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scot47
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Wilsonthefarmer
Joined: 13 Nov 2012 Posts: 152 Location: Riding my black horse
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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scot, how do you bring this machine to the Magic Kingdom?
If the Saudi custom officer asks you about the machine in the airport, what do you say to him?
I have heard that in the Magic Kingdom if caught brewing alcohol in your house, the punishment is up to 550 lashes (which could kill you! ) in the Chop-Chop square, plus deportation in the first available flight to Glasgow! |
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scot47
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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I am not in the Magic Kingdom. I am in the Land of the Soon-to-be-free ! |
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McBrainiac
Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Posts: 61 Location: Somewhere warm
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:29 am Post subject: You've gotta be kidding me? |
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You do not bring something like this into the KSA, period, because it is not worth the risk! Just MHO, LOL! |
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intrepid traveler
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I find it odd that a friend of Bill W would be endorsing such a product! Yes, it is indeed a very small world. |
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scot47
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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Even Bill W. had a sense of humour, often lacking in TEFLers !
How do you suppose the numerous bootleggers in KSA got their hands on their stills ? You think they just go down the Souk or the Hardware Store and pick one up ? |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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Dear scot47,
I recall seeing a "home-made" one - VERY impressive, with copper tubing and all the bells and whistles - at a Saudi's home.
Don't know, though, whether he made it or had it made there.
Regards,
John
P.S. The output was most excellent |
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scot47
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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My life has never been the same since I learned that Elliot Ness, my childhood hero in the TV series "The Untouchables", was an alcoholic !
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intrepid traveler
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:40 am Post subject: |
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Even Bill W. had a sense of humour, often lacking in TEFLers! |
Alright then, I find it amusing! I also find it amusing that the venerable Doctor was a philandering adulterer even after he sobered up and even though he was the author of the unwritten 13th Step. |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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intrepid traveler wrote: |
I also find it amusing that the venerable Doctor was a philandering adulterer |
You say that as if it is something unusual or uncommon... seems a rather ordinary character flaw to me... booze or no booze...
VS |
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scot47
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Some people just replace one addiction with another. I do Daves ESL Cafe. Some go in for adultery. I have never seen the attraction myself ! |
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2buckets
Joined: 14 Dec 2010 Posts: 515 Location: Middle East
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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It's easy enough to make decent beer or wine with not much more than a 5 gallon water container, some yeast, sugar and a plastic tube. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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For "wine," don't forget the bottled grape drink, available at any supermarket
Regards,
John |
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2buckets
Joined: 14 Dec 2010 Posts: 515 Location: Middle East
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, of course, Rauch from Austria was the preferred. I also used raisins, currents, rice, and other fruit juices. At one time I had a few hundred liters accumulated, and one bedroom with gro-lamps dedicated to horticultural pursuits.
Beer makers used "near beer" as a base and turned out a good product.
At one of the compounds in Jeddah there was an industrial sized siddiqie operation that turned out hundreds of liters of high quality product on a weekly basis. Millions of dollars were made, murder occurred in turf battles over distribution with competitors. This was in the 1980s. |
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intrepid traveler
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:04 am Post subject: |
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Where I work, several teachers were immediately deported when it was discovered they were making hooch in their university-provided accommodations. |
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