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blind drunk wrote:Quick, everybody run for the hills ... :lolno:

No! No! Not the hills!!

That is where the fearless Jesse is stalking those dreadful, dangerous moonshiners!
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Bull Rider wrote:Never underestimate the ignorance of the American Public. This Moonshiner show is an insult to artisan distillers.

We've pretty much given up on American TV, and the Discovery Channel used to have some credibility.

A bunch of red neck crackers eating corn pone and swilling beer. Wife beater tee shirts, poor dental hygiene, and lazy dogs. What a testament to our educational system. They will showcase everything that we abhor regarding home distilling.


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Hey Bull Rider, life might be hard when you're stupid, but it's even harder when you're smart :(
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blind drunk wrote:Hey Bull Rider, life might be hard when you're stupid, but it's even harder when you're smart :(

Ain't THAT the truth!
Especially when you are young and not very sociable....
Ah well, those days are gone and age is a great leveller.
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Site is getting pummeled tonight by guests. These shows must be running or something.
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Sure hope viewers don't take it at face value.
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just download and watched monshiners...
now i can understand why moonshine is illegal because of people like these.
they don't cut there booze with antifreeze they don't need to, to make it poison.
galvanized steel broiler water from who knows where.
plastic all over the place.
the only thing and i wonder if the camera wasn't there he threw away the fore shot.
i hope he get busted and all others who make shine like him.
we tell people don't use a plastic tube from the still to the jar... that's like nothing compare to those guys its ridiculous .
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Pikluk wrote:just download and watched monshiners...
now i can understand why moonshine is illegal because of people like these.
they don't cut there booze with antifreeze they don't need to, to make it poison.
galvanized steel broiler water from who knows where.
plastic all over the place.
the only thing and i wonder if the camera wasn't there he threw away the fore shot.
i hope he get busted and all others who make shine like him.
we tell people don't use a plastic tube from the still to the jar... that's like nothing compare to those guys its ridiculous .
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man the editing was awful they could easily made a 30 min show whit that.
they stretched it to one hour.
awful.
one thing is true and bad about it the law, the guy want to legit.
and you need a 200k bound.wtf...
im sure it all about big companies who made those law pass so they don't have competition.
he's partner he funny tho always drunk out of is mind.lol

hows is this possible tho why can they film this guy doing this and not sending him in jail?
like showing a guy doing rubbery...

film me while i do a hold up...:P
and put it on tv.
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rad14701 wrote:
Pikluk wrote:just download and watched monshiners...
now i can understand why moonshine is illegal because of people like these.
they don't cut there booze with antifreeze they don't need to, to make it poison.
galvanized steel broiler water from who knows where.
plastic all over the place.
the only thing and i wonder if the camera wasn't there he threw away the fore shot.
i hope he get busted and all others who make shine like him.
we tell people don't use a plastic tube from the still to the jar... that's like nothing compare to those guys its ridiculous .
Stay tuned... :thumbup: There's a new season coming soon... :problem: I can hardly wait... :lolno:

lol me either :wtf:
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just figured out he never actually distilled any booze.
he just distilled water.
when he used the alcohol meter it wasn't the stuff he distilled.
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he never putted the yeast in it.
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Pikluk wrote:
hows is this possible tho why can they film this guy doing this and not sending him in jail?
like showing a guy doing rubbery...

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Yea I don't think he's really making booze. It's all for show! Don't think the producers would be involved in it if it was real. They too could be arrested I guess.
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yea it did i cant remember what ep. it was but he used the same kind you get at sams club the 1lb double pack of fleischmans
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I know it's fun to pick out all the mistakes they make but... you ALL know "reality" TV doesn't mean "actually happening" right? No one believes there's a magical camera floating around filming this do they? It's like any other staged performance with scripts, actors, etc.
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I actually find the show a bit amusing but what really bothered me is when in the Cannonball run episode they say that Tim is running 200 - 300 gallons in a I believe it was a Chevy. The make a false bottom and say they are running that much? Please note they are using gallon milk jugs. If you stacked up 200 to 300 gallon milk jugs the pile would be larger than the car. It was a cool concept at first but they are really stretching it now just trying to put something on tv.

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big cheese wrote:I actually find the show a bit amusing but what really bothered me is when in the Cannonball run episode they say that Tim is running 200 - 300 gallons in a I believe it was a Chevy. The make a false bottom and say they are running that much? Please note they are using gallon milk jugs. If you stacked up 200 to 300 gallon milk jugs the pile would be larger than the car. It was a cool concept at first but they are really stretching it now just trying to put something on tv.

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big cheese wrote:The make a false bottom and say they are running that much? Please note they are using gallon milk jugs. If you stacked up 200 to 300 gallon milk jugs the pile would be larger than the car. It was a cool concept at first but they are really stretching it now just trying to put something on tv.
They'd be better off with a SS tank built to conform to the shape of its resting place and installed with a dump valve and make the buyer supply the vessels if they wanted to carry more volume........but 200 -300 hundred gallons is just a fantasy....
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True build a new ss tank and put it on a roto rooter truck Shit tank truck or what ever people call them
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egads to the Honey Wagon.

couldn't imagine converting a used honey wagon into a boiler. i've been working on the 14th floor of a building when it was on the ground cleaning the johnnies and can smell it... :sick:
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just ain't no way to make that job smell good... :twisted:
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14th floor. New construction ???
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14 floors is not a high rise!!!!!
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Yes construction, and 14 floors in most places is not a high rise. But, when the tallest things around here is corn in August, it passes as one :wink:
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10-4 I got ya. You a Ironworker
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Carpenter/Framer (steel)/Drywaller/Plasterer/Finisher

Here the carpenters local serves all these trades. so it's easy to multi-trade. keeps the employment rolling during these tougher times.
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You work commercial? Do any residential?
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Primarily commercial, but in this day and age of slim pickens.. I do whatever is available
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