Smoking in the street - yea or nea?
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That is such a funny video...~~~!!!Twichaldinho wrote:Aye, there is just too many dicks on the dancefloor nowadays.....
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Having a quiet smoke whilst walking along a deserted sidestreet or sitting on a bench on Reguliersgracht minding your own business having a discrete puff is fine. Bowling down Kalverstraat on a Saturday afternoon waving a huge cone about, isn't.
I don't think the locals really care that you're smoking, they will just think you're a bit of a prat. After all, smoking cannabis is just something else to do to them and is considered a perfectly normal pastime and it has been for many years. The 'drinking a can of beer in public' analogy is the best analogy that can be used. I think some tourists, the immature ones, show off a little bit by smoking publicly because they are doing something that is illegal back home.
I don't think the locals really care that you're smoking, they will just think you're a bit of a prat. After all, smoking cannabis is just something else to do to them and is considered a perfectly normal pastime and it has been for many years. The 'drinking a can of beer in public' analogy is the best analogy that can be used. I think some tourists, the immature ones, show off a little bit by smoking publicly because they are doing something that is illegal back home.
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Yeah mon, I saw a sign on a little boat on recht Boomsloot and off I went, made it over to the Jordaan, cruised up the skinny Oudezidjds achterburgwal etc etc.USBONGLORD wrote:can you do that max?...i can see stoners crashin into bridges..kinda funny
Waved at the cop boat whenever I passed them by. Has to be the funnest thing I've done.
If you've steered a boat with an outboard before it was pretty straightforward. Sure there were some hairy spots like the bottom of Achterburgwal in that canal that goes over to the single and I was a little apprehensive about going up through the top of achterburgwal into the harbour to get over to the single tunnel to get to the jordaan. Good times.
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What's the friggin speed limit on the canals, in a boat?
I was once walking along Oz achterburgwal and one boat was chasing another, not canal barges but full on speed boats. They both caused such a huge ripple in their wake, the water spew onto the pavements causing pedestrians to dodge it all. Crazy scene, straight out of a Bond movie, no joke.
I was once walking along Oz achterburgwal and one boat was chasing another, not canal barges but full on speed boats. They both caused such a huge ripple in their wake, the water spew onto the pavements causing pedestrians to dodge it all. Crazy scene, straight out of a Bond movie, no joke.
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Cheers, I was wondering.
Wish I caught that boat chase on video. It was a full on chase, big style at the time.
Wish I caught that boat chase on video. It was a full on chase, big style at the time.
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Better get that link working USBL. Remember, the mind is a terrible thing to waste.USBONGLORD wrote:the link to my mind?....that cant happen...i cant rememberschererbuzz wrote:Can you view the link USBL? I get the blocked in my country for copyright issue thing.USBONGLORD wrote:can you do that max?...i can see stoners crashin into bridges..kinda funny