thomasinaz
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Bleach??? That gene pool needs a complete shock treatment and a back flush! 
Need A Little More Bleach For The Gene Pool.
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CAJUNLAWYER
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Meth is like supercharged crack. Whereas a snort of crack only gets you going for about 10-15 minutes-a good snort on Meth can keep you going for hours. It is easy to make too. Not to sound racist, but meth , at least in my area, is almost exclusively a white thing. In fact I cannot remember any of my black clients being arrested for it-they go the crack route. Years back we had an influx of rednecks from northern Louisiana and Mississippi over here stealing the anhydrous amonia from the cane farmers as it was used in making meth. It got so bas that a special stature was enacted "Theft of Anhydrous Amonia". After these guys started getting serious jail time-or getting shot at by the farmers, it died down complately. Now we are dealing with the moble meth labs using beer cans and sudafed. You can tell a meth head a mile away-terrible acne and no teeth.
Farmers here put game cameras on their anhydrous tanks. There has been at least one conviction that I know of based on game cam photos. The peach grower that rents my farm started putting a 24 hour guard on his tanks. My sister-in-law confronted a car load of gangstas (white and black in the car) from MaconGA some years back checking one of our fuel tanks. They thought it was an anhydrous tank. She had two dogs and a Mini-14, so they left.
mg357
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Charlie i will keep you in my prayers.
joeintexas
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So.....what happened to the motorcycle? Seriously, be careful, that is one wierd neighborhood you call home.
keith44spl
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Charlie ol pard, keep on hangin tough!
Sad to say this meth thang ain't going away.
Gets easier to manufacture all the time...From Red-P cooks to ammonia, hell they don't even need anhydrous any more...One steps use ammonia nitrate.
That **** is wreckin a lot of lives...And not just the user's.
Su Amigo,
Dave
Sad to say this meth thang ain't going away.
Gets easier to manufacture all the time...From Red-P cooks to ammonia, hell they don't even need anhydrous any more...One steps use ammonia nitrate.
That **** is wreckin a lot of lives...And not just the user's.
Su Amigo,
Dave
Tell me more about those ribs.
Sebago Son
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More Backwoods Follies. We have some of the same up here. Usually this is a self correcting problem.
Sometimes it needs a little 'help' to get started.
jlrhiner
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Maybe we should start dropping by Charlies place and setting on the porch. Sounds like great fun!
Wingmaster
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After reading this, I am wondering if my quiet neighborhood is like this. I might be too niave to see it.
Just a thought
Wingmaster
Just a thought
Wingmaster
mball
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This has made me realize how much I like my neighbors. No loud music or wild parties here. If anyone in this area is doing drugs they hide it well. All you hear is an infrequent dog, some gunfire (practice) and Phil up the road has a habit of launching anvils on New Years and the 4th of July.
Stonecove
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WOW, I'm out of breath just reading that! Holy Moley!
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Not the solution I'm afraid.
The tweakers are everywhere. They could be in the house next door with Grandma. If you're way out in the boonies, the neighbor's barn could be a lab.
Any change in ownership or marital status or houseguests of your neighbors can completely change the game!
Via con Dios, Charlie.
And, truth be told, we have them in our neighborhood, too. The area we live in has low rent apartments about two blocks away, and the whole area was developed in the early 60's. I have had more stuff stolen, cars broken into and rifled through, and wierdo's hanging around than I care to think of. I think the folks in the local 911 dispatch center know me by my first name now! And we don't walk the neighborhood without protection.
BuckeyeChuck
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Sometimes a little perspective helps, and sometimes I get it through the internet. In autumn 2003 I and the wife bought a home on the far west side of Columbus. We got the usual questions and intonations from the white collar coworkers, who are sure that you are sure to be maimed or killed and all your stuff stolen just because you live inside the city limits.
Fast forward to early 2012, and now the wife and I want to move to Upper Arlington, an "inner burb" in which we've always wanted to live. Our desire to relocate isn't particularly intense except for one thing: three sons. (I guess that's three things.) Two of them are now school age, and they attend private school because I strongly dislike the culture I see around me. Kids in baggy shorts, early teenagers smoking, and mid-teen girls pushing baby carriages. I won't even let my sons ride the Columbus City Schools bus provided to our private school simply because I wish to completely insulate my sons from this culture, against which I'm not sure I can win when they are exposed to it daily with little people with whom my sons wish to play.
But stories like the one that opened this thread make me realize that my neighborhood really is pretty nice. Most of the home owners are old, but even where they aren't, things tend to be pretty quiet. Aside from the house on the corner (those people can destroy cars and even their own bodies faster than anybody else I've ever witnessed), people are pretty well-behaved, and if they aren't, well, I don't see it.
If I could talk to myself in mid-2003, I would tell him to move to UA immediately regardless of an increase in expense. But I can't do that, and I still like where I live.
Fast forward to early 2012, and now the wife and I want to move to Upper Arlington, an "inner burb" in which we've always wanted to live. Our desire to relocate isn't particularly intense except for one thing: three sons. (I guess that's three things.) Two of them are now school age, and they attend private school because I strongly dislike the culture I see around me. Kids in baggy shorts, early teenagers smoking, and mid-teen girls pushing baby carriages. I won't even let my sons ride the Columbus City Schools bus provided to our private school simply because I wish to completely insulate my sons from this culture, against which I'm not sure I can win when they are exposed to it daily with little people with whom my sons wish to play.
But stories like the one that opened this thread make me realize that my neighborhood really is pretty nice. Most of the home owners are old, but even where they aren't, things tend to be pretty quiet. Aside from the house on the corner (those people can destroy cars and even their own bodies faster than anybody else I've ever witnessed), people are pretty well-behaved, and if they aren't, well, I don't see it.
If I could talk to myself in mid-2003, I would tell him to move to UA immediately regardless of an increase in expense. But I can't do that, and I still like where I live.
mball
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In 2007 I was on a job in Hillsborough County, Fl. I lived in an RV park on the south end of Riverview(south of Tampa). A 16 year old boy drilled into a pipe crossing the Alafia River because someone told him it had money in it.
The pipe was carrying anhydrous ammonia. The boy was burned over 18% of his body, there were evacuations, enviromental issues and they had to fly a guy in from Texas who is one of a very few people qualified to repair this.
Several times in all this the manufacture of meth was mentioned.
The pipe was carrying anhydrous ammonia. The boy was burned over 18% of his body, there were evacuations, enviromental issues and they had to fly a guy in from Texas who is one of a very few people qualified to repair this.
Several times in all this the manufacture of meth was mentioned.
LOL; I read that whole post through with enthusiasm and wonder. It's good that you are smarter than dopes, but they are sneaky little rascals(not the descriptive term I would prefer, but I haven't accumulated any "points" around here in a couple years) . Joe
Mr. Sherrill, I figure your IQ has to be in the 150+ range. I think I'm at least average, but there's no way I could keep all the who's-related-to-who's-living-with-whom people and names straight!
Thanks for the stories, as always. When you retire and write the book, I want to be in the line for a signed copy.
Thanks for the stories, as always. When you retire and write the book, I want to be in the line for a signed copy.
Charlie, as always, so well written!
Around here it's getting pervasive. Inner city gangs from NY and Philly, NJ and all the heavy drugs. We're 2-3 hrs from the dense populations. They're all finding our sleepy hick towns a nice target. The meth cookers are all over too and tend to be as you and others have described.
Be safe and keep doing a great job!
Around here it's getting pervasive. Inner city gangs from NY and Philly, NJ and all the heavy drugs. We're 2-3 hrs from the dense populations. They're all finding our sleepy hick towns a nice target. The meth cookers are all over too and tend to be as you and others have described.
Be safe and keep doing a great job!
