If they ask, why you buy so much sugar...

[plaztikjezuz]

tell them you are a beekeeper and you need to feed your bees. I just went to GFS to buy sugar for my bees and 50 lb gets a question or two even there.

on the same note beekeeper supply shops sell all kinds of sugars and do not ask many questions if you buy a pallet of sugar or drum of syrup.

[SuburbanStiller]

Or tell them you ran out of sugar for your coffee for the last damn time. Or tell them you're stocking up your panic shelter for the end of the world in 2012. Or ask them why they are selling so much sugar. Or shop elsewhere.

I still don't understand the attraction of keeping so much sugar on hand. Ants could get in it, a unlucky leak in the stillin shed roof could make a hell of a sticky mess, nosy company could ask questions. Around these parts, a little 10 lb bag is the same price per pound as the big sack.

I'm not knockin ya, just providing a different viewpoint.

[rad14701]

I still don't understand the attraction of keeping so much sugar on hand. Ants could get in it, a unlucky leak in the stillin shed roof could make a hell of a sticky mess, nosy company could ask questions. Around these parts, a little 10 lb bag is the same price per pound as the big sack.

We always kept our sugar in those 5 - 6 gallon white plastic buckets with tightly sealed lids... We never left sugar sitting around in the original bags... These days I'd probably use blue plastic barrels if I was going to store in bulk that didn't need to be moved often...

If anyone was gonna ask WHY then they are probably already somewhere where they shouldn't be, from a trust standpoint... People generally learn early on that when they visit they shouldn't be asking WHY... "Because it's my house and you are a guest, that's why...!!!"

[britincali]

I have never been asked about buying sugar but I did get asked when I bought 3 cases of mason jars....


Clerk " Ooooo whatcha making?"

Me "Moonshine!"

Clerk "Is that a type of jelly?"


I just nodded and laughed my arse off all the way home

[MuleKicker]

Far as i know its a free country, them boys aint got no right askin. IF i were asked, i would answer their question with a question: "Do you want to sell the F-ing sugar or not?"

[maheel]

Or ask them why they are selling so much sugar. Or shop elsewhere.

lol this is the best one

[Samohon]

Far as i know its a free country, them boys aint got no right askin. IF i were asked, i would answer their question with a question: "Do you want to sell the F-ing sugar or not?"

I'm with you again on this Mule from another thread...
If they don't wanna friggin sell it then they're prolly makin some shine themselves...

[still crazy]

If its a cute cashier <<female
I say "I fill a bathtub with it and then I can let the lesbians lick me clean"

[King Of Hearts]

Far as i know its a free country, them boys aint got no right askin. IF i were asked, i would answer their question with a question: "Do you want to sell the F-ing sugar or not?"

Just laughed my ass off, yer killin me man!

[Usge]

Bake Sale at the Church
Science Fair project
You got a sweet tooth
Your trying to get the ants from one side of your yard to the other
You are doing a Guiness Book of World Records attempt

[Fastill]

I have never been asked why I buy so much sugar but how about corn??? I feed the wildlife!!!

[regulardaddy]

Shop at Costco and they'll say "Why are you buying so little sugar?"

[Barney Fife]

It's not that they're nosy or anything like that; most cashiers are chatty folks, and they simply make small talk while ringing-up your order. It's what they do to keep their sanity for 8 hours a day. No need to be rude; just have a reasonable answer at the ready and then turn the conversation.

[goinbroke2]

[speaking loudly] I'm diabetic and need anal infusions of sugar once a day otherwise my hearing goes out on me! Some people say pound salt up your ass but I have to pound sugar up mine!
And you should see the hemroids I have from being stretched by the big infuser! I don't NEED the big one but I enjoy it!

WHAT?

Funny, I've never been asked twice......


and I wonder why people avoid me at the supermarket?

[HookLine]

I just buy a standard 2-3 kg bag almost every time I go shopping at the big supermarkets (Coles or Woolies). Surprising how fast you can build up a collection of sugar. I got no problem keeping up with what I need for ferments. And no eyebrows get raised.

[MuleKicker]

It's not that they're nosy or anything like that; most cashiers are chatty folks, and they simply make small talk while ringing-up your order. It's what they do to keep their sanity for 8 hours a day. No need to be rude; just have a reasonable answer at the ready and then turn the conversation.

Yer absolutely right. Truth is that kid ringin you up (or whoever) dont give a shit. Theyre just askin cuz, well.... Hell 100 lbs of sugar is kind of a conversation piece.

[rad14701]

Why...??? Cause I'm the candy man...

Who can take a sunrise
Sprinkle it in dew
Cover it in chocolate
and a miracle or two?

The candyman
The candyman can
The candyman can cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good

Who can take a rainbow
Wrap it is a sigh
Soak it in the sun
and make a strawberry lemon pie?

Chorus: The candyman?

The candyman
The candyman can
The candyman can cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good

Willy Wonka makes
Everything he bakes
Satisfying and delicious
Talk about your childhood wishes
You can even eat the dishes

Who can take tomorrow
Dip it in a deam
Seperate the sorrow
And collect up all the cream?

The candyman

Chorus: Willy Wonka can

The candyman can cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good
And the world tastes good cause the candyman thinks it should

[Mel Gibson]

Bake Sale at the Church

Thats mine.

[Samohon]

Why...??? Cause I'm the candy man...

Gonna try that the next time Rad... Honey, look out my purple top hat, were goin to walmart....

[Braz]

Gawd I hate that song and now it is stuck in my head.

[Smokehouse Shiner]

A little off topic but this is the off topic board, right? When I first started in on this stillin thing bout ten years ago, I would go to the local wal mart here and buy sugar. I would buy the 25 pound bags of store brand cane cause it was cheaper in the big bags. About $11.50 as I recall. Back then they kept 4 bags on the shelf. 100 pounds, that was it. I know cause I bought em out regularly. Nowadays I go to the same store and they have an entire bottom shelf stacked 2 high. Like 6 or 700 pounds and everytime I go theres a big dent in that stack. Somebody round here is buyin ALOT of sugar. Somebody round here is makin ALOT of likker! Aside from that the 25 pound bags are now $19.97. Ten pound bags are $5.54. I now buy the ten pound bags cause there almost 30 cents a pound cheaper! But these guys whoever they are are paying that extra 30 cents just so they can buy in bulk instead of loading up the cart with 50 -10 pound bags of sugar. And dont think wal mart dont know that because my buddy went to a different walmart bout 60 mile from here and they had the 25 pound bags for 11 dollars. And guess how many bags they had on the shelf.....4! FWIW I guess what Im really tryin to say is FUCK WAL MART! Sorry had to get that off my chest. And as for these ole boys makin all the the shine I say more power to em. All theyre doin is takin the heat off my hobby.

[WalkingWolf]

Location: Ozark Mountains

Prolly got sumpin to do wit it.

[Smokehouse Shiner]

Location: Ozark Mountains

Prolly got sumpin to do wit it.

Be it ever so humble.....

[condensificator]

hah! had 20 1 pound bags of brown sugar, they were on sale, and a 25 pound bag of white. i got the "what are you doing with all this sugar" question...

...lucky for me, i have an air-tight alibi...my wife is a pastry chef....don't even have to lie, and i help her get business!

[LWTCS]

...lucky for me, i have an air-tight alibi...my wife is a pastry chef....don't even have to lie, and i help her get business!

The most diabolical manipulators of human behavior are the ones who can lie with out lieing.

Keepin my eye on you young man.


Hey,,, put that on a tee shirt too.

[SuburbanStiller]

A little off topic but this is the off topic board, right? When I first started in on this stillin thing bout ten years ago, I would go to the local wal mart here and buy sugar. I would buy the 25 pound bags of store brand cane cause it was cheaper in the big bags. About $11.50 as I recall. Back then they kept 4 bags on the shelf. 100 pounds, that was it. I know cause I bought em out regularly. Nowadays I go to the same store and they have an entire bottom shelf stacked 2 high. Like 6 or 700 pounds and everytime I go theres a big dent in that stack. Somebody round here is buyin ALOT of sugar. Somebody round here is makin ALOT of likker! Aside from that the 25 pound bags are now $19.97. Ten pound bags are $5.54. I now buy the ten pound bags cause there almost 30 cents a pound cheaper! But these guys whoever they are are paying that extra 30 cents just so they can buy in bulk instead of loading up the cart with 50 -10 pound bags of sugar. And dont think wal mart dont know that because my buddy went to a different walmart bout 60 mile from here and they had the 25 pound bags for 11 dollars. And guess how many bags they had on the shelf.....4! FWIW I guess what Im really tryin to say is FUCK WAL MART! Sorry had to get that off my chest. And as for these ole boys makin all the the shine I say more power to em. All theyre doin is takin the heat off my hobby.

I really liked this post. It extols the glory of capitalism, the benefits of smart shopping, the mystery of the unknown shiner, and all wrapped up in a down home humor. Good show sir.

[Smokehouse Shiner]

I really liked this post. It extols the glory of capitalism, the benefits of smart shopping, the mystery of the unknown shiner, and all wrapped up in a down home humor. Good show sir.

And here I thought I was just bitchin bout the price of sugar. Thanks man.

[islandrunner]

Fareway had a special last wek ,5 lbs. for 78 cents.I took two mules with me.But they were out,to many wine and beer makers here. or cookers,