thebrokendoll 9202 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 back in the olden days of a misspent youth I was a bit of a dab hand in the art of liberty cap hunting, a favourite spot would be in the fields behind the moorcock pub on waskerley moors the other side of consett. down here a famous hunting ground is hay bluff in the black mountains a few mile above hay-on-wye. both of these spots you could pick literally hundreds of the fucking things in no time at all. anyway, I was a staunch supporter of the liberty cap and very dismissive of all other weird and wonderful varieties from mexico, thailand etc which became trendy in the early '00s and which you buy quite freely in certain shops up until they made the whole lot illegal in 2005. the fly agaric however had an aura about it, i was never confident enough (read, lacked the bottle) to have a go at this bad boy mushroom, even if you could find one. the only time ive ever seen anybody who ate one was sat on the pavement outside lakota nightclub in bristol being violently sick, sort of put me off even more! walking the dog yesterday across monmouth golf course at the bottom of a silver birch tree at the side of the 12th fairway, I saw this, never seen owt like it in me life in this concentration, enough ibotenic acid to floor an entire herd of elephant I reckon..... tempted? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gemmill 44849 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Just reading Bellamy's Wikipedia there. Died in a care home in Barnard Castle in Dec 2019. Just three months later and his family wouldn't have been able to be with him when he went. Covid times were a proper cunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44849 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 @Christmas Tree knock this one off the hobby list. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35077 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 2 hours ago, thebrokendoll said: back in the olden days of a misspent youth I was a bit of a dab hand in the art of liberty cap hunting, a favourite spot would be in the fields behind the moorcock pub on waskerley moors the other side of consett. down here a famous hunting ground is hay bluff in the black mountains a few mile above hay-on-wye. both of these spots you could pick literally hundreds of the fucking things in no time at all. anyway, I was a staunch supporter of the liberty cap and very dismissive of all other weird and wonderful varieties from mexico, thailand etc which became trendy in the early '00s and which you buy quite freely in certain shops up until they made the whole lot illegal in 2005. the fly agaric however had an aura about it, i was never confident enough (read, lacked the bottle) to have a go at this bad boy mushroom, even if you could find one. the only time ive ever seen anybody who ate one was sat on the pavement outside lakota nightclub in bristol being violently sick, sort of put me off even more! walking the dog yesterday across monmouth golf course at the bottom of a silver birch tree at the side of the 12th fairway, I saw this, never seen owt like it in me life in this concentration, enough ibotenic acid to floor an entire herd of elephant I reckon..... tempted? Knew a lad who had a book on hallucinogenic mushrooms. Iirc you had to be very careful with the preparation of fly agaric. Never bother with that myself although nearly everyone I knocked about with did liberty cap ones. Which are obviously much safer, from a poisoning yourself pov. The period you’re in about, when you could get the Hawaiian ones etc in places like Kard Bar. They were imported from Holland (where they were legal). And someone had spotted a loophole in the law. Iirc, they were only illegal if ‘prepared’. I.e. dried and / or added to hot water to consume. So they sold fresh ones for a while. I saw a good documentary re: the industry in the Netherlands. A foreign tourist with mental health problems jumped off a building or something and died after taking some. The government banned them. So these farmers diversified into growing hallucinogenic truffles instead. They became known as the Truffle Brothers Not really sure why they were ok but the shrooms weren’t. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 9202 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Alex said: Knew a lad who had a book on hallucinogenic mushrooms. Iirc you had to be very careful with the preparation of fly agaric. Never bother with that myself although nearly everyone I knocked about with did liberty cap ones. Which are obviously much safer, from a poisoning yourself pov. The period you’re in about, when you could get the Hawaiian ones etc in places like Kard Bar. They were imported from Holland (where they were legal). And someone had spotted a loophole in the law. Iirc, they were only illegal if ‘prepared’. I.e. dried and / or added to hot water to consume. So they sold fresh ones for a while. I saw a good documentary re: the industry in the Netherlands. A foreign tourist with mental health problems jumped off a building or something and died after taking some. The government banned them. So these farmers diversified into growing hallucinogenic truffles instead. They became known as the Truffle Brothers Not really sure why they were ok but the shrooms weren’t. were you aware of the glade festival? was billed as an electronic music festival with stages across the various genres, though the main origin stage was psytrance. was traditionally held on the wasing estate near thatcham/greenham common. anyway, was there in 2005, I think it was the 3 hottest consecutive days ever recorded in this country at the time, the last day of the festival was sunday and the next day mushrooms became illegal. all the stall holders who'd been openly trading exotic mushrooms all weekend had to get rid of their stock sharpish for fear of being arrested in the morning.... they were giving them all away. very, very messy day. 18.7.05. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/18/drugsandalcohol.markoliver Edited October 11 by thebrokendoll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: @Christmas Tree knock this one off the hobby list. You would think that would have the opposite effect and we would have a flat top! Anyway as hobbies go, other than buying stuff I really dont need, I think I am about to give up on them. Metal detectors and fishing stuff coming to a market place near you very soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42408 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 What’s on the sell list then? Metectors Fishing Rods? Paddleboards? Why not fashion them in to some kind weather shelter for this year’s outdoor sofa, and get a few more months of al fresco self abuse? Something like this… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 1 hour ago, Monkeys Fist said: What’s on the sell list then? Metectors Fishing Rods? Paddleboards? Why not fashion them in to some kind weather shelter for this year’s outdoor sofa, and get a few more months of al fresco self abuse? Something like this… Forgot about the paddle boards and Kayak, but no, they’re keepers. The roger black exercise bike and rebounder (not mine) are also going the journey. Need the conservatory back for mug storage And this years sofa has already departed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42408 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 1 hour ago, Christmas Tree said: Need the conservatory back for mug storage And this years sofa has already departed. The second part explains the first 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 On 10/10/2024 at 10:56, Alex said: …life goes on… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Christmas Tree 4725 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? #Makes you think! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44849 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 You need to have more lie-ins. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 1 minute ago, Gemmill said: You need to have more lie-ins. I wish. Only ever manage 6 hours I take it the other relative has now moved in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11263 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 @wykikitoon You could probably get a gig on the Americas Cup team. Seems to involve a lot of pedaling. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9398 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 30 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said: Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? #Makes you think! Can equally be described as small red car drivers and Audi drivers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20129 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 International breaks suck eh? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 1 hour ago, Christmas Tree said: I wish. Only ever manage 6 hours I take it the other relative has now moved in one of the most annoying things about middle age. I used to be able to sleep for England. Conversely, I never used to nap during the day either but can’t get enough of an afternoon snooze in front of the sofa these days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11263 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 28 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: one of the most annoying things about middle age. I used to be able to sleep for England. Conversely, I never used to nap during the day either but can’t get enough of an afternoon snooze in front of the sofa these days In front of the sofa? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33165 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 39 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: one of the most annoying things about middle age. I used to be able to sleep for England. Conversely, I never used to nap during the day either but can’t get enough of an afternoon snooze in front of the sofa these days 10 minutes ago, RobinRobin said: In front of the sofa? Gloomy right now.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 54 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: one of the most annoying things about middle age. I used to be able to sleep for England. Conversely, I never used to nap during the day either but can’t get enough of an afternoon snooze in front of the sofa these days It’s the night time pissing that fucks me off. Cant last 6 hours without two trips. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 36 minutes ago, RobinRobin said: In front of the sofa? Another thing I don’t like about middle age is all the random typos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11263 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: Another thing I don’t like about middle age is all the random typos Niver mond ole min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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