How do I know the meaning of “number 12”?
In the below sentence we need to get the number 12
down on you but by the day if you blow it off. What should I say?
“Understand you’re quite a dancer.” Then he started preparing to take pictures. I wondered how much of his tomato face was due to weather and how much to alcohol. A tomato on top. Is the face is still pink every day? Around us the little bar-room conversations had died out. I just not happy with the fact that he didn’t understand my silence. “I see you person neare ev’y day out thumpin’ around that breh out yonder,” he said to me. I’ve gotten a blast when a person “Blowing your head” blowed my head off.”You keep it up you’re gonna put your number 12 down on a still some day.You are not sure what year,you’re off for sure.It was just six years ago. ”
” I carry a spare. He didn’t get it for a minute. When he did he clouded over. Is Arnold all over the city long? Arnold
is a tree surgeon. Is it an axe? How? The author has not once mentioned a shotgun but that does seem to make sense.
My original guess that that number 12 was a body part of sorts.
I think the speaker is referring to the #12 shotgun shell, containing
approximately 2400 pieces of soft shot. Why? Usually used for killing snakes, it mostly has more bark than bite when fired from a 12 gauge shotgun at long distance, and is ideal for scaring a prowler off without causing too much damage.
Phil Sweet has commented that loose shell could have been kept handy for a purity test: evidently to test if the “run” is at 100 proof or higher the powder from an opened casing could be mixed with the output and ignited: a bit of lore I was unaware of.
Clare has also commented that the #12 could refer to the Fox #12 shotgun, a high quality piece first produced in 1909, and thus relevant to the discussion.
Back in the day, clandestine
liquor producers (moonshiners) would produce in a secluded spot in the woods during “season”.
There were several points during production which were more dangerous, from a legal standpoint.
How do I know who is the real Refugior on the site as of September 15th? During the “run”, if the wind changed or died off, it was still possible to be detected. Another danger included thieves who would wait for the run to finish to steal the product.
Why do most moonshiners carry shotguns?
They say it’s harmful to coke with alcohol. But this part also makes it safer to use it for smoking. For most people producing “white lightning”, there is always a temptation to try at first. Apart from the fact that first “foreshots” are usually high in poisonous methanol, the ethanol produced at this point will be at its highest concentration: if the user is using a “thumper” it can go as high as 88% and cause problems with accuracy.
If a person is a novice, he/she wants to sample with an alcoholometer, but wants to do a “shake test”.
IDIOTS Tastetest. What’s the danger of “cooking” a shot to a 12 gauge slide that you use on a hotshot still if you have drunk enough not to breathe and spoult over over it, with disastrous results?
Yes you keep it up you’re gonna put your number 12 down on a still some day an’ git your head blowed off So
I figure that this is what an oldtimer was warning another (probably younger) partner about.
I think the speaker is referring to the #12 shotgun shell, containing
approximately 2400 pieces of soft shot. Why? Usually used for killing snakes, it mostly has more bark than bite when fired from a 12 gauge shotgun at long distance, and is ideal for scaring a prowler off without causing too much damage.
Phil Sweet has commented that loose shell could have been kept handy for a purity test: evidently to test if the “run” is at 100 proof or higher the powder from an opened casing could be mixed with the output and ignited: a bit of lore I was unaware of.
Clare has also commented that the #12 could refer to the Fox #12 shotgun, a high quality piece first produced in 1909, and thus relevant to the discussion.
Back in the day, clandestine
liquor producers (moonshiners) would produce in a secluded spot in the woods during “season”.
There were several points during production which were more dangerous, from a legal standpoint.
How do I know who is the real Refugior on the site as of September 15th? During the “run”, if the wind changed or died off, it was still possible to be detected. Another danger included thieves who would wait for the run to finish to steal the product.
Why do most moonshiners carry shotguns?
They say it’s harmful to coke with alcohol. But this part also makes it safer to use it for smoking. For most people producing “white lightning”, there is always a temptation to try at first. Apart from the fact that first “foreshots” are usually high in poisonous methanol, the ethanol produced at this point will be at its highest concentration: if the user is using a “thumper” it can go as high as 88% and cause problems with accuracy.
If a person is a novice, he/she wants to sample with an alcoholometer, but wants to do a “shake test”.
IDIOTS Tastetest. What’s the danger of “cooking” a shot to a 12 gauge slide that you use on a hotshot still if you have drunk enough not to breathe and spoult over over it, with disastrous results?
Yes you keep it up you’re gonna put your number 12 down on a still some day an’ git your head blowed off So
I figure that this is what an oldtimer was warning another (probably younger) partner about.
I think the speaker is referring to the #12 shotgun shell, containing
approximately 2400 pieces of soft shot. Why? Usually used for killing snakes, it mostly has more bark than bite when fired from a 12 gauge shotgun at long distance, and is ideal for scaring a prowler off without causing too much damage.
Phil Sweet has commented that loose shell could have been kept handy for a purity test: evidently to test if the “run” is at 100 proof or higher the powder from an opened casing could be mixed with the output and ignited: a bit of lore I was unaware of.
Clare has also commented that the #12 could refer to the Fox #12 shotgun, a high quality piece first produced in 1909, and thus relevant to the discussion.
Back in the day, clandestine
liquor producers (moonshiners) would produce in a secluded spot in the woods during “season”.
There were several points during production which were more dangerous, from a legal standpoint.
How do I know who is the real Refugior on the site as of September 15th? During the “run”, if the wind changed or died off, it was still possible to be detected. Another danger included thieves who would wait for the run to finish to steal the product.
Why do most moonshiners carry shotguns?
They say it’s harmful to coke with alcohol. But this part also makes it safer to use it for smoking. For most people producing “white lightning”, there is always a temptation to try at first. Apart from the fact that first “foreshots” are usually high in poisonous methanol, the ethanol produced at this point will be at its highest concentration: if the user is using a “thumper” it can go as high as 88% and cause problems with accuracy.
If a person is a novice, he/she wants to sample with an alcoholometer, but wants to do a “shake test”.
IDIOTS Tastetest. What’s the danger of “cooking” a shot to a 12 gauge slide that you use on a hotshot still if you have drunk enough not to breathe and spoult over over it, with disastrous results?
Yes you keep it up you’re gonna put your number 12 down on a still some day an’ git your head blowed off So
I figure that this is what an oldtimer was warning another (probably younger) partner about.
