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Post by lazybones on Jul 18, 2022 13:04:23 GMT
I haven't known many people with heroin addictions. There was one fellow from our school who had a bum-fluff moustache and did graffiti. He was apparently into 'The Horse'. Then there was a friend at university, who I liked. More of a friend of a friend ... He had a good story about working for a gangster on a building site. One day he arrived at a pub in a very good mood. Later I was told he had fallen prey to the charms of 'The Horse'. He was later implicated in stealing some money from someone's room and disappeared. Then there was another man with gingery dreadlocks who was apparently into opium. Nice guy. But I moved into a house he had recently vacated and wished I hadn't: A missing door, a urine soaked cupboard, hidden hardcore Dutch pornography, mould in the cellar, hooks on the ceiling, a bricked up room with no key, a carbon monoxide producing gas fire. A bad place - looked after by the gangster from the aforementioned building site.
Would I try 'The Horse'? I don't know. Maybe just a little. Just a taste.
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Post by lazybones on Jul 18, 2022 13:06:59 GMT
'I was bitten by a Horse, now I'm suing for divorce.'
Not my words. The words of Mr Shaun William George Ryder.
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Post by crankcaller on Jul 18, 2022 13:07:47 GMT
And there I was thinking one of the Scot’s would weigh in on the smack chat. I've been busy at work. There was an apocryphal tale that after the fall of the Shah that lots of heroin was brought in from Iran in diplomatic bags. Up to that point most heroin addiction in the UK was via pharmaceutical "white" heroin, but after that the broon appeared. And then as sheep said the cheeky Afghans started flooding the market. Back to my stats. |
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Post by lazybones on Jul 18, 2022 13:08:27 GMT
And there I was thinking one of the Scot’s would weigh in on the smack chat. I've been busy at work. There was an apocryphal tale that after the fall of the Shah that lots of heroin was brought in from Iran in diplomatic bags. Up to that point most heroin addiction in the UK was via pharmaceutical "white" heroin, but after that the broon appeared. And then as sheep said the cheeky Afghans started flooding the market. Back to my stats. Ah yes. 'China White'. |
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Post by lazybones on Jul 18, 2022 13:15:58 GMT
I wonder if it was an addiction to the Horse that prevented Brett Anderson from living out his dreams of being a Master Builder. Nodding off on the job. Prowling the streets for his next 'fix' when he should have been prowling the scaffolds for shoddy workmanship.
Or maybe he turned to The Horse because he couldn't hack it in his career of choice.
Who knows?
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Post by lazybones on Jul 18, 2022 13:22:47 GMT
so ...
What did everyone have for lunch?
I made some houmous. It was quite nice. Very garlicky. And I'm not really that hungry to be honest.
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Post by crankcaller on Jul 18, 2022 13:25:20 GMT
That's the smack lazy, takes away your appetite. For food I mean. The appetite for smack just goes up and up.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Jul 18, 2022 13:26:57 GMT
I wonder if it was an addiction to the Horse that prevented Brett Anderson from living out his dreams of being a Master Builder. Nodding off on the job. Prowling the streets for his next 'fix' when he should have been prowling the scaffolds for shoddy workmanship. Or maybe he turned to The Horse because he couldn't hack it in his career of choice. Who knows? "I'm aching to see my heroine I'm aching been dying for hours and hours, Been dying for hours and hours"
That's what Brett sang on Dog Man Star. Nothing there about ceramic tiles or mdf. Tells its own story really.
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Post by lazybones on Jul 18, 2022 13:43:29 GMT
Now feeling the heat. I wonder if we'll soon be getting alligators in the Thames.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jul 18, 2022 13:44:53 GMT
I thought Brett was mostly a cheap speed vodka an E boy for Suede and Dog Man Star.
He just thought heroin was cool in songs.
It was when he bought a pad in Notting Hill on the proceeds of the first two records that he moved a druggie mate in and started hitting the class As regularly.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jul 18, 2022 13:45:34 GMT
The problem with UK skag is you can't snort it, thus it's not deemed either a party drug or a cool middle class drug.
The type they push into the USA is however snortable so you get more hip middle dudes taking it.
Disclaimer: Heroin may cause harm.
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Post by crankcaller on Jul 18, 2022 13:47:20 GMT
The folk I knew - as in actually knew - who have tried or were addicted to heroin fall into three categories.
Idiots who thought they could handle it as they were able to puff lots of shit hash. Guess what, they couldn't.
My pal {redacted} who was raped as a wee boy while his parents were busy being alcoholics. He's now dead.
Folk who went to prison and were offered it inside.
Fuck smack. Horrible horrible drug surrounded by horrible horrible people. Unless you're Keith Richards and can afford it. And it's cunts like him who romantsise (spelling, fuck knows) it to idiots.
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Post by scubar on Jul 18, 2022 14:05:45 GMT
Well, no-one’s gonna top that…
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Post by lazybones on Jul 18, 2022 14:13:57 GMT
Lou Reed took heroin and he was apparently able to shake it quite easily. But then ...
I used to work in a 'Substance Misuse Unit' in a probation centre. One of the outreach(?) workers there told me that people tended to gravitate towards either stimulants or sedatives. So if you had a drinking problem you were more likely to be into smoking weed and getting into heroin. Whereas speed users were more likely to get into coke. You didn't often see people into coke and heroin at the same time.
So I guess Lou Reed was into stimulants.
I was offered some opium on holiday once. Glad I eschewed it.
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Post by gongfarmer on Jul 18, 2022 14:16:20 GMT
Will save smackchat for later.... Officially sweating my nuts off here in the shadiest part of the garden. 39.2 of your metric centigraphs.
Oof.
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Post by Tuffers on Jul 18, 2022 14:17:36 GMT
My drug of choice is the love I get from Jesus.
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Post by lazybones on Jul 18, 2022 14:19:44 GMT
My drug of choice is the love I get from Jesus. |
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Post by Tuffers on Jul 18, 2022 14:20:55 GMT
The Guardian are just making stuff up now.
"Wales provisionally records its hottest day with 35.3C in Gogerddan, near Aberystwyth"
Gogerddan? Lol. Come on Guardian, you used to be a reputable reporter of sacred facts.
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Post by amipal on Jul 18, 2022 14:35:13 GMT
The Guardian are just making stuff up now. "Wales provisionally records its hottest day with 35.3C in Gogerddan, near Aberystwyth" Gogerddan? Lol. Come on Guardian, you used to be a reputable reporter of sacred facts. I’ve got your gogerddans right >> here << |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jul 18, 2022 14:46:49 GMT
1. Golden Brown
2. There she goes
3. Here comes the rooster
4. Heroine
5. Dead flowers
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Post by Tuffers on Jul 18, 2022 14:47:18 GMT
Solved it!
Clever Guardian...
Gogerddans = Danger dog
A warning to look after pets in the heat.
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Post by lazybones on Jul 18, 2022 14:49:47 GMT
1. Golden Brown 2. There she goes 3. Here comes the rooster 4. Heroine 5. Dead flowers There she goes. No. I'm not having that. |
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Post by lazybones on Jul 18, 2022 14:52:45 GMT
Heroin is a good song. As is heroine by Suede. And Medication by Spiritualised. Though Jason Pierce would probably claim that's about falling in love or something.
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Post by muffrat on Jul 18, 2022 14:59:17 GMT
In Wales: hot as all fuck It's hazed over for a bit so taken the kids to the beach for a swim. Playing Ace Attorney under a parasol and listening to my daughter's tunes (her taste in music has dramatically improved since getting a new boyfriend) crankcaller you inspired me to make turkey burgers for lunch on the BBQ - thought that they might be a bit dry because I used low fat turkey breast mince, so grated an apple into the mix with some dried sage and cooked onion and they were absolutely delicious. A new regular on the barbie rotation for sure, cheers Drinks - Coors lite and about six pints of water |
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Post by crankcaller on Jul 18, 2022 15:20:53 GMT
A dod of sweet chilli sauce or a shake of balsamic is also recommended. Four stars.
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