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Moonshine.

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Moonshine.

Started by kevan hubbard on Oct 25, 2018 at 12:58 PM

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    kevan hubbard, Oct 25, 2018
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    On a linguistic and astronomical question (slightly!).why is illicit home made booze called moonshine?was it made by moon light?or was it so raw that it made your face shine like the moon after tipping some down your neck?
     
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    Mak the Night, Oct 26, 2018
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    I'm guessing it was transported for distribution at night time when the police were all asleep. I read somewhere that the origin of 'hot rod' cars were originally regular cars carrying moonshine with home made performance 'enhancements' to outpace police pursuit cars, particularly to State lines.

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    kevan hubbard, Oct 26, 2018
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    Or couldn't jam jar be rhyming slang for 'car'.crime and evil acts where held in increase under a full moon proving what I've believed for years,that lighting actually increases crime as it allows the criminals to see what they are doing.whenever I'm doing my research on places to travel I always read in say the lonely planet to avoid certain parts of such a city as they are badly lit.but is there any real evidence that such areas have anymore crime that lit areas? given that'd it'd be skewed by the fact lit areas in third world countries are likely to be more affluent anyhow.if so how much of the crime occurred after dark and not near a full moon?where the people who created the report funded by the street light or power industries?
     
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    Mak the Night, Oct 26, 2018
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    I always feel the Full Moon, but I'm bipolar anyway. It wouldn't surprise me if lunar cycles had an effect on the human nervous system in some way. I don't think there's any conclusive empirical evidence.

    'Jam jar sandwich' just doesn't sound right. Although jam jar is slang for car south of the Watford Gap.

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    Mak the Night, Oct 26, 2018
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    kevan hubbard, Oct 26, 2018
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    Try the Sweeney in Afrikaans....blitz patrole!"ons gaan na kentishtown George."well the moon's gravity does pull our oceans and seas so it could effect humans and other animals in subtle ways not just it's light or the lack of it?I don't think there's any real evidence it does.the more we see of how we've developed along side Earth and it's position in the solar system and probably the Galaxy too the more I think that we couldn't really live on other planets, assuming we could get to them, without major modifications and upgrades?
     
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    Mak the Night, Oct 26, 2018
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    Afrikaans Sweeney could work. The Moon affects a lot of animals, even those who never see it. Fossilised sea shells have shown that the animals that made them used the lunar cycle. Shells of contemporary animals still use the Moon's cycle and have growth patterns that coincide with the modern lunar cycle. Millions of years ago the Moon was nearer and had a different cycle. I got that from Lyall Watson's Supernature I think. I don't know how true it is.

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