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Re: My Kushy New Job (2010)

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ivolimmen wrote: post #14
magic_hamster wrote: post #10

This depressing account just made me wish the author could enjoy Amsterdam instead of work in that miserable coffee shop. Try a museum, visit a castle, take a boat ride, have some world class omelette. Like most other places, visiting Amsterdam is what you make it to be.

I sometimes work in Amsterdam. It's near my house. I hate tourists in Amsterdam. They clearly come to my capital for the wrong things. Plus they only visit the capitol; there are so many nice cities in the Netherlands to visit, some are even more beautiful than Amsterdam. To cater to the tourists the city also changed for the worst.

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Re: My Kushy New Job (2010)

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Post by Ylpertnodi »

yodsanklai wrote: post #11
BossingAround wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could be Canada, could be California. So many legal places nowadays (and yet very few in Europe :/)

Do these places have actual coffee shops like Amsterdam or only dispensaries? I was surprised how Thailand embraced it. Almost overnight, the touristy places exploded with dispensaries. Yet, there's not the pothead vibe one can see in Amsterdam's coffee shops. And yes, it's intriguing how Europe is so conservative with this. You wonder what they're scared of.

>You wonder what they're scared of.

Getting billions in ganja tax...but at the expense of pissing off the Church? Though Germany seems about to stop giving their money to the dutch, with a potential decriminalisation bill, God's representatives on earth still aren't ok with people just getting on with their own business.

Re: My Kushy New Job (2010)

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Post by tgv »

ivolimmen wrote: post #14
magic_hamster wrote: post #10

This depressing account just made me wish the author could enjoy Amsterdam instead of work in that miserable coffee shop. Try a museum, visit a castle, take a boat ride, have some world class omelette. Like most other places, visiting Amsterdam is what you make it to be.

I sometimes work in Amsterdam. It's near my house. I hate tourists in Amsterdam. They clearly come to my capital for the wrong things. Plus they only visit the capitol; there are so many nice cities in the Netherlands to visit, some are even more beautiful than Amsterdam. To cater to the tourists the city also changed for the worst.

I'd rather they stay in Amsterdam. A few tourists, a bit more in summer, fine, but the droves that Amsterdam attracts, no. Complain to your city council. They're the ones driving the Amsterdam and Holland tourism campaigns.

Re: My Kushy New Job (2010)

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Post by ls612 »

BossingAround wrote: post #9
pcthrowaway wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is then?

Could be Canada, could be California. So many legal places nowadays (and yet very few in Europe :/)

Minnesota is rapidly rising in pot culture because of the fact that legalization here was at first an accident last year, so every brewery could make THC seltzers and every bar and restaurant with a liquor license could serve them with no regulations basically. When they purposefully legalized it this year the accident driven free market had gotten so big and popular that they grandfathered it all in, and even added a clause allowing liquor stores to sell the hemp products.

Re: My Kushy New Job (2010)

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Post by BossingAround »

gostsamo wrote: post #28
BossingAround wrote: post #9

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Could be Canada, could be California. So many legal places nowadays (and yet very few in Europe :/)

Germany is going to legalize it, so expect for the practice to spread.

We have yet to see. I'll believe it when I see it.

Re: My Kushy New Job (2010)

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Post by joexner »

jtwaleson wrote: post #8
EdSchouten wrote: post #7

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Vapor ring would be a better translation, right? Because “vocht” is moisture.

Yes I guess that is slightly better, but only for the two words read separately. The combination is still atmosphere.

So, German pun. Nice.

Re: My Kushy New Job (2010)

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Post by puchatek »

bosie wrote: post #16
ivolimmen wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I sometimes work in Amsterdam. It's near my house. I hate tourists in Amsterdam. They clearly come to my capital for the wrong things. Plus they only visit the capitol; there are so many nice cities in the Netherlands to visit, some are even more beautiful than Amsterdam. To cater to the tourists the city also changed for the worst.

Which cities would you recommend then?

Nijmegen!

Re: My Kushy New Job (2010)

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Post by bitxbitxbitcoin »

pcthrowaway wrote: post #4
bitxbitxbitcoin wrote: post #2

Needs a 2010. Amsterdam is definitely no longer the world's cannabis capitol.

What is then?

By volume grown?

By number of legal licenses?

Where the new hot strains are bred?

Where the bags for the new hot strains are made?

different answer to every question.

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