[certifiedfunds]

Originally Posted by Huaco Kid

You'll have to ask that guy that eats peoples faces. He knows how to use them.

What's his GT handle?

[hamster]

I can't say I've ever seen those nor would I pay attention. I'd assume it is just like the rest of the kitschy crap they sell at gas stations. Not in a million years would it occur to me that that is what people are buying it for.

I guess I walk though life completely oblivious.

[devildog66]

As I see it, the shame of this is that all of that drug user ingenuity is going waste making tire gauges into pipes. Agencies such as NASA could use some more of this street level engineering expertise.

Get the rocket back from Mars = more crack, solve government spending woes = more crack. Why not incentivize it?

[Peace Warrior]

Originally Posted by Snaps

something else I've never seen.

You need to sign up for more trips outside of the nursing home there Grandpa.

[Peace Warrior]

Originally Posted by certifiedfunds

What's his GT handle?

No you di-unt!

[Vettefinatic]

I'm with you brother! It's sad. It really is. These places are also selling rolling papers and cheap cigars for blunts. If I stop at one of these places, and I see that stuff - I don't go back.

It's sad that kids will never know about REAL Mom & Pop businesses where the owners and their family ran the place, were ALWAYS there, and took pride in their establishments.

[Snaps]

Originally Posted by series1811

Wal-Mart, Sams. Even Kroger sells gas where I live now.

Sams sells it here, not wallyworld though. No Kroger to speak of so I can't say with that one.

Our big chain is "Giant Eagle" and they have their own gas stations, but they're not actually part of the stores.

[Angry Fist]

Originally Posted by s0nspark

Stop-n-Robs ... LOL!

I heard of a Pump -n- Munch before.

[Snaps]

Originally Posted by Peace Warrior

You need to sign up for more trips outside of the nursing home there Grandpa.

GudDang whippersnappers.

[certifiedfunds]

Ok. So I couldn't find a crackrock and am trying to smoke rock salt in my glass rose. Same thing I figure. Just burned all the hair out of my nose with this damn lighter.

How do you do this?

[Angry Fist]

Try bath salts.

[w30olds]

I see them all the time in Atlanta gas stations. The "glass rose" along with a scotch pad in the same area. Those "glass roses" are for gifts don't ya know!

Of course these gas stations have the habib behind bullet proof glass and bank vault doors!


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[certifiedfunds]

Originally Posted by Angry Fist

Try bath salts.

That smell good stuff my wife sprinkles in the water?

That can't be good for me.

[Breadman03]

I used to deliver bread to Jonas Market, and would get there around breakfast time. Once they started carrying the Roses, I stopped buying breakfast. I'm not going to support a business that facilitates drug use.

[Chris Brines]

There's one down the street from me that sells glass pipes, not "crackpipes", they're presumably for tobacco, but I'm sure most of the time, they're used to smoke marijuana. Of course where I live, there's literally a smoke shop on every corner. I personally see nothing wrong with them selling glass pipes. I also personally see nothing wrong with legalizing marijuana, and am pretty much convinced that the prohibition of one of the most natural drugs on the planet, is nothing more than yet another law enacted by the government to try and dictate and control every aspect of people's lives. They can't say it's banned because of it's "harmful effects", because if that were the case, alcohol and tobacco would be banned as well. I don't smoke pot, but I still think it's a joke that it is illegal.

[BonnieB]

Boy, I feel naive... I've seen those roses, but didn't know what they were for... Living under a rock, I guess.

There used to be a law in CA forbidding "paraphernalia" for using illegal drugs. Maybe there is in your state.

I have several conflicting thoughts on this issue. What I'm laying down here will stoke controversy and is probably inconsistent. As I said I am conflicted about it, don't bother to beat me up here.

1. The local LEO has to be just as aware as you are of this merchandise and if I were them I'd have surveillance on such places, to tail users back to their sellers.

2. I'm a Darwinist and I think that if people insist on killing themselves young it improves the genetic pool. Crack or ninja motorcycles or unsafe sex come to mind.

3. The store owners present at least one strong American value, which is capitalism. They have a perfect right to own a business, stock it with legal goods, charge the highest price they can get to anyone who wishes to buy.

4. If the store owners are consciously encouraging illegal activities on their properties, they are probably 'accessories before or after' of some sort and probably could be busted if it could be proven that they knew or should have known.

5. I am the great grandchild of Irish, English and Welsh immigrants who struggled to get to America and assimilated into American society as quickly as possible, losing accents, habits, etc. I wish that 'assimilation' were still in fashion but it isn't. Now, many immigrants of assorted types want to keep their languages, their customs and keep their communities separate. And while I wish they wouldn't, they have every right to do it. There's no law about learning English, since the US has no official language, although I wish it had. There's no law about 'behaving American'. There just isn't.

There are several Constitutional issues buried in this, which makes it weirder still.

But I support the OP in wanting to keep his community nice, make it ever better and help people to fit in. And having the courage to speak up. Well done!

(Sorry for the looonng post).

[Chris Brines]

Originally Posted by BonnieB

Boy, I feel naive... I've seen those roses, but didn't know what they were for... Living under a rock, I guess.

There used to be a law in CA forbidding "paraphernalia" for using illegal drugs. Maybe there is in your state.

I have several conflicting thoughts on this issue. What I'm laying down here will stoke controversy and is probably inconsistent. As I said I am conflicted about it, don't bother to beat me up here.

1. The local LEO has to be just as aware as you are of this merchandise and if I were them I'd have surveillance on such places, to tail users back to their sellers.

2. I'm a Darwinist and I think that if people insist on killing themselves young it improves the genetic pool. Crack or ninja motorcycles or unsafe sex come to mind.

3. The store owners present at least one strong American value, which is capitalism. They have a perfect right to own a business, stock it with legal goods, charge the highest price they can get to anyone who wishes to buy.

4. If the store owners are consciously encouraging illegal activities on their properties, they are probably 'accessories before or after' of some sort and probably could be busted if it could be proven that they knew or should have known.

5. I am the great grandchild of Irish, English and Welsh immigrants who struggled to get to America and assimilated into American society as quickly as possible, losing accents, habits, etc. I wish that 'assimilation' were still in fashion but it isn't. Now, many immigrants of assorted types want to keep their languages, their customs and keep their communities separate. And while I wish they wouldn't, they have every right to do it. There's no law about learning English, since the US has no official language, although I wish it had. There's no law about 'behaving American'. There just isn't.

There are several Constitutional issues buried in this, which makes it weirder still.

But I support the OP in wanting to keep his community nice, make it ever better and help people to fit in. And having the courage to speak up. Well done!

(Sorry for the looonng post).

Selling crackpipes is definitely unacceptable. But not all glass pipes are crackpipes. I had a friend who used to have a friend who blew glass in Seattle, and would send cases of it down to him in New Orleans. He'd pay $50 a piece for them, then get anywhere from $100 to $250 a piece when selling them. That was back in the 90's, and the price of glass pipes has decreased drastically, as has their abundance. Now they are being sold (right next to the crack pipes) at gas stations everywhere. I wouldn't expect it to be any different in California, but I haven't been there in years so who knows.

[certifiedfunds]

Originally Posted by Chris Brines

Selling crackpipes is definitely unacceptable. But not all glass pipes are crackpipes. I had a friend who used to have a friend who blew glass in Seattle, and would send cases of it down to him in New Orleans. He'd pay $50 a piece for them, then get anywhere from $100 to $250 a piece when selling them. That was back in the 90's, and the price of glass pipes has decreased drastically, as has their abundance. Now they are being sold (right next to the crack pipes) at gas stations everywhere. I wouldn't expect it to be any different in California, but I haven't been there in years so who knows.

Weed pipes. Pot smokers tend to be proud of their glassware.

[Huaco Kid]

Originally Posted by certifiedfunds

Weed pipes. Pot smokers tend to be proud of their glassware.

All reputable head shops now have signs that say, "For tobacco use only. Any other reference will get you escorted from the store."

So they can rake in megabucks from the kids at the beach.

How much more legit can you get?

[Gonzoso]

Originally Posted by Breadman03

I used to deliver bread to Jonas Market, and would get there around breakfast time. Once they started carrying the Roses, I stopped buying breakfast. I'm not going to support a business that facilitates drug use.

That's the one.

I stopped buying breakfast sandwiches there when they started using pre cooked refrigerated eggs. Joe's on top of 115 is or was much better.

My wallet also went missing once, and thinking back I called the Jonas Market to see if they'd had any turned in. Turns out it fell out of my pocket in the parking lot. They asked my name, I gave them my first and the lady said my last name, indicating they had my wallet.

So I went there later that afternoon and the lady there said she had no idea and to come back at 7 pm. It was 5pm and I was not waiting until 7.

I told her my wallet was there, the woman earlier had confirmed this. We argued for a few minutes, until I made the ultimatum "I know you have my wallet, you can call someone that knows where exactly it is now, or I can call the police and tell them you have my wallet and won't return it, I'm not leaving without it."

Then she made a phone call and in 2 minutes I had my wallet back.

Eff that place.

[dbcooper]

Originally Posted by Angry Fist

Try bath salts.

I dumped them in the tub and sat there for hours, didn't feel a thing

[dbcooper]

Originally Posted by Chris Brines

Selling crackpipes is definitely unacceptable. But not all glass pipes are crackpipes. I had a friend who used to have a friend who blew glass in Seattle, and would send cases of it down to him in New Orleans. He'd pay $50 a piece for them, then get anywhere from $100 to $250 a piece when selling them. That was back in the 90's, and the price of glass pipes has decreased drastically, as has their abundance. Now they are being sold (right next to the crack pipes) at gas stations everywhere. I wouldn't expect it to be any different in California, but I haven't been there in years so who knows.

I was in the local hardware store about five years back and there is this guy looking for glass tubing telling the guy working there it was for a "project" he was working on. He ended up with a foot of copper tubing and I considered telling him smoking through it would end up with him rather dead, but since it was for a "project" he was working on I figured he'd be ok.

I wonder sometimes if he lived through the day.

[Chris Brines]

Originally Posted by dbcooper

I was in the local hardware store about five years back and there is this guy looking for glass tubing telling the guy working there it was for a "project" he was working on. He ended up with a foot of copper tubing and I considered telling him smoking through it would end up with him rather dead, but since it was for a "project" he was working on I figured he'd be ok.

I wonder sometimes if he lived through the day.

Would smoking through copper kill you? I don't know.

[Tacoma12]

Here in South Florida they not only sell the glass roses, they flat out sell small metal and pyrex pipes for smoking dope. I see this mostly in the independent "quickie mart" types of places. So I dont shop there. Everything in those places is overpriced anyway.

[eyelikeglasses]

They who live in glass pipes should not throw rocks, only smoke them.

Full disclosure, couple beers on the boat.