Seems like if you are old enough to volunteer or get drafted to get
shot at or become the next hero, you'd be old enough to have a glass
of wine or a beer.
I guess that would maybe make to much sense for those that make the
rules for others to live by.
Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo


On Apr 8, 2:45 am, Prometheus wrote:
On 7 Apr 2007 20:45:22 -0700, "

wrote:
On Apr 5, 5:44 am, Prometheus wrote:

/SNIP/

couldn't quite drag it out of the back of my mind. Now that you
mention it, I did buy one of those the one and only time I attempted
to make wine (when I was a teenager, and trying to circumvent the
law... )

Prometheus, there's nothing illegal about making your own wine or
beer, just don't start competing with the government controlled liquor/
alcohol selling.

I know that- to an extent, but I was 18 at the time. (In Wisconsin,
the legal drinking age is 21.) While it may not have been illegal to
ferment it, it was illegal to drink it!

As the price of a bottle of wine sold to the LCBO (over here in
Ontario) cost them $5.--, that plomb does cost us approx. $15.-- or
better.

I do like a glass of wine with my meal at suppertime, and could not
see me paying that kind of robbery prices for it, so I make my own,
have done so for a number of years, nothing fancy, but a lot better
than the $15.-- stuff they sell, and at 20% of that price.

Ah yes- from what I hear, Canada has expensive liquor, but cheap
marijauna- which is exactly opposite in the US. Around here, a person
can get drunk for $2 if they don't have much taste, or $6-7 for a
bottle of pretty good wine. Oddly enough, the ones in the $7 range
are usually a little better than the $15-$20 bottles, though that may
be a result of my personal tastes.

Every once in a while, I think about getting a beer-brewing kit- but I
don't know that I drink enough to justify it, and I don't really think
I need a reason to increase my alcohol consumption!

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo