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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    rr165892 said:

    At least you still have options.I have a bad feeling my state won't pass it on this novembers ballot.Backward thinking Southern Christian mentality.SMH

    Ohio is not far ahead, but hopefully it will turn around in a few years. Our old folks head down to Florida (Florida and Ohio are pretty tightly connected in a few ways) so maybe in a few years us youngsters will get to the polls in great enough numbers.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    edited October 2014
    hedonist said:

    I just don't get the mentality behind making it unavailable, let alone kept illegal.

    Had lunch with my mom yesterday and mentioned how my husband and I use it for both recreational and medical purposes. She was concerned we haven't done "extensive research" on it before partaking on a regular basis.

    Talk about shaking my head! I told her, look - I've been smoking it for 35 years and my husband a few years less, but we're both consistent users of it. This isn't a point of bragging but of common sense / responsibility - we're intelligent and well-spoken, exercise integrity, make a decent living through good and stable jobs at which we kick ass, own our home, etc.

    Not stereotypical "stoners".

    And, we're drops in that bucket.

    What state are you in, rr? I think you've mentioned SC before...though my short-term memory ain't the best :D

    Here's one for you. My grandma lives in Colorado and has chronic pain from losing an eye. She has to take Oxy to negate the pain and then she deals with nausea and loss of appetite, as well as being out of her gourd on such a serious drug. Her ex-military (read:asshole) husband didn't approve of her smoking because it was illegal. Now it's all legal and he still doesn't approve because he bought into the stigma back in his day. Asshat would rather her take oxys and drool on herself.
    Luckily, my uncle visits her and burns her down when he can...and when asshat plucks up the balls to get mouthy Uncle threatens to beat him down in an irreparable way...and means it!
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    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Damn, gambs...to deny anyone, let alone someone you love - your wife! - something that brings relief without awful side-effects. Again, I can't get my head around it. Some people (I guess it's a generational thing) simply refuse to accept its benefits after being told so long that it's "bad" and a gateway thing.

    This is the kind of issue where voting actually DOES make a difference. I've somewhat given up on it as relates to politicians - seems nothing ever changes - but I feel like I actually have a voice on propositions.

    And yeah, Ohio and Florida! My husband is from Columbus, and when his mom was alive, she and her husband had a place in Florida where they spent winters.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Anybody here listen to Todd Snider at all?
    He's sort of an Arlo Guthrie type folk singer. He's about equal thirds of comedy, folk guitar, and protest music. Good fun my wife and I caught a show last weekend and he played both sets barefoot and ribbed a drunk hillbilly in the crowd hilariously.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    edited October 2014
    rgambs said:

    Anybody here listen to Todd Snider at all?
    He's sort of an Arlo Guthrie type folk singer. He's about equal thirds of comedy, folk guitar, and protest music. Good fun my wife and I caught a show last weekend and he played both sets barefoot and ribbed a drunk hillbilly in the crowd hilariously.

    i'm a HUGE todd fan! seen him live almost 20 times and once blew a j with him backstage...he's an awesome dude

    edit to add that if anyone is interested in listening to him, my advice is to listen to his live album 'near truths and hotel rooms'. it gives a new listener a great introduction to him :)
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    norm said:

    rgambs said:

    Anybody here listen to Todd Snider at all?
    He's sort of an Arlo Guthrie type folk singer. He's about equal thirds of comedy, folk guitar, and protest music. Good fun my wife and I caught a show last weekend and he played both sets barefoot and ribbed a drunk hillbilly in the crowd hilariously.

    i'm a HUGE todd fan! seen him live almost 20 times and once blew a j with him backstage...he's an awesome dude

    edit to add that if anyone is interested in listening to him, my advice is to listen to his live album 'near truths and hotel rooms'. it gives a new listener a great introduction to him :)
    Fucking awesome! I like the new album Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables quite a bit, but unfortunately the crowd just wanted to hear Beer Run. @-)
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    This sure is sweet. So happy I found it! Just so happy, period.

    And I love how Lukas sounds so much like his grandpa.

    Beautiful, the both of them.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_2_CeXMZ0k
  • kce8
    kce8 Posts: 1,636
    Wow, for me he sounds just exact like his grandfather - maybe a little bit younger. But I am not so familiar with his music so just wow.
  • kce8
    kce8 Posts: 1,636
    So I just saw the video from both playing together at "Live at Farm Aid 2012" and learned that Lukas is Willie Nelsons son. Slowly raising my horizon of foreign music ! ;)
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    His son?! My horizon has been raised as well :)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    hedonist said:

    His son?! My horizon has been raised as well :)

    Yeah, cool, huh?! Check it out:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow-Cx9IX4So

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I've seen this before and LOVE it. Looks like a precious bond between them.

    I don't know why I always thought Lukas was his grandson! I guess it's kind of like when my dad and sister would cat about town, and most people assumed he was her grandpa, given the more-than-typical age difference.

    Willie's done some really nice covers, by the way. I like how he and Cash took on different genres of music, and then nailed it.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    edited October 2014
    ^^^ Yeah, both those guys are/were great. Their work with Highwayman with Kris and Waylon was really good too.

    Willie's one of my heroes. Only seen him and his family band once but oh, what a show! And I very much like his book The Tao of Willie. Great stuff.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    edited October 2014
    He's one of mine too, B! I just adore him (and have been on a big Highwaymen kick the last few months).

    Envious of you having seen him - given his age (81!!), I doubt I'll have a chance. Then again, you have quite an impressive set of notches on your belt of performances attended.

    I've definitely gotta read that book.
  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    Idris said:

    image

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQGDy07EdR0

    Looks amaaaaazing, I want.

    It arrived! I made some cookies (butter). :bz
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Let's see your work Chef!!!
  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    edited October 2014
    rr165892 said:

    Let's see your work Chef!!!

    I'll try to snap a shot before its all gone...
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Idris is scarfing 'em down :D

    Do they taste pot-ty?
  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    hedonist said:

    Idris is scarfing 'em down :D

    Do they taste pot-ty?

    image
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Perfect!

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