Is anybody out there over 30??

[bonsaiguy]

Hi all,
New to this posting thing. Not since the late 80's or early 90's when I was still "borrowing" access to AOL and using their IM service while taking tech support calls. Any other "reliable and fair" old hippies here in the north metro area of the Twin Cities, email me at [email protected].
I'm too old to go bar hopping or campus cruising. Lost a "gardener" this summer to a bust, another good friend dropped off the earth. Can't seem to find anything or anyone.

BG

[thebeancounter]

Well I'm way over 30 but I don't live 'round your parts.Deep southern TX here

[bonsaiguy]

actually I'm way over 30 also....pushin 50 in fact, here in the frozen north

[bonsaiguy]

I have been to Texas though...El Paso to be more precise.
Not the most exciting place but the ribs were awesome in some
run down shithole of a bar that i found on a biz trip

[Big.M]

Yeah i'm no kid I'm 38, From the midwest enough said !

[thebeancounter]

We got some REAL good local dishes down here.But my neck of the woods is probably LESS scenic than el paso,nothing but rice fields and refineries to look at around here.Good thing I have friends in A'dam :D I need SOMETHING to kill the boredom here :stoned:

[bonsaiguy]

My wife is heading to Odessa to visit her bro for new years.
I get to stay home or possibly visit the folks in Illinois.
I'm a big seafood fan so I don't think I'd last long in texas

[thebeancounter]

We got seafood aplenty.Just keep heading south to the gulf coast.Shrimp is cheap and plentiful and red snapper as well

[bonsaiguy]

hard to believe that state produced the diametrically opposed likes of GWB and Molly Ivins...or maybe not.

[Trichome Creator]

I'm 29. Does that count? lol

[bonsaiguy]

close enough for the girls we go out with

[plumber]

31 up in edinburgh

[bonsaiguy]

as in Scotland?

[plumber]

as in Scotland?

yup!

[Psycho4Bud]

43 here and not that far from ya. :thumbsup: Packerland!

[tokosan]

43 here and not that far from ya. :thumbsup: Packerland! no we are both 13 lets play legos

[Psycho4Bud]

no we are both 13 lets play legos

13 was a good age. Price of mexican was $15 an ounce and Columbian was $25! Damn....

We bought it in nickles dimes and ounces...$5 for 10g. $10 for 20g. and an ounce WAS 30g. :thumbsup:

[tokosan]

13 was a good age. Price of mexican was $15 an ounce and Columbian was $25! Damn....

We bought it in nickles dimes and ounces...$5 for 10g. $10 for 20g. and an ounce WAS 30g. :thumbsup: ok so u wont play legos with me

how about pokemon cards?

Ok i play charizard. OMG +2. you are so owned.

what do u do now eh?

[purpledrummer1]

Hi all,
New to this posting thing. Not since the late 80's or early 90's when I was still "borrowing" access to AOL and using their IM service while taking tech support calls. Any other "reliable and fair" old hippies here in the north metro area of the Twin Cities, email me at [email protected].
I'm too old to go bar hopping or campus cruising. Lost a "gardener" this summer to a bust, another good friend dropped off the earth. Can't seem to find anything or anyone.

BG
40 here. Proud of it too. Living in the UK with my brit husband. But born and bred in Chicago.

[tokosan]

40 here. Proud of it too. Living in the UK with my brit husband. But born and bred in Chicago. Chi-town is the second best city

[Psycho4Bud]

What the hell is charizard?

[purpledrummer1]

Chi-town is the second best city
Second best to who, doll? NYC? Bring it on baby,,bring it on.
;-)

[bonsaiguy]

40 here. Proud of it too. Living in the UK with my brit husband. But born and bred in Chicago.

Chicago is a great town. I once told my wife that if a pretty british girl ever tried to pick me up (I know...dream on) I would be hard put to say no.
I just love those accents. Thanks for saying hi.

[purpledrummer1]

Chicago is a great town. I once told my wife that if a pretty british girl ever tried to pick me up (I know...dream on) I would be hard put to say no.
I just love those accents. Thanks for saying hi.
Cheers mate!

[andruejaysin]

36. Damn, when you have to stop and think about it, you know you're getting old. How did that old Pink Floyd song go? "one day you wake to find, ten years have come and gone" truer words were never spoken.

[bonsaiguy]

close enough. time does fly when you're on the downhill side.
I still and stunned my oldest ones are 20 and my baby is 17.

someone get me a cane

[scooterjay]

yahr! will be 41 in 40 days matey!! i remember buying 1/4 oz. of christmas tree sensimilla for 35 bucks in 1983....damn fine smoke that was! it was a fortune to us, but worth it as it would last a long time. all you needed was a couple bowls to be stoned for a good two to three hours. we also could get some stuff called "monkey dick" that was unreal. true two toke redbud that would make you laugh for hours. nowadays i'm lucky to find some swag that looks like dirt and tastes like dirt....kinda like the cheap colombian that was around at the end of the eighties, not the seventies acupuolco gold but real dirt!

[bonsaiguy]

Oh the good old days...thai sticks, aculpulco gold, redbud, jamaican...all for under $100 an oz. On the other hand...these fancy new strains are really nice.
Ain't science neat??

way back when in the 70's when the cops would just take your shit and send you home...then have a big party of their own. Then again, all those guns and spliff had to be a bad combo.

[scooterjay]

never did smoke thai stick, heard about it though. i have yet to smoke any of this "new strain" stuff. rural areas make more money off crack and coke and crystal meth so weed isn't a big mover. i've decided to grow my own so after i learn how using bag seed i will try something exotic.

[chix4bud]

33,,, u know your old when your kid thinks your a dork and the only way you get to hang out with em is as a chaperone :(

[Psycho4Bud]

never did smoke thai stick, heard about it though. i have yet to smoke any of this "new strain" stuff. rural areas make more money off crack and coke and crystal meth so weed isn't a big mover. i've decided to grow my own so after i learn how using bag seed i will try something exotic.

Try Northern Lights. Very good plant for the beginner! Tastes like hash and what a buzz!! Real forgiving plant, no matter how many rookie mistakes ya make, she keeps on bouncing back for more! Good Luck!!! :thumbsup:

[plumber]

This is very intresting,i have only smoked from early ninties,do you older guys think weed of the 70/80s is better than today?

[scooterjay]

never smoked any of the new "hybrids", but the old swag that you got from any dealer was better than the swag you get today. christmas tree was awesome, red and white hairs, sticky and smelled just like a christmas tree. red bud was dense, sticky and would put you down for a few hours. lamb's bread was very white, super chatty high. girls would yak for hours after smoking some. we used to get mexican called "paraquat" that was awful. would make your mouth numb and would make you stupid for a few hours. we found out later that is was sprayed with a herbicide called..you guessed it...paraquat. horrible stuff, smelled like molasses! me and my brother used to grow afghan outdoors. hard to get it to a true "sinsemilla" if anyone else was growing within a five mile radius but man that was good! super smelly, you could smell a mature plant from thirty yards away. would make your heart race and your mind free. my brother grew a plant in a vacant lot across the street from our parents that he harvested when it was about eight feet tall. he got over a pound of buds off it and we silkscreened hash off the lower buds and trim. it was so big it was scary....the best thing was it was almost in plain sight of the street. no one would expect a plant to be growing there. damn, those were good times!

[Green Love]

27, haven't hit the mile stone marker yet.

[eg420ne]

31 here in deep south texas

[bonsaiguy]

This is very intresting,i have only smoked from early ninties,do you older guys think weed of the 70/80s is better than today?

I think that there is a lot more primo on the market these days. There really weren't a lot of strains around in the late 60's early 70's. Truly high end weed was simply called sinsemilla. (not named after guns and smurfs and gum)
And most people were extremely leery of homegrown since it was hard to find decent seeds much less the right lighting and growing gear. And there was no where near as much info on how to grow.
I know it's hard to believe, but there were no pc's back then much less the internet. And it was unlikely that your local library would be carrying Ed Rosenthal, much less the local bookstore. (althought there were "underground" bookstores and head shops) And thanks for making me age myself but as a friend of mine taught me,
I may not be as good as I once was, but I'm as good as I ever was once.

[plumber]

I think that there is a lot more primo on the market these days. There really weren't a lot of strains around in the late 60's early 70's. Truly high end weed was simply called sinsemilla. (not named after guns and smurfs and gum)
And most people were extremely leery of homegrown since it was hard to find decent seeds much less the right lighting and growing gear. And there was no where near as much info on how to grow.
I know it's hard to believe, but there were no pc's back then much less the internet. And it was unlikely that your local library would be carrying Ed Rosenthal, much less the local bookstore. (althought there were "underground" bookstores and head shops) And thanks for making me age myself but as a friend of mine taught me,
I may not be as good as I once was, but I'm as good as I ever was once.
What sort of solids(hash) were about then?

[bonsaiguy]

mostly middle eastern...morrocan or afghani..in my neck of the woods it was a rare treat

[kenbev40]

Then one day you find 45 years have got behind you!
Noone told you when to run you missed the starting gun.
(pinkfloyd darksideofthemoon 1972)

[thebeancounter]

maroccan and on the rare occasion some lebanese blond could be found.But hash was relatively scarce around here in the 70's

[plumber]

maroccan and on the rare occasion some lebanese blond could be found.But hash was relatively scarce around here in the 70's
Hey beany is the ketama gold a type of moroccan?

[thebeancounter]

Hey beany is the ketama gold a type of moroccan?
To be honest I'm not sure.It tastes and looks very similar to the king maroc we have.But it has a smoother more delicate flavor.Most likely it IS a maroc.I'm fairly certain it's a North African polm.I think ketama is the name of the area.

[motahead]

I'm 31 and that's the reverse of 13

[scooterjay]

any of y'all ever get that "hash" that was nothing more than ground up stems and karo syrup? used to see it all the time, wouldn't get you high even back in the neophyte days! i made a 1.5 hour trip this morning to smoke three bowls with my best friend and visit for an hour. hopefully the dry spell will be over by the weekend and i'll be able to find a bag. how about a reliable mailorder? any help??? [email protected]

or [email protected]

[bonsaiguy]

any of y'all ever get that "hash" that was nothing more than ground up stems and karo syrup? used to see it all the time, wouldn't get you high even back in the neophyte days! i made a 1.5 hour trip this morning to smoke three bowls with my best friend and visit for an hour. hopefully the dry spell will be over by the weekend and i'll be able to find a bag. how about a reliable mailorder? any help??? [email protected]

or [email protected]

I must be more out of touch that I thought since the majority of my friends these days are not in to this "hobby". I've never heard of such a thing as stem dust and corn syrup and the only bad hash I ever came across was home made with a late 1970's device called an Isomerizer.

[Miggoll]

Sliding towards 30! 28!!!

[Spramp]

I'm 38 - Hey Bonsaiguy, I lived in Crystal from 84 - 92. My best friend lives in Maple Grove. Remember Paul Douglas on Kare-11? Best news anchor in the US. Sucks that he went to LA...

[bonsaiguy]

He's back doing weather. Maybe you're thinking of Majers.

[Spramp]

Ah ha... See I was throwing you a curve ball there to check if you are actually from MN...

[Spramp]

No thats bullshit... But Majors was the man.

[slayergirl]

hey there 40 in austin...gets difficult to connect as you get older at 13 i couldn't make it through a day of school with out getting new info

[thebeancounter]

hey there 40 in austin...gets difficult to connect as you get older at 13 i couldn't make it through a day of school with out getting new info
:) I hear you there.That's why I started dealing originally.Got too damn hard to find anyone to score from.So I BECAME that person.Least i haven't had a dry spell for years now.

[Fengzi]

36 as of yesterday. I'm out in San Francisco. Well, actually in San Jose but I always say San Fran because nobody has ever heard about San Jose even though we are a bigger city. All part of the San Francisco Bay Area though so I guess it still counts.

[thebeancounter]

36 as of yesterday. I'm out in San Francisco. Well, actually in San Jose but I always say San Fran because nobody has ever heard about San Jose even though we are a bigger city. All part of the San Francisco Bay Area though so I guess it still counts.
I've heard of San Jose.Never been there but then again I haven't set foot in Cali in my life.

[Aldre]

hey there 40 in austin...gets difficult to connect as you get older at 13 i couldn't make it through a day of school with out getting new info

Amen slayer girl. 32 here, just tryin' to kick back and not take life so seriously, but you're right, get out of the whole party scene and next thing you know........you don't know anyone cool anymore.

This board is great though

[jfoster]

now, i wasn't around back then but i heard in the 70's(or maybe 80's...i dont know) that there was some weed going around called panama red and was the original one hitter quitter.

[slayergirl]

:) I hear you there.That's why I started dealing originally.Got too damn hard to find anyone to score from.So I BECAME that person.Least i haven't had a dry spell for years now.


if your ever in austin let me know....i would love to hook up with someone in texas...i lived all over the US and this has been my longest dry spell without knowing anyone

[bonsaiguy]

Ah ha... See I was throwing you a curve ball there to check if you are actually from MN...

I'm not. I just live here. (20 or so years)
I swear I am going to retire someplace that has no winter. Or maybe England..I love the accents.

[thebeancounter]

if your ever in austin let me know....i would love to hook up with someone in texas...i lived all over the US and this has been my longest dry spell without knowing anyone
Drop me a line,my email is in my signature :stoned:

[braydenst]

hello i'm from MN

[bonsaiguy]

hello i'm from MN
Welcome to the board. Whereabouts in MN are you?

[mand]

Hello Bonsaiguy :) .................... I did a very similar type of thread when I first joined these boards ;)

It really can make you feel old on here at times ;) . Anyway I am 44 old granny who has been smoking cannabis since I was 18 and growing my own since 1998 :)


Oh by the way I saw you're thread with the Bonsai tree pic, what a really super little tree :)



love mand xxx :)

[bonsaiguy]

Hi Mand,
I'm amazed they haven't moved or deleted this thread yet. Is that you in your avatar? You wear your age very very well. (plus I'm a sucker for UK accents)
I have 2 20yr old sons and a 17yr old daughter and am in no hurry to be a grandpa just yet. Then again, it would be kinda cool. And thanks for the compliment about the tree. Like I said, I almost wish I hadn't sold it.
I know what you mean about this board and the average age. But someone has to teach these kids. Might as well be us.

[mand]

Hello again B :) Hmmm they probably think it's not doing any harm here so why move it ...................... oh dear "THEY" it sounds kinda sinister ;)

Yes that's me in my avatar but it's all "slap and light" love, no trickery I just take advantage of artifical means ............... all us girls over a certain age do it :o
I have three children as well a daughter 24, and two sons 20 and 22. It is my daughter who has provided me with a lovely little grandson, I'm affraid my sons are in no rush to repeat that however .................... there to busy enjoying themselves :)


Ah the youngsters on here :rolleyes: , I tend to hang around and post in the Indoor growing section mainly and I have to say they are a really great bunch :)


As for the accents, well I was chating over the internet a while ago with someone from the US and they were telling me that over there you would have to travel a good few hundred miles or so to detect any noticable change in accent. Well over here you just have to travel 20 -30 miles and you have a hard time understanding what they are saying ;)



love mand xxx :)

[bonsaiguy]

That's true. the differences between say Liverpool and downtown london or the famed cockney accent are amazing. But then again, we're a lot more spread out than you. I know a bit about the "trade" secrets of you girls. My wife is naturally blonde but has been more of a light auburn for the last few years. Just glad I'm a male and don't have to mess with all of that.
BTW, how old is the little demon?

[mand]

He is just a "tad" over three years old now. It was his birthday last month and I had to watch with amazment as he ripped open his presents and then just causually tossed it aside so he could move on to the next one ..................... yes he is spoilt a little I'm affraid.
I have dropped the odd hint or two to my daughter that if he had a few little brothers or sisters then he wouldn't be the centre of attenton, but that suggestion seems to be falling on deaf ears ;)


Hmmm I think that is so unfair ;) a guy goes out all he has to do is put on a pair of trousers and a shirt, brush his hair and that's it, he's finished and ready.
I have to admit though I am more of a comfort dresser myself, a pair of jeans and a jumper or jogging bottoms and a sweatshirt and I'm happy :)
Although sometimes I do feel obliged to make an effort. I went to a Christmas party last Saturday and it took forever to get ready and I am still crippled with sore feet from wearing high heels :( and I've got another one to go to at the end of this week :eek:



Oh I notice that at the begining of the thread you say you're having trouble finding any cannabis .................... Honestly B, grow you're own if I can do it anyone can ;)



love mand xxx :)

[bonsaiguy]

I would if I could hon but the missus would take a dim view of that. She went shiite catholic on me about 15 years ago and doesn't approve of such things as cannabis anymore.
3 yr olds are so cute. I have a nephew who's 4 now and damned clever. He now has a 1yr old baby brother as well whom I have not met yet but will in about a week. Going to visit my folks for new years and my sis and her kids will be ther.
should be fun.

I was thinking of trying out the lowrider strain though. much easier to conceal and such and based on what I've heard, very tolerant of extremes so I might stick a couple in the rafters of my cold frame sometime in late feb or early march. Just to see what happens.

[scooterjay]

my ex-wife wasn't down with the cannabis thing but my new wife is. she suffers from MS so she benefits more from toking than just getting the head right. i too feel out of place here, especially when i read posts by that guy "da haze meister". were we that annoying back then? i also have an attic garden, have six little seedlings showing themselves quite well. i hope at least one is female. we'll see in a few weeks when the start showing their veggie genitalia.

[bonsaiguy]

Yes, we were that annoying.

[slayergirl]

there seems to be a split on the site...half old time tokers wanting to connect and have a few laughs and the other half juvenile crackers who smoke catnip and think they are gangstas....maybe i am just getting old ..did any of you grow up with "pot ethics" you know...don't gum the joint...never apporach a dealer without a referral, never hoard pot or the pot gods will issue a dry plauge on your town, never bring a noobie to a party if they aren't willing to hit the j, squealing is for ned beatty, never pinch without dirfect permission etc......back then you had to jump through some hoops to get "made".......oh well back to the bong

[psychocat]

43 years on this planet, the last 26 tokin and the last 15 as a full time toker.
Slayer I like your style.Ethics are good

[bonsaiguy]

Good one on the Ned Beatty reference. I remember the old pot etiquette. It's still around to some degree. At least for us old folks. I can't say as I spend a lot of time partying with the younguns since most of my friends are my age. And most of them are not smokers either.

[mand]

Hello Again "B" :) That's such a shame that you're other half is against you're growing ......................... Hmmm marriage :o I can vividly remember what that was like that's why I value my independence so highly now ;)

I wouldn't take too much notice of me "B" when the subject of being married comes up, I was married to one of lifes great losers :o


Anyway isn't also a shame when it comes to reaching a certain age and all of a sudden we find ourselves to be classed as "old fogies" :eek:
Although I do remember what I was like as a teenager and I do find some of the posts kinda amusing to read, there was one a little while ago in which a lad wrote a thread complaining that is mum was so unfair because she wouldn't allow him to go out with his friends untill he did his homework.
The things that seem such a major drama at that age :rolleyes:


Also if you get the chance to do a little outside crop just be carefull you're missus doesn't find out ;)
My first ever grow was an outside one and it was quite a decent little one as well. I cleared a little patch in the garden, prepared it with some compost and a bit of horse muck. I started the plants in the window around mid April and planted them out at the begining of May and hrvested them at the begining of October. It was all simplicity itself, however I did lose a few buds to a touch of bud rot due to the damp weather we have over here at the begining of Autum.
I would love to do another one but for security I'll stick with indoor grows ;)



love mand xxx :)

[butters]

hey all...got my internet back after 2 weeks...im 40

[bonsaiguy]

Don't get me wrong. She's a wonderful woman and has been a great wife (not that I have anyone to compare to) and a great mom to the kids. But she doesn't even approve of me smoking cigs (faggs to you brit folk) much less reefer. For sure once all the kids move out, (one down, two to go) I will be growing whether she likes it or not. I'm pretty sure she would neither leave nor would she call the cops. She used to smoke but being a mom and, as I said a shiite catholic, she gave it up a long time ago.
I remember before we had the kids I had about 6 plants growing under flourexcents in our little apartment. Then her folks came to visit and we had to get rid of them in panic mode. Looking back it was kind of funny. Since there was no place to put them I had to kill them before they had a chance to flower.
Hung them up in a little attic area above our bedroom. But she never goes in the cold frame so there probably would be no problem and there's just enough room up there for those little lowrider plants.

[mfactor420]

I'm over 40 and yes, pot ethics exist - for us fogies anyway. I'll bet the youngins haven't a clue about the Ned Beatty reference. I aint squealin' but I sure am laughing my ass off!!! Well done! I think the only reason to hoard the pot is if it's your medicine. I wouldn't give my friends a celexa or prozac that's for damn sure! We aren't getting old, some of us either didn't teach our youngins proper manners or the youngins refuse to listen these days. "Smoke catnip and think they are gangstas" - Slayergirl that's a keen and sharp sense of humour. I'm still laughing. Thanks for sharing your wit with us.

[bonsaiguy]

Poor Ned, I think that scene pretty much did in his movie career. He spent most of his career doing theatre after that. Then he did the Superman movie and still he want back to the stage. Maybe he just liked it better.

[scooterjay]

don't forget that ned beatty played sheriff jc connors in the burt reynolds movie "white lightning". what a great role for him.

as for the "younguns" what is up with the way they write nowadays? no punctuation, run on sentences and horrible misspelling. also, why do they sometimes try to be "OG" (original gangster) and write like this.....yO my hoMieZ
goNna GivE a ShoUt oUt To lil' Jon aNd wE iS GoNna cRaNk DaT cRunK sHit.

i sound like robert d raiford...crumudgeon at large!

[gildoiski]

next birthday if I'm ever wanted by the cops I will be described as mid to late thirtie. What a fecking though

[bonsaiguy]

don't forget that ned beatty played sheriff jc connors in the burt reynolds movie "white lightning". what a great role for him.

as for the "younguns" what is up with the way they write nowadays? no punctuation, run on sentences and horrible misspelling. also, why do they sometimes try to be "OG" (original gangster) and write like this.....yO my hoMieZ
goNna GivE a ShoUt oUt To lil' Jon aNd wE iS GoNna cRaNk DaT cRunK sHit.

i sound like robert d raiford...crumudgeon at large!

It's called public school. You can't correct their grammar, spelling, or punctuation because it might hurt their feelings and damage their self esteem.

[bonsaiguy]

Thanks guys.

[motahead]

Cool thread.

I saw an "everyone post your age" thread and pratically everyone was UNDER 18 for chrissake or at least under 25.

No wonder I get pissed off at some of these posts but then I have to realize that I'm basically wandering around a high school cafeteria and sometimes
the cannabis "romper room."

That's right Romper Room. Anyone get that reference? To the elder folks I would seem young but to the masses of teeny boppers floating around they probably have no idea what I'm talking about.

[smokincajun]

33, and I know what Romper Room is (or was)...good show. I used to have a crush on Ms. Sally.

I can remember acting like a spaze & my dad would always say "you think this house is romper room?!" before he smacked down.

[bonsaiguy]

Ah yes...Romper Room, Magic Mirror.
I feel ancient.

[scooterjay]

hah...i see robert, and susie, and william, and joey, and louise...............

how about "june bugs"? remember that show? i was a member of the june bug club, had an iron on patch and everything.

[mfactor420]

Cool thread.

I saw an "everyone post your age" thread and pratically everyone was UNDER 18 for chrissake or at least under 25.

No wonder I get pissed off at some of these posts but then I have to realize that I'm basically wandering around a high school cafeteria and sometimes
the cannabis "romper room."

That's right Romper Room. Anyone get that reference? To the elder folks I would seem young but to the masses of teeny boppers floating around they probably have no idea what I'm talking about.

LMAO - Yup, the good old magic mirror. Right up there with Captain Kangaroo & Mr. Green Jeans!!! It's probably in the Smithsonian.

[dogg]

29 years

[Garden Knowm]

NYC - can't be touched... freaking AMAZING!
And LONDON is better than Chicago

: )
i love you

[scooterjay]

thanks to the calculator of legumes good ol mom pulls thru with much delight to the home crowd. hasn't been this nice in a long time, enjoying a rare december thunderstorm right now. i give it a thumbs up.

[scooterjay]

bump...............alright kiddies, i got to ask a question. what the hell is "woot"? man, i'm out of touch with the young generation. i'm still a lot cooler than you think you are.

[cheenyc13]

34 with a bullet in nyc

[Starchild]

I am over 30

[eg420ne]

31yrs old :thumbsup: Damn I posted it again

[chrisinallen]

35 and from Dallas. I feel really old when I read msgs on this board sometimes. I think its cool though that there are all kinds of people and ages on here. It makes for some interesting stuff.

[beachguy in thongs]

I like being under 31.

[FunkyMonkey]

bump...............alright kiddies, i got to ask a question. what the hell is "woot"? man, i'm out of touch with the young generation. i'm still a lot cooler than you think you are.


This is what I use :
http://www.urbandictionary.com



oh yeah, and Im still 31.

[Nochowderforyou]

I'm 23 :D Not 30, but I'm getting there.

[spacelamb]

38 here...I posted on another thread that I first smoked pot around 1980ish, made me feel ancient.
Ah, yes...Romper Room! Electric Company, anyone?

[beachguy in thongs]

That stuff was on local cable.

[mfactor420]

38 here...I posted on another thread that I first smoked pot around 1980ish, made me feel ancient.
Ah, yes...Romper Room! Electric Company, anyone?

hee hee . . . . . . . Electric Company. How about Gumby & Pokey? Or the old Sinbad Jr. Cartoons with Salty the parrot and rotcoddam (that's mad doctor spelled backwards and his goonie hechman Goots. :D

If someone has any of the old Fantastic Voyage cartoons, I'd love some copies. I got only one episode here. Animated Star Trek is also way cool!

Looks like I got you all beat as I am over 40. Geez, do I have to start another thread for that? LOL :dance:

Well, while you puppies are playing with your iPods, I'm still spinning vinyl & lovin' it!!!! :thumbsup:

Peace ya'll!!! :rasta:

[FunkyMonkey]

Ive got every episode of thundercats if anyone wants it!

[Bonger]

Im only 18 so I may not fit into this category but I have just one thing to say.
You old dudes rock!
There's nothing I like more then cool old tokers, much like yourselves.
I can't wait until im over 30 and I can talk to all the kids on cannabis.com and tell them wild stories about weed and partying back in the at the turn of the millenium :rasta:
So props to you guys just for being cool old tokers.

[FunkyMonkey]

Cheers Bonger!

[luvbud]

I have met a few older stoners than myself and they are very cool. Myself I will be 30 very soon. :) :confused:

[beachguy in thongs]

Remember Battlestar Galactica and Yankee Games on WPIX, anyone?

Though, I'm not legally posting on this thread. Not over 30 until April 8th.

[Essence]

:smokin: Way over 30,,,, :rolleyes: enjoying Life very much,,,,no way would I want to do it all over :rasta: Have some Awesome memories I'd like to keep :smokin:

[luvbud]

so u are an aries too beach guy and from va!!

[eg420ne]

G.I. Joe and A-team were my favorite shows back in the 80s---I cant remember anything else,, ooohh and Knight Rider...

[beachguy in thongs]

so u are an aries too beach guy and from va!!
Yes.

Are you an Aries sister or brother of mine?

From va? Cool. Hook up with me, I'll need a roommate. :smokin:

I've always wanted an Aries lover... :p

[greenfrog]

Hell, lets do a 40 and over postie, Mwuahahhaa

[reefergrl]

40 yrs old and still toking. I think I'm gonna smoke til I die. Drink only occassionlly and no other drugs (except Percodan, when I can get them, very rare tho). It is good that there are all ages and lifestlyes posting here. Smoking reefer is kind of frowned on here (at least in most people in my age group) but they all sure do seem to do a lot of drinking while they're dissing pot and pot smokers. I have a few friends my age that smoke but only 5 or so. Well anyway that's what I think.

[ladyM]

38 in PA

[ladyM]

I didnt realize there were this many of us here, where have you all been hiding? The Kid Krap is out of control here. Its why I have'nt been posting very often anymore. Good to see contemporaries.

[beachguy in thongs]

I didnt realize there were this many of us here, where have you all been hiding? The Kid Krap is out of control here. Its why I have'nt been posting very often anymore. Good to see contemporaries.
Maybe the older generations are still hiding behind the "stigma" placed on Herb by your generation and ones preceding it.

[mfactor420]

Maybe the older generations are still hiding behind the "stigma" placed on Herb by your generation and ones preceding it.



:confused: What the hell are you talking about? Any of us older folks who toke never put a "stigma" on herb as you suggest. Only certain non-toking conservative types think it is wrong to smoke pot. So what would us older toking folks be hiding behind?

In fact, if you watch a video called "Hemplands" you will see that many of our "generation and the ones preceding it" actually grew hemp as a crop for many things like ship's sails, rope, clothing and bailing bags for cotton. If it wasn't for us older folk bringing it back from places like Vietnam and Korea, etc. you youngins wouldn't even know what the hell marijuana is.

Oh, and the next time some asshole lights a cigarette at a bus stop or something and the smoke blows in my face and makes me sick, I would be most happy to light a joint and blow the smoke back in their face.

I sure hope I interpretted your comment correctly. If I did, it was a pretty lame ass thing to say coming from someone who normally posts fairly intelligently.


I didnt realize there were this many of us here, where have you all been hiding? The Kid Krap is out of control here. Its why I have'nt been posting very often anymore. Good to see contemporaries.

It seems beachguy in thongs has just proven your point about "kid krap". :D

[CaptnMark]

hi y'all

anyone in chicago want to party? i have some average buds, not great but it does the job. i'm still looking for hydro. i'm spoiled on the great bright green hydro. if anyone has high quality buds, or hydro, please email me.

[email protected]

[Essence]

I didnt realize there were this many of us here, where have you all been hiding? The Kid Krap is out of control here. Its why I have'nt been posting very often anymore. Good to see contemporaries. :smokin: I'd go into chat & talk w/ ya ~Lady M~,,,cant get into chat for nothing so its just posting for me which is alright too ;) I see we have similar interests beadwork !! taking a break right now from that :pimp:

[Whos Carl]

My parents are over 30 and I have a 30cm penis do I get to join your intimate little over 30's club?

[mfactor420]

My parents are over 30 and I have a 30cm penis do I get to join your intimate little over 30's club?

What the fuck is 30cm. in inches??? LOL :D

We don't care about the size of your dick. But if you must know, I finally found a way to make it 8 inches long - fold it in half. LOL :thumbsup:

[beachguy in thongs]

:confused: What the hell are you talking about?



It seems beachguy in thongs has just proven your point about "kid krap". :D
Well, okay. You gotta point.

I'll stop posting my kid crap, mfactor. I'm talking about the people who have taught their kids the ill effects of marijuana, because that's what they were taught, because of the oppression of the studies done in the 60's and 70's. I wasn't talking about every single person, but there is no possible way that people weren't fully educated about Pot, seeing how a lot of this stuff is newly discovered. Any skeptics would've sided with the fact that Pot is bad, because so much was unknown of it.

And it's 1.18 inches.

I'm sorry, I should've said previous Presidents.

[beachguy in thongs]

What the fuck is 30cm. in inches??? LOL :D

We don't care about the size of your dick. But if you must know, I finally found a way to make it 8 inches long - fold it in half. LOL :thumbsup:
I don't see what makes your posts less "kid crap".

[mfactor420]

I don't see what makes your posts less "kid crap".

OOOOO..... awwwww.......I have one post in how many on this forum that even closely resembles "kid krap". It was more a joke than "kid krap". The point is, I and many others here don't care about the size of anyone's dick. If anyone does care, then there is an adequate sexuality thread group for that kind of post. Next time, I won't try to point that out in such a humourous manner. I'll cut the guy to verbal shreds and leave his post bleeding to death on the side of the thread. Will that make you feel better? :D

Anyway, yes, you should have been more specific about who you were talking about having a stigma about smoking pot. Any of us older folk smoking pot aren't skeptics. I'm sure we aren't smoking pot and telling others it is bad. Wouldn't that be hypocritical? You may not have been talking about every single person but when you generalize by saying "older generations", you do "say" every person of the older generations.

At least you have clarified yourself and corrected the slip. No one can fault you for that. Perhaps your slip was less "kid krap" and more just a misinformed opinion. My apologies. :thumbsup:

[chrisinallen]

hey there 40 in austin...gets difficult to connect as you get older at 13 i couldn't make it through a day of school with out getting new info

Hey there cus, I thought you had dropped off the map after the big Texas win over USC. Also Allen isnt my last name so dont worry I dont think we are really related. Im in Dallas, and I think we might have emailed each other once upon a time about some Hash. If you are the right person, let me know sometime. I get down to Marble Falls from time to time and would always like to meet a fellow law breaker.....LOL

[email protected]

[slayergirl]

wow...records...love the whole expirence ..spent as much time looking at the Captian Fantastic album cover and reading the liner notes as i did listening to the music.. nights lost listening to Bob Dylan and the BAnd Live .and 8 tracks.....ac/dc...blaring in the car as coke bottles rolled around under the seats.....falling asleep with headphones on...and the long songs that were always cut in two between track 3 and 4... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[slayergirl]

[email protected]........





Hey there cus, I thought you had dropped off the map after the big Texas win over USC. Also Allen isnt my last name so dont worry I dont think we are really related. Im in Dallas, and I think we might have emailed each other once upon a time about some Hash. If you are the right person, let me know sometime. I get down to Marble Falls from time to time and would always like to meet a fellow law breaker.....LOL

[email protected]

[mfactor420]

wow...records...love the whole expirence ..spent as much time looking at the Captian Fantastic album cover and reading the liner notes as i did listening to the music.. nights lost listening to Bob Dylan and the BAnd Live .and 8 tracks.....ac/dc...blaring in the car as coke bottles rolled around under the seats.....falling asleep with headphones on...and the long songs that were always cut in two between track 3 and 4... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I hear ya slayergirl! You would die and think you've gone to music radio heaven looking at my place. But 8-tracks??? hhhmmmmmm . . . . . . I remember Herb Alpert, The Irish Rovers, and The Partridge Family on my parent's car 8 track. Definitely not my favourite medium to play music. But still . . . . . . the memories . . . . . . :thumbsup:

[bonsaiguy]

Maybe the older generations are still hiding behind the "stigma" placed on Herb by your generation and ones preceding it.

To some degree, Beachguy is correct. When you're in your 40's or 50's or whatever, you're usually in a position where the vast majority of your coworkers are not in to your cup of tea, so to speak and do look down on pot smokers. And they are not particularly interested in your age. They look down on all tokers as being fried, ineffecive, lazy, unreliable etc. Most of us in this age group make it a point to NOT let our coworkers know what we do on our own time for several reasons. First, eventually it gets back to the boss and unless boss is a toker, that's not a good thing. If it eventually gets to the HR folks, and it will, they will also be "keeping an eye" on your patterns, performance, behavior etc. And then there is the office gossip machine that keeps folks talking behind your back. This will happen no matter where you work so why give them any ammo. Also keep in mind that as a parent, one usually is not very forthcoming with that information either. When we were kids, none of us would have even conceived of the idea of turning our parents in to the cops. There was no DARE program teaching kids to narc on their parents. Believe it or not, there really is a stigma attached to drug use and if anything, it's even worse in this new century than in the last one. "When we were kids" (there's that phrase again) there was no drug testing. Not even in the military.

[Garden Knowm]

Bonsai..

I only do women who are over 30

I love you

[bonsaiguy]

Bonsai..

I only do women who are over 30

I love you
Good thing I'm not a woman. Women over 30 are the best. No question about that one. (I say this as a man who is pushing 50, not filthy rich and therefore couldn't get a 20yr old to sleep with him, but that's another issue) Women over 30 are just that...women. (most of them anyway) Raquel Welch is still gorgeous,
Christie Brinkley, a lot of those sex symbols of the 60's, 70's and even 80's are still gorgeous and some look better now than they ever did in their 20's. Kim Cattrall comes to mind as well, Cher is still a pig.

[beachguy in thongs]

I'm pushing over-30 bonsaiguy. You painted a scary view of industries, factories, and labs everywhere.

I guess those memories from those few days of those few jobs I had at a few factories came back to me. Wasn't bad, it was just, factory work.

[bonsaiguy]

I'm pushing over-30 bonsaiguy. You painted a scary view of industries, factories, and labs everywhere.

Well, "they" say that smoking MJ makes you paranoid. But it's been my observation that the world is that way. And the further up the ladder you go, the worse it gets. I've worked in factories, plants, and office buildings as both a laborer and a "professional" (IT geek) and it's a wierd wierd world out there. I worked at a small company (13 employees) whose CEO probably made over a million a year, shmoozed with country club types, and he was getting his main sales guy to get the warehouse guy to get him nose candy. But he was very hush hush about it and didn't think anyone else knew. Warehouse guy was also my "provider" for smoke. He was eventually canned for smoking on the job (almost always a bad idea). It's even worse in larger companies that have HR departments. HR departments were not invented to benefit employees.

[beachguy in thongs]

That's one thing, I'm never letting anything stand in my way of my right to smoke Herb. From my perspective, I see a miracle cure. A miracle cure for me. Unless you're stoned, it's a miracle for someone to sit and listen to me.

[scobbie]

40 year old and still loving my weed have 2 sons 22 and 19 and we get together for a toak once a week ,god dam ive had some good sessions with my boys man , having a toak with them is the reason i know my son real personalities, me my sons and my wife kick back on a sunday and bang on some tunes or a good movie and gouch out memories we will cherish, anyway young toakers are cool if they have respect something that is sadly missin a lot these days, who remembers the banana bunch.

[mfactor420]

who remembers the banana bunch.

1 banana, 2 banana, 3 banana, 4. 4 bananas make a bunch and so do many more. :D

If you want videos or DVD of these old shows, go to toontracker.com. :thumbsup:

How about Underdog? ;)

It sure sounds different working for USA companies. Glad I'm not there doing that. :thumbsup:

[scobbie]

hahaha banana fuckin splits hahaha thanks for that mfactor420

[scooterjay]

one beyond the big four oh today....same as jimmy page and ex-prez richard nixon.

[hls420]

I'm 30: 12-12-75!

[beachguy in thongs]

one beyond the big four oh today....same as jimmy page and ex-prez richard nixon.
Happy birthday, jay of the scooter. :rasta:

[bonsaiguy]

1 banana, 2 banana, 3 banana, 4. 4 bananas make a bunch and so do many more. :D

If you want videos or DVD of these old shows, go to toontracker.com. :thumbsup:

How about Underdog? ;)

It sure sounds different working for USA companies. Glad I'm not there doing that. :thumbsup:
Oh my gods...those horrible Kroft giant puppet things. I hated those shows. Once a WB snob always a WB snob I guess. I would have to say that although it came long after my time, my kids loved PeeWees Playhouse and so did I. It was one of the best kids shows ever made...especially since peewee opted to keep his little friend in his pants at the time.

[scooterjay]

mmmmm, just got back from Zorba's where i had spanikopita, greek salad and souvlaki. now, if my package from a-dam shows up tomorrow it will be a great b-day! just finished the last bowl of K2, so the world is nice and kind right now!

[mfactor420]

mmmmm, just got back from Zorba's where i had spanikopita, greek salad and souvlaki. now, if my package from a-dam shows up tomorrow it will be a great b-day! just finished the last bowl of K2, so the world is nice and kind right now!

You'd better have had lamb souvlaki and the Tzitziki sauce had better have been made with just yogurt, long english cucumber & garlic. :)

How about the baklava and Ouzo?? :D

happy birthday scooterjay!!!! :thumbsup:

[mfactor420]

Oh my gods...those horrible Kroft giant puppet things. I hated those shows. Once a WB snob always a WB snob I guess. I would have to say that although it came long after my time, my kids loved PeeWees Playhouse and so did I. It was one of the best kids shows ever made...especially since peewee opted to keep his little friend in his pants at the time.

Well, to each their own. I feel just the opposite. Banana Splits was more than just the banana bunch. Oh well, thems were the days! :thumbsup:

What is a "WB snob"? :confused:

[eg420ne]

I just remember another one Fraggle Rock on HBO, talk about being brainwash-lol---Man i spent many night up late watching killings and boobies on HBO, oooh, my poor lil mind was corrupted at an early age......

[bonsaiguy]

I don't recall any boobies on Fraggle Rock. Wasn't that show done by Jim Henson...as in Muppets. Wait, I googled it, it was Henson. Speaking of the Muppets...pretty much everyone loved them. Apparently it's getting more and more difficult to appeal to all ages judging by the decline in quality of kids shows over the last 20 years. I mean Spongebob for christs sake...who writes this shit? Where's Johnny and Hajii and Bandit when we need them? (and why did Johnny look more like Race then Dr.Qwest?) I swear cartoons like Speed Racer were the beginning of the end for civilized childrens television.

[mfactor420]

I don't recall any boobies on Fraggle Rock. Wasn't that show done by Jim Henson...as in Muppets. Wait, I googled it, it was Henson. Speaking of the Muppets...pretty much everyone loved them. Apparently it's getting more and more difficult to appeal to all ages judging by the decline in quality of kids shows over the last 20 years. I mean Spongebob for christs sake...who writes this shit? Where's Johnny and Hajii and Bandit when we need them? (and why did Johnny look more like Race then Dr.Qwest?) I swear cartoons like Speed Racer were the beginning of the end for civilized childrens television.


Ahhhhhh......yes.........Johhny Quest. :thumbsup: I've got tons of the original old cartoons. Check out toontracker.com or go to ebay and look up spik234 - seller. He sells lots of oldie shows. Anything Hanna Barbera was top notch stuff. Yup, Speed Racer spelled the end of good television cartoon. That's Japanese animation for you. They may have thought they could do it better than us, but they didn't realize we didn't want their stuff to begin with. Although there is now quite a cult following for things like Sailor Moon, etc. It's the differences between generations. Just like music. My parents don't like the music I like and I don't like the music my kids like. That's just the way of it.

[luvbud]

Yeah The Muppets were great! There are very few good cartoons anymore. My niece loves Dora The Explorer which seems like a good show and u can even learn Spanish!

[eg420ne]

I don't recall any boobies on Fraggle Rock. Wasn't that show done by Jim Henson...as in Muppets. Wait, I googled it, it was Henson. Speaking of the Muppets...pretty much everyone loved them. Apparently it's getting more and more difficult to appeal to all ages judging by the decline in quality of kids shows over the last 20 years. I mean Spongebob for christs sake...who writes this shit? Where's Johnny and Hajii and Bandit when we need them? (and why did Johnny look more like Race then Dr.Qwest?) I swear cartoons like Speed Racer were the beginning of the end for civilized childrens television.
Naw i was talking about after Fraggle Rock I had HBO in my room so I would stay up later watching movies on HBO.....

[purpledrummer1]

Always got a kick outta Mr. Moose and the ping pong gag.

x

[mfactor420]

Always got a kick outta Mr. Moose and the ping pong gag.

x


Ohhhh ya, Mr. Moose and the ping pong gag. Geez that brings back memories. Sure would love to see some of those episodes again.

How about the Friendly Giant? "Look up, waaaaay up . . . . and I'll call Rusty"
And Gerome the Giraffe. Now, that was television. :thumbsup:

[scooterjay]

wasn't the perpetrator of the ping-pong ball gag bunny rabbit? while we are at it, what was up with dancing bear's nose...was it a target or something?

[bonsaiguy]

Always got a kick outta Mr. Moose and the ping pong gag.

x

Good old Kaptain Kangaroo...Mr Greenjeans etc.
Speaking of moose, can anyone compare to Rocky and Bullwinkle?
And Fractured Fairy Tales were always a riot and had bits for both the kids and the adults.

[vipper of vip]

32...

[mfactor420]

Good old Kaptain Kangaroo...Mr Greenjeans etc.
Speaking of moose, can anyone compare to Rocky and Bullwinkle?
And Fractured Fairy Tales were always a riot and had bits for both the kids and the adults.

Hey, I still watch Rocky & Bullwinkle, narrated by William Conrad aka Frank Cannon, P.I. Yup it had humour for kids and kids at heart. :thumbsup:

Aesop's Fables, Dudley Doright, Mr. Peabody & Sherman & the wayback machine! Need I mention Snidley Whiplash, Inspector Fenwick and Nel? Boris and Natasha, and Fearless Leader?
:D

[bonsaiguy]

Hey, I still watch Rocky & Bullwinkle, narrated by William Conrad aka Frank Cannon, P.I. Yup it had humour for kids and kids at heart. :thumbsup:

Aesop's Fables, Dudley Doright, Mr. Peabody & Sherman & the wayback machine! Need I mention Snidley Whiplash, Inspector Fenwick and Nel? Boris and Natasha, and Fearless Leader?
:D

My last boss was referred to as Peerless Wiener in honor of Fearless Leader.

[mfactor420]

My last boss was referred to as Peerless Wiener in honor of Fearless Leader.

:D That's hilarious! I love it! :D :thumbsup:

[bonsaiguy]

Thanks M...I take full credit for that one.

[bonsaiguy]

bump

[Shelbay]

there seems to be a split on the site...half old time tokers wanting to connect and have a few laughs and the other half juvenile crackers who smoke catnip and think they are gangstas....maybe i am just getting old ..did any of you grow up with "pot ethics" you know...don't gum the joint...never apporach a dealer without a referral, never hoard pot or the pot gods will issue a dry plauge on your town, never bring a noobie to a party if they aren't willing to hit the j, squealing is for ned beatty, never pinch without dirfect permission etc......back then you had to jump through some hoops to get "made".......oh well back to the bong
You like crackers it seems. You should leave the catnip alone and you are not anyone to talk ethics...lolololol...that is funny boi.

[scooterjay]

**sigh** looks like we can't even have a place to ourselves! hey kids....go play somwhere else while the adults are talkin. geez, never thought i'd say that!

[gangagirl]

PurpleDrummer: Right on, girl. I'm old i guess, but somehow my spirit is still a girl of 15. I'm actually 51, now no one will probably talk to me. Look at it this way world, I have the knowledge and experiance of a women and the energy and excitement of girl. What could be better?

[gangagirl]

Know what i mean? Wink-wink....

[gangagirl]

I also grow the most kickass weed in town.

[Shelbay]

**sigh** looks like we can't even have a place to ourselves! hey kids....go play somwhere else while the adults are talkin. geez, never thought i'd say that!
Geez....do you like own this place that is just for you? I thought someone named Ron owned this site? sighhhhh...you want privacy ...start your own site right? Thought so..now be a good boy and don't think.:) Now...the thread is...anyone over 30...so I can post if I like.

[Jennifer K]

44 yrs young. Been smoking for over 24 yrs.:) :dance: :stoned:

[Zinnia]

I'm 28, but I like younger guys.

[bonsaiguy]

I also grow the most kickass weed in town.

Hmm....pity you don't live right next door so I could assist you in your horticultural endeavours. And while we were at it we could shoot the shit about growing up in th 60's and 70's. There's plenty of us aging loadies on this site.

[bonsaiguy]

**sigh** looks like we can't even have a place to ourselves! hey kids....go play somwhere else while the adults are talkin. geez, never thought i'd say that!
Now now Scooter, the kids are welcome to visit this thread whenever they want as long as they respect their elders and behave themselves.

[sweetsandysue03]

I'm in late 30's too! Sup, y'all fogies!

SSS
---

Hi all,
New to this posting thing. Not since the late 80's or early 90's when I was still "borrowing" access to AOL and using their IM service while taking tech support calls. Any other "reliable and fair" old hippies here in the north metro area of the Twin Cities, email me at [email protected].
I'm too old to go bar hopping or campus cruising. Lost a "gardener" this summer to a bust, another good friend dropped off the earth. Can't seem to find anything or anyone.

BG

[del...]

grrrl, never would have figured you for 51...! 52 here.

[spaz420]

41 here, been doing the thing for 20 plus years. :smokin:

[bonsaiguy]

A virtual plethora of aging hippies and hippiettes...welcome all. 47 here.

[azteka]

35 here

[BigHomie]

cool thread :thumbsup:
I'm not quite 30 yet... but I look like I'm atleast 40, does that count for anything?

[slayergirl]

does anyone remember some snack food from the seventies called astronaut or space snacks...thin brown chewy sold in cereal aisle next to tang?

[bonsaiguy]

does anyone remember some snack food from the seventies called astronaut or space snacks...thin brown chewy sold in cereal aisle next to tang?

Spacefood Sticks....loved them when I was a kid. Made by Pillsbury.
Thanks to JFK we were all about the space program back then. Pity that every administration since Kennedy has stripped funding from NASA.
Probably the reason I'm such a sci-fi geek to this day.
(never did like Tang much though)

[BigHomie]

Probably the reason I'm such a sci-fi geek to this day.

What sci-fi are you into?

[bonsaiguy]

Wow...tough question....
Douglas Adams
Isaac Assimov
Arthur C. Clarke
Robert A. Heinlein
Pierre Boule
Piers Anthony...(his older stuff anyway)
Ursula K. LeGuin...(also her older stuff)
Orson Scott Card

StarTrek fan although getting burnt out on that franchise...same for Star Wars

Not much of a fantasy fan...there is so much crap sci fi and fantasy on the bookshelves today, most of it written at a 6th grade reading level, I almost hate to even go in to Barnes and Noble...takes forever to weed through all of the mass produced stuff. I did like Anne McCaffrey's first 2 or 3 Dragonriders books.

I prefer sci fi that makes you think as opposed to having flashy technobabble and big breasted aliens on the cover. Also, I absolutely love the old radio theatre sci fi shows like X minus One and some of the newer ones like Imagination Theatre out of seattle.

When I was about 12 or 13 I joined the Science Fiction Book Club and still have several boxes of hard cover books from those days.

[slayergirl]

Wow...tough question....
Douglas Adams
Isaac Assimov
Arthur C. Clarke
Robert A. Heinlein
Pierre Boule
Piers Anthony...(his older stuff anyway)
Ursula K. LeGuin...(also her older stuff)
Orson Scott Card

StarTrek fan although getting burnt out on that franchise...same for Star Wars

Not much of a fantasy fan...there is so much crap sci fi and fantasy on the bookshelves today, most of it written at a 6th grade reading level, I almost hate to even go in to Barnes and Noble...takes forever to weed through all of the mass produced stuff. I did like Anne McCaffrey's first 2 or 3 Dragonriders books.

I prefer sci fi that makes you think as opposed to having flashy technobabble and big breasted aliens on the cover. Also, I absolutely love the old radio theatre sci fi shows like X minus One and some of the newer ones like Imagination Theatre out of seattle.

When I was about 12 or 13 I joined the Science Fiction Book Club and still have several boxes of hard cover books from those days.

ever read the deeds of pakisarrion by elizabeth moon?

[bonsaiguy]

ever read the deeds of pakisarrion by elizabeth moon?
Can't say as I have. Is it fantasy or sci fi? Never mind I just googled it...looks like fantasy.

[BigHomie]

Wow...tough question....
Douglas Adams
Isaac Assimov
Arthur C. Clarke
Robert A. Heinlein
Pierre Boule
Piers Anthony...(his older stuff anyway)
Ursula K. LeGuin...(also her older stuff)
Orson Scott Card

StarTrek fan although getting burnt out on that franchise...same for Star Wars

Not much of a fantasy fan...there is so much crap sci fi and fantasy on the bookshelves today, most of it written at a 6th grade reading level, I almost hate to even go in to Barnes and Noble...takes forever to weed through all of the mass produced stuff. I did like Anne McCaffrey's first 2 or 3 Dragonriders books.

I prefer sci fi that makes you think as opposed to having flashy technobabble and big breasted aliens on the cover. Also, I absolutely love the old radio theatre sci fi shows like X minus One and some of the newer ones like Imagination Theatre out of seattle.

When I was about 12 or 13 I joined the Science Fiction Book Club and still have several boxes of hard cover books from those days.

I can't say I'm "big" into sci-fi.

A few years ago I took my nephew to b&n to get this Star Wars book he wanted. I was looking at them and ended up picking up Zahn's "Thrawn Trilogy"

I'm a little embarrassed to admit it but I got hooked right away. I'm not the guy that would camp out in line for a week to be the first to see the movies - but some of the books are pretty good. I've read about 85 to 90% of the SW's books, which is about all I'm gonna read... I'm not really interested in the books that came before "A new hope".

Knowing that I like that stuff is there a book/author you'd point me in the direction of?

[bonsaiguy]

I can't say I'm "big" into sci-fi.

A few years ago I took my nephew to b&n to get this Star Wars book he wanted. I was looking at them and ended up picking up Zahn's "Thrawn Trilogy"

I'm a little embarrassed to admit it but I got hooked right away. I'm not the guy that would camp out in line for a week to be the first to see the movies - but some of the books are pretty good. I've read about 85 to 90% of the SW's books, which is about all I'm gonna read... I'm not really interested in the books that came before "A new hope".

Knowing that I like that stuff is there a book/author you'd point me in the direction of?
I think I can help you with some "real" sci fi. Those Star Wars books are part of what I referred to as mass produced sci fi. But since you did enjoy them I would suggest trying Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. If you like it, there are several books in that series and Card is a great author. It's the story of a young boy who, after being sent off to military school at age 8, thinks he is playing a military training video game but later finds out that he is responsible for annihilating an entire alien species. That being said, keep in mind that I am a bit of a sci fi snob in that I really detest mass produced market driven literature. I tried reading a couple of the star trek books and found out that they truly sucked. And as I mentioned, I am, or was a big star trek fan. But that too has devolved in to a huge marketing machine. Whatever you should decide to read, and regardless of what I say...keep reading!!!!
Douglas Adams is just darned good entertainment and a great author. Comedic sci fi (a somewhat new variation on the genre) at it's best. The other auhors I mentioned all got started back in the 30's, 40's and 50's writing for magazines and anthologies.

[BigHomie]

Thanks, I'll check out Enders Game:thumbsup:

I know what your sayin about 'mass produced'... but it'll be my gateway into good sci-fi

ps. sorry I got this thread so off-topic

[bonsaiguy]

Thanks, I'll check out Enders Game:thumbsup:

I know what your sayin about 'mass produced'... but it'll be my gateway into good sci-fi

ps. sorry I got this thread so off-topic
No problem...always happy to be of service.

[spacelamb]

Holy crap!! Spacefood sticks!! I didn't think anyone else remembered that shit. The only other person who's remembered them was my old roomate, he was roughly my age. I loved those things.....

[heavymetal]

mexican was $10.gold was 25-40,no war on drugs, woodstock,man on the moon, 2001 a space odyssey, easy rider.... yes, 1969 was a good year ,,,, i started smoking.....HM

[scooterjay]

those spacefood sticks were NASTY! i begged my mamma to buy some, i suffered thru them to keep from getting fussed at. yuck!

ok all you sci-fi fans, remember the movie "fantastic planet"? one of my all-time favorite stoner movies. long live the Om!

[Skink]

mexican was $10.gold was 25-40,no war on drugs, woodstock,man on the moon, 2001 a space odyssey, easy rider.... yes, 1969 was a good year ,,,, i started smoking.....HM
And then came Paraquat....

[hls420]

I am 30! 12-12-75

[bonsaiguy]

bump

[25yrsmoker]

hey to everyone im 38 in south carolina damn i miss the good old days when friends just hung out and partied like there was no tomorrow now everything revolves around having too much responsibility puff for those of us who are dry at the moment hopefully not for long peace to everyone who enjoys the medicine that the plant provides us with

[hunny]

im over 30 :rasta:

[thehammer]

Im 50 from souther IL. A old old hippie started when I was 12yr.old 38yrs.and going strong

[bonsaiguy]

Hey theHammer...I'm from that area as well. springfield ring a bell?

[bonsaiguy]

bump again
Hi Hunny...women in their 30's are awesome.

[25yrsmoker]

hey the hammer i started at 12 also it was a good age to first partake of the herb to everyone enjoy what life has to offer because it is to short not to i lost my wife of 3 weeks to cancer in june of 2004 she was a puffer just like me and the herb was the only thing that eased her pain and made her able to eat dont let life pass you by people i know i wont enjoy what the plant gives to us i know i will peace to all

[VoidLivesOn]

I'm 62.