Experts only! Don't try this at home! (bighead board blues)

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:30 pm

my theory is if u never try because everyone says its to hard then u will never know and if u dont share what u know then u will never learn.

Post by **Tater** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:38 pm

Allmost as easy as falling off a log.Right Holy.

Post by **Grayson_Stewart** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:59 pm

I know exactly what you mean Holy, I've tended to lurk at more of the other boards I'm interested in because of the same reasons you mentioned. Perhaps this board is better because distillers are more of a relaxed bunch by virtue of the hobby. It's nothing that can be done in a hurry, and the fruits of your labor relax you even more

Post by **Tater** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:14 pm

Yep cept when im drunk and got to read the board next day to see what I might of posted.

Post by **Grayson_Stewart** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:18 pm

Friends don't let friends drink and post.

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:29 pm

I agree this board is very good compared to many. Maybe it has something to do with the 200 proof product it is dedicated to

Professor Duck · Post by **Professor Duck** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:05 am

theholymackerel wrote:Drinkin' and postin' is an unappreciated artform.

Another forum I frequent has a certain thread for drunk people to post in. Maybe we should start one here.

Post by **Grayson_Stewart** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:44 pm

Are you truly drunk if you still have the manners to post to the "drunk" thread?

Post by **Tater** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 1:28 pm

Grayson told me he could tell when i was gettin drunk. Myspelling improved

Virginia Gentleman · Post by **Virginia Gentleman** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:45 pm

Most of what I learned came from this board. The rest from Tony's site, Yahoo groups, Ian's book and hands on experience. I try to give back knowledge as often as I can. That's the way it works best. I agree, this is one of the best forums in terms of information sharing and knowledgeable posters not holding back. Thank ye all for that.

I haven't made a drunken post in some time. I will work on it.

canadianmoonshiner · Post by **canadianmoonshiner** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:14 pm

Not sure if this is on topic, but here is my rant:

If you don't try something, how will you know if you like it or can do it? Most of the idiots in this world (somewhere around 80% are idiots according to my very scientific research) are content to do what they do, don't like change, and are afraid of anything they do not understand. It's not that they are dumb or unmotivated, they were taught to be that way by another idiot.

I pick my own wild berries to make wine & preserves, learned how to build & use a still, go fishing with home-made flies, smoke my own salmon, cater full-course meals for family gatherings (my apple pie is the stuff of legends), grow my own veggies in pots on the porch, can do the waltz, fox-trot & tango with my girlfriend of 3 years (with whom I have never had a fight) draw & paint, go camping in the summer & skiing in the winter, volunteer at the SPCA, play Texas hold'em with the boys every week & have rebuilt 2 motorcycle engines. And I have a day job. I'm sure there's more but I'm drinking & can't remember.

If I could figure out how to go into business with all this stuff I'd be rich (and my yellow pages add would have to be HUGE). No one appreciates the Jack-of-all-trades. All the money in the world goes to the specialists, but who wants someone who can do only 1 thing? Not me. Unless I need brain surgery.

I am slowly learning not to tell people they are idiots. They don't seem to appreciate it and worse, they might believe me. To each his own.

possum · Post by **possum** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:38 pm

Only 80% ?

Oh, that's right, you dont live in the states

I'm with you on the wide-net varried skill and interest bit, It's suprising how many trades a farmboy needs to learn about. If Icould just learn patience...quickly.

jbrew9999 · Post by **jbrew9999** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:52 am

I'm with you, THM. I love learning as much as I can about whatever hobbies interest me. Some of them are just for the challenge and fun like this one and others are because of immediate need like when my car broke down for the first time and I "had" to learn how to fix it myself. So far, I've been interested in distilling, gardening, bread making, cooking, small engine repair, automotive repair, landscaping, home remodeling, farming, orchards, general construction, sociology, economics, US and ancient history, and other things I'm forgetting at the moment.
I try my hardest to spread knowledge freely whenever possible. I can only imagine how much I wouldn't know if the internet didn't exist.

I just wish I knew people like us in real life.

Watershed · Post by **Watershed** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:17 am

People keep telling me various things "aren't worth the effort". That only spurs me on to do them anyway be it filo pasty, home tanned leather, metal directly from ore or spirits from the stuff that grows on the common.
The harder something is to do, the more worthwhile it is to try even if there's no real hope of sucess.

jbrew9999 · Post by **jbrew9999** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:51 am

Watershed wrote:People keep telling me various things "aren't worth the effort". That only spurs me on to do them anyway be it filo pasty, home tanned leather, metal directly from ore or spirits from the stuff that grows on the common.
The harder something is to do, the more worthwhile it is to try even if there's no real hope of sucess.

Filo Pastry is on my list of things to try. I have never even thought about smelting ore. That would be fun.

Uncle Fred · Post by **Uncle Fred** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:10 pm

Trying is most of the fun. Once you have the thing perfected it loses some of it's charm.

rexxxlo · Post by **rexxxlo** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:43 pm

tater wrote:Yep cept when im drunk and got to read the board next day to see what I might of posted.

yea i was thinking this and its a good thing that my first batch is all gone and tommorow i am working on distilling my next batch so that is why this post is not nearly as bad of a drunk post as i am capable of .

i found out about this hobby/art/test of my skills about 4-6 months ago and wasnt really that serious about getting going and building a still until i read the homedistillers and realised how easy it is to do

my still is really simple but i guess that the ideas that got it built were mostly learned from here and google. a beer keg a couple feet of 2" copper a 2"t 2"90 and a 2"male adaptor some 1/4" tubing and a pump

the easy part was that i am a plumber and recently we got a really cool tool
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this is great pipes and fittings squeeze together perfect every time with no leaks

also i didnt have to even use any of those seemingly undoable skills for the average person even though soldering is really easy even for a first timer if you follow some basic rules

so i guess the reason i dont share more of my ideas with the newtimers (even though i am one) due to the fact i get in to reading this forum while drunk or i just dont want to get flamed for my strange ideas