the family know when revenuers where in town so they could hide the still. Even though they had all those kids they still had people staying with them as boarders. As the town grew they moved to the country. My great grandfather was bringing milk to town when he stopped his team to fix some chains that where hanging off the back. When he threw them in it spooked the horses and a milk can came down and crush his chest. He died 3 days later. The boys stayed on the farm until WW2 and then they sold the farm after my great grand mother died. We went back up once but it was all subdivided.
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and the coal mine tour that go with it are great and the one gallery in the museum has a still that was just like my great grandmothers.
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and the coal mine tour that go with it are great and the one gallery in the museum has a still that was just like my great grandmothers.
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Most of you have probably seen the "Preppers" show on TV, people who are preparing for some sort of disaster, upheaval, or "button" event.
To be honest, some of those folks have, or at least they are portrayed as if they have one foot in the Twilight Zone, others appear relatively rational. What they have in common is they believe (want to believe, wish for?) that something seriously bad is inevitable. They spend untold time and dollars preparing for the worst.
If preppers reach the end of their lives and none of the events they spent 20-30 years preparing for occur, is their life wasted any more or less than a non-prepper whose life was cut short by 20 or 30 years due to a "button event?"
To be honest, some of those folks have, or at least they are portrayed as if they have one foot in the Twilight Zone, others appear relatively rational. What they have in common is they believe (want to believe, wish for?) that something seriously bad is inevitable. They spend untold time and dollars preparing for the worst.
If preppers reach the end of their lives and none of the events they spent 20-30 years preparing for occur, is their life wasted any more or less than a non-prepper whose life was cut short by 20 or 30 years due to a "button event?"
