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    #31
    Originally posted by Drycreek3189 View Post
    No wonder I was clueless. Devil weed is bad juju !
    I had no clue either after the first post, till I googled it up after my last post. Still a fitting gif for the day.

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      #32
      Originally posted by Mr. Stickers View Post
      On this day in 2010 a lot of good men lost their lives when the DEEP WATER HORIZON exploded in the GOM. it is still very real for us who still work in the Oilfield.....I know there are families out there that today is a very sad & somber day..... I left these families up in prayer today may God bless each & everyone. Live for today as we are never guaranteed tomorrow.


      Prayers for everyone. I had some fellas working for me up north that lost family on this rig. It was a sad day for us in the patch family.


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        #33
        Didn't columbine happen on 4/20? I don't partake and think kids shouldn't, but if those two idiots had smoked a bowl a buncha kids would still be alive

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          #34
          Long Read on History of 420

          The Hazy History of “420”
          Many believe the term “420” originated from a police code that meant “Marijuana Smoking in Progress,” but as we stumble our way through the hazy past for the true origins of this iconic phrase, one blunt truth emerges—“420” did not originate with law enforcement, but with a group of high school students in 1970s California.

          Many “420” revelers don’t know the origins of the word, but have vague recollections of once-heard tales about its origins. Some believe it’s the number of active chemicals in marijuana, others that it’s based on teatime in Holland. Some reference the birthday of Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889), and others Bob Dylan’s legendary “Everybody must get stoned” refrain from his hit “Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35” (12 multiplied by 35 does equal 420).
          But in reality, it can all be traced back to a group of five California teens who used to hang out by a wall outside their San Rafael school—a meeting spot that inspired their nickname, “the Waldos.”

          In the fall of 1971, the Waldos learned of a Coast Guard member who had planted a cannabis plant and could no longer tend to the crop. Provided with a treasure map (some say by the plant’s owner himself) supposedly leading to the abandoned product, the group would meet at the Louis Pasteur statue outside their high school at least once a week conduct a search. Their meeting time? 4:20 p.m, after practice (they were all athletes). The Waldos would pile into a car, smoke some pot and scour the nearby Point Reyes Forest for the elusive, free herb. One of the original members of the Waldos, Steve Capper, told the Huffington Post, “We would remind each other in the hallways we were supposed to meet up at 4:20. It originally started out 4:20-Louis, and we eventually dropped the Louis.”
          They never did score the free bud, but perhaps they stumbled on to something more lasting? The term 420 was coined, allowing the high schoolers to discuss smoking pot without their parents or teachers knowing.
          But how did this ragtag team of treasure-seekers at a high school in California manage to spread their secret phrase internationally? For that, we turn to the Grateful Dead.

          Members of the Waldos had open access, and many connections, to the band. Mark Gravitch’s father managed the Dead’s real estate. Dave Reddix’s older brother was good friends with Dead bassist Phil Lesh and managed a Dead sideband. Capper told the Huffington Post, “There was a place called Winterland, and we’d always be backstage running around or on stage and, of course, we’re using those phrases. When somebody passes a joint or something, ‘Hey, 420.’ So it started spreading through that community.”
          The first time Steven Bloom ever heard the phrase “420” was during Christmas week at a Grateful Dead concert in Oakland, California, in 1990 while he was a reporter for “High Times.” Bloom was wandering through the congregation of hippies that would gather before Dead concerts, and a “Deadhead” handed him a flyer that said, “We are going to meet at 4:20 on 4/20 for 420-ing in Marin County at the Bolinas Ridge sunset spot on Mt. Tamalpais.” Bloom found the old flyer and sent it to Huffington Post. The flyer told the history of 420, referencing the Waldos of San Rafael. Once “High Times” latched on to the story, the magazine helped launch the word globally.
          Today, the unofficial holiday is celebrated worldwide. Officials at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of California, Santa Cruz (two colleges that boast of having the biggest “smoke-outs”) attempted to push back on the growing popularity of the festivities among their students in 2009. They encouraged (or pleaded with) their students to not participate—to no avail.

          In 2003, when the California Legislature codified the medical marijuana law the voters had passed, the bill was named SB 420. No one fessed up to being responsible for the fortuitous number, but was likely a staffer in California State Assembly Member Mark Leno’s office.

          “420” has also been referenced in classic movies like “Pulp Fiction,” where some of the clocks are set to the time 4:20, and on national TV when a contestant on the “Price Is Right” only bid numbers involving 420 ($420, $1,420). Even the 1990s Nickelodeon cartoon “Rocko’s Modern Life” featured a clock reading 4:20.

          While many other illicit tales of the origins of 420 have wafted into the half-baked history books, the Waldos have proof they used the word back in the 70s. Kept safely tucked away in a vault in a San Francisco bank is their original 420 tie-dyed flag, a newspaper clipping where one of the members discusses wanting to just say “420” for his high school graduation speech and postmarked letters between the group filled with 420 references.
          What’s next for the Waldos? Two of the original five still prefer to remain anonymous, but have agreed to consider making a documentary, or compiling a dictionary of their slang words. Or maybe they will just continue to enjoy a more mellow blaze of glory.

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            #35
            Originally posted by Playa View Post
            Didn't columbine happen on 4/20? I don't partake and think kids shouldn't, but if those two idiots had smoked a bowl a buncha kids would still be alive
            Either that or their parents shouldn't have. Someone would either have to be on drugs or blind and deaf to not know their kids are making pipe bombs in the garage.

            Something other than those kids listening to Marilyn Manson was the problem.

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              #36
              Happy surprise drug test day boys, now go fill this cup


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                #37
                Originally posted by Russ81 View Post
                Happy surprise drug test day boys, now go fill this cup


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                On site

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                  #38
                  Got 4 new driver prospects today, hope they not into that 4/20 stuff.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Mr. Stickers View Post
                    On this day in 2010 a lot of good men lost their lives when the DEEP WATER HORIZON exploded in the GOM. it is still very real for us who still work in the Oilfield.....I know there are families out there that today is a very sad & somber day..... I left these families up in prayer today may God bless each & everyone. Live for today as we are never guaranteed tomorrow.
                    I had 3 buddies on the Deepwater that day. Two are still with us and the third never made it off. Prayers for those families and all that were affected by that disaster.

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                      #40
                      Ol' Willie claims it's part of what keeps him going. That and golf. Good thing golf is legal!

                      Willie Nelson-4 by Steven Leggett, on Flickr

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                        #41
                        Surprise drug test? I'm excited...which drugs are we testing?

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                          #42
                          Dang

                          Originally posted by IDFWU View Post
                          Surprise drug test? I'm excited...which drugs are we testing?
                          Dang, I better start studying!!!

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                            #43
                            Originally posted by Mr. Stickers View Post
                            On this day in 2010 a lot of good men lost their lives when the DEEP WATER HORIZON exploded in the GOM. it is still very real for us who still work in the Oilfield.....I know there are families out there that today is a very sad & somber day..... I left these families up in prayer today may God bless each & everyone. Live for today as we are never guaranteed tomorrow.
                            Senior Subsea on the rig I'm currently on was on tour on horizon when it blew up.

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                              #44
                              Originally posted by kembry View Post
                              It's my birthday!
                              mine too

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                                #45
                                Originally posted by sir shovelhands View Post
                                Senior Subsea on the rig I'm currently on was on tour on horizon when it blew up.
                                You must be on the Proteus.

                                Sad day for all the families that lost thier loved ones on the horizon

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