Big Brother is here...

[Diane Amberg]

Billy, its too late! I already  looked down and saw that big still in your back yard. Da revenooers are on dere way! I could tell you lots of ways that satellite technology is useful, but you wouldn't agree, so I won't waste my fingers. As for weather, I want to know about it BEFORE it gets here. Looking out the window is too late for me.

[dnalexander]

Diane, nothing wrong with turning some corn into a little alternative fuel. I am sure it is only stored in mason jars because there were extras laying around from canning tomatoes last year. Maybe he is distilling water. If you tell the revenuers then I can change the topic to "little brother" is here and explain how we need to be more worried about our fellow citizens than the Big Brother government keeping track of us. I bet Billy would have something to say since I know he listens to Coast to Coast AM and Alex Jones.

David

[Diane Amberg]

Ha! 

[Varmit]

If I had a still (not a bad idea) it wouldn't be in my backyard. And it would be running 24/7.


Pam, what purpose?

[Diane Amberg]

Billy, just a bit up the road from me is a very large wooded area called Whiskey Hill. For good reason.

[dnalexander]

If I had a still (not a bad idea) it wouldn't be in my backyard. And it would be running 24/7.

Billy, I spent a few years working in my friends Beer, Wine, Cheese, Vinegar, Bread making supply shop. I learned a lot and had fun doing it. I would ferment concrete just to see what happened. I never knew all those things I learned in chemistry class would come in handy later in life. 

David

[Diane Amberg]

Let's see now, fermented concrete....does that make hard liquor?

[dnalexander]

Diane, I never distilled it so we didn't have a chance to make hard liquor. I did add Chocolate Barley Malt, Pale Malt, Oatmeal, and some hops. It made a pretty good English style Oatmeal Stout.

David

[pamsback]

If I had a still (not a bad idea) it wouldn't be in my backyard. And it would be running 24/7.


Pam, what purpose?

Well let's see............if I've got a big project goin on but I know it's supposed to storm I can get the radar up and see how long I've got to get it finished........I can see how bad my family is gettin it in another state. Other than that nothin I guess.....

[Diane Amberg]

David, I'd take the oatmeal all by it's self. Good booze is wasted on me.   Pam, let's see, using satellite infrared imaging we can spot underground pipe leaks, oil and otherwise. Colonial pipe line doesn't have to fly a plane up the pipe line any more. (The color contrasts pick up dead foliage and dark spots.) Same thing is used to find beetle infestations in forests. Changing stream ways and watersheds can be defined. Open space can be defined so whole states aren't covered in houses and overdeveloped with no places for parks and rec. Areas that are silting in can be defined. The Corps. of Army Engineers uses it too. There are many more uses too, not just for weather.