SIDEBAR #52 - Travis Alexander forum

[neesaki]

Uh Neesaki, he might not be smoking pot. Sounds more like meth or crack. I heard on the radio yesterday that there is a "new" drug from China that right now is legal, and it is dangerous and wq11qthey keep tinkering with the formula each time it's been ruled illegal . I think it was called Quix(?) Or something like that.

Pot smokers tend to be more mellow and not wired or paronoid.

Idk, except that he was talking about Pot, and he wasn't exactly wired but he was different... I guess more high than we've ever seen him, as well as negative and paranoid, though not in a violent way. We were at a restaurant and he was rather rude and confrontational. I've heard of pot being laced with other drugs and wonder if that's a possibility.

 

[neesaki]

Marjuana can be smoked in paper (like a cigarette) or in a "pipe". Usually they do tend to be more mellow, but I think some are affected differently. We have one relative who basically chain smoked marijuana and was overly paranoid .... "no one liked him, he was always wrong, they always blamed him" , he was quick to get have hurt feelings or get mad, etc. was a prominent theme. Actually, Neesaki, he sounds exactly like your friend!). When he quit, it took a long time, but the paranoias seem to have disappeared. So I do believe it was exaggerated by his smoking. However, I think there were some other internal issues (depression) that probably added to it.

According to to this study, there is a correlation to marijuana and paranoia:
http://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20140717/marijuana-paranoia

Yes, I've heard that marijuana can cause paranoia as well, in fact have witnessed it in another person that is just an acquaintance, actually a friend of this friend. I think we've come to the conclusion that it's not realistic for non-pot smokers to really socialize with pot-smokers. At least not when it affects them like that. What's too bad is that he stopped for a year or two, now started back.

 

[neesaki]

With the promotion of the "vaping phenom", many of the methods of the DIY's that make their own e-juice, has been adopted by the marijuana "enthusiasts" where they have gone 1 or 2 steps beyond and added a few "tips" from meth labs. They've used the process that some vapors use to naturally extract nicotine from tobacco leaves and added a few dangerous additions that can cause the same combustion as meth labs.
Vapors just use a crock pot.
Waxers use solvents: butane, hexane, isopropyl alcohol, and ethanol.

I dunno about this deal to get mega THC. For patients in extreme pain or discomfort, sure, but for the purpose of full blown decriminalization, the THC levels of good old "skunk weed" would suffice for the casual user.
"It's not the pot your grandpa used to smoke." <----and I did have a grandpa in law, and a FIL that smoked pot like chain smokers, lol! They had their own businesses, supported their families, and were just really wonderful human beings. It was just the culture they brought with them from Mexico, the GIL being exiled there from Spain.

You raise a good point Bernina which I also agree with. It's not the same today as it was back then. And whatever people are buying, they really have no idea what they're getting.

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

You raise a good point Bernina which I also agree with. It's not the same today as it was back then. And whatever people are buying, they really have no idea what they're getting.

That is why you have a good dealer. I don't think weed is stronger than some from back then, unless you're buying some really good buds for pipes. I'very heard that Skycloud Kandy Pens are good Koff koff.

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

You raise a good point Bernina which I also agree with. It's not the same today as it was back then. And whatever people are buying, they really have no idea what they're getting.

That is why you have a good dealer. I don't think weed is stronger than some from back then, unless you're buying some really good buds for pipes. I'very heard that Skycloud Kandy Pens are good Koff koff.

I agree with you on Harper Lee's new book. Atticus may of been a racist in her first book, but To Kill A Mockingbird was a required book to read in school, and it was about a good man risking harm to himself and his family. He was greatly admired by many on both sides of the town. Do you remember when Jem, Scout and snuck in the court house to watch the trial ? The pastor told them to stand up because their father was passing by. That was the respect I had for him. Robert Duval played Boo Radley. It was his first film.

 

[coffeejunkie]

Ummm, Journey, Duran Duran, Abba, The Doobie Brothers and Three Dog Night are not the 60's era, Journey and Duran Duran are the 80's, the others are the 70's... Just sayin'. I just started a DePeche Mode station on Pandora radio.

I knew that Didn't post the way I wanted it to...Was meaning the 60 are fantastic and I also like the ones I mentioned. Didn't put in the era, as I figured y'all know that already. Just one of those times where my brain was not thinking right...brain farts I call it LOL

 

[neesaki]

I knew that Didn't post the way I wanted it to...Was meaning the 60 are fantastic and I also like the ones I mentioned. Didn't put in the era, as I figured y'all know that already. Just one of those times where my brain was not thinking right...brain farts I call it LOL

That's ok, CJ, I knew what you meant. I like those groups you mentioned too. I would like to see the real Eagles. We saw a tribute band a couple years ago and they were surprisingly good.

 

[neesaki]

That is why you have a good dealer. I don't think weed is stronger than some from back then, unless you're buying some really good buds for pipes. I'very heard that Skycloud Kandy Pens are good Koff koff.

I agree with you on Harper Lee's new book. Atticus may of been a racist in her first book, but To Kill A Mockingbird was a required book to read in school, and it was about a good man risking harm to himself and his family. He was greatly admired by many on both sides of the town. Do you remember when Jem, Scout and snuck in the court house to watch the trial ? The pastor told them to stand up because their father was passing by. That was the respect I had for him. Robert Duval played Boo Radley. It was his first film.

I don't think the pot is stronger, I just think it's often laced with who knows what. But I don't know, just from stuff I've read, lol. I've never heard of Skycloud Kandy Pens. :dunno:

 

[coffeejunkie]

This is what my Doc and the oral surgeon plans are for me:
I'm going to have no pain meds (besides Tylenol and ice packs). No general anesthesia except the shots to numb my gums. Aug. 10 @ 10:45 am. Hope I am brave enough for this!!

 

[neesaki]

Hey, has anyone here read the Harry Potter books? I've had the set for a couple of years, and thought I'd start them. So I started the first one yesterday, but it seems quite silly to me. I know they're written for children though, right? But my sister said she had read them so I thought I might like them, perhaps I'm wrong, LOL. So far, a big question mark; I have to make myself read on because it all seems so ridiculous, LOL. Just thought I'd ask here, maybe they get a whole let better? TIA

 

[franquerolane]

That is why you have a good dealer. I don't think weed is stronger than some from back then, unless you're buying some really good buds for pipes. I'very heard that Skycloud Kandy Pens are good Koff koff.

I agree with you on Harper Lee's new book. Atticus may of been a racist in her first book, but To Kill A Mockingbird was a required book to read in school, and it was about a good man risking harm to himself and his family. He was greatly admired by many on both sides of the town. Do you remember when Jem, Scout and snuck in the court house to watch the trial ? The pastor told them to stand up because their father was passing by. That was the respect I had for him. Robert Duval played Boo Radley. It was his first film.

As a side note, Harper Lee was a childhood friend of Truman Capote and based Boo Radley on him.

 

[LinasK]

Hey, has anyone here read the Harry Potter books? I've had the set for a couple of years, and thought I'd start them. So I started the first one yesterday, but it seems quite silly to me. I know they're written for children though, right? But my sister said she had read them so I thought I might like them, perhaps I'm wrong, LOL. So far, a big question mark; I have to make myself read on because it all seems so ridiculous, LOL. Just thought I'd ask here, maybe they get a whole let better? TIA

My daughter has, but I made her wait until middle school because the movies seemed dark and scary.

 

[neesaki]

I'm just taking a break from watching an old Doris Day movie I had recorded from TCM. Gordan MacRae is her fiance, and she's trying to make him jealous. It's such a cute movie, and such a cute song, LOL. :skip: P.S. My DH is out of town and won't be home 'til later. I have more time on my hands than usual. Can you tell? :giggle:

ETA: Oh, sorry, the movie is "By the Light of the Silvery Moon".



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[ILikeToBendPages]

As a side note, Harper Lee was a childhood friend of Truman Capote and based Boo Radley on him.

I knew they were friends, but hadn't heard about him as a Boo Radley. That's an interesting trivia factoid I'll have stored in my brain till kingdom come.

 

[YESorNO]

Disheartening, perhaps her writing of Mockingbird was more idealized than the original Watchman. Still, the Atticus we know is who he is to us, who she created him to be. She should never have published Watchman if she wasn't going to keep his character the same. I don't buy some of the reviewers view that Atticus in Mockingbird was racist, not at all. I've read the book several times and seen the movie several times. This is nothing more than racist propaganda and a bunch of hogwash, just like much of the BS going on in our country right now. Politically motivated and there's reverse racism going on as well, as always. I'm pretty sick of it all so more or less refuse to listen to or watch news anymore.

I never was sure I wanted to read Lee's new book, now I know I probably won't. She created the original Atticus, then re-wrote him as a completely different person, the one we all grew to know and love. She must need money or something, maybe she's senile, still, what was the motivation to publish Watchman with a totally different Atticus? :tsktsk:

Go Set a Watchman was the book she wrote first- she wrote To Kill A Mockingbird because her publisher wouldn't publish Watchman and told her to write another.

 

[YESorNO]

Hey, has anyone here read the Harry Potter books? I've had the set for a couple of years, and thought I'd start them. So I started the first one yesterday, but it seems quite silly to me. I know they're written for children though, right? But my sister said she had read them so I thought I might like them, perhaps I'm wrong, LOL. So far, a big question mark; I have to make myself read on because it all seems so ridiculous, LOL. Just thought I'd ask here, maybe they get a whole let better? TIA

I tried to read Harry Potter and it couldn't hold my interest. I thought it was childish and silly. My younger son loved it.
Another best seller, the Twilight books, that my son's girlfriend highly recommended, was another disappointment to me.
It's a teenager's book, IMO, and bored me to tears, but the girlfriend is very young and likes different things (which is OK).
The girlfriend borrowed my book about vampires, Interview with the Vampire, which I love, and she hated it. :floorlaugh::floorlaugh:
She finally remembered to return my Interview WTV when they stopped up here last week and I told her that I thought the Twilight book
was for teenagers (she didn't like that- well she asked me my opinion on Twilight and I gave it. :facepalm: )

So- go figure. :dunno:

 

[YESorNO]

As a side note, Harper Lee was a childhood friend of Truman Capote and based Boo Radley on him.

Not Boo Radley, but the little boy who visits in the summertime and was Jem's and Scout's neighbor, Dill, was supposed to be based on Truman Capote.

There's a very good book on Harper Lee's life that I have read, if you're interested:

Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee &#8211; April 3, 2007
by Charles J. Shields

http://www.amazon.com/Mockingbird-P...F8&qid=1436920317&sr=1-5&keywords=mockingbird

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

Hey, has anyone here read the Harry Potter books? I've had the set for a couple of years, and thought I'd start them. So I started the first one yesterday, but it seems quite silly to me. I know they're written for children though, right? But my sister said she had read them so I thought I might like them, perhaps I'm wrong, LOL. So far, a big question mark; I have to make myself read on because it all seems so ridiculous, LOL. Just thought I'd ask here, maybe they get a whole let better? TIA

I was never a Harry Potter fan. I saw two of the movies and it wasn't for me. When my mother died in 1974, I found several books by Mary Stewart, and found many at half priced books. I think my favorite was Airs Above Ground. It went from a circus life, stolen goods, international smuggling, and an old mystery involving the disappearance of a famed Lipizzaner stallion and his groom.

She help start the romantic mystery genre, featuring smart, adventurous heroines who could hold their own in dangerous situations. She written children's books and poetry, but is best known for her Merlin series, which straddles the boundary between the historical novel and fantasy.


Then you have Rosemary Rodgers 's "Sweet Savage Love" in 1974. Her's were more steamy then Mary Stewart's. Lots of pale flesh, swooning and heaving breasts, and his throbbing manhood against your silken thighs in the moonlight.

damn I need a cigarette and I don't smoke.

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[ILikeToBendPages]

and some more Rod Stewart.


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[Wing Ding]

Ummm, Journey, Duran Duran, Abba, The Doobie Brothers and Three Dog Night are not the 60's era, Journey and Duran Duran are the 80's, the others are the 70's... Just sayin'. I just started a DePeche Mode station on Pandora radio.

I think you meant to say Journey was a 70's band, right LinasK? Although they were certainly more commercial and more popular in the 80's, their first album was released in 1975, but they didn't really make a name for themselves until Perry came aboard in '77 for their fourth album, Infinity, which was huge and put them on the map.

One of my favorite early, pre-Perry Journey tunes is the lengthy, proggy-sounding "Look Into The Future". Actually it's probably the only pre-Perry Journey song I like. Neal Schon's melodies, riffs, solos, fills and flangy effects are perfect all the way through, and... as much as it pains me to say this... Greg Rollie's vocals and keyboard work never sounded better.

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PS- if you're perhaps interested in a few DM remixes to add to your Pandora channel, let me know via PM.