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Posted: Wed 22nd Jul 2009 05:36 pm
by Twichaldinho
Boner wrote: plus they ruined Pink Floyd.
Im with Boner on that Statement, I loved Floyd much more than the Dampkring.
I have had some very, very good smoke from the Dampkring though.....
Posted: Wed 22nd Jul 2009 07:08 pm
by Boner
Twichaldinho wrote:Boner wrote: plus they ruined Pink Floyd.
Im with Boner on that Statement, I loved Floyd much more than the Dampkring.
I have had some very, very good smoke from the Dampkring though.....
Did you ever try the Dirty Jack Herer @ Floyds? it's been years since I tried it but it still stands out in my memory as one of the best weeds I've ever smoked and not just in Amsterdam.
I remember sitting in Pink Floyd smoking with Richard (tall dealer and one of the friendliest people I've ever met) there was some shite music on which I mentioned so he put David Gilmour in concert (the dvd) on and I just floated away, that was probably one of the single best times I've had in a coffeeshop.
End of hijack, sorry.
Posted: Wed 22nd Jul 2009 07:56 pm
by smokedogbaby
sh@dy wrote:
where was this? it always depends on the dealers you get, thats a rule in every shop, I even had bad ones in my favourite shop Mellow Yellow. At dampkring we usually have very friendly dealers, but I know one guy working there who is a total asshole.....it depends

it was the one that used to be pink floyd
but yeah i understand that about the drinks, but its not like we didnt spend any money
and i wouldnt mind, but we didnt even buy weed at the greenhouse up the street and we sat in there for over an hour using their bongs, nobody said a word to us
the waitress in dampkring was a real bitch about it too, she started saying "i dont know what its like in england, but here you have to buy something to sit" totally ignoring the 10 + grams we just bought
Posted: Wed 22nd Jul 2009 08:03 pm
by smokedogbaby
Boner wrote:
Did you ever try the Dirty Jack Herer @ Floyds? it's been years since I tried it but it still stands out in my memory as one of the best weeds I've ever smoked and not just in Amsterdam.
End of hijack, sorry.
yeah i smoked the dirty jack when it was still pink floyds, nice stuff
ive noticed that this dampkring still has the umma gumma on the menu at €7.50, is it the same stuff from pink floyd or is that just a name trick???
Posted: Wed 22nd Jul 2009 08:30 pm
by Boner
They didn't have the Umma Gumma when they first took over and a lot of people moaned so I reckon they just named a moroccan to keep us fans quiet.
Posted: Wed 22nd Jul 2009 08:37 pm
by smokedogbaby
yeah i thought so lol
its kinda pathetic to be honest
Posted: Wed 22nd Jul 2009 08:38 pm
by Twichaldinho
Was Richard the Bald geezer who owned the autographed Van Basten shirt that hung on the wall above the dealer booth Boner?
If so, I had a great chat with him one day about all things Ajax, over some Tasty Mothers finest. Top Bloke.
Never had the chance to sample the Dirty Jack though. I bought my first ever Bag of Northern Lights from there, first 5gram bag too!
I remember buying a weed called GrizzlyWhizzly from there too, never seen it anywhere else since.
Ummagumma, top-tits, and a hash called Mocalve ( or something similar ) round up all my purchases from the 'ol Pink Floyd...........R.I.P

Posted: Wed 22nd Jul 2009 09:13 pm
by Boner
Twichaldinho wrote:Was Richard the Bald geezer who owned the autographed Van Basten shirt that hung on the wall above the dealer booth Boner?
No he was cool though as he had a bulldog, Richard was tall and quite thin, he went off for a while to be a painter & decorator only to return, top guy, tbh all the staff were top people even the fat Scottish guy that worked there for a while.

Posted: Thu 23rd Jul 2009 01:59 am
by echc1
ahhh the halcyon days before the take over.....how i miss how that place was....the smoke,the people,the atmosphere.....remember an 18 yr old japanese kid getting totally wrecked and going face down in one o the famous chilli burgers,but pissing himself laughing, as his 17 yr old french travel buddy had to stand out in the rain(not even in the doorway!!)....happy daze

Posted: Thu 23rd Jul 2009 03:17 pm
by SoulRider
I was laughing at this in the coffeeshop the other day because all sorts of people were being carded.
When I asked it was explained this way..
Everyone is supposed to carry ID on you at all times in The Netherlands, so if you get stopped you can prove who you are. This is a legal requirement.
In some coffeeshops, they will ask people who look upto 25 for ID as a matter of course, but during the summer months, also tend to ask people at random, no matter how old. If the police come into a coffeeshop, and you are unable to produce ID, the coffeeshop gets in trouble as well as you, regardless of how old you are.
I've seen people in their 40's thrown out of coffeeshops for not having ID.
Not all coffeeshops are this intensive, but all the coffeeshops have picked up their ID checks now the tourist season has started
Just make sure you have ID, and as long as you are over 18 (that is the age limit) then you can get in.

Posted: Tue 4th Aug 2009 05:26 pm
by beejun
smokedogbaby wrote:no too sure what you mean by that shady
but dampkring's staff are wankers at the best of times tbh
i mean we bought over €100 of smoke and they kicked us out coz we didnt buy drinks
i doubt ill be going back
Of course he kicked you, you didn't buy a drink, if you wanna sit down in a CS, then get a drink, standard... get a few coins out n' get a milkshake or a hot chocolate , they are so tasty in the dampkring
Posted: Tue 4th Aug 2009 08:07 pm
by smokedogbaby
beejun wrote:
Of course he kicked you, you didn't buy a drink, if you wanna sit down in a CS, then get a drink, standard... get a few coins out n' get a milkshake or a hot chocolate , they are so tasty in the dampkring
yeah well like i said we bought over €100 of smoke, which the waitress saw us doing, then she chased us upstairs shouting about drinks
besides we had been sat in greenhouse, which is known for being a commercial coffeeshop, for over an hour without buying weed
Posted: Tue 4th Aug 2009 08:49 pm
by beejun
Smokedog,
You don't need to buy weed to stay in a CS, and if they tell you otherwise they are greedy tourists trap. You can go there, have a coffee and smoke your own, just like you did in the green house.
But when you do buy smoke in a Coffeeshop, no matter how much weed you getting, if you want to stay and smoke then you got 2 buy a drink, if you don't, then don't moan if you are ask to leave the place.
And if you spend 100 euros on smokes, I don't see why spending another few quids for drink is a problem...
Peace
Posted: Tue 4th Aug 2009 09:05 pm
by smokedogbaby
its not about the money
its just i didnt want a drink and i dont appreciate being told to buy one when i dont want it
this didnt happen anywhere else but in dampkring
so how can that be true??
Posted: Tue 4th Aug 2009 09:51 pm
by beejun
smokedogbaby wrote:its not about the money
its just i didnt want a drink and i dont appreciate being told to buy one when i dont want it
this didnt happen anywhere else but in dampkring
so how can that be true??
I can't believe you find it normal to stay in a Coffeeshop, sit down to smoke and not ordering a drink. And then complaining coz you've been told to get a drink or leave....imagine if all the tourists were like you,....