Another Old Hippie Signs In!

[tahoe58]

hahahahaha....way to funny...we need to sit down in front of a bonfire....and do that all over again!!!....you up for it?

Indeed, but my dancing legs aren't what they used to be.

I recall the Aurora Borealis with moonlight seen after five hits of blotter. I had to ask the next day whether it was really the Northern Lights or the to be expected effects. Then Dad (God rest his soul) made me mow the lawn the morning after the night before. I recall it seemed difficult operating a large lawn mowing device still stoned to the gills, but such were the wages of sin or enlightenment or whatever it was. Ah, the bad old days.

 

[magicvalley]

Hey Beaters!

Another old hippie here. My first job was selling carnations on the street corner back in '69. Pot money, mostly.
I've never enjoyed smoking so much as now......... having an ample supply of high grade in the freezer. Mostly like to try new strains. Never really knew what I was growing back then.
Everything's changed......... but it's all good!

 

[bongspit]

an old farts club...I'm only 53 can I join?

 

[country cowfreak]

Welcome to the forum Beaters!!
I guess I could be part of the old-timers myself (going to be 43) ! One benefit to being our age we did some some great bud in our youth. I remember getting true Alcapulco Gold and Thai stick that would make a person comatose. Of course good weed is hard to come by these days unless you take the plunge and grow your own. Anyway...Good luck and happy growing you came to a great forum!!!

 

[tahoe58]

welcome Beaters - this is the place man.....hey CF....yea I'm totally there with ya....AG and TS.....that was amazing stuff of its time.....this is so cool that there really is a bunch on us here....cheers!

Welcome to the forum Beaters!!
I guess I could be part of the old-timers myself (going to be 43) ! One benefit to being our age we did some some great bud in our youth. I remember getting true Alcapulco Gold and Thai stick that would make a person comatose. Of course good weed is hard to come by these days unless you take the plunge and grow your own. Anyway...Good luck and happy growing you came to a great forum!!!

 

[magicvalley]

Has anybody ever found any info on thai sticks? What strain it was........ how they got it to grow around the sticks, etc.?
I think that was some of the best I ever smoked

 

[potpimp]

hahahahaha....way to funny...we need to sit down in front of a bonfire....and do that all over again!!!....you up for it?

Don't you DARE start without me!!! LOL, I'm 56 so I'll be right there with you guys. I haven't smoked anything lately that was as good as some of the really killer stuff I smoked regularly "back in the day". Most of the time it was Mexican; a lot of the time it was Jamaican or Columbian but once in a blue moon we would run across something extra special like Acopulco Gold. I hear that the THC content has gone up significantly; hogpucky. We were smoking damn fan leaves back then. We were stoners but we didn't know sheet from shinola about pot or growing. I could tell what strain was being passed around just by the smell. Nowadays they trim the buds and don't put everything but the roots in the bag. They've even invented a seeless version, sensemia or something like that; just like seedless grapes, LOL. Well, give me about 7 more weeks and I'll tell you if the new stuff is better; I've got 7 blueberry coming along, 3 weeks into flower and if I can pull this off without killing them it will not only be a small miracle but it will be some fine smoke. I'm all for the old timers club but we've got to have a name that's a lot cooler than that. "Cool Old School" or something similar might be nice. This really is a great hobby. We didn't know jack 35 years ago.

 

[bongspit]

weed from the 60's and 70's was different from today, I don't think todays weed is better...it's like fine tuned...there was weed back that would kick your ass...but you did not know what it was...you pretty much took somebodies word for what it was. but growing your own today you know for sure what strain you have and how it will affect you. some of the best weed I smoked back then would be 1/2 seed, one of the first thing you did when bought a bag was dump it out on a tray and clean the seeds out.

 

[potpimp]

No stems, no seeds that you don't need... Acupulco gold is baaaddd azzzzed weeeeeeeed. Back then you got a lid (ounce) but it was a lot different than today; today you get buds, back then it was all sort of homogenized but without buds.

 

[bongspit]

Has anybody ever found any info on thai sticks? What strain it was........ how they got it to grow around the sticks, etc.?
I think that was some of the best I ever smoked

Thai Stick was popular during the late 60s and early 70s. It was premium buds of seedless marijuana that were skewered on marijuana stems. Several rows of string found in the stalk of the marijuana plant were then used to tie the marijuana to the stem and keep it in place.
The real stuff was very potent compared with the marijuana that was available at the time. Two or three tokes of Thai Stick would produce the same effects as smoking a joint of regular weed. It was popular and available most places, at least occasionally, until the late 70's.



Reports of Thai Stick being dipped in opium are apocryphal.
I know of no studies that verify that Thai Stick has ever been dipped in opium, and I suspect that these rumors were a result of people not believing that marijuana could be that potent unless something else were added.

 

[potpimp]

It was popular and available most places, at least occasionally, until the late 70's.

Yeah man, we smoked it all up; we put it on the extinct list, LOL. I think it was hemp string they used to tie it with.

 

[country cowfreak]

Hey Pot pimp,
I remember hash was also the bomb back then as well. I remember smoking Panama red hash and Lebanese blond hash. What made it great along with much of the weed we had smoked back then was it was always a unique flavor and high. Don't get me wrong I've had Blueberry pot and it tastes great, and even the hash is okay but the older strains are pretty much gone and with it much of the unique flavors of the weed of that era. Our Pothead glory days ...lol

 

[tahoe58]

so...here we all are....what are our next steps to make this "club" a reality.....? I think this sort of thing is just way too cool for words....

 

[bongspit]

so...here we all are....what are our next steps to make this "club" a reality.....? I think this sort of thing is just way too cool for words....

you have been around rui for a while, what do you suggest?

 

[tahoe58]

Let me do some checking and I'll try and come up with sumthin.....thanks and we'll be back at ya likely tomorrow.... cheers!

 

[country cowfreak]

Hey Tahoe,
I like the idea of an old hippy club because a lot of us...ahem... older folks can relate to a lot of stuff back in the day much like we are doing now. I'm still a bit new to RUI, but is there anyway we can get a poll or vote to get it going? Hopefully we can make the old hippy club a reality!!!

 

[tahoe58]

g'mornin' all. yup doing a poll is pretty simple. maybe we should just go ahead and do that...?and then take it one step at a time after that....so what should we have as our poll questions categories? let's say - (1) the idea of an original hippie's club is the best idea since Woodstock - no clothing required! (2) an oldtimers hippie's club? .....whaddaya thinking.... the 60's are long gone buddy!!! (3) if there's a hippie's club, I want a John Travolta SNF disco club too! must own a disco ball to join! (4) clubs suck...for girlie-man weenies only!

 

[potpimp]

(1) for sure!! BTW, I posted a thread on who had gone to a pop festival but didn't get any replies. It would really be great to get together with people on here that are "experienced". Country Cowfreak you have a very good point about the flavors; I remember them well. I also remember puking my guts out after two or three hits on the hash pipe, LOL. I'll never forget that taste/smell. I had a friend that brought back a big medallion of hash (about 4" dia) from Vietnam; it took us about a year to smoke that thing! I don't think he paid but a few bucks for it. Let's get this going Tahoe!!

 

[magicvalley]

I don't think Thai was Opium dipped. I tried opium once. Never again! That was some nasty stuff!
Thai, however, was some of the best!
I remember the bud seemed to be twisted around the stick and tied, but it didn't look like the buds of today. It was about 8" long and looked like it was grown around the stick. Surely there's somebody out there who grew some, who knows for sure............

Gold was great stuff! I paid $80 for a "2 finger" lid and that was really expensive!

 

[bongspit]

I don't think Thai was Opium dipped. I tried opium once. Never again! That was some nasty stuff!
Thai, however, was some of the best!
I remember the bud seemed to be twisted around the stick and tied, but it didn't look like the buds of today. It was about 8" long and looked like it was grown around the stick. Surely there's somebody out there who grew some, who knows for sure............

Gold was great stuff! I paid $80 for a "2 finger" lid and that was really expensive!

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