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45 Survival Uses for Alcohol.
CTD's The Shooter's Log ^ | 7/13/2013 | CT Suzanne

Posted on 01/05/2014 1:03:03 PM PST by Carriage Hill

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To: carriage_hill

Someone here said they were allergic to alcohol... it made them break out in handcuffs.


21 posted on 01/05/2014 1:22:25 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: OneWingedShark
Yup.

A bit of critical life saving information that was only recently discovered — the cause of infection and disease.

You have to be careful when distilling it from wood. It is flammable.

22 posted on 01/05/2014 1:25:19 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: OneWingedShark

Also, it is a heck of a lot easier to produce. Ethanol requires fermentation and time. Lots of work.

Distilling from wood is immediate.


23 posted on 01/05/2014 1:33:50 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: carriage_hill

A Bible, a bottle of Bourbon, and a .44 ought to see anyone through any calamity.


24 posted on 01/05/2014 1:36:35 PM PST by Edward Teach
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To: carriage_hill






"Freedom and Whisky gang thegither."



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25 posted on 01/05/2014 1:37:14 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: carriage_hill

I have very high energy children. Active play inside just isn’t the same as going outside to play, which can’t happen because of the weather. So I’m using alcohol to survive several days of being cooped up with my kids lol!


26 posted on 01/05/2014 1:37:34 PM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people's than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Tailback

A member from another forum I read had a German mother in law that lived through the Soviet attack and occupation of her town. To this day she has a basement filled with cases of vodka, pallets of toilet paper, and long shelf life foods.

She claimed that you could purchase anything on the black market with vodka easily. Plus the mentioned uses to sterilize wounds, purify water, and as fuel(everclear). Vodka basically is 4 parts everclear 6 parts water.

My father used cigarettes while in Germany during the occupation to purchase services, but tobacco probably isn’t the best long term storage barter material. These new nicotene vaporizers may have some use there though. As a non smoker stationed overseas, I could make a nice little profit selling my cigarette ration to the chainsmokers in the unit. Amazing what nicotene addicts will do for their fix.


27 posted on 01/05/2014 1:38:39 PM PST by Tailback
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To: goodwithagun

That’ll work, but don’t fall asleep or you might wake-up all tied-up at a burning stake. LOL.


28 posted on 01/05/2014 1:40:09 PM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: carriage_hill

Over 60% alcohol (120 proof) is an effective anti-bacterial agent for sanitation, as a food preservative, to make herbal and medicinal herbal extracts (much stronger and doesn’t spoil quickly). It is also a very good solvent.

It’s traditional use was a means to put surplus crops in a high energy, compact form for transport or to keep through the winter months without spoilage.


29 posted on 01/05/2014 1:40:29 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (There Is Still A Very Hot War On Terror, Just Not On The MSM. Rantburg.com)
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To: carriage_hill

Trade for ammunition.


30 posted on 01/05/2014 1:40:46 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Edward Teach

The Triumvirate; works for me!


31 posted on 01/05/2014 1:42:58 PM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: miss marmelstein; carriage_hill

Someone once read about that beer is evil. They stopped reading.


32 posted on 01/05/2014 1:46:32 PM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: carriage_hill

***vodka was an ingredient in early European gunpowder. ***

Interesting. My book says urine was used, and the best urine was from a wine drinking Bishop.
Saltpetre
Sulfur
charcoal.
blended together with urine, dried and broken up into small granules (corned powder).


33 posted on 01/05/2014 1:48:00 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: DemforBush

I only got a C+ in HS Chemistry 101; this technical stuff is beyond my pay grade.


34 posted on 01/05/2014 1:50:23 PM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: carriage_hill

Lol, they’re 5, 2, and 4 months. For the older two, there is nothing like playing outside to wear them out properly. It’s been a week of bickering and fighting. I’ll take your advice though!


35 posted on 01/05/2014 1:50:54 PM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people's than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: goodwithagun

So, how much do you give them?


36 posted on 01/05/2014 2:01:44 PM PST by metalurgist ( Want your country back? It'll take guns and rope. Marxists won't give up peaceably.)
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To: KosmicKitty

Beer Goggles....


37 posted on 01/05/2014 2:02:58 PM PST by baddog 219
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To: carriage_hill

Funny story. Years ago we had a train derailment in my village. Tank cars carrying wood alcohol tumbled snd released their contents into the air. Three younger FIrefighters walked between the stopped cars to get to the station. They ingested enough of the stuff to be taken to the ER. As it turns out “ethyl alcohol.” Is the antidote. The were treated by IV and kept to a .2 BAC for three days. It was funny to see these guys so drunk. I remember them swearing off alcohol for a long time.


38 posted on 01/05/2014 2:04:05 PM PST by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: metalurgist

Lol! The older two have taken sips of beer before we could stop them. Their faces were priceless!


39 posted on 01/05/2014 2:15:59 PM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people's than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: UB355

Now THAT is funny!


40 posted on 01/05/2014 2:16:17 PM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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