Did you ever watch that TV show? Actually shows guys making “shine” and tells what states they are in, showing law enforcement officials getting close to the shiners area of operations, trying to catch them in the act….In the show,  many of the shiners tell of all the fun times they have had and how making shine is all they know and in general trying to make it seem ok. They do what they do, I understand that, but to show it on TV as a reality show?….. I have not seen an episode where any of the shiners get caught but perhaps it has happened on that show and I have not seen it. At the opening of the show they give the customary, “kids, don’t do this at home as it is illegal” which is kind of like saying “sic’um” to a dog, but can you believe they really make and sell the shine on a made for TV movie and it is ok with all the law enforcement people,, the television people, all the government agencies and who ever else has a sense of responsible rationale? I don’t think so….I mean,  where do the TV people, the cameraman, the producer, the light man and the gofers all hide when the lawmen come around or while they are filming at the “secret locations”? You reckon the lawmen and the shiners are actors and maybe the shine ain’t real shine? They wouldn’t make that stuff up, would they? If they are actors, George Jones would be terribly disappointed if he was around, is what I’m thinking….I mean, I think he liked the real thing…..Matter of fact, I think I have a few real life shiners in my family tree…That’s all I got to say about that….