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[padre29]

stray dog with lots of garlic on the barbecue................... (Bump really)

Come on Bro, it was roadkill wasn't it?

Fresh off the bumper, compliments of Swift.

man gotta eat.

[Yuki]

make your own booze.

[padre29]

make your own booze.

Sure, the problem is whether you make it for consumption, or barter, booze is an excellent bartering chip for small jobs.

The one caution is watch your costs when you make it for barter, don't skimp, just keep it in mind.

[mutti]

The one caution is watch your costs when you make it for barter, don't skimp, just keep it in mind.

I want to point out that this is the basis of a really fine thought process.

Sometimes when we "make" something and it becomes "normal" we forget the planning, time, supplies, etc. that go into the production. It is difficult to barter for "worth" when we don't really know what something is priced at in a fair market. I know that "fair market" means what someone will pay for something, but when we become isolated from the standard sales market sometimes price suffers.

[Yuki]

I was just thinking it was cheaper, though barter is another angle. The $13.50 per gallon tax on alcohol is awfully steep.

[padre29]

The one caution is watch your costs when you make it for barter, don't skimp, just keep it in mind.

I want to point out that this is the basis of a really fine thought process.

Sometimes when we "make" something and it becomes "normal" we forget the planning, time, supplies, etc. that go into the production. It is difficult to barter for "worth" when we don't really know what something is priced at in a fair market. I know that "fair market" means what someone will pay for something, but when we become isolated from the standard sales market sometimes price suffers.

Exactly, and that is why somethings can be pricey as the work that goes into making should be compensated by the sales or barter price.

Which is why if you have 8 neighbors all growing gardens of corn, you may want to plant something different as sooner or later the market for corn will be a bit glutted..

But if you did have corn, making something like Corn Relish or even Beer would enhance the value..if costs are kept manageable.

[Yuki]

Or corn squeezin's... A wine of sorts made from pressed corn stalks and filtered through a dried corn cob.