Any American growers/stoners living in the UK?

[Citizens Aux PD]

Last place I lived was the San Jose area of California.
Been living here in England since 2001.

I have not met even ONE stoner since living here. I have seen some stoner-chavs on the back of the bus toking skunk-weed but I am too old and stuck-up to befriend such idiots. I am nearly 50 and it would not be cool to be seen with such reckless retards, much less attempt to score weed from them on a regular basis, hence why I grow my own.

I have only met about 6 Americans over here and never for more than about 5 minutes. I have either met them at stores or the place I work at and yet never saw them again. When I spoke to them they expressed a hatred for England. Couldn't wait to move back to the states. Me, I love it over here. I don't wanna move back to the states. I plan to become a British citizen and renounce my American citizenship. Dual-citizenship is for millionaires.

Over here, I am exotic. I have an accent that makes the women wet their knickers. Seriously. Many of them gush & blush when I speak to them.

My accent hasn't changed but it has softened so it is not as harsh and whiny like that of most Americans. I nowadays pronounce tomato tomahto, bath bahth, leisure lezzure...and the like.

The people are the best thing about England. Very quick witted. Great sense of humour & irony. Very friendly & helpful to strangers. Easy to talk to. Easy to laugh with. They all think I am insane for loving it here. They think America is the Land of Oz, some sort of paradise...I always tell them: The Americans are stressed out to the hilt. Most of them give off don't-ask-me-anything vibes. Angry, uptight mutherfuckers always on the lookout for being offended or insulted. Intolerant mutherfuckers to the max. I don't miss them nor their horrifically obnoxious television commercials.

Is you a fellow Yankee in the Court of King Arthur?
Do tell!

 

[Dope time]

Good Question Interested to Know!
Like Others I Bet
Where part of England are you in? I'm North/West England.Born here too

 

[Dope time]

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[Dope time]

Was gonna say I only read the the Title.
The Sun Bro..For that No way would I leave the West of USA!
Unsure about the East tho..
ya have a lot of Devastating Natural Disasters.Talking of which San Jose Norcal isn't it?
That Massive History Making Bush fires that Region,I'm sure !?
I'm 42 in Nov mate! Whoooosh eh

 

[azad]

Join the round table,we smoke a lot over here lol

 

[Trewalker]

Obviously you NEVER spent any time in the Southeast US (Dixie).

The Americans are stressed out to the hilt. Most of them give off don't-ask-me-anything vibes. Angry, uptight mutherfuckers always on the lookout for being offended or insulted. Intolerant mutherfuckers to the max. I don't miss them nor their horrifically obnoxious television commercials.
Do tell!

 

[Citizens Aux PD]

Obviously you NEVER spent any time in the Southeast US (Dixie).

Nope.
But I know of their reputation regarding their attitudes towards African Americans.

It ain't enough to just be nice to SOME people.

Good old southern hospitality...as long as you're white (and not some long-haired freaky potsmoker).

Over here, most of the native people I meet are nice to everyone. I have never been refused directions by a stranger in England. I cannot say the same about America.

Now mind you, you yourself may be a really cool & friendly person and I don't mean to disparage all southerners. I am indeed a BIG fan of classic Skynyrd and I know those boys were good souls.

You're probably a good soul, too.

Peace.

 

[al70]

not long home from newyork, got deported, fightin with two yonkers cops, they confiscated my bank account the w*****s, but I had a whale of a time while I was there.

 

[Citizens Aux PD]

not long home from newyork, got deported, fightin with two yonkers cops, they confiscated my bank account the w*****s, but I had a whale of a time while I was there.

How the hell did they confiscate your bank account?

 

[buddymate]

People are people wherever you go,I have worked all over the globe,travelled independently as well,met some yanks who were right wankers and some who were top blokes,but the same applies to brits,indians,filipinos,aussies,kiwis etc,one thing about yanks if it wasnt for the military a lot wouldnt have left the states,the ordinary joe doesnt seem to travel well.

 

[madalasatori]

Nope.
But I know of their reputation regarding their attitudes towards African Americans.

It ain't enough to just be nice to SOME people.

Good old southern hospitality...as long as you're white (and not some long-haired freaky potsmoker).

Over here, most of the native people I meet are nice to everyone. I have never been refused directions by a stranger in England. I cannot say the same about America.

Now mind you, you yourself may be a really cool & friendly person and I don't mean to disparage all southerners. I am indeed a BIG fan of classic Skynyrd and I know those boys were good souls.

You're probably a good soul, too.

Peace.

I hate to make racial distinctions but I can only go on my own experiences and I find black Americans in the south to be the most friendly and warm of any people I have met anywhere in the world.

 

[komrade komura]

Citizens....amurkan here and in the UK.

I know a lot of stoners here and am over 50. One word out of this southern accented mouth and it is obvious that I ain't the pigs. So I get a faster security clearance than most.

Seeds are legal bro and growing is a cottage industry here...so many of the stoners I know make plenty of excess.

Don't really know any other amurkans here...I tend to avoid them as they fucking complain too much. There is good and bad about every country and I have been to many.

As a citizen of the current evil empire, I am just very glad that the former evil empire was kind enough to let me in.

This country celebrates the eccentric individual. This works for me. I am just the eccentric amurkan...who questions authority and other really stupid shit. Mrs. komrade deals with the administrivia here. She is a liberal/socialist and appreciated the nanny state...I do not.

 

[Citizens Aux PD]

Citizens....amurkan here and in the UK.

I know a lot of stoners here and am over 50. One word out of this southern accented mouth and it is obvious that I ain't the pigs. So I get a faster security clearance than most.

Seeds are legal bro and growing is a cottage industry here...so many of the stoners I know make plenty of excess.

Don't really know any other amurkans here...I tend to avoid them as they fucking complain too much. There is good and bad about every country and I have been to many.

As a citizen of the current evil empire, I am just very glad that the former evil empire was kind enough to let me in.

This country celebrates the eccentric individual. This works for me. I am just the eccentric amurkan...who questions authority and other really stupid shit. Mrs. komrade deals with the administrivia here. She is a liberal/socialist and appreciated the nanny state...I do not.

Hello K. Komura.

Thanks for speaking up.

"It began as a mistake."---1st line, 1st page, Post Office by Charles Bukowski

I have consumed it many times over the past 25 years.

To my left, on the wall, is an envelope behind glass. It was addressed by Bukowski's hand in 1979. Black felt tip pen. Addressed to a lady in Georgia. ALL CAPS (except for the "g"s). (Even his fucken handwriting had SOUL.) The 15 cent stamp is of Oliver W. Holmes. I would never buy such a thing but my dear sweet wife found it on the www and surprised me with it for Xmas many years ago. She paid $125. Just the envelope (no contents).

I am pleased to read you know many stoners (and/or growers) in the UK.

I am amazed that I have not met one in all of these 12 years.
I miss passing & receiving a bong or pipe or joint.
But in the meantime, I've written quite a few books and other things which probably could not have been done if I had been chilling most of the time with my homies. So as they say here in Old Blighty, It's all swings & roundabouts. Maybe someday I'll meet a few somewhere...or even just one. Someone who ain't uncomfortable when there's a lull in the conversation...But even if I don't, that's cool, too. I had stoner buddies for 22 years before moving to England. Maybe I've had my quota.

Nevermind.

Does any store near you sell peanut butter cookies?
Not here. Not even Nutter Butters!
BUT! There is a tea-room at a historic church here which bakes & sells them! They are very tasty. However, my discerning palate tells me they don't use brown sugar. They use some sort of sweet syrup instead.

Cheers for saying HI, Komrade Komura.

 

[Dope time]

Recipe Bro and Get Baking

 

[komrade komura]

Don't know about the peanut butter cookies. The only things american I insist on is grits and ice tea. The rest is adaptable. I will take apple crumble over anything they make stateside for pure ecstasy caused seizures. Not a delicate palette here.

They have plenty of events in the london area for stoners....amsterdam is just 48 minutes away. And the Royal Mail is one of the most reliable mail system on the planet. So the flattened hash always is waiting on the floor when you get home from Dam.

London Cannabis club has a facebook page and it always trying to start something. There are others elsewhere in the country too. Getting close to the time to take to the streets for public protests over the laws here. The time of civil obedience is ending.

Pigs here are pigs like everywhere else...thugs of the ruling class. At least here there is significantly reduced chance of a weapons accident that leaves me dead or alive with holes. (Exception is for black people...pigs here make mississippi look fucking progressive. Stop, search and question every young black man always. It is very creepy...but hear New York is the same)

At our age we don't look like stoners...maybe a stoner's dad. This makes it easy to get by. Must admit that I am kinda paranoid in this country. I only smoke with people who provide the first joint. (I'll get the next 10...but 1st one on you always)

Kali Mist and writing is da shit.

 

[Citizens Aux PD]

...I will take apple crumble over anything they make stateside for pure ecstasy caused seizures. Not a delicate palette here.

They have plenty of events in the london area for stoners....amsterdam is just 48 minutes away. And the Royal Mail is one of the most reliable mail system on the planet. So the flattened hash always is waiting on the floor when you get home from Dam.

London Cannabis club has a facebook page and it always trying to start something. There are others elsewhere in the country too. Getting close to the time to take to the streets for public protests over the laws here. The time of civil obedience is ending.

Pigs here are pigs like everywhere else...thugs of the ruling class. At least here there is significantly reduced chance of a weapons accident that leaves me dead or alive with holes. (Exception is for black people...pigs here make mississippi look fucking progressive. Stop, search and question every young black man always. It is very creepy...but hear New York is the same)

At our age we don't look like stoners...maybe a stoner's dad. This makes it easy to get by. Must admit that I am kinda paranoid in this country. I only smoke with people who provide the first joint. (I'll get the next 10...but 1st one on you always)

Kali Mist and writing is da shit.

Most certainly a delicate palate, me. Can't stand apple crumble or profiteroles or spotted dick...nor Sunday roast or lamb shank...and I especially hate the idea over here of what constitutes a tasty burger. The pub burgers are the worst. Don't know what they add to the meat, but I prefer 100% beef---no adulterants. It's a shame because Angus beef on its own is great, but not with other stuff mixed in.

12 years out of America and it's true: You can take the boy outta America but you can't take the American outta the boy. I still dig pizza & cheese burgers & pasta with spicy Italian sausage...Haven't found a decent pastrami here...

It's only been about 5 years since the grocery stores started stocking Mexican food like fajita kits & taco shells...(The Brits pronounce Jalapeno using the -J- instead of -H-...)...

Royal Mail---Yea, it's alright during non-holidays. I had a couple of envelopes from Holland delivered during Xmas season and they had been carefully sliced at the edges, but the weed was still in there! They had obviously been hoping for cash...

Ain't no good to me, those cannabis events. I've no desire to be publicly rebellious. And Facebook? Can't stomach it. I tried to, but there is something very high school about it---and I dropped out of that horseshit at 16.

Police---I've not met a bad one yet. Mind you, I live in a semi-rural area...The cops are pleasant...No guns...Basically only see one when they are called out...It's so NICE to drive on the motorways and not see a Highway Patrol every 5 minutes...Hardly ever see any cops on them motorways (although I know many are in unmarked cars but at least they don't slow down the traffic with their presence like the marked HP in the states).

Paranoia---The only thing that worries me is the effect of papers like the Daily Mail and their scare-mongering stories about how cannabis is worse than heroin and all that shit. Also, neighbours calling the cops just because they smell cannabis...how childish!

Protests & civil disobedience---I can't see such things as being truly effective. Alot of fucken hassle for no gains. The only things that will get cannabis legal here are more stories about the medical benefits...such as cancer patients being able to eat & gain weight by consuming cannabis...and pain relief without toxicity...

And now we have Colorado & Washington who are going to be able to sell it and make a tidy profit...and we have the Feds laying out their 8-point plan of what states need to do in order to keep it legal...And Canada looks like they are gearing up for full legalization...So, legalization is closing in from all sides...I don't understand why seeds are legal here. Makes no sense to say it's legal for websites & headshops to sell the seeds with descriptions of how potent the pot will be once the seeds have been germinated and yet realistically expect no one to plant those seeds...A head-scratcher, that one...

The only other thing that will push legalization forward is an increase in gang-related crime associated with growing & selling weed. Prohibition ended in America after the horrendous gang wars of the 1920s and early 30s...If enough innocent civilians get caught in the crossfire, then people will think twice about keeping it illegal & highly profitable. Reduce the profit margin and the gangs will stick to meth & coke & smack.

Looking old---I am happy to say I don't look like a dad (I'm not one, either---thank fucken god). I don't look old (maybe because I'm NOT a dad?).

This life is all about story & destiny. We get hooked up because of the story that was written before we jumped into it. Once here, we don't actually choose who we will fall in love with or befriend or become enemies with. It all unfolds, a moment at a time. So I'll just keep on keeping on without trying to hook up with anyone. As Bukowski said, Don't Try. Just do your own thing and let the good shit come to you. Don't try to cook nothing up...or else you'll end up in your own stew (Skynyrd).

 

[al70]

How the hell did they confiscate your bank account?

dunno, the missus went to bank to get my bail and the account was unaccessable, wasn't paying my taxes, the bank of America will open accounts for undocumented irish, I think it's just the governments way of keeping track of us, yonkers police are mostly Italian and they don't really like the irish for some reason, had it been nypd, i'd of had no problems

 

[al70]

Most certainly a delicate palate, me. Can't stand apple crumble or profiteroles or spotted dick...nor Sunday roast or lamb shank...and I especially hate the idea over here of what constitutes a tasty burger. The pub burgers are the worst. Don't know what they add to the meat, but I prefer 100% beef---no adulterants. It's a shame because Angus beef on its own is great, but not with other stuff mixed in.

12 years out of America and it's true: You can take the boy outta America but you can't take the American outta the boy. I still dig pizza & cheese burgers & pasta with spicy Italian sausage...Haven't found a decent pastrami here...

It's only been about 5 years since the grocery stores started stocking Mexican food like fajita kits & taco shells...(The Brits pronounce Jalapeno using the -J- instead of -H-...)...

Royal Mail---Yea, it's alright during non-holidays. I had a couple of envelopes from Holland delivered during Xmas season and they had been carefully sliced at the edges, but the weed was still in there! They had obviously been hoping for cash...

Ain't no good to me, those cannabis events. I've no desire to be publicly rebellious. And Facebook? Can't stomach it. I tried to, but there is something very high school about it---and I dropped out of that horseshit at 16.

Police---I've not met a bad one yet. Mind you, I live in a semi-rural area...The cops are pleasant...No guns...Basically only see one when they are called out...It's so NICE to drive on the motorways and not see a Highway Patrol every 5 minutes...Hardly ever see any cops on them motorways (although I know many are in unmarked cars but at least they don't slow down the traffic with their presence like the marked HP in the states).

Paranoia---The only thing that worries me is the effect of papers like the Daily Mail and their scare-mongering stories about how cannabis is worse than heroin and all that shit. Also, neighbours calling the cops just because they smell cannabis...how childish!

Protests & civil disobedience---I can't see such things as being truly effective. Alot of fucken hassle for no gains. The only things that will get cannabis legal here are more stories about the medical benefits...such as cancer patients being able to eat & gain weight by consuming cannabis...and pain relief without toxicity...

And now we have Colorado & Washington who are going to be able to sell it and make a tidy profit...and we have the Feds laying out their 8-point plan of what states need to do in order to keep it legal...And Canada looks like they are gearing up for full legalization...So, legalization is closing in from all sides...I don't understand why seeds are legal here. Makes no sense to say it's legal for websites & headshops to sell the seeds with descriptions of how potent the pot will be once the seeds have been germinated and yet realistically expect no one to plant those seeds...A head-scratcher, that one...

The only other thing that will push legalization forward is an increase in gang-related crime associated with growing & selling weed. Prohibition ended in America after the horrendous gang wars of the 1920s and early 30s...If enough innocent civilians get caught in the crossfire, then people will think twice about keeping it illegal & highly profitable. Reduce the profit margin and the gangs will stick to meth & coke & smack.

Looking old---I am happy to say I don't look like a dad (I'm not one, either---thank fucken god). I don't look old (maybe because I'm NOT a dad?).

This life is all about story & destiny. We get hooked up because of the story that was written before we jumped into it. Once here, we don't actually choose who we will fall in love with or befriend or become enemies with. It all unfolds, a moment at a time. So I'll just keep on keeping on without trying to hook up with anyone. As Bukowski said, Don't Try. Just do your own thing and let the good shit come to you. Don't try to cook nothing up...or else you'll end up in your own stew (Skynyrd).

ooohhhh I miss the pastrami too

 

[al70]

anyone ever been to durty nellys on mclean LOL

 

[Dope time]

Lol is that a place,where ?