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Posted on 12/7/24 at 1:34 am
Posted on 12/7/24 at 1:34 am
For me its Wuhan
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Posted on 12/7/24 at 5:21 am to pioneerbasketball
Posted on 12/7/24 at 8:03 am to pioneerbasketball
Bangkok
Posted on 12/7/24 at 9:49 am to pioneerbasketball
Memphis. (the one in the USA, circa 1960's)
What the Atlanta airport is to modern flight travel the Memphis bus station was to surface travel. Got do see Merica at its best and worst changing buses in Memphis. Best life education and free.
What the Atlanta airport is to modern flight travel the Memphis bus station was to surface travel. Got do see Merica at its best and worst changing buses in Memphis. Best life education and free.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 1:22 pm to pioneerbasketball
Kansas City?
One time for Thanksgiving I was heading home from the army on a 4 day pass. I had to work all day and I was going to make the 13 hour trip home that night. Before leaving I picked up an OZ of northern lights, and rolled up a big arse joint that took about 6 papers together.
Yes, I smoked it while driving, get over it. That's why I rolled such a big one. I planned on being able to smoke it multiple times.
Well between Topeka and Kansas City I light it up and it's already about 10pm at night. I got so fricking high I ended up pissing myself. I remember thinking - I have to pee, and then I did. So I had to stop at a rest area to change clothes, which luckily I had due to going home.
Then when I get back on the interstate, I went the wrong direction. After I don't know how many miles I figured it out, and turned right back around. By now I'm tired as frick and I ended up passing out for about 8 hours at the exact same rest area.
I didn't smoke anything at all the rest of the trip or on the way back home.
One time for Thanksgiving I was heading home from the army on a 4 day pass. I had to work all day and I was going to make the 13 hour trip home that night. Before leaving I picked up an OZ of northern lights, and rolled up a big arse joint that took about 6 papers together.
Yes, I smoked it while driving, get over it. That's why I rolled such a big one. I planned on being able to smoke it multiple times.
Well between Topeka and Kansas City I light it up and it's already about 10pm at night. I got so fricking high I ended up pissing myself. I remember thinking - I have to pee, and then I did. So I had to stop at a rest area to change clothes, which luckily I had due to going home.
Then when I get back on the interstate, I went the wrong direction. After I don't know how many miles I figured it out, and turned right back around. By now I'm tired as frick and I ended up passing out for about 8 hours at the exact same rest area.
I didn't smoke anything at all the rest of the trip or on the way back home.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 1:46 pm to pioneerbasketball
New York City made me really appreciate living my rural life.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 1:48 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
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Bangkok
Confucius say: He who walks through airport door sideways is going to Bangkok.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 1:58 pm to pioneerbasketball
Depending on your definition of city Fayetteville by a country mile. Back when I moved there it had a red hot economy, low rent, and a practically non existent crime rate. Y'all may laugh but Fayetteville in the 90s was easily the best place to live in the US.
Now.. enh... still really good.
If we are going actual cities. DC was fantastic. Once you figure out, never drive to anywhere other than a restaurant or the grocery store, DC is an amazing city to live in. Are there really bad parts of town?
Hell, yes. But the bad parts were, when I lived there, split off from the good parts. Always new things to see, lots of great food, strip clubs every other corner where you could find, before camera phones, your favorite family values politician... it was great.
Now.. enh... still really good.
If we are going actual cities. DC was fantastic. Once you figure out, never drive to anywhere other than a restaurant or the grocery store, DC is an amazing city to live in. Are there really bad parts of town?
Hell, yes. But the bad parts were, when I lived there, split off from the good parts. Always new things to see, lots of great food, strip clubs every other corner where you could find, before camera phones, your favorite family values politician... it was great.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 2:18 pm to Arksulli
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Hell, yes. But the bad parts were, when I lived there, split off from the good parts. Always new things to see, lots of great food, strip clubs every other corner where you could find, before camera phones, your favorite family values politician... it was great.
Sounds like the bay area where the segregation is done economically.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 2:28 pm to 3down10
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Sounds like the bay area where the segregation is done economically.
Which bay area? Tampa or San Francisco? Tampa very much so. San Francisco has so many people crowded into a really small area you can't actually pull that off. Beware of Oakland though.
I've been to San Fran, it isn't the hellhole people make it out to be, but, due to various environmental factors, its like 20 degrees cooler than everything around it. In the middle of summer that is fantastic. In the middle of winter, when I visited, not so much.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 2:40 pm to pioneerbasketball
Baton Rouge. I was drowning in it as a single Marine. Toys for Tots season was madness. I remember getting blasted with Kip downtown. Got a police escort home.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 2:53 pm to LewDawg
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blasted with Kip
Posted on 12/7/24 at 3:33 pm to pioneerbasketball
Ep Paso Texas
Posted on 12/7/24 at 3:49 pm to Arksulli
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Which bay area? Tampa or San Francisco? Tampa very much so. San Francisco has so many people crowded into a really small area you can't actually pull that off. Beware of Oakland though.
I've been to San Fran, it isn't the hellhole people make it out to be, but, due to various environmental factors, its like 20 degrees cooler than everything around it. In the middle of summer that is fantastic. In the middle of winter, when I visited, not so much.
I've lived in both.
I was referring to California. Oakland is where they put all the black people. I lived in San Jose, mostly white people, Asians and Mexicans.
Oakland is like a southern city. 22% black people in a state that is like 6% total overall. San Jose next door has less than 3%. San Fransisco has 5% - and dropping.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 3:58 pm to Arksulli
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I've been to San Fran, it isn't the hellhole people make it out to be, but, due to various environmental factors, its like 20 degrees cooler than everything around it. In the middle of summer that is fantastic. In the middle of winter, when I visited, not so much.
The ocean breeze can cut you in half, even at night in the summer.
But it's also very nice in the summer and keeps it from getting too hot. I never had AC when I lived there, other than a little swamp cooler. Sometimes for about a week or 2 in the summer the breeze will stop and it gets a little uncomfortable.
I use to walk the streets of San Fran at night in a group. As long as you didn't make eye contact with the homeless you were fine. That was over 10 years ago, I hear it's gotten worse.
I recommend Tommy's Joynt if you are looking for a good meal there.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 3:58 pm to 3down10
I spent a month in Gilroy, the home of the Garlic festival, a few years back. Eucalyptus trees everywhere and it smelled like stale piss. Visited San Jose, it seemed nice if bit schizo... one story homes and stores and a block over skyscrapers.
San Fran was actually fairly nice, but colder than a witch's tit in winter, The roads and traffic were the work of Satan. Drove through Oakland and it seemed like Memphis. Million dollar homes on this street, one street over the cockroaches were packing heat. But way more cockroaches packing heat streets than even lowly Memphis.
And every where I went, small town or big city, there was a liquor store every other block. I dunno, it wasn't absolutely horrible but I didn't care for California at all.
DC and Milwaukee I liked. Atlanta and Chicago were okayish, but I just didn't care for California.
San Fran was actually fairly nice, but colder than a witch's tit in winter, The roads and traffic were the work of Satan. Drove through Oakland and it seemed like Memphis. Million dollar homes on this street, one street over the cockroaches were packing heat. But way more cockroaches packing heat streets than even lowly Memphis.
And every where I went, small town or big city, there was a liquor store every other block. I dunno, it wasn't absolutely horrible but I didn't care for California at all.
DC and Milwaukee I liked. Atlanta and Chicago were okayish, but I just didn't care for California.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 4:11 pm to Arksulli
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I spent a month in Gilroy, the home of the Garlic festival, a few years back. Eucalyptus trees everywhere and it smelled like stale piss. Visited San Jose, it seemed nice if bit schizo... one story homes and stores and a block over skyscrapers.
San Fran was actually fairly nice, but colder than a witch's tit in winter, The roads and traffic were the work of Satan. Drove through Oakland and it seemed like Memphis. Million dollar homes on this street, one street over the cockroaches were packing heat. But way more cockroaches packing heat streets than even lowly Memphis.
And every where I went, small town or big city, there was a liquor store every other block. I dunno, it wasn't absolutely horrible but I didn't care for California at all.
DC and Milwaukee I liked. Atlanta and Chicago were okayish, but I just didn't care for California.
My general rule was never go east of 280.
I only went to Oakland for sporting events. Memphis isn't a bad comparison.
San Jose smells like garlic downtown. Garlic fries are a big deal there, not really my thing though. Go to a sporting event, same thing - garlic fries stink up everything.
My first time going to the Santa Cruz boardwalk was middle of the summer. They told me to bring a jacket and I was like WTF. The wind coming straight off the ocean was brutal. In the day time, feels great. At night it's terrible. It's like standing in front of an industrial AC vent.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 4:14 pm to 3down10
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One time for Thanksgiving I was heading home from the army on a 4 day pass. I had to work all day and I was going to make the 13 hour trip home that night. Before leaving I picked up an OZ of northern lights, and rolled up a big arse joint that took about 6 papers together.
Yes, I smoked it while driving, get over it. That's why I rolled such a big one. I planned on being able to smoke it multiple times.
Well between Topeka and Kansas City I light it up and it's already about 10pm at night. I got so fricking high I ended up pissing myself. I remember thinking - I have to pee, and then I did. So I had to stop at a rest area to change clothes, which luckily I had due to going home.
Then when I get back on the interstate, I went the wrong direction. After I don't know how many miles I figured it out, and turned right back around. By now I'm tired as frick and I ended up passing out for about 8 hours at the exact same rest area.
I didn't smoke anything at all the rest of the trip or on the way back home.
I want to hear more stories from you.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 4:25 pm to pioneerbasketball
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I want to hear more stories from you.
It's basically just Good Will Hunting with a dumber main character.
Posted on 12/7/24 at 4:37 pm to 3down10
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time for Thanksgiving I was heading home from the army on a 4 day
Officer or enlisted?
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