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   alt.dreams.castaneda      The Art of Dreaming by Carlos Castaneda      26,979 messages   

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   Re: Still kickin' Brian? (2/3)   
   05 Mar 25 09:53:05   
   
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   > you get the script even though it's a bit harder over there in   
   > Blighty...   
   >   
   > Or, prove me wrong and upload a fucking pic with your nick next to it.   
   > I did it, Jeremy did it a while back (it's street legal where he is,   
   > mine was dealer stuff we only got medical a few years back)!   
   >   
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   >  i may indeed have a license for   
   >> this currently but that doesn't mean i'm suddenly switching into   
   >> activist-mode heh, have only tried this out of curiosity more than   
   >> anything else, just to see if it's real or a scam, and have ignored all   
   >> such adverts until now thinking to steer-clear of putting my name to   
   >> anything illegal, i like to smoke it but i still respect the law enough   
   >> not to walk down the street openly smoking it, or rubbing it in the   
   >> faces   
   >> of the local constabulary either, imho all that would be just taking the   
   >> piss and am not like that, nor am i one to abuse my privileges either...   
   >>   
   >> e.g., and this is a true story that has always stuck with me from 30   
   >> years   
   >> ago, someone i know was sitting on the grass in a large open public area   
   >> larger than a park, it was a lovely sunny summer's day and he had a book   
   >> and a sandwich and a very small amount of hash to smoke, no one's even   
   >> sitting nearby... he drinks his tea, eats his sandwich and rolls a small   
   >> joint and is sitting there quietly enjoying himself and the weather,   
   >> absorbed in his book... meanwhile, 2 policemen are creeping up on him   
   >> from   
   >> behind and he doesn't even notice them until one of them leans down and   
   >> says to him: is that cannabis you're smoking??   
   >>   
   >> you can imagine my friend's reaction, he looks around and looks up at   
   >> these 2 coppers and because of his surprise he says, oh c'mon, i'm not   
   >> bothering anyone here, am i? i'm just enjoying the weather and having a   
   >> little smoke, i'm not troubling anyone, what is this??   
   >>   
   >> one of the cops goes-through his stash-tin, finds his little pea-sized   
   >> bit   
   >> of hash and says to him, so is that all you've got?? and then almost in   
   >> a   
   >> whisper: so don't you think it would be better if you smoked that at   
   >> 'home' mate??   
   >>   
   >> whereon my friend caught their drift and immediately complied, packed up   
   >> his items in a rush(including his little bit of hash) got in his car and   
   >> fucked-off grateful for the break, and they didn't nick him or   
   >> confiscate   
   >> his gear or anything, except to give him that directive?   
   >>   
   >> and this story stuck with me see because it's right, my friend wasn't   
   >> doing any harm but that's not really the point, it's not legal to do   
   >> that   
   >> openly here yet and to do so is to be taking the piss, the clear   
   >> implication being that they're not gonna bother you quietly doing that   
   >> in   
   >> your own home or for such a small amount, they obviously realised   
   >> exactly   
   >> what he was doing and why, and that he wasn't really doing any harm...   
   >> just don't take the piss mate, alright?   
   >>   
   >> so no, i wont be posting any pics (yet) thang, not from the uk where   
   >> they   
   >> still feel somewhat uneasy about these things, if/when they change the   
   >> law   
   >> then everyone will be doing it but until then i'm not here to wind them   
   >> up   
   >> or take the piss, i have no axe to grind or any feelings of resentment   
   >> even though they did pinch me a few times for almost nada, am an   
   >> outsider   
   >> thang, not an outlaw ;)   
   >>   
   >> on another note hehe... my new prescription has just arrived today a   
   >> whole   
   >> week early lol, 3 new types and a repeat order of the candy store, 40g   
   >> in   
   >> all... the hindu kush (pure indica) am currently smoking is very good so   
   >> far, smile...   
   >   
   > Bullshit.  Or post a pic.  But I say, bullshit :)   
   >   
   >   
   >>   
   >> the sun has suddenly started shining through my window and everything's   
   >> all glowy and calm :)   
   >>   
   >> as for the tubs they come in there's 2 sizes, a taller one and a short   
   >> one, and are exactly the same as the one shown in that review video i   
   >> posted before, plastic and vacuum packed, strongly sealed prolly along   
   >> with a squirt of nitrogen or carbon dioxide for shelf-life/preservation   
   >> so   
   >> it can take a while to begin reacting with the air again, but it's defo   
   >> doin' summat! :D   
   >   
   > Nope, here 15g is 15g, same size tub, sealed with aluminium foil,   
   > small buds dried and grown in Canada.  I don't look at reviews just   
   > grateful for the tubs delivered to my door.  I have a card and a   
   > script carry both in my wallet.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> online reviews for this strain mention it can be trippy? i hope so coz i   
   >> rather like that effect, some people can get a bit paranoid/anxious   
   >> if/when it gets too trippy but i actually like all that, it's nice to be   
   >> looking around at an altered world feeling like some kinda alien   
   >> anthropologist visitor heh, and not many weeds can do that... thai   
   >> grass/sticks being the only one consistently doing it, at least for   
   >> moi, i   
   >> mean yeah it was freaky the first few times, and very hard to remain   
   >> composed kinda thng, but like most things you eventually get-used to it   
   >> and the dread goes away...   
   >>   
   >> the trick being to deliberately look outward at what you're seeing   
   >> instead   
   >> of inward and how you're feeling; the more you can ignore the 'self' and   
   >> look-away from it the less it bothers you, and coz all that   
   >> uncomfortable   
   >> crap/side of things is only ever associated with the self...   
   >   
   > Bullshit again, straight from online reviews.  Post a pic.  What's the   
   > harm?  If I'm wrong, I'll straight up apologise and we can get on with   
   > it comparing the quality and so on, but I just don't believe you mate,   
   > I don't.  I smell a rat.  And I don't know why, it seems compulsive   
   > with you...   
   >   
   >>   
   >> e.g., instead of focusing on how awful i felt (i've got some great   
   >> stories   
   >> about struggling with all that heh, with thai-grass particularly) i   
   >> would   
   >> instead set out on an adventure, meaning the world appears to work in a   
   >> different manner when you're in that altered state, even physics isn't   
   >> exactly the same? so because of that whenever it got trippy i'd set out   
   >> to   
   >> find/discover things, hidden things, unusual books, potentially magical   
   >> items, anything with a mysterious feeling to it at the time...   
   >> nonsense, i   
   >> know, but some of the stuff i'd come back with from these 'excursions'   
   >> was   
   >> actually even quite good on occasion, carlos castaneda's first book   
   >> being   
   >> among them and that's always been a great story, and am possibly only   
   >> talking to you now because of one of those trips-out into the unknown ;)   
   >>   
   >> certain weeds can still trigger that experience... who knows, maybe   
   >> joining this clinic is even what this is all about (i've been wondering   
   >> why it's happening kinda thing) and any minute now am gonna hit the   
   >> jackpot of an excursion lol :)   
   >>   
   >> well, one good J of this has indeed altered my perception, not massively   
   >> though, the best ones usually requiring only the one to know everything   
   >> about it...   
   >   
   > For a seasoned smoker, a number or a pipe won't do much except make   
   > you stoned, more vivid music noise colours etc, better taste and a   
   > body stone, but that's about it.  In truth, I'm not a big smoker   
   > anymore, it's prosaic.  I'd rather have a cold beer.   
   >   
   >   
   >>   
   >> it's ok though, calm, warm and kinda glowy, and there's some nice   
   >> hypnagogia/light-shows when i close my eyes... yeah, it's relaxing...   
   >> meditative/contemplative...   
   >   
      
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