Mass/RI/Con Growers here! ...Part II

[Highlighter]

You'd be so in-the-moment and exhilarated that thought would never enter your mind. Fishing can take you from one place to another so quickly; from a dream state fugue to an epic adrenaline rush, both experiences that are fleeting in our daily lives.
Therefore we fish.

 

[OvergrowDaWorld]

I was scared I was gonna loose the thing and never know what it was!
Once I got it close enough to see it was a striper I lost my shit dude.
I couldnt believe I had an ocean fish in this river. Ive fished the Westfield River my whole life and seen some monster, submarine big catfish in there, but never an ocean fish, other than than the normal shad run each year.

Ive caught rainbow, brooke, and brown trout. Small and largemouth bass, catfish, carp, bullheads, shad, eel, and pumkinseeds/sunfish. Never an sea monster like this bass.
He CRUSHED the lure! Just annihilated the thing. That was a great day.

 

[Ph-patrol]

Best I caught was in the rain walking backwards out of a rip onto the sandbar dragging a gibbs redhead pencil popper with 15ft of line in the water. She came in and sipped it of the top of the water.I truly was not fishing at the time
My Buddies were pissed I let her go.

 

[Ph-patrol]

You'd be so in-the-moment and exhilarated that thought would never enter your mind. Fishing can take you from one place to another so quickly; from a dream state fugue to an epic adrenaline rush, both experiences that are fleeting in our daily lives.
Therefore we fish.

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Spiritual one moment and a fistfight the next.

Well said and well done.

 

[RustyShcklfrd]

Nice story OTW, my two best were in brackish waters. Never had one suprise me like that though, must of been a rush to remember.
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Spiritual one moment and a fistfight the next.
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I feel like thats the story of my life somedays. Maybe thats part of the zen in it, the microcosm.

 

[Ph-patrol]

Nice story OTW, my two best were in brackish waters. Never had one suprise me like that though, must of been a rush to remember.
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I feel like thats the story of my life somedays. Maybe thats part of the zen in it, the microcosm.

Yeah RustyShcklfrd it just was another one of life's special moments

My wife knows exactly where to spread my ashes.

 

[Highlighter]

Now to be a total buzz-kill, are any of you other Massholes as bummed as me with the Ma. Senators report on legalization here in the fall and their recommendation to outlaw home-cultivation?

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/03/07/report-seeks-remedial-laws-marijuana-question-passes/Qbv7v6AeTZojboQ4XleTzO/story.html

I think we're all too entrenched for them to really have the resources to enforce anything.

I'd be interested to hear what others think....

 

[Blaze 12]

seen it coming they will stop at nothing to make that happen it's gonna be a never ending battle ...can't wait to start fishing myself really slacked last year didn't fish as much as I like ...want me some nice smallies this spring

 

[rasputin]

Surprise, surprise...

Surprise, surprise...

Now to be a total buzz-kill, are any of you other Massholes as bummed as me with the Ma. Senators report on legalization here in the fall and their recommendation to outlaw home-cultivation?

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/03/07/report-seeks-remedial-laws-marijuana-question-passes/Qbv7v6AeTZojboQ4XleTzO/story.html

I think we're all too entrenched for them to really have the resources to enforce anything.

I'd be interested to hear what others think....

Well, since you added the qualifier of "as bummed as me" I will have to say No. I've seen this coming for some time now, since they added the hardship clause to the MMJ bill. I didn't have any hope the state would do the sensible or rational thing, but rather the greedy and punitive thing. That's what they do. It sucks, don't get me wrong and I'm certainly pissed but I've been pissed for a long time about this shit so it's hard to get additionally worked up because that article has always seemed inevitable.

They don't want home-growing, they want a giant taxable market of customers neatly funneled to the state's hand picked winners. You know, free market capitalism.

This is why I never got a card or stuck my head out like some of these dab star teenyboppers on IG taking selfies with slabs thinking that a med card made them bulletproof. I didn't ask for permission when I started, didn't ask for it now and I don't intend on asking for it in the future. I've never tried to present my recreational use as something other than exactly that. I've never bragged about helping relatives and friends who are sick as if I only do it for the "patients". I do what I do because I choose to and I do not harm anyone in the process. That's all the justification I'll ever need.

That article was comical, though. You have to love the contempt government has for the people because they don't even attempt to disguise it anymore. That article is a clear illustration the state sees its citizens as children, and that they know better than we do. Go ahead, vote for a new law. We'll just temper your vote to show you how little we care about what you think.

All that being said, at no point in my lifetime has home growing been legal so ultimately nothing changes. Well, with one minor caveat; if you don't play by their rules now you better be good at staying underground. It isn't going to get easier for us, it's going to get harder. You won't just be a drug dealer now, you'll also be a tax dodger. Uncle Sam doesn't like that.

Once an outlaw, always an outlaw. Eat shit, senators.

 

[Scrappy-doo]

All those public servants better get their resumes ready if that's how it goes down.

 

[OvergrowDaWorld]

Well, since you added the qualifier of "as bummed as me" I will have to say No. I've seen this coming for some time now, since they added the hardship clause to the MMJ bill. I didn't have any hope the state would do the sensible or rational thing, but rather the greedy and punitive thing. That's what they do. It sucks, don't get me wrong and I'm certainly pissed but I've been pissed for a long time about this shit so it's hard to get additionally worked up because that article has always seemed inevitable.

They don't want home-growing, they want a giant taxable market of customers neatly funneled to the state's hand picked winners. You know, free market capitalism.

This is why I never got a card or stuck my head out like some of these dab star teenyboppers on IG taking selfies with slabs thinking that a med card made them bulletproof. I didn't ask for permission when I started, didn't ask for it now and I don't intend on asking for it in the future. I've never tried to present my recreational use as something other than exactly that. I've never bragged about helping relatives and friends who are sick as if I only do it for the "patients". I do what I do because I choose to and I do not harm anyone in the process. That's all the justification I'll ever need.

That article was comical, though. You have to love the contempt government has for the people because they don't even attempt to disguise it anymore. That article is a clear illustration the state sees its citizens as children, and that they know better than we do. Go ahead, vote for a new law. We'll just temper your vote to show you how little we care about what you think.

All that being said, at no point in my lifetime has home growing been legal so ultimately nothing changes. Well, with one minor caveat; if you don't play by their rules now you better be good at staying underground. It isn't going to get easier for us, it's going to get harder. You won't just be a drug dealer now, you'll also be a tax dodger. Uncle Sam doesn't like that.

Once an outlaw, always an outlaw. Eat shit, senators.

..............

 

[EastCoast710]

Now to be a total buzz-kill, are any of you other Massholes as bummed as me with the Ma. Senators report on legalization here in the fall and their recommendation to outlaw home-cultivation?

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...tion-passes/Qbv7v6AeTZojboQ4XleTzO/story.html

I think we're all too entrenched for them to really have the resources to enforce anything.

I'd be interested to hear what others think....

ya honestly.. they are going to enforce it.. anyone notice that they are looking to hire.. police that strictly are looking for illegal grows.. ?: they started in CALI. and from the looks of it.. they only want to legalize it if they can run the ENTIRE BUSINESS..

 

[Highlighter]

Well said rasputin.
Some of you who have been on here a while know I got my MMJ Dr. certificate in '13 & '14, but once the State got it together to where they were ready to register MMJ patients last yr. I balked.
As of Feb '16, it's now electronic registration, which instills even more fear in my registering.
On the one hand, as a legal MMJ patient, I feel I'd be covering my ass, and most importantly, it gives my wife peace of mind knowing I'm legal.
On the other hand, I've been growing indoors for 30 yrs. now without a problem, and even tho I do my best to be a good citizen, kowtowing to these new laws just rubs me raw, treating grown-up's like children, and I want to just keep on keeping on, "breaking the law everyday".

I'm so on the fence right now as to what to do...

 

[Eletrile DeMaid]

The politicians in MA are just positioning themselves for the inevitable. They know that the people are going to vote for legalization. Then they can just cover themselves by saying they were against it but the people voted so now they have to do it.

 

[OvergrowDaWorld]

You'd be so in-the-moment and exhilarated that thought would never enter your mind. Fishing can take you from one place to another so quickly; from a dream state fugue to an epic adrenaline rush, both experiences that are fleeting in our daily lives.
Therefore we fish.

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Thats the size of the fish I caught in the river on 12 lb test.

 

[EastCoast710]

Well said rasputin.
Some of you who have been on here a while know I got my MMJ Dr. certificate in '13 & '14, but once the State got it together to where they were ready to register MMJ patients last yr. I balked.
As of Feb '16, it's now electronic registration, which instills even more fear in my registering.
On the one hand, as a legal MMJ patient, I feel I'd be covering my ass, and most importantly, it gives my wife peace of mind knowing I'm legal.
On the other hand, I've been growing indoors for 30 yrs. now without a problem, and even tho I do my best to be a good citizen, kowtowing to these new laws just rubs me raw, treating grown-up's like children, and I want to just keep on keeping on, "breaking the law everyday".

I'm so on the fence right now as to what to do...

ok I was told this.. if u get a card.. and u aren't buying from dispensaries.. they r going to look into y... making sure u aren't growing it!... this is from a friend who works with norml and has been working to make legalization for the people not the corporations

they actually have records of EVERY SINGLE PURCHASE how much what kind and so on.. like a stop and shop card does.. just straight up privacy invasion .

CASH = SLAVERY.. they didn't let the slaves go.. they turned the entire world into slaves.. instead.

 

[Highlighter]

The very reason I'm out. I don't want to be a barcode.
I could get by with hardship cultivation status, but sooner or later, they'd be knocking...

Back to "don't ask, don't tell".

 

[heady blunts]

that sucks. the current cultivation laws in massachussetts make it seem more attractive to stay illegitimate since the consequences are relatively mild. on the other hand get your med card and suddenly you've got way harsh restrictions and oversight.

i've been joking that if i were 10 years younger i'd move back to mass and do it under the radar, take my chances.

a big part of me getting my rec last year was for peace of mind for my family.

 

[OvergrowDaWorld]

Ive said this from day 1.
I wont ever get my card. Its just Big Brother watching over us kids.
I like your post EastCoast. It tells it like it is. Go underground. Stay underground. Peek your head up only to water your guerilla grow outdoor plants and go back underground again.

 

[EastCoast710]

Ive said this from day 1.
I wont ever get my card. Its just Big Brother watching over us kids.
I like your post EastCoast. It tells it like it is. Go underground. Stay underground. Peek your head up only to water your guerilla grow outdoor plants and go back underground again.

lol EDITEd