Post Adhq4CEIFjsmIZICxc by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
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 (DIR) Post #AdgNhuINeDe5Ceoz1U by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
       2024-01-09T21:58:14.080824Z
       
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       > It illegal to possess a still or distilling apparatus without registering it with authorities.Almost Heaven... almost
       
 (DIR) Post #AdgYF6TIOha043OXZI by bonifartius@qoto.org
       2024-01-09T23:56:16Z
       
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       @thatguyoverthere west virginia?
       
 (DIR) Post #AdhmzOwvEYP0RDBo6i by niclas@angrytoday.com
       2024-01-10T14:12:20Z
       
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       @thatguyoverthere I happened to have "Famer's Life in late 1700s" as "free project" in high school. And I found the origin to the strict alcohol policies since;About hard liquor;1. "One should not drink more than 1 liter before lunch, because one can easily injure oneself while working."2. Average consumption was 3 liters/day/person, men, women and children above 12 among the agricultural workers (both family farmers and hired hands).3. Hired hands got partially paid in alcohol.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdhnrrGUAo0ltWJ6J6 by niclas@angrytoday.com
       2024-01-10T13:37:09Z
       
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       @thatguyoverthere In Sweden, owning a distiller is illegal. My dad had a special exception, because he sold (among other things) distillers for recycling solvents (printing industry). Those machines  were "set" to a different temperature, and capable of distilling ~1000 liters raw liquid per day. People working in these places used it for alcohol on weekends, could be seen by worn screws to panel for temp setting.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdhoMsybrKv4BEjzYu by niclas@angrytoday.com
       2024-01-10T13:42:51Z
       
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       @thatguyoverthere The national statistics bureau keeps special tabs on "Yeast sold". IF 50% of all yeast sold is spoiled, people in Sweden eat ~6-8 loaves of bread per day. ;-)A friend of my sister's got busted in the 1990s; He had 5000 liters fermentation going on, and was convicted of an estimated 50,000 liters of hard liquor sold over the years, with a $20/liter in tax evasion, another $50/liter in fines, and a couple of years in jail.His customers included police and customs officers.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdhpYAc2jGpk1788Fk by niclas@angrytoday.com
       2024-01-10T12:04:37Z
       
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       @thatguyoverthere 20 years ago, they started the rule here that "To keep chickens, you need to register."Now; Inspections are carried out by the State, the cost of those are invoiced to each place visited. And it seems that the inspectors are scared of animals and incompetent in understanding breeding.If you just ignored the registration, no one comes to check and no additional cost incurred.IIRC, Germany did the same in 1920s; "Register your guns." --> "Come to collect" years later.
       
 (DIR) Post #Adhq4CEIFjsmIZICxc by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
       2024-01-10T14:49:06.835379Z
       
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       @niclas A shot here and there in the winter months can make outdoor work a bit easier to handle, but I think anyone but a hardcore alcoholic would acknowledge that limiting consumption while working at least is good with or without laws. I just don't understand how "should not overindulge" turns into "must not manufacture (or even own equipment that can be used to manufacture)" so easily.In the US, distillation laws seem to be rooted in the prohibition which was reppealed in 1933 at the constitutional level. From what I've always been told the laws around distillation are there to protect would be moonshiners from methanol poisoning, but after looking more into it it seems like that's kind of a false fear because most moonshiners discard the foreshots where methanol might be in highest concentration, and most of the methanol poisoning related to moonshine seems to have been spiked with methanol.Fruits produce the most methanol which is what is used to make wine and cider, and there is no law preventing me from making wine or cider.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdhqDrSWKeB6m9YWnY by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
       2024-01-10T14:52:26.354881Z
       
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       @niclas a still can also be used to make essential oils and clean water. The laws limiting ownership of a still or requiring registration are even more outlandish to me than telling me what I can do with one if I own it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdhvnPs8sMRHPeJV8C by niclas@angrytoday.com
       2024-01-10T15:54:54Z
       
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       @thatguyoverthere Yeah, I am an anarchist (the capitalist type, a.k.a voluntarism) and have no sympathy at all for coercion in anything, especially people's personal lives. Just like the State can't leave the Amish alone in Pennsylvania.