Misc data and adventures of a Tayopa treasure hunter

[ivan salis]

in history many people built their homes facing the east --to gather in the warmth of the rising sun on cold days -- ,many religions have folks buried with the head facing eastward -- a symbol travelling of life --from sunrise to sunset --this is not just "random chance" its done that way

 

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[Real of Tayopa]

Simon, the only neer i EVER SAW WAS AT bIKNI ATOLL, WHEN THEY HAD THE aTOMIC BOMB TEST. aFTER THE WAR.

 

[Simon1]

Ok, thanks for that tidbit
How are you doing Senor Don Jose ?

 

[uglymailman]

So sorry Mi Major. I thought some might have caught up to you by 45'. I now wonder if my Dear departed sailor Dad mislead me about the ability of Naval Personal to obtain booze, even in a war zone. Good luck.

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

They probably didn’t share their I’ll gotten booty!!!

#/;0{>~(C)

 

[Simon1]

They did Mikel, but Senor Don Jose would have to admit it was Phyllis Diller who brought them the beer

 

[Simon1]

Anyone heard from Unicorn ?

 

[Real of Tayopa]

I have, She seems to be OK

 

[Oroblanco]

I have, She seems to be OK

Well get after her amigo and tell her to pop in here and post a big HOWDY now and then so we don't have to start hunting for her!


Please do continue;

 

[doc-d]

Señor Don Jose, some stories about pre-commie China would be nice.

 

[ivan salis]

in war time during WW2 torpedos engines ran on grain alcohol -- aka as torpedo juice -- also many naval people knew the art of booze making -- raisan jack and other fruit based wines which were then distilled to make crude forms of brandy... when there's a booze hungry crew there's a way to get booze one way or another

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

While I was still twenty years old, I lived in California. My new bride and I shopped at “Pick-n-save “, a place where you can buy just about anything you wanted, if you were willing to wait long enough...

I came upon a wine making kit. It came with a plastic barrel that looked like a wooden keg. I just had to try it out. I simply did what the instructions said.
After several weeks passed, it was time to “rack” the wine [emoji485] ( filter it)!

So, I ran it through what looked like a coffee filter. It didn’t look fit to drink, so I repeated that process every week, for months. Apparently I was increasing the alcohol content, because I got a little bit more tipsy each time, and just about the time that my wife and I decided that it was time to move back to Arkansas, I gave it to a friend, having never tasted it.

I guess that filtering was increasing the alcohol content quite a bit.

My friend called me a few days after we were back in Arkansas and asked me where to get another kit.
He had consumed the entire keg in just a few days, by himself, and said that the first glass was delicious, but he didn’t remember much after that.

I guess getting a bit drunk from the fumes should have told me that it was fit to drink....

#/;0)*•*.

 

[Loke]

While I was still twenty years old, I lived in California. My new bride and I shopped at “Pick-n-save “, a place where you can buy just about anything you wanted, if you were willing to wait long enough...

I came upon a wine making kit. It came with a plastic barrel that looked like a wooden keg. I just had to try it out. I simply did what the instructions said.
After several weeks passed, it was time to “rack” the wine [emoji485] ( filter it)!

So, I ran it through what looked like a coffee filter. It didn’t look fit to drink, so I repeated that process every week, for months. Apparently I was increasing the alcohol content, because I got a little bit more tipsy each time, and just about the time that my wife and I decided that it was time to move back to Arkansas, I gave it to a friend, having never tasted it.

I guess that filtering was increasing the alcohol content quite a bit.

My friend called me a few days after we were back in Arkansas and asked me where to get another kit.
He had consumed the entire keg in just a few days, by himself, and said that the first glass was delicious, but he didn’t remember much after that.

I guess getting a bit drunk from the fumes should have told me that it was fit to drink....

#/;0)*•*.

*chuckles* I used these winemaking kits a lot when younger. We never had the patience to bottle it (apart from once - but that is a completely different story!). We used to siphon the wine (whenever it was supposedly ready - ie no more bubbles coming out of the water-lock) directly into a jug at dinner time ... or siphoning directly into a glass. Once one of my daughters had a rather nasty attack of croup and we had to call the doc out. He was just a young chap and after advising us what to do (cold bathroom, a basin of hot water and a towel over the head and the head over the basin plus some medication) he sat down for a wee chat. He placed himself on the couch, behind which was a big glass-balloon, the precious wine bubbling away ... bubble, bubble, bubble ... He could hardly keep himself from laughing - saying "I hear you are stocking up for Christmas"! Now, you have to realize that any kind of alcohol is severely taxed back in the ole country - and moonshining in any form is strictly illegal (funnily enough, these kits were legal, probably because you had to add your own sugar and water, so legally speaking, the kit itself couldn't make wine on its own). Thus - there are two crimes that are universally accepted, moonshining and tax evasion, they are mostly regarded as 'hobbies' (tough luck if you get caught).

 

[Real of Tayopa]

China it is.

 

[Real of Tayopa]

The Chma i am referring t from 1946 - 1948. They were still fighting thier communist revoloutin. The land reformation was brutal, it consisted in the land owner neing delivered bound,securely on a certain day, All of the would claiments were required to dig a large pit, in which the land owner was thrown into alive , then the claimants were required to burry him alive, at the end they were given permission to work the land, similar to our share croppers here in the US, with the exception that the first crop- poduction was taken by the State. If the crop was small , too bad for the worker, he starved. The land belonged to the Govt.

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

Amigo Jose, my calendar in my phone, says that today is your 95th birthday!?!

Is that an error on my part?
Or do we have reason to party [emoji322]?!

In case it is truly correct, then,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSE!!!

If it is not your birthday [emoji512] then, just have a great day anyway!

#/;0• *=())))

 

[Simon1]

Yes, I believe you are right Mikel, October 3 was Senor Don Jose's birthday.
Happy Birthday Don Jose AND many, many more. Only 55 more Birthdays until your 150th. Congratulations sir.

 

[Simon1]

Hi long distance cousin How are you doing Unicorn ? Pop in and say hello, we won't bite.

 

[Real of Tayopa]

You are correct Mike, my how time flies.l

 

[Mackaydon]

Don Jose,

Don.....