What's your cover story?

[Dnderhead]

I only git out about every other month, but when I do I buy in balk, not many comments, I bought 4-500lb of sugar once, the gal asked, what you doing
with all this? my reply? do want to sell it or not?----no more questions,just rang me out.

[blanikdog]

I only git out about every other month, but when I do I buy in balk, not many comments, I bought 4-500lb of sugar once, the gal asked, what you doing
with all this? my reply? do want to sell it or not?----no more questions,just rang me out.

hahahahahaa Money talks.

blanik

[BlueNova]

hahaha..........short, sweet, and to the point! Very well put Dnderhead may I use this one? You don't have a patent on it do you?

[azeo]

Really brings home to me how lucky we are in this neck of the woods.. but I really like the VM head one, and the boss said get it

Here's a few others that could involve as much explanation, blank looks and glazed eyes..

Bio-fuel
Bio diesel
Heat pump energy conservation recovery system
Homemade water ram
solar water heating system
Refrigeration system parts
Freshwater generation/reclamation unit

but sugar, hmm a bit more tricky

The "act natural" reminds one of those stories from WW2 where guys trapped behind the lines received assistance from enemy troops to get their jeep unstuck, or brazened their way through situations by arm waving and shouting when necessary, or saluting when appropriate....

have a happy festive season!

[rumlover]

I work for a large concession company . I have bought as much as a ton of sugar at Sam's clubs all over the US. Hardly ever get asked what for. But , when asked I just tell them the truth. Making cotton candy and salt water taffey.

[Dnderhead]

ya, making candy,canning ,jelley all take a bunch of sugar. or stocking up for the "big shortage"

[violentblue]

product development.

[UnclePaul]

In ways I'm lucky and unlucky I guess. I live in a small country town where everybody knows me by name. The feedstore I buy my grain at is owned by people I've known forever and they are good God fearing Government hating country folks. So there isn't much trouble there.
Their help always jokes "Dayum you sure do use a lot of propane!" As soon as I can I want to get my big tanks filled back up, but work is too slow right now to come up with the $250.00 to do it.
Now sugar is another matter. I hit the supermarkets in town for the lowest prices. Being I also grocery shop at a couple, my face has become familiar to some of the women at the register. When I buy forty pounds of sugar it's "that sure is a lot of sugar, wha cha doing with it?"
I tell them that my wife bakes cakes and pies, which she does and that I make homemade wine, which I do.

[blanikdog]

Yep, small towns are good. Everyone knows about everyone else's vices and we all keep quiet. When I buy sugar, the checkout person usually comments about this not being the right season for making jam, followed by a big wink. As I said earlier in this thread, I don't have or need a cover story.

Stuff the big, smelly, violent, crime ridden cities, give me the small town in the bush every time.

blanik

[Zzyzxx71]

Not attempting to dredge up an old thread but ran across this one and experienced this first hand. I'd been to the local contractors plumbing store a few times - the guy knows I'm not a plumber (IT admin, company logo on my shirt). Guy asks me what I'm doing with it...

"Garden art for the old lady..."

.. never asks another question.

[father william]

I've used the 'I'm making biodiesel from used cooking oil' line more than once. The trick is to go all evangelistic and start telling them the whole story and they'll go on tilt and wave you through. You have to know enough about it to feed them a line, but that's 20 minutes on the Net.

It doesn't work for sugar or grain purchases, but any hardware purchase can conceivably be a biodiesel purchase. The vast majority of salespeople won't know enough about it to see through it.

Picked up 3 50 lb bags of 2 row today. Instead of talking about what I was going to do with it, I talked to the saleslady about some health issues she was having. She was talking to a fellow worker about it when I walked in so I ran with that. If she had asked I'd just say beer and that would end it.

[rubber duck]

If I get caught like I did at the scrapyard a couple years back, I just talk in scientific BS, Ie run my mouth till I get a blank look. That will get you everything at half price.

Folks love starving artists.

[LWTCS]

Evidently, it is only the greengos that have no idea what panela is.

So I sure do make a lot of candy here lately as our big chain store is now selling .50 cents cheaper than the latin markets.

[Samohon]

I've used the 'I'm making biodiesel from used cooking oil' line more than once. The trick is to go all evangelistic and start telling them the whole story and they'll go on tilt and wave you through. You have to know enough about it to feed them a line, but that's 20 minutes on the Net.

Yep, works everytime... Thats my line as well FW...
Used to tell them I ordered for medical gas and fluid lines, confused the hell out of em, and me...

Now I tell them, smiling all the time, that my Toyota 4x4 runs on chip fat...

Haven't heard of anyone here in the UK being busted in a while, maybe the excisers are just after the big boys selling illegally...

Have to go there's someone at the door...

[Samohon]

Evidently, it is only the greengos that have no idea what panela is.

So I sure do make a lot of candy here lately as our big chain store is now selling .50 cents cheaper than the latin markets.

Hey L, what's a greengo...

[father william]

Hey L, what's a greengo

More commonly spelled gringo, it's what Hispanics call Anglo's. Can be pejorative or descriptive, depending on how it's used.

[Samohon]

Hey L, what's a greengo

More commonly spelled gringo, it's what Hispanics call Anglo's. Can be pejorative or descriptive, depending on how it's used.

Thanks father, I was just messin with him...

Sorry L....

[Coon-ass]

A friend of mine is a cop, he was over the other night drinkin' some of my likker.
He didn't even know it was illegal to distill. If the cops don't know, or care, then I ain't worried.

I used to own a couple of houses I would rent. I was selling one and told the guy he needed to be out. I went over there to pressure
wash the house and could see in the bathroom window that he had about 10- 6 foot tall marijuana plants with UV lights, the whole works.
I called the cops. One came, looked in the window and said, yup, that's marijuana. (No s**T, sherlock.)
I said I had the key, go on in (tenant wasn't home). Cop said he couldn't...some law, etc....said he would let the drug task force know in the morning.
This was a Sunday at 10am.
If they don't care about that! Then who thinks they are gonna care about us...unless we are selling.

MY good friend is a DEA agent. We were talking about the California medical marijuana B.S. and how the feds are suing Arizona over immigration
but not doing Jack about California blatantly breaking federal law.
He told me the current administration told them they are not to touch California.
THE HYPOCRISY IS INSANE!!!!

[Kentucky shinner]

From what i have read the guys in Cali are paying taxes on all sales... Damn I know that would be ton of money around here. I am sure with the financial shape Cali is in they cant afford to do anything.. They dont want to cut off the hand that feeds them..
Hey good to see you out Coon...
KS

[Coon-ass]

From what i have read the guys in Cali are paying taxes on all sales... Damn I know that would be ton of money around here. I am sure with the financial shape Cali is in they cant afford to do anything.. They dont want to cut off the hand that feeds them..
Hey good to see you out Coon...
KS

Nat Geo had a show on the California Medical weed industry. There are 2900 dispensaries.
they say this is more than all of the Starbucks, McDonald's, and Burger Kings combined.

[Samohon]

Yeah I agree Coon Ass, across the pond in the UK the cops are up in their choppers at night with their heat cameras, looking for the people growin pot in their lofts... One guy a few miles from me was caught with making and selling it, strett value, £280,000.. He owned 2 Bentleys, holidays 3-4 times a year, no income but stayed in a very expensive house... Did'nt he know the old addige, Dont Sel an Dont Tell, oh yeah, an Dont Make Weed either...

If the cops are buzzin around doin that, their leaving us stillers alone...

[LWTCS]

Thanks father, I was just messin with him...

Can't spell,,,,can't do math,,,,,,....Its a wonder I can even get home at night

[demonrichie]

haha these excuses are great. i think here they dont even think about home distillers. just brewing beer baffles people when you tell them about it and then they try it and got big grins on their faces... theyre gonna love it when i invite them for some homemade whiskey. besides i live near 5 prisons and most of the cops dont care what you do. you know youre safe to distill when a guy walks by a cruiser smoking pot and the cop glances and goes back to his paperwork

[pistachio_nut]

A couple weeks ago I bought 45 pounds of sugar, a couple boxes of malt o meal, and a jar of baker's yeast. The guy asks, what's all that for?

Crickets chirped.

Nothing was said.

That behavior was not reinforced.

[batf]

i asked a plumber friend yesterday about where to buy 2" copper pipe....first thing he asked, "what you want that for?"

nosey people out there for sure!

he did school me on the grades of copper thickness and soldering thou.

[Kentucky shinner]

i asked a plumber friend yesterday about where to buy 2" copper pipe....first thing he asked, "what you want that for?"

nosey people out there for sure!

he did school me on the grades of copper thickness and soldering thou.

Interesting Handle...

[rad14701]

Interesting Handle...

Ya think...???

[skweeks]

Interesting Handle...

Ya think...???

Lol.. Being from Canada it took me a few minutes to figure that out
G.

[rad14701]

Interesting Handle...

Ya think...???

Lol.. Being from Canada it took me a few minutes to figure that out
G.

For international members who aren't familiar with this US abbreviation, those letters stand for the federal agency "Bombs, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms"...

[lateralus]

I thought it was the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.