I can't just read these stories without adding mine. Years ago, about 71, I was FORCED to participate in a raid on a local moonshiner! True story ... I worked in the Public Works Dept of a very small town close to Seattle. It shall remain nameless to protect the guilty. Occasionally, one of us would have to pull "standby duty," meaning that everynight for a week, we took the city "standby" truck home, instead of our own car. As that truck was equipped to deal with every emergancy, water main breaks, plugged sewers, etc., whoever pulled "standby duty" was on call, all night for whatever emergency occured.

This one night, I was called by the Police Chief. He gave me an address and told me to be there in one hour. I showed up, and the home was full of local Police, and officers wearing "ATF" jackets. "ATF" stood for Alcohol. Tabacco and Firearms. They had just busted the homeowner for selling "shine."

They were in the process of tearing up his living room paneling, where he had many bottles stashed. I was orded to open the man hole cover of the sewer in front of his house, and to start pouring the bottles into the sewer. First, I had to radio the operator of the sewage treatment plant to look out for what was coming down the line. That stuffs flammable, you know!

The next Monday morning, ALL the city employees were herded into a meeting at city hall, where we were lectured by ATF agents about the evils of unlawful booze. We were then all invited, to come privatly and speak to an agent about how much we had purchased and when ... so they could build their case against him. As I recall, no one came forward, but there sure were a lot of very nervous people, including the City Manager.

What was really sad about this whole business, was that the week before the bust, I'd been singing goofy songs in the mooshiners home! This is all a true story, I couldn't invent this story if I wanted to! CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson