tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post4146565093216442643..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Bud DayOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-89262223900931919842018-12-10T16:59:35.487-05:002018-12-10T16:59:35.487-05:00Until his dying day, Mound, Pierre loved playing t...Until his dying day, Mound, Pierre loved playing the radical.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-55242593615202432502018-10-20T08:17:54.636-04:002018-10-20T08:17:54.636-04:00In many ways, Deacon, not much has changed. There&...In many ways, Deacon, not much has changed. There's a new source of supply. That's about it.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-60082827855836907282018-10-19T23:23:53.397-04:002018-10-19T23:23:53.397-04:00Can't be larnin' nuthin new at this point ...Can't be larnin' nuthin new at this point in yer laahhves. <br /><br />Much too late fer that. <br /><br />So long it's been good to know ya. <br /><br />A message from one of them lackadaisical ones. Deacon Jesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509149236511255564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-79169197029295084552018-10-18T10:35:43.827-04:002018-10-18T10:35:43.827-04:00My concerns for our three sons are the same as you...My concerns for our three sons are the same as your concerns for your daughters, zoombats. I know that at least one of them has tried the stuff. But he decided it was an experience he didn't need.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-5232003597737020502018-10-18T10:23:46.920-04:002018-10-18T10:23:46.920-04:00That may be your impression, Dana. And maybe your&...That may be your impression, Dana. And maybe your're right. On the other hand, maybe you have just been lucky. When I think of what has happened to me, I attribute a lot of it to good luck.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-39700962073900859952018-10-18T07:55:03.504-04:002018-10-18T07:55:03.504-04:00Well in my sixty fifth year on this planet I have ...Well in my sixty fifth year on this planet I have spent the last thirty something without continuing pot smoking but I still dig seventies rock and roll. My discussions with my thirty and twenty eight year old daughters are usually based on the health issues of pot and the need to refrain from putting any thing in our lungs other than clean air. a commodity seriously deficient in our day to day lives.. I also add that with this present generations struggles to secure housing and jobs they must be very focused on the prize and try to stay mentally prepared. My observations are based on a very informative lifestyle realized during the seventies and eighties. I often conclude my discussion with the the comment that " it wasn't called Dope for nothing".MJWzoombatsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-5440906920044868382018-10-17T21:59:09.263-04:002018-10-17T21:59:09.263-04:00I can't even count the number of times I'v...I can't even count the number of times I've driven high over the decades - including tooling around Vancouver in my '68 Datsun 1600 while stoned on acid back in the day. No accidents, no tickets, not even any stops. <br /><br />The effect of driving while stoned on *me* - no one else has my experiences and I don't have theirs - is to make me incredibly mindful of what I'm doing. I speed less, I drive with greater attention, I signal more often...etc. <br /><br />Maybe that's just me.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-38343468791239449162018-10-17T20:51:39.315-04:002018-10-17T20:51:39.315-04:00Crimminalizing weed hasn't put and end to it, ...Crimminalizing weed hasn't put and end to it, Tal. There are public safety concerns. Driving while high is a danger -- just as it always has been. But, surely, we can improve society by concentrating on other more important issues.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-65675011311331525052018-10-17T19:59:31.749-04:002018-10-17T19:59:31.749-04:00Pot is overrated, to be sure.
Sore throat, awful t...Pot is overrated, to be sure.<br />Sore throat, awful taste lingering in one's mouth, feeling groggy and lethargic afterwards from what is obviously a strong sedative more than anything in spite what one is normally told about the stuff.<br />I, myself, have no vested interest in it. But I do get tired of hearing about this subject so incessantly, hence I, too, think it's high time for legalization of it---if only in hopes societies will finally put this subject to rest once and for all, and move on to more important matters.Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-62582376726478627192018-10-17T18:22:36.598-04:002018-10-17T18:22:36.598-04:00That's been my observation, Mound. Pot makes p...That's been my observation, Mound. Pot makes people lackadaisical -- but it doesn't make them mean. They may be spaced out. But they don't punch out other people.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-17745504967901205952018-10-17T17:26:11.419-04:002018-10-17T17:26:11.419-04:00Owen, I tracked down the RMR clip from, I think, 2...<br />Owen, I tracked down the RMR clip from, I think, 2003 of Pierre Berton instructing some young man in the art of properly rolling a joint.<br /><br />As for mean potheads, my best friend is a retired Detroit police sergeant. When people criticized pot he was fond of telling them the number of times he'd attended a residence to find a suicide or a wife laying in a pool of blood on the floor and an empty bottle of Jim Beam on the table but never anything remotely like that with cannabis involved. People with the munchies tend not to get homicidal.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-18777110206359857292018-10-17T15:59:15.778-04:002018-10-17T15:59:15.778-04:00I'm sure that there are lots of folks who woul...I'm sure that there are lots of folks who would agree with you, Dana.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-26136343758571688522018-10-17T15:34:23.428-04:002018-10-17T15:34:23.428-04:00
Owen, I found the Rick Mercer clip of Pierre Bert...<br />Owen, I found the Rick Mercer clip of Pierre Berton instructing some young man on the finer points of rolling a proper joint. Priceless!<br />The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-27484744277604644222018-10-17T15:29:39.038-04:002018-10-17T15:29:39.038-04:00You’re right about that, Owen. But even though I’...You’re right about that, Owen. But even though I’ve never had my face grabbed by a pretentious pothead, I still find them as annoying as the meanest drunks. And they don’t fall on their asses as readily.John B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-40814357631245714962018-10-17T15:05:31.571-04:002018-10-17T15:05:31.571-04:00Except for the physically addictive part you'r...Except for the physically addictive part you're partly right. Which is also another thing that distinguishes it from alcohol. Personally I like being happily relaxed - that may be the acquired taste part I suppose. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-55840664270653572122018-10-17T14:47:02.715-04:002018-10-17T14:47:02.715-04:00Perhaps, Dana. I think that, like tobacco, it'...Perhaps, Dana. I think that, like tobacco, it's an acquired taste.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-67368179000653331892018-10-17T14:33:33.983-04:002018-10-17T14:33:33.983-04:00Can't shake the stigma huh? Life long indoctri...Can't shake the stigma huh? Life long indoctrination can be hard to ignore. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-61200228215625220662018-10-17T14:12:47.358-04:002018-10-17T14:12:47.358-04:00Happy drunks are relatively easy to deal with, Joh...Happy drunks are relatively easy to deal with, John. Mean drunks are another story. Is there such a creature as a mean pothead?Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-22730401802305349052018-10-17T14:07:01.428-04:002018-10-17T14:07:01.428-04:00Potheads will always be a nuisance, especially whe...Potheads will always be a nuisance, especially when they present in grinning groups, nodding or chuckling approval of one another’s idiotic comments. I’ll take the belligerent drunk who has the sense to realize his stupidity after his drugs wear off.<br /><br />Wait a minute; I’ll ask myself the question before somebody else does: “Whatya so uptight for? Yuk-yuk-yuk … giggle-giggle.”<br />John B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-90134534538002186402018-10-17T14:03:45.808-04:002018-10-17T14:03:45.808-04:00I'm sure it's not the experience portrayed...I'm sure it's not the experience portrayed in Reefer Madness, Dana. And, as you say, folks have been indulging for decades. But I'll take a pass. At my age, I have to work hard to think clearly. <br />Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-21247191935089723182018-10-17T12:59:20.097-04:002018-10-17T12:59:20.097-04:00This time I don't they can, Owen. It's too...This time I don't they can, Owen. It's too easy to grow (even though it's not as simple as throw the seeds on the ground). <br /><br />You don't have to smoke it. Try some. You might enjoy it I bet. I've been indulging since about '66 or thereabouts although not as frequently in the last decade or so. The doors of perception and all...Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.com