Log Cabin in the wilderness

[doublejj]

Thank You

Thank You

I would like to thank you for reading & commenting. I haven't thought or spoken of many of these things in a long time. I have found this to be rather theraputic. I have enjoyed recalling some things long forgotten. And not enjoyed some others.
But, I couldn't talk about many of these things with co-workers. So they just kinda got burried in the past.
Thanks for your time & interest

doublejj

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

^If there was a book I would read it for sure.

 

[MummyCat]

+1 on the book, I almost fell out of my chair seeing that bucket level. So awesome, seems like it could be more accurate than a bubble level

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

^i picture the book being kinda of like "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. " not the plot just the writing style.

 

[SneekyFarmer]

Doublejj.. I almost forgot about waterlevels bro, we use to use them on big comercial buildings to lay out lines on huge projects about 20 years ago! I have'nt seen one in along time! I hope you will seriously consider writing a book bro, seems like a few others agree with me! You have alot to share bro... A good title would be... The life and time of Doublejj! I love to grow my stash and thats what drew me to this site,Info from others,thats how we all learn! But everytime I log on I look at this thread bro and read your latest posts.. I use to go down to the berkley marina alot when I lived in montclair! I could look out my back window and see the bay and goldengate bridges.. That pic of you on the boat with the goldengate bridge behind you brought back alot of memories from the early 80's! Thank's again for the stories and the memories!

 

[MJBadger]

The only thing missing from the life in the woods is a bloody great big pet bear .

 

[doublejj]

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks for the encouragement everyone. This has turned out to be quite a positive experience for me.
I think the best I'm gonna do for now is just to recall my experiences & write them down here, for you guys to read.
I'll keep writing, if you'll keep reading. I appreciate the opportunity to vent & purge much of this. And just get it written down somewhere.

doublejj
P.S. I haven't even started sharing 25 years of prison experiences to you.

 

[The Boys]

doublejj could you post a link to your 2012 grow please.

ps love the thread

 

[SneekyFarmer]

I'll keep reading bro! Just came in out of the heat from mowing and took a few min's to log on here..Thank's for your tour of duty man, a friend of mine went to nam he was on a pt boat! He told me some gruesome stories about his tour.. He was about 15 years older than me! Lookin forward to your stories about workin in folsom! One of my other friends did 8 years in folsom! His last name was willaby, really good guy just got into to much trouble! Sometimes the best therapy is to vent and let it out.. Time to get back to mowin! Hope you have a good day bro...

 

[doublejj]

2012 carport greenhouse

2012 carport greenhouse

doublejj could you post a link to your 2012 grow please.

ps love the thread

Sure bro, here you go, thanks
2012 carport greenhouse:http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=237655

doublejj

 

[doublejj]

2011 Costco carport

2011 Costco carport

Here's a pic from last season, I meant to post this with the link & i forgot!

doublejj

 

[The Boys]

you probably had morre on that one plant on the left then iv grown in my life..lol (im 25)

 

[SneekyFarmer]

Holy schnikees.. Those were some trees man! Wish I could grow some big plants like that, but Im not in a med state! I bet that was a fun harvest..

 

[doublejj]

PPP

PPP

That was a 9' Pure Power Plant, buds as big as my arms.
I had to break these buds down and dry them in a rack. Try to hang those & they were sure to mold. I got several lbs from her.

doublejj
P.S. Check out the 12'er behind it!

 

[trichrider]

an inspiring thread. you've been fortunate in so many aspects; a well rounded life.

i enjoyed reading, and sharing your story. thank you.

Respect!

 

[doublejj]

Folsom Batman!

Folsom Batman!

One week of orientation is not enough to prepare you for what awaits inside Folsom prison, when they hand you the keys & release 40 convicts to you!
The convicts are your work crew & your responsibility. You were responsible for them all day. You had to count them 4 times a day. If you were lucky, there would be 2 staff for each crew, so you could get some breaks during the day. We had 160 convict workers in the license plate factory. The staff worked a 10hr shift. We came in at 5:30am to test all the alarms each morning. They would release the convicts at 6;00am & they worked an 8hr shift. Inside the factories was the only place at Folsom WITHOUT gun coverage, we wore alarms. We were outnumbered 20-1. At first, it felt like you were wading in an alligator pit.

One of the rude awakenings I wasn't prepared for was "stripsearch"!

At the end of each day the staff had to assist in the strip search of the convicts on their way to their cell for the night.
There were several long tables under a roof just before the release gate. Before a convict could go thru the gate to the cell block they would submit to a strip search. They would line up and file in & put thier clothes & shoes on the table in front of you. As you were searching their clothes the convict would be completely naked. When you give them the signal they would do the "Lift your sack & bend over and spread them".
You haven't lived until you've seen your entire 160 man crew, buck nekid! No secret's there! I seen places only their mother had seen!

The con they called "Batman" would always find his way to the FNG's spot at the table. What no one ever told me was how Batman got his name, I would soon to find out. I saw a lot of tattoo's in Folsom & I think his took the cake. Of course on my first day I get Batman.
On either side of his rectum, he had bat wing tattoo's! And just when you were concentrating on what you couldn't believe you were seeing, he would clinch & the bat would flap it's wings! While I was standing there in disbelief with THAT look on my face, the place erupted with the roarious laughter of 50 or 60 grown men. Staff & convicts alike!Assholes!
Welcome to Folsom prison!

doublejj
P.S. Come to think of it I never warned anybody about Batman either. It was kind of a right-of-passage!

 

[SneekyFarmer]

Damn Doublejj, so you got to see the bat cave close up? J/k... That's nasty bro! The guy who did the tatoo work was one sick puppy! I wonder if he got hazzard pay...

 

[doublejj]

Blowing Bubbles!

Blowing Bubbles!

One day I noticed that most the other con's avoided one of the inmates on my crew. He was about 6'5" & built like a body builder, chiseled muscle. He could compete. And they called him "Bubbles"!
I had heard a lot of nicknames in Folsom but "Bubbles" just didn't fit! So I asked my inmate leadman "How did Bubbles get his nickname?"

Well, as it turns out Bubbles was in prison for killing another man during "rough sex" in a park in San Francsco. He was one of those "leather queers" that you see running around the Castro district in SF wearing leather chaps with no ass in them. He was gay before he came to prison, & his 'kink' was raping men. The harder they fought, the more he liked it!
All the cells were 'double' cells & had 2 convicts in each cell. For obvious reasons he had a hard time keeping a celly, as they could request a cell change from the assignment Sgt. So where do you think there was always an open bunk, for the FNG's?

Each of the cells has a toilet & sink & 2 bunks. The plumbing was all interconnected throughout, and sound carries well thru the plumbing pipes. The convicts called it the 'Folsom phone system' & they could have conversations talkng thru the plumbing.

Many times Bubbles new celly wasn't queer (yet), and didn't like how Bubbles would 'introduce' himself. If they cried out too loud in protest, Bubbles would just hold their head in the toilet & make them "blow bubbles"! All the other convicts could hear this thru the Folsom phone system. Bubbles kinda invented his own "waterboarding"!

First thing in the morning the celly would be down at the assignment Sgt desk, looking like a drowned rat, requesting a cell change. If he was lucky, they would move him, and Bubbles would spend the day at R&R (Recieving & Release), waving ByBy to former cellmates & looking over the fresh fish coming off the buses.

Life in Folsom Prison

doublejj

 

[MummyCat]

You're obviously a very selfless person. My best friend from high school works as a guard, first at Pelican and now at Susanville, I can't figure out why he goes to work everyday..... and he's terrified to smoke weed :-\

 

[doublejj]

I couldn't have done it without weed!

doublejj
P.S. I never smoked before work in prison. The convicts would smell it & I had to have all my wits about me!