It was more like some thieves on the run or something. They were completely unaware of everyone looking at them and what chaos they were causing with the water and just looking ahead trying to get away from who knows what. It happened so quick there was no time to try and video it.cisco wrote:TRANCE wrote:Cheers, I was wondering.
Wish I caught that boat chase on video. It was a full on chase, big style at the time.
Maybe filming a scene for a movie ?
Smoking in the street - yea or nea?
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lol i was jus thinkin o Oceans 12 or whatever one was filmed in Dam that had a chase did it not ? cant rememberTRANCE wrote:It was more like some thieves on the run or something. They were completely unaware of everyone looking at them and what chaos they were causing with the water and just looking ahead trying to get away from who knows what. It happened so quick there was no time to try and video it.cisco wrote:TRANCE wrote:Cheers, I was wondering.
Wish I caught that boat chase on video. It was a full on chase, big style at the time.
Maybe filming a scene for a movie ?
maybe rehearsal ? whatever it would av been cool to see that 
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Yes.treetop wrote:Anyone tried smoking whilst riding their bike?
Max Flower wrote:I love riding around having a the odd toke. Floating along side a canal on sunny day with a nice hash doobie is sublime.
Slow ride, take it easy.treetop wrote:I find it gets harder to keep the joint lit the faster you go
Noarchambaut wrote:So, in my researching my upcoming visit to NL, I keep reading that the Dtuch take a dim view of people (especially tourists) wandering around with a spliff,
Is this correct?
No, you are not allowed to be drinking on the streets of Amsterdam, certain exceptions apply to parks etc, police will ask you to move on and get rid of your beer in town.archambaut wrote: Is it the equivalent of wandering around the town
shopping centre at midday with no shirt and a can
of Special brew in your hand?
Be as discreet or indescreet as you want, the only advice is don't smoke around schools or childrens areas of parks.archambaut wrote: If so, what is the best way to acceptably/discretely enjoy
a smoke outside the confines of a CS?
Have you ever been to Amsterdam? I would guess no, because your comment shows you'veCrash wrote:Nea, from my understanding, around families and older citizens-no smoking
One of the reasons the coffeeshops are allowed to operate is to foster a safe haven so you can smoke.
I think USBL is cheating fate. 1 complaint to police and you COULD be detained at the very least. Not to mention have your stash CONFISCATED.
Smoke in peace and be respectful.
a - you've never walked the streets of Amsterdam where you can't go a couple of minutes without passing someone who is smoking a joint.
b - you've never stood and chatted to the police in Amsterdam, while smoking a joint on the streets, and you've obviously never got a light from them.
Fun aside, seriously your 'opinions' are great, but why make them when they are so far wide of the mark? Detained? no, never for smoking a joint. Stash confiscated? Never if it is below the carriable amount of 5 grams.
Please your opinions are harmful and paranoia causing to the nervous weed smokers among us.
Peace out, and next time your in Amsterdam let me know, and we'll have a few joints, walking around town, of course
Peace brothers, one love
Just trying to be 'En Vogue'
HAHAHA,
I posted the reply above immediately after reading Crash's reply, I have since read the rest of the thread, wow, what happened to the light hearted humour, which is the way I worded my post, of course, having now read the thread I want that clarified
Seriously guys, you are inventing scenarios, threads and discussion points, that are completely unrelated to the topic.
The economic boon or burden of coffeeshops and smoking is not what we are talking about.
Future potential, lets not do this because they might then do that in the future? So now you want to live your lives around unforseen, unforseeable, and likely never occurring events?
Shit, your lives must be spent worrying about unimportant stuff instead of enjoying life, may I suggest a few more walks in nature?
The way to live your life is how you want within the boundaries of the society you live in (if you choose). In the current enviroment smoking in the streets in Amsterdam, and obviously this is the Centrum district and other big tourist areas we are talking about, is absolutely, unequivicobly not a problem.
The only people who stare at me when I am smoking a joint on the streets are uninformed tourists who think I have balls the size of an elephant because I smoke in public, and talk to police while smoking.
Really, live life to the way things are now, not how you imagine them to be, and not how you want them to be, just as they are.
How do you know how things are currently?
You can get a general idea from reading and asking but the proof of the pudding is in the eating, get out in the streets of Amsterdam and look to see if you see people smoking, be observant to what is around you and fit in with the flow, if you did that then you would understand that smoking on the streets in Amsterdam is fine, as long as you stay away from schools.
In some of the outer lying areas of Amsterdam this still holds true. I worked by the Bijlmer Arena in the south east. There are no coffeeshops in the south east, yet there were locals all around the area walking along the streets smoking joints.
I walk and smoke all the time, and so does almost everyone I know who smokes. Ouside of Amsterdam, this is absolutey not true, the opposite is true, but, I still smoke in the streets wherever I am, I've done it in England, Holland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria and never had an issue, but then its our thoughts about the world that create the world, so I'll never have trouble when smoking weed in the streets..
Really guys, live in the moment go with the flow and do what feels right, don't spend all day debating such points on the internet, when they must be debated in the field
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First rule is cup the hand around the joint and remember that windflow through your hand will cause one side to burn slightly faster than the other (this is true even when smoking in the wind while standing around) the key is to rotate the joint 180 degrees every 5-10 secs, so the burn is kept even, actual rotation time will depend on how quick the joint is burning. The faster the wind, the quicker the rotation, but a well cupped joint can be shielded from a huge amount of the wind
I posted the reply above immediately after reading Crash's reply, I have since read the rest of the thread, wow, what happened to the light hearted humour, which is the way I worded my post, of course, having now read the thread I want that clarified
Seriously guys, you are inventing scenarios, threads and discussion points, that are completely unrelated to the topic.
The economic boon or burden of coffeeshops and smoking is not what we are talking about.
Future potential, lets not do this because they might then do that in the future? So now you want to live your lives around unforseen, unforseeable, and likely never occurring events?
Shit, your lives must be spent worrying about unimportant stuff instead of enjoying life, may I suggest a few more walks in nature?
The way to live your life is how you want within the boundaries of the society you live in (if you choose). In the current enviroment smoking in the streets in Amsterdam, and obviously this is the Centrum district and other big tourist areas we are talking about, is absolutely, unequivicobly not a problem.
The only people who stare at me when I am smoking a joint on the streets are uninformed tourists who think I have balls the size of an elephant because I smoke in public, and talk to police while smoking.
Really, live life to the way things are now, not how you imagine them to be, and not how you want them to be, just as they are.
How do you know how things are currently?
You can get a general idea from reading and asking but the proof of the pudding is in the eating, get out in the streets of Amsterdam and look to see if you see people smoking, be observant to what is around you and fit in with the flow, if you did that then you would understand that smoking on the streets in Amsterdam is fine, as long as you stay away from schools.
In some of the outer lying areas of Amsterdam this still holds true. I worked by the Bijlmer Arena in the south east. There are no coffeeshops in the south east, yet there were locals all around the area walking along the streets smoking joints.
I walk and smoke all the time, and so does almost everyone I know who smokes. Ouside of Amsterdam, this is absolutey not true, the opposite is true, but, I still smoke in the streets wherever I am, I've done it in England, Holland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria and never had an issue, but then its our thoughts about the world that create the world, so I'll never have trouble when smoking weed in the streets..
Really guys, live in the moment go with the flow and do what feels right, don't spend all day debating such points on the internet, when they must be debated in the field
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Yeah, it a matter of practice and understanding the principles of the wind blowing the joint.treetop wrote:Anyone tried smoking whilst riding their bike? I find it gets harder to keep the joint lit the faster you go
First rule is cup the hand around the joint and remember that windflow through your hand will cause one side to burn slightly faster than the other (this is true even when smoking in the wind while standing around) the key is to rotate the joint 180 degrees every 5-10 secs, so the burn is kept even, actual rotation time will depend on how quick the joint is burning. The faster the wind, the quicker the rotation, but a well cupped joint can be shielded from a huge amount of the wind
Just trying to be 'En Vogue'
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that is top advice on the joint holding issue. I had completely forgotton to do the twist every few seconds. mind you I ride so slowly that the only wind is usually other cyclists over taking me 
Amsterdam is a great city to cycle around day or night. As long as it is not raining
Amsterdam is a great city to cycle around day or night. As long as it is not raining
How much did you produce?
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Thx for the replies. After a day of watching plenty of others (including locals) having a discreet spliff, everywhere from the tram stop to the middle of town, I felt that it was OK so long as it was discreet and didn't get in anybodies face.
By the end of my trip, I was quite happy to go out with a few prerolled j's
and enjoy them throughtout the day.
I was probably over-paranoid, but the scene seems to be it's just something people do, so why get hung up about it.
Cheers
Arch
By the end of my trip, I was quite happy to go out with a few prerolled j's
and enjoy them throughtout the day.
I was probably over-paranoid, but the scene seems to be it's just something people do, so why get hung up about it.
Cheers
Arch
Only the paranoid survive (who said that?)