After reading the financial forum for the last few weeks I’ve noticed a lot of discussion being targeted toward life and the markets as they exist now, not when the S.H.T.F. or the aftermath. To be more concise, most discussions revolve around the corrupt markets as they exist now and how to co-exist and profit from them. This is commendable. You cannot sit back and just wait for the balloon to go up while ignoring the reality of the present. You still have bills to pay, children to feed and educate, homes to pay for….hell, you need cash to pay for your preps. Why shouldn’t you take advantage of the markets? You’d be foolish not to.
What I haven’t seen is a discussion concerning alternate forms of trade and currency. When “the party is over” and it’s time to “pay the piper” what will you use once your gold, silver and alternate forms of currency (Swiss Francs, Japanese Yen, Australian Dollars, etc…) are used up? Maybe you want to hold some of your precious metals and gems for a “rainy day”. Whatever the reason I plan on using alcohol. Yes, booze. Booze has lubricated America from it’s very beginning and what more appropriate way to shove Lady Liberty’s corrupt corpse into the after-life then sending her “likkered up”? Hootch has been an important part of America life. Here are just a few examples of the major role firewater has played in American life and history:
• Christopher Columbus brought Sherry on his voyage to the New World.
• The Puritans loaded more beer than water onto the Mayflower before they cast off for the New World.
• The early colonialists made alcohol beverages from, among other things, carrots, tomatoes, onions, beets, celery, squash, corn silk, dandelions, and goldenrod.
• Although there wasn't any cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, or pumpkin pie to eat at the first Thanksgiving, there was beer, brandy, gin, and wine to drink.
• A traveler through the Delaware Valley in 1753 compiled a list of the drinks he encountered; all but three of the 48 contained alcohol.6
• Tavern owners enjoyed higher social status than did the clergy during part of the Colonial period.
• A brewery was one of Harvard College's first construction projects so that a steady supply of beer could be served in the student dining halls.
• The laws of most American colonies required towns to license suitable persons to sell wine and spirits and failure to do so could result in a fine.
• Colonial taverns were often required to be located near the church or meetinghouse.
• Religious services and court sessions were often held in the major tavern of Colonial American towns.
• The Colonial Army supplied its troops with a daily ration of four ounces of either rum or whiskey.
• Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence in a tavern in Philadelphia.
• Every signer of the American Declaration of Independence drank alcoholic beverages.
• The first and best known signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, was an alcohol beverage dealer.
• The bill for a celebration party for the 55 drafters of the US Constitution was for 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, 8 bottles of whiskey, 22 bottles of port, 8 bottles of hard cider, 12 beers and seven bowls of alcohol punch large enough that "ducks could swim in them."
• Before he took his famous ride, Paul Revere is reported to have had two drinks of rum.
• The patriot Patrick Henry ("Give me liberty or give me death") was a bar tender.
• The manufacture of rum became early Colonial New England's largest and most prosperous industry.
• The U.S. Marines' first recruiting station was in a bar.
• George Washington became his new country's first major distiller of whiskey.
• Martha Washington enjoyed daily toddys. In the 1790s, "happy hour" began at 3:00 p.m. and cocktails continued until dinner.
• Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson both enjoyed making their own alcohol beverages.
• In 1793 the Whiskey Rebellion occurred when federal tax collectors were attacked in Pennsylvania by citizens outraged that the whiskey they had been making for years, much of it for their own consumption, was being taxed.
• The national anthem of the US, the "Star-Spangled Banner," was written to the tune of a drinking song.
• In the 1830's the average American aged 15 or older consumed over seven gallons of absolute alcohol (resulting from an average of 9 1/2 gallons of spirits, 1/2 gallon of wine, and 27 gallons of beer), a quantity about three times the current rate.
• Abraham Lincoln held a liquor license and operated several taverns.
• President Martin Van Buren was born in his father's tavern.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the U.S. in 1932 on a pledge to end National Prohibition.
• Bourbon whiskey is an American creation and is the official spirit of the United States, by act of Congress.¹
NOTES:
1. http://ift.tt/1walZlW
I have been stock piling miniature sized bottles of alcohol (the same bottles you pay a fortune for on the airlines). I am primarily hoarding vodka, rum, whiskey, bourbon and scotch as they are the most popular alcohols on the market today. Additionally I have created a portable still capable of producing 50 gallons batches of spirits. There are several good websites on alcohol production:
• http://ift.tt/1vb5Ik7
• http://ift.tt/1wam1Kz
• http://ift.tt/1vb5IAo
• http://ift.tt/1vb5KIB
Just because “the end is nigh” men (and women) will continue to drink and the will pay a premium to get their hands on good (notice I didn’t say great) distilled spirits. When bartering becomes the major form of trade between people a much higher value willbe placed on “pop skull” then will be placed on a chair or table, and chairs and tables will have few repeat customers.
Just my two-cents.
“Life's a bitch, and she's back in heat!” – George Nada
What I haven’t seen is a discussion concerning alternate forms of trade and currency. When “the party is over” and it’s time to “pay the piper” what will you use once your gold, silver and alternate forms of currency (Swiss Francs, Japanese Yen, Australian Dollars, etc…) are used up? Maybe you want to hold some of your precious metals and gems for a “rainy day”. Whatever the reason I plan on using alcohol. Yes, booze. Booze has lubricated America from it’s very beginning and what more appropriate way to shove Lady Liberty’s corrupt corpse into the after-life then sending her “likkered up”? Hootch has been an important part of America life. Here are just a few examples of the major role firewater has played in American life and history:
• Christopher Columbus brought Sherry on his voyage to the New World.
• The Puritans loaded more beer than water onto the Mayflower before they cast off for the New World.
• The early colonialists made alcohol beverages from, among other things, carrots, tomatoes, onions, beets, celery, squash, corn silk, dandelions, and goldenrod.
• Although there wasn't any cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, or pumpkin pie to eat at the first Thanksgiving, there was beer, brandy, gin, and wine to drink.
• A traveler through the Delaware Valley in 1753 compiled a list of the drinks he encountered; all but three of the 48 contained alcohol.6
• Tavern owners enjoyed higher social status than did the clergy during part of the Colonial period.
• A brewery was one of Harvard College's first construction projects so that a steady supply of beer could be served in the student dining halls.
• The laws of most American colonies required towns to license suitable persons to sell wine and spirits and failure to do so could result in a fine.
• Colonial taverns were often required to be located near the church or meetinghouse.
• Religious services and court sessions were often held in the major tavern of Colonial American towns.
• The Colonial Army supplied its troops with a daily ration of four ounces of either rum or whiskey.
• Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence in a tavern in Philadelphia.
• Every signer of the American Declaration of Independence drank alcoholic beverages.
• The first and best known signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, was an alcohol beverage dealer.
• The bill for a celebration party for the 55 drafters of the US Constitution was for 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, 8 bottles of whiskey, 22 bottles of port, 8 bottles of hard cider, 12 beers and seven bowls of alcohol punch large enough that "ducks could swim in them."
• Before he took his famous ride, Paul Revere is reported to have had two drinks of rum.
• The patriot Patrick Henry ("Give me liberty or give me death") was a bar tender.
• The manufacture of rum became early Colonial New England's largest and most prosperous industry.
• The U.S. Marines' first recruiting station was in a bar.
• George Washington became his new country's first major distiller of whiskey.
• Martha Washington enjoyed daily toddys. In the 1790s, "happy hour" began at 3:00 p.m. and cocktails continued until dinner.
• Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson both enjoyed making their own alcohol beverages.
• In 1793 the Whiskey Rebellion occurred when federal tax collectors were attacked in Pennsylvania by citizens outraged that the whiskey they had been making for years, much of it for their own consumption, was being taxed.
• The national anthem of the US, the "Star-Spangled Banner," was written to the tune of a drinking song.
• In the 1830's the average American aged 15 or older consumed over seven gallons of absolute alcohol (resulting from an average of 9 1/2 gallons of spirits, 1/2 gallon of wine, and 27 gallons of beer), a quantity about three times the current rate.
• Abraham Lincoln held a liquor license and operated several taverns.
• President Martin Van Buren was born in his father's tavern.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the U.S. in 1932 on a pledge to end National Prohibition.
• Bourbon whiskey is an American creation and is the official spirit of the United States, by act of Congress.¹
NOTES:
1. http://ift.tt/1walZlW
I have been stock piling miniature sized bottles of alcohol (the same bottles you pay a fortune for on the airlines). I am primarily hoarding vodka, rum, whiskey, bourbon and scotch as they are the most popular alcohols on the market today. Additionally I have created a portable still capable of producing 50 gallons batches of spirits. There are several good websites on alcohol production:
• http://ift.tt/1vb5Ik7
• http://ift.tt/1wam1Kz
• http://ift.tt/1vb5IAo
• http://ift.tt/1vb5KIB
Just because “the end is nigh” men (and women) will continue to drink and the will pay a premium to get their hands on good (notice I didn’t say great) distilled spirits. When bartering becomes the major form of trade between people a much higher value willbe placed on “pop skull” then will be placed on a chair or table, and chairs and tables will have few repeat customers.
Just my two-cents.
“Life's a bitch, and she's back in heat!” – George Nada
Trade and Barter (Post S.H.T.F.)
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