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Homemade Vodka Blows up House
Times of India ^

Posted on 09/17/2011 4:59:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A British inventor has caused his house to blow up by trying to make homemade vodka.

Lawrence Toms, 44, from Tynewydd, Wales, was brewing the alcohol when the explosion occurred, which led to four fire engines and a water bowser being called to his home.

South Wales Police think the incident was caused by homemade alcohol - and a spokesman said: "The windows were blown out of the property and it was lucky no one in the street was injured.


TOPICS: Food; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
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To: nickcarraway

Hold my Vodka please....


21 posted on 09/17/2011 5:58:21 PM PDT by ToxicMich
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To: nickcarraway

Absolut Devastation


22 posted on 09/17/2011 6:02:10 PM PDT by mikrofon (</ smirk'n off>)
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To: nickcarraway

Molotov Vodka — Lay Waste to your Mind


23 posted on 09/17/2011 6:03:18 PM PDT by TChad
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To: nickcarraway

Hold mah Perrier, please!


24 posted on 09/17/2011 6:06:37 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: nickcarraway

Ironic if that blew about the same time he was sampling.

Kind of like ‘doin the deed’ and an earthquake and ‘the big O’ occur simultaneously.


25 posted on 09/17/2011 6:08:44 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98) If govt involved, the more outlandish a scheme appears, the truer it probably is.)
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To: nickcarraway

You can’t let your hole get plugged up, words to live by with a moonshine still and in general. In moonshine stills it can cause an explosion, a still is like a pressure cooker.


26 posted on 09/17/2011 6:19:59 PM PDT by dog breath
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To: nickcarraway

There’s 100 proof, 200 proof, and poof the windows got blown out proof.


27 posted on 09/17/2011 6:34:35 PM PDT by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: nickcarraway
A British inventor has caused his house to blow up by trying to make homemade vodka.

Back to the drawing board.

28 posted on 09/17/2011 6:41:58 PM PDT by denydenydeny (The moment you step into a world of facts, you step into a world of limits. --Chesterton)
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To: nickcarraway

Granny would be proud.

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9oxJRFGq39iE1MLk5-87JF4LZhzFUGibUzp8bgTTe1-KgnTVAEg


29 posted on 09/17/2011 6:47:13 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
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To: nickcarraway

If you’re going to distill alcohol or make essential oils, there are a lot of alternatives as far as stills go. One of the best designs for personal use is the column still. Here are some examples:

http://homedistiller.org/photos-sold.htm

Unfortunately home distillation is generally illegal in the US, which means that the hard part is getting the quality distilling apparatus.


30 posted on 09/17/2011 6:47:34 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: nickcarraway

As the Prohibition saying went....If you can light a wick in it...it’s done. Must have been good stuff to blow up a house! LOL


31 posted on 09/17/2011 7:14:38 PM PDT by jakerobins
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32 posted on 09/17/2011 7:14:38 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Bite your cheek good!
33 posted on 09/17/2011 7:17:40 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: cripplecreek

Does he eat them or bring them to you?


34 posted on 09/17/2011 7:35:03 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

The apparatus is legal, using it is not.


35 posted on 09/17/2011 7:36:08 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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Neither. He kills them and plays with them so he can leave them to get stinky for rolling on.


36 posted on 09/17/2011 7:39:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: nickcarraway

Wait ... what?

37 posted on 09/17/2011 7:42:34 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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I had a buddy who, years ago, had a winemaking operation in his basement. His neighbors were involoved, and he handled the wine needs for the entire neighborhood. People would bring back old wine and he’d cook it down for the alcohol on a 3 burner gas stove he built just for that purpose. One day that contraption exploded when he was cooking down a batch, blowing off the entire backside of his house. No one was hurt.


38 posted on 09/17/2011 7:43:05 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15.)
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To: cripplecreek

Nice. For him, that is.


39 posted on 09/17/2011 7:43:40 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: nickcarraway

I hate it, when that happens!


40 posted on 09/17/2011 8:33:35 PM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again for our justification)
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