You should take your wallet out of your pocket before you toss your pants in the washing machine.

Latest Headlines D.E.A BUSTS F.B.I IN POT STING!!! And you are correct weed is by no means for everyone but for serious medial conditions I can see it's use as in the case of my brother he is terminally ill and does consume weed for the extreme pain he has to endure on a daily basis. He doesn't have alot of time left so I say consume all you want 

Apart from the prohibitive cost, I'd rather face whatever life may put in front of me with a clear mind and the ability to deal with it.  I could never use weed for the abovementioned reason, it made me quite ill, but alcohol clouded my judgement more than once and I couldn't always manage things that were confronting me. 

Besides, what I thought made me happy and helped take away the pain, actually ended up making me more miserable.  Nowadays I'm a happier and better person for being sober.  I have the occasional shandy now and then to quench my thirst, but it's never more than a couple because I promised myself I'd never get drunk again... and into my 14th year I've kept that promise, which in turn has helped improve my relationships with family and friends.

As for your drivers license being squeaky clean, keeping it in your back pocket will ensure that nothing whatsoever sticks to it (friction) as you sit here, there and everywhere. 

Oh, did you hear the one about the career criminal who reckoned he'd never been charged with anything... it wasn't that he hadn't done the crimes, he'd just never been caught.  Now I'm not suggesting anything here... but you know all about the shoe story and if it fits.

Wouldn't be the first time I heard that. Thing is I never hid it from anyone including the 'man'. If you're honest about it no one bothers you, at least in my experience. Most of the people I've encountered here, which isn't saying much for this part of town, are afraid of cops for obvious reasons. I'm not, no reason to be. So its really a question of not doing those things to be caught at. 

As a 60's child it was fun and costly.  Those were the days.(California)  Don't do drugs, smoke or drink(now).  Damn, leaves a lot of money to do other things.

Yeah, I know... was just yanking yer chain cos RND ain't around.

Ain't that the truth.... 'cept I still can't afford Viagra.

Actually Pfizer said they couldn't afford you.

They lied!  There was a time I was being offered free samples if I did some testamonial ads for them.  They even offered to throw in a free blow-up doll with all the bells and whistles, but there was no way I was doing a video testamonial for them with one of those.  So yeah, their saying that is just sour grapes.

"Testa"monials, huh?  Where's the brain bleach?

You used it all. Think it was during Bichur's "My throbber's Broken" thread.

Never mind, Doc could always perform a lobotomy if/when you feel things getting too far below the waist... or was that waste?

Yes, Mark.  You GO!  Sobriety (of whatever flavor) is a worthy endeavor.  Don't let anyone steal it!

On the other hand, after watching parts 1 & 2 of The United States of Secrets, a sting would be entirely superfluous.

Thank you, I always appreciate support and encouragement in my quest to remain sober always.  Fortunately, I have it under control and feel confident I will never revert to serious drinking.  It would be a complete to myself if I did and I'm not blowing the last almost 14 years oiut of the water for the sake of something I would deeply regret the next morning.  The last thing I need is a hangover to exacerbate feelings of vertigo and nausea, so it's not on the cards, regardless of what confronts me.  Besides, I have a handle on my depression and alcohol to exess would mess that up as well.

As for stealing it, only I could do that, and to prevent that I remind myself every day of just how good life is not to be dependent on alcohol.

You go Mark. I had a father, RIP, that was an alcoholic and an ex brother-in-law. Both were abusive and I swore up and down I'd never become like them. Hence I do not drink, never did never will.

It wasn't so much that I became abusive when I drank, though sometimes I could become aggressive, but moreso that I became somewhat morbid and even more depressed... or I'd pass out paraletic drunk and wake up bitching that I hurt because my neck/back hurt.  In either event, I was not someone to be around when I'd had too much, which was frequent because I'd binge until all alcohol was all gone.  Sometimes that would be 30 375ml cans of 4.8 beer or morel.... other times it would be a 1150ml bottle of bourbon or more.  Back then I just didn't know when or how to stop once I'd started, so I'm thankful for the trigger/reason that caused me to quit and reshape my life for the better.

I am, however, going to have a couple of shandies tonight.  Tonight is State of Origin [ Queensland vs New South Wales] in our rugby league competition and Shaunna is coming around with her cousin and Steve to watch it on the big screen with me.  We're going to have a few nibblies and make a night of it.

GO QUEENSLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"shandie?"

Shandies = plural, shandy = one.  And for the record, it is beer diluted with lemonade to reduce its alcoholic content... which is the only way I'll drink it.  I do it this way because I like the taste of beer but do not want or need the usual alcoholic percentage per drink, allowing me to safely have a couple of beers and not feel the usual effect.

That's cheatin'. Lol

Nope, not cheating... just being sensible.  However, that doesn't mean to say I'd dilute bourbon or scotch to be 'sensible'.  That is an entirely different kettle of fish and not one I'm prepared to indulge in.

Anyway, back to the FBI using people for its own ends.

So if the FBI is prepared to use pot heads to crack computer codes, etc, how do we know it isn't using sex addicts to help them crack prostitution rings?  It just seems to me that if one logic applies then so does the other. Thing is, it could have much wider implications that could see the not so guilty [old and/or ugly blokes who normally can't attect women] being charged for visiting ladies of the night... or day, depending when they prefer to sleep.  It would be a new source of revenue for government, fining the desperate and dateless, so don't rule it out as not being on the agenda.

Oh, and for those who think the supermarket is the best place to meet/pick up women, don't bother.  The FBI is on to that one as well... not to mention a multitude of private eyes and suspicious husbands.  So if you see some bloke coming out of a supermarket with a black eye and a fat lip, well you know what happened.

It already is on the agenda. Cops have been using their own to lure pedophiles and other numbnuts for some time now. Just recently a world wide child porno ring was busted and several dozen people arrested. Prominent people at that. One was a pastor, another a boy scout leader, a nurse and a business man.

Back to the OP......The FBI will do well to keep a tight eye on those hackers they use. Get one that's wasted on good weed just might decide to hack them just for fun. Back in the day I would have. 

In many situations that would be classed as entrapment and the perp would walk.  Fortunately common sense has prevailed within legal circles and that is not a defense where pedophiles are concerned.  And thank goodness for that.

Back in the day, eh?  Me thinks you'd still do it if there were a possibility you'd get away with it.  Hmmm, all those secrets!  The temptation, if one thought they'd get away with it, would be too great.... 'Edward Snowden' anyone?

He was in it for the notoriety. Now he wants to come home. Sucks to be him. Lol 

What's the old saying... do the crime, blah, blah, blah?

Seems to me, then, he'll do some time if he gets his wish.  Must be a bitch.... feeling homesick. 

I never really felt homesick thus far in my life.  I've moved around quite a bit, away from family and such, but I was always able to move forward and adapt pretty well to my situation.  Even when moving from the UK to Australia it wasn't the big 'upheaval' for me.  Others who did it found it too hard an adjustment or something, but I and my family didn't really feel the need to adjust cos we seemed to fit in pretty well from word go...and while some UK/English migrants want to go home [beats me why] I don't.  It's okay for a holiday, but I've never felt homesick for the place... Oz is home now.