OT: Whiskey, Etc.

[Cdnwolf]

I wouldn't know, Jester -- I hate coffee. Nonetheless, I took a can with me to the field; I could get a lot in trade for a little coffee!

HEATHEN!!! In Canada coffee is king. You can spit without hitting a Tim Hortons coffee franchise!! Ahhh heavenly nectar of the gods!!

[jester]

I wouldn't know, Jester -- I hate coffee. Nonetheless, I took a can with me to the field; I could get a lot in trade for a little coffee!

I never drank coffee until after I got out and went to college in the Pacific Northwest. Although durring the Desert I did chew the instant coffee packs then again the foil on a filling may have done just as much to keep me awake than the coffee.

And as a fellow not so light infantry type shame on you for humping something you didn't use! Shame shame shame!

However, you do get "Peter-san" points for being an entrapanuer and scrounger. Oh the dilema! Should you be priased or chastized I will sleep on it

[pmulcahy11b]

And as a fellow not so light infantry type shame on you for humping something you didn't use! Shame shame shame!

However, you do get "Peter-san" points for being an entrapanuer and scrounger. Oh the dilema! Should you be priased or chastized I will sleep on it

Hey, I did use it! I'll take the "Peter-san."

[jester]

Hey, I did use it! I'll take the "Peter-san."

And what other goodies did you sell I pimped out a couple pages of penthouse Ah one of my claims to fame

[TiggerCCW UK]

I wouldn't know, Jester -- I hate coffee. Nonetheless, I took a can with me to the field; I could get a lot in trade for a little coffee!

Wash your mouth out for saying such a thing

[TiggerCCW UK]

You can spit without hitting a Tim Hortons coffee franchise!!

They're taking over the world C-Wolf - I pass two on my way to work here in Belfast. Never tried them though - I stick to Clements, but they have to be better than Starbucks

[pmulcahy11b]

Wash your mouth out for saying such a thing

As long as its not with coffee...

[weswood]

C'mom, now, give Paul a break about the coffee. Every one knows he's not right in the head, he was a paratrooper!

[pmulcahy11b]

C'mom, now, give Paul a break about the coffee. Every one knows he's not right in the head, he was a paratrooper!

I object strongly to that!

I wasn't right in the head even before I enlisted...

[Webstral]

Chickory and dandelions! Good thinking, gentlemen. Both have uses other than making coffee, so it's two bites of the same cherry, so to speak. I'm wondering whether I should incorporate chickory cultivation into SAMAD or have someone else relatively local grow it as a pseudo cash crop for trade with SAMAD. The latter is more interesting, I think. Also, if someone outside SAMAD is growing chickory at least partially for trade as a coffee substitute, the reemergence of a trade economy may be further facilitated thereby.

Dandelion beer is new to me. I've heard of dandelion wine. My father had a neighbor who used to make it when my father was a kid. Apparently, it can be pretty strong and not too hard on the tongue. The dandelion is appearing ever-more desirable: leaves as a superior leafy green, flowers for wine, and roots for ersatz coffee. I'll have to incorporate dandelion cultivation into the surviving New England areas. (Obviously, the dandelion will be useful everywhere, but I'm not going to impose it on any area I haven't addressed in my writing.)

Webstral

[Legbreaker]

Cultivate! They grow all through my lawn as weeds!
Can't get rid of the damn things!

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Have you looked at farming rabbits and even hamsters and guinea pigs for both meat and fur. Relatively easy to house, don't require a lot of room, don't require a lot of feed in comparison, they breed fast and can effectively be managed by a small family (although guinea pigs can be sensitive to a few environmental factors like heat)

Chickory and dandelions! Good thinking, gentlemen. Both have uses other than making coffee, so it's two bites of the same cherry, so to speak. I'm wondering whether I should incorporate chickory cultivation into SAMAD or have someone else relatively local grow it as a pseudo cash crop for trade with SAMAD. The latter is more interesting, I think. Also, if someone outside SAMAD is growing chickory at least partially for trade as a coffee substitute, the reemergence of a trade economy may be further facilitated thereby.

Dandelion beer is new to me. I've heard of dandelion wine. My father had a neighbor who used to make it when my father was a kid. Apparently, it can be pretty strong and not too hard on the tongue. The dandelion is appearing ever-more desirable: leaves as a superior leafy green, flowers for wine, and roots for ersatz coffee. I'll have to incorporate dandelion cultivation into the surviving New England areas. (Obviously, the dandelion will be useful everywhere, but I'm not going to impose it on any area I haven't addressed in my writing.)

Webstral

[Snake Eyes]

Have you looked at farming rabbits and even hamsters and guinea pigs for both meat and fur. Relatively easy to house, don't require a lot of room, don't require a lot of feed in comparison, they breed fast and can effectively be managed by a small family (although guinea pigs can be sensitive to a few environmental factors like heat)

Evidently, the Swedes are having quite a go at burning them for fuel, too.

[Targan]

And it is only a short step from burning bunnies for fuel to burning corpses. As I have mentioned before, fallen enemies could be used as biofuel. Of course, you'd have to be a pretty cold, detached freak to do that, but there is no shortage of such folk in the T2K universe.

[pmulcahy11b]

Cultivate! They grow all through my lawn as weeds!
Can't get rid of the damn things!

That makes me think of something -- all those suburban lawns may be full of weeds in T2K, some which may be useful.