From pachista@tds.net Sat May 30 01:43:19 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: re:Fear and Loathing...
From: Pachista <pachista@tds.net>
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 03:43:19 -0500
I thought F&LinLV was a gas...
I want to settle something. I believe Rev. Stang referred to a "lid" in his
original post. My buddies and I are a bit young, and have often speculated as
to how much this quantity is. Upon a requisite re-screening of "Up in Smoke"
we guestimated that a lid is a half-ounce.
We we're going to contact Cecil Adams, but... well, we're too lazy.
Maybe someone here can settle this once and for all.
Here's Hopin,
Sr. Pachista
From pachista@tds.net Sat May 30 01:47:33 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: re:Fear and Loathing...
From: Pachista <pachista@tds.net>
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 03:47:33 -0500
I thought F&LinLV was a gas...
I want to settle something. I believe Rev. Stang referred to a "lid" in his
original post. My buddies and I are a bit young, and have often speculated as
to how much this quantity is. Upon a requisite re-screening of "Up in Smoke"
we guestimated that a lid is a half-ounce.
We we're going to contact Cecil Adams, but... well, we're too lazy.
Maybe someone here can settle this once and for all.
Here's Hopin,
Sr. Pachista
From mollyg@accessone.net Sat May 30 10:53:47 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing...
From: mollyg@accessone.net
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 10:53:47 -0700
On Sat, 30 May 1998 03:47:33 -0500, Pachista <pachista@tds.net> wrote:
>I thought F&LinLV was a gas...
>
>I want to settle something. I believe Rev. Stang referred to a "lid" in his
>original post. My buddies and I are a bit young, and have often speculated as
>to how much this quantity is. Upon a requisite re-screening of "Up in Smoke"
>we guestimated that a lid is a half-ounce.
>
>We we're going to contact Cecil Adams, but... well, we're too lazy.
>
>Maybe someone here can settle this once and for all.
>
>
>Here's Hopin,
>
>Sr. Pachista
It depended on how much your dealer liked you how big a lid was. It
wasn't a weighed quantity, rather you stuffed some in a baggie and
rolled it up and then you'd measure how many "fingers" it was by
holding your hand out flat sideways next to the baggie to measure it.
If your dealer liked you it would be a four or five finger lid. Three
was about the norm, and two was either a rip off, or you weren't well
liked. It could be anywhere from a half ounce to an ounce just
depending on how fluffy or seedy or stemy it was. You'd grab some out
of the bag, put it down on a tray or record cover and break the leaves
and budlets off the stems, crush what was left to help the seeds come
loose, and sort of strain out the seeds using the cover of your
rolling papers.
The Rev. Mama Molly of the
Sad Eyed Sisters of Queen Anne
From mplm@spectra.net Sat May 30 10:13:58 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing...
From: mplm@spectra.net (sinbad)
Date: Sat, 30 May 98 17:13:58 GMT
In article <357245bb.3781805@news.accessone.com>, mollyg@accessone.net wrote:
crush what was left to help the seeds come
>loose, and sort of strain out the seeds using the cover of your
>rolling papers.
>
>
>
>
>The Rev. Mama Molly of the
>Sad Eyed Sisters of Queen Anne
ah yes
down to stems and seeds
and paranoia
twaaang
From mplm@spectra.net Sat May 30 01:51:21 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: re:Fear and Loathing...
From: mplm@spectra.net (sinbad)
Date: Sat, 30 May 98 08:51:21 GMT
My buddies and I are a bit young, and have often speculated as
>to how much this quantity is. Upon a requisite re-screening of "Up in Smoke"
>we guestimated that a lid is a half-ounce.
>
>We we're going to contact Cecil Adams, but... well, we're too lazy.
>
>Maybe someone here can settle this once and for all.
>
>
>Here's Hopin,
>
>Sr. Pachista
a lid was an ounce. does anyone remember ( and here i age myself a bit) when
lids where $10 to $20 and every once in a while you would find one in the
street. you could smoke anywhere because nobody knew what that smell was.
the blue eyed son o shaitahn
From !!!bmyers@ionet.net Sat May 30 07:13:36 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing...
From: !!!bmyers@ionet.net (TarlaStar)
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 14:13:36 GMT
mplm@spectra.net (sinbad) wrote:
> My buddies and I are a bit young, and have often speculated as
>>to how much this quantity is. Upon a requisite re-screening of "Up in Smoke"
>>we guestimated that a lid is a half-ounce.
>>
>>We we're going to contact Cecil Adams, but... well, we're too lazy.
>>
>>Maybe someone here can settle this once and for all.
>>
>>
>>Here's Hopin,
>>
>>Sr. Pachista
>a lid was an ounce. does anyone remember ( and here i age myself a bit) when
>lids where $10 to $20 and every once in a while you would find one in the
>street. you could smoke anywhere because nobody knew what that smell was.
Yep, I remember the days of the "dime bag."
***
Reverend Mutha Tarla Star of the Little Sisters of the Perpetually
Juicy; a Proud jism schism of the Church of the SubGenius.
Worshipping Juicy Retardo and "Connie" Dobbs since 1986.
From ebear@hibernia.ca Sat May 30 15:53:44 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing...
From: ebear@hibernia.ca (e/w bear)
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 22:53:44 GMT
In article <6kp3su$1ma$1@supernews.com>, mplm@spectra.net (sinbad) wrote:
> My buddies and I are a bit young, and have often speculated as
> >to how much this quantity is. Upon a requisite re-screening of "Up in Smoke"
> >we guestimated that a lid is a half-ounce.
> >
> >We we're going to contact Cecil Adams, but... well, we're too lazy.
> >
> >Maybe someone here can settle this once and for all.
> >
> >
> >Here's Hopin,
> >
> >Sr. Pachista
>
> a lid was an ounce. does anyone remember ( and here i age myself a bit) when
> lids where $10 to $20 and every once in a while you would find one in the
> street. you could smoke anywhere because nobody knew what that smell was.
>
> the blue eyed son o shaitahn
We used indian incense to mask the smell, although I think Pat's mom was
more alarmed by the music than any smells coming from his bedroom. (we
were heavily into UMMAGUMMA, Meddle, and Tonto's Expanding Headband)
I remember a Lid as the amount that would flat-fill the lid of a standard
tobbacco tin, hence the name. This was a common means of measurement since
everybody rolled their own cigs, so there were always tins lying around,
whereas a set of scales was incriminating suggesting you were a dealer.
Most dealers carried it loose and measured out a lid, them shook the bag
and did a finger check. Three was minimum. Then you bitched about the
stems, pulled out the worst offenders, and added a bit of bud to close the
deal.
All this took place on the porch of a house painted blue and orange, or
purple and green, who's owner hadn't collected rent in over six months.
Some of the places had no heat, but most had electricity and running water.
An old refrigerator or stove were manadory lawn adornments, and the lawn
itself was a regulation two feet high. Sidewalks, lamposts and manhole
covers were painted with flowers and mystical symbols and every block had a
minimum of three VW camper buses, a schoolbus with the engine being
rebuilt, and one or two Harley Davidsons.
You couldn't travel by skateboard in those days 'cos boards had metal
wheels (hard to believe, but it's true). It wasn't that bad though, 'cos
everyone wore these pants with giant suction cup legs that would grab onto
the sidewalk and sort of pull you along.
===
ewb
From !!!bmyers@ionet.net Sat May 30 07:11:20 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing...
From: !!!bmyers@ionet.net (TarlaStar)
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 14:11:20 GMT
Pachista <pachista@tds.net> wrote:
>I thought F&LinLV was a gas...
>I want to settle something. I believe Rev. Stang referred to a "lid" in his
>original post. My buddies and I are a bit young, and have often speculated as
>to how much this quantity is. Upon a requisite re-screening of "Up in Smoke"
>we guestimated that a lid is a half-ounce.
A lid is an ounce.
***
Reverend Mutha Tarla Star of the Little Sisters of the Perpetually
Juicy; a Proud jism schism of the Church of the SubGenius.
Worshipping Juicy Retardo and "Connie" Dobbs since 1986.