Pet Peeves

[ochoill]

What are you calling a "bucket"? A full bowl in a bong?

No, you definitely know them but they have loads of names.  A 2-litre plastic bottle with the bottom chopped off in any larger vessel, bowl in top, you burn it in and lift the bottle up to pull a hoot down into the bottle using suction.  Evil devices but in my best days I was at them constantly  if I looked at one now I'd have a whitener.

I am amazed to find a fuckin wiki article that explains it better: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_bong

[Eoin McLove]

I took a "lift off" dose of hot knives as a young lad. Tripping and in absolute fear for hours. Kind of turned me off drugs which is a shame in a way as I would like to experience a trip, either acid or mushies, but I think I would get so uptight taking it I would end up back in hot knives territory 

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

No, you definitely know them but they have loads of names.  A 2-litre plastic bottle with the bottom chopped off in any larger vessel, bowl in top, you burn it in and lift the bottle up to pull a hoot down into the bottle using suction.  Evil devices but in my best days I was at them constantly  if I looked at one now I'd have a whitener.

I am amazed to find a fuckin wiki article that explains it better: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_bong

Ah right, gotcha. Only smoked one a couple of times myself. Less times than hot knives or a can had to be resorted to, notably 

[ochoill]

I took a "lift off" dose of hot knives as a young lad. Tripping and in absolute fear for hours. Kind of turned me off drugs which is a shame in a way as I would like to experience a trip, either acid or mushies, but I think I would get so uptight taking it I would end up back in hot knives territory 

I am the same for the mushies, I know I just don't have the mindset for them so I put them on the permanent backburner - and it was a rough experience with the smoke as a young lad that did that to me!  For years I could smoke constantly, to the point where in Canada I was having a bucket with my morning coffee before work and it would barely phase me, but when I moved home I came off it for a long time and it turned me into a hyper lightweight now.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I had two weeks off it, circumstantially imposed, over Christmas and the first one back home in January properly sent me into space 

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I picked up two Graveland reissues in the past few weeks. Both of them had dust jackets that were so tight it made it nearly impossible to liberate the records. Times must be tight for the far right.

Which releases are they? Nothing more annoying than a record that won't fit into the jacket properly. Got a few LPs recently with those tipped in cardboard jackets or whatever they are called. I buy the good paper inner sleeves with the plastic lining for all of my records and when I put those on these new records I can't get them into the jacket. I can't use the shitty paper sleeves that came with the records because they cause damage when taking them in and out.

Speaking of records one thing that is pissing me of lately is the amount of records I am receiving that have ring wear on the outside just from the records lying next to the jacket during shipping because so many labels now are going with the cheapest material options then selling for the highest price to maximise profit. Quality control on vinyl is getting worse with each passing year. 

[astfgyl]

I took a "lift off" dose of hot knives as a young lad. Tripping and in absolute fear for hours. Kind of turned me off drugs which is a shame in a way as I would like to experience a trip, either acid or mushies, but I think I would get so uptight taking it I would end up back in hot knives territory 

I am the same for the mushies, I know I just don't have the mindset for them so I put them on the permanent backburner - and it was a rough experience with the smoke as a young lad that did that to me!  For years I could smoke constantly, to the point where in Canada I was having a bucket with my morning coffee before work and it would barely phase me, but when I moved home I came off it for a long time and it turned me into a hyper lightweight now.

Not a hope would I smoke a bucket now

[Eoin McLove]

I picked up two Graveland reissues in the past few weeks. Both of them had dust jackets that were so tight it made it nearly impossible to liberate the records. Times must be tight for the far right.

Which releases are they? Nothing more annoying than a record that won't fit into the jacket properly. Got a few LPs recently with those tipped in cardboard jackets or whatever they are called. I buy the good paper inner sleeves with the plastic lining for all of my records and when I put those on these new records I can't get them into the jacket. I can't use the shitty paper sleeves that came with the records because they cause damage when taking them in and out.

Speaking of records one thing that is pissing me of lately is the amount of records I am receiving that have ring wear on the outside just from the records lying next to the jacket during shipping because so many labels now are going with the cheapest material options then selling for the highest price to maximise profit. Quality control on vinyl is getting worse with each passing year. 

Thousand Swords and The Celtic Winter.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Totally get it, no worries, but Lankum cancelling all but 2 of their French tour shows is a big disappointment, especially in the remote chapel setting we were to see them in. No refund available on our B&B either, but at least it's up the mountains in the Basque country so still a nice place to head to for the weekend.

[Eoin McLove]

Why did they cancel?

[Carnage]

Just back from the vet, brought in that dog I mentioned a few pages back for the final countdown. Jesus it was hard enough but she took 5 goes to find a vein. Not her fault I know, he had dark skin so it wasn't easy to find but it just drew it out so long. Seeing my brother in absolute bits was the real killer.

[astfgyl]

Hard luck man.

[OpenSores]

Ah man it's tough alright

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Rough, sorry for you man.

[The Heretic]

That's tough goin, sorry for your loss, our dog finally passed away 2 weeks ago, we had booked the vet to come to the house to do the needy but he died unexpectedly an hour before the vet arrived, I watched him take his last breath and he was gone, I couldn't talk for 3 days to anyone, gutted,  but at least his troubles are over and I hope we gave him a good life...