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| Thread ID: 141896 | 2016-03-18 01:27:00 | Soft drinks with added Sugar. | mzee (3324) | PC World Chat |
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| 1417688 | 2016-03-19 22:53:00 | The tax on cosmetics is even worse but I am not in the 50% of the population that is in that market :) | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1417689 | 2016-03-19 23:06:00 | The stuff doesn't look that expensive to me...I can get a bottle of wine of $8 $9.....OK, I just use it for cooking so not fussy but still... Quite agree pctek, I use wine when cooking, most of the time. Sometimes I even add it to the food. Ken :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1417690 | 2016-03-20 01:05:00 | Quite agree pctek, I use wine when cooking, most of the time. Sometimes I even add it to the food. Ken :) :D LOL. I hate the stuff, terrible thing to do to a grape. I only use it in the cooking....:-) |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1417691 | 2016-03-20 01:40:00 | But let us look at the other end of the scale for those of us that enjoy a Spirit. :) The Excise/Duty on a 1 litre bottle of 40% alcohol is $20.63 for a start and then comes 15% GST. Not sure whether they include the Excise/Duty when calculating the GST or not. If they do then they are taxing a tax which would come as no surprise. So Liquorland will sell you a 1 litre bottle Bombay Blue Sapphire 40% ABV for $46.99. The Excise/Duty on that is $20.63 and at best the GST would be $3.44 totalling $24.07 or 51% of the purchase price. I fixed that by acquiring a Still and making my own and the products taste better and better every time I look at my savings. :) Pssssst...where abouts is this secret Still? I promise I won't tell anyone else. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 1417692 | 2016-03-20 02:03:00 | Pssssst...where abouts is this secret Still? I promise I won't tell anyone else. Nothing secret about it, all quite legal these days and very popular with many enthusiasts. Everything can be purchased from Liquor4less but the whole shebang can often be found on Trade Me very reasonably priced. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1417693 | 2016-03-20 03:34:00 | Nothing secret about it, all quite legal these days and very popular with many enthusiasts. Everything can be purchased from Liquor4less but the whole shebang can often be found on Trade Me very reasonably priced. I know, was just a bit of leg pulling no offence meant. I think I will still stick to trying and buying the ready-made liquid refreshment and I do appreciate a really good red, in moderation, of course. To each their own. Incidentally, the tax is payable even for tastings. "It's illegal, it's immoral or it makes you fat". The words in this song are as true as ever. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 1417694 | 2016-03-20 07:25:00 | I know, was just a bit of leg pulling no offence meant. I think I will still stick to trying and buying the ready-made liquid refreshment and I do appreciate a really good red, in moderation, of course. To each their own. Incidentally, the tax is payable even for tastings. "It's illegal, it's immoral or it makes you fat". The words in this song are as true as ever. No offence taken. I remember well my first attempt at “Home Brewing” back in the 60’s and “God” it was awful. As my finances improved I swore I’d never go down that track again until about 15 years ago my son-in-law thought a home brew kit would be a good idea as a present for a Birthday, Christmas, or something. Reluctantly, I figured I should try it and try and show some gratitude. Well, the long and the short of it is I thoroughly enjoyed the product from it, so I had to get further unbiased opinions from the mates who claimed it was OK, but quality control was not done in a day, so in no time flat I needed a bigger fermenter because “Quality Control” needed more samples. Later, I got an entire distilling kit gifted to me with the instructions “Here you bastard, see if you can make Spirits”. Well the alcohol is dead easy to make, so all credit must go to the Chemists who make the essence which in most cases is not distinguishable from the “Real McCoy”. More experts have appointed themselves to oversee this. So to all you good people that like a tipple, but don’t like the price, make it yourself, it’s a great hobby. :thumbs: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1417695 | 2016-03-20 07:50:00 | Never got seriously into homebrew considered money spent on alcohol a "cost of business" and money well spent. However when I was on Timor Island near Suai the Philipine General in charge of this sector decided it would be dry. Luckily from the get go we had packed in homebrew kits as Oil Analysis (SOAP) and hydraulic components in the aircraft packup. Made our own and as people came back in from Darwin on leave brought more we had continuous production. Also made a still and made alcohol from fruit past its use by date it tasted like Schnapps. In fact we drunk more piss in the "dry" area than we did at Dili which was "wet" The still was being TIG welded in a tent when some VIPs went through. If the our Squadron Fuehrer's glare could kill the metal working Corporal would be surely have died. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1417696 | 2016-03-20 18:37:00 | Husband has made beer on and off for years. Been making it for the last 14.... Mainly for budget reasons. |
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