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cads: mircea_popescu: I don't mind
talking about my substance problem - I'm amazed and embarrased - I kicked speed and heroin
to
the curb back in 2007, but I
thought pot and booze were fine. It's shameful
that
those brought me lower
than anything else has. It's... refreshing
to finally be in a spot where I can say _no_ drug is _ever_ going
to be a good
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mircea_popescu: still waiting for
the speed freak going "well it was getting unmanageable so i'm
taking a year off
to deleverage and see what happens"
mircea_popescu: da fuck
this is
the first
time i hear someone say
that.
cads: copumpkin: classes were boring. Substance abuse got unmanageable, and my debt was insane. I'm
taking a year or
two off
to work on my sobriety,
to work my same old job as a machinist and deleverage my debt a bit, and
to wait and see what happens with higher education.
cads: hmm, am I right
to remember
that last we
talked ( a couple years ago) you were a grad student in midwest university?
copumpkin: I've never actually done it in
the US
cads: not
that it's of any consequence (I had
to quit, but I don't judge)
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Chaaang-Noi: if i did
the euope
thing or whever im sure id hook up with a local girl
copumpkin: I
think
traveling alone and meeting cool people in hostels is also fun
copumpkin: I'm not sure it would suck, but if you have a SO it would be kind of weird not
to do it with
them :)
Chaaang-Noi: id love
to do it, but
think it would suck if i did it alone
copumpkin: so I had
to buy a new pass in
the middle of
the
trip because I got
the EU one
Chaaang-Noi: money would not be
the issue, it would be
the visas
copumpkin: lots of foreigners get
those rail passes
Chaaang-Noi: but my wife will have a hard
time getting visa i bet cuz she is
thai
copumpkin: we'd just say "oh,
that
train looks cool" and hop on
copumpkin: very spontaneous
travel with my gf for over a month
copumpkin: I bought it legally in amsterdam, had most of it, and
then forgot about it until I got
to slovenia
copumpkin: it was just
the end of a little baggie I had with me while
traveling around europe
copumpkin: oh I meant
that had I known how harsh
their laws were, I wouldn't have dreamt of doing
that
Chaaang-Noi: not as good as
the high end stuff you get in
the usa
Chaaang-Noi: coke is rally high here (far from
the source)
Chaaang-Noi: really
the
thais mostly use "yaa baa" or meth
Chaaang-Noi: yeah
thats fine, but you ahve
to get it in
tourist areas, and
the dealers are paying
the cops for sure (or
they wont last)
Chaaang-Noi: now meth is becoming an issue here, as it leads
to crime
Chaaang-Noi: but really a farang smoking a joint,
they dont give a fuck
Chaaang-Noi: if you are not paying
the right guy you are good as dead if caught
Chaaang-Noi: yeah,
they will kill you on site if you are
thai
Chaaang-Noi: however
they dont care if you buy and use
their products
Chaaang-Noi: the police and army sell and
trafic here so its harsh punsihment
copumpkin: I crossed
the Hungary/Croatia border with a little bit of weed and
that's apparently a big source of international
tension with Hungary, because Hungary is super hardcore about drugs and will
throw you in jail for 15 years without a
trial for 5, and quite a few foreigners are in
that situation
copumpkin: and found out
that it's a big no-no
Chaaang-Noi: i have
the urge
to smoke some weed, have not done so in years, odd
zebedee_: What software creates
those weird comments in blogs
that are something like "[...] some words or other [...]" with
the square brackets? What's
that all about?
mircea_popescu: yeah/.
they call it "mother's
tongue", but it's not really
that special.
zebedee_: You seem
to be not
too far from Koh Samet - I was
there in Feb!
Chaaang-Noi: should i invite him
to nana? i honestly know almost nothing about him so i dont know if he is cool or not
cads: it will be far grittier
than yours, just a start
to a possible
tale of intrigue
cads: mircea_popescu, I
think you've inspired me
to put a beginning of a story on my (currently nearly empty) blog.
zebedee_: Which part of
Thailand do you live in?
Chaaang-Noi: we are moving and giving away a lot of our extra furniture and stuff
to
the cambodian migrant workers here
Chaaang-Noi: iv used
them just
to
try it out, but id rather just use
the laptob
zebedee_: Yeah;
that's why I
thought you had
too many
THB.
Chaaang-Noi: you hear about
that finish guy? wired me 2.65 million baht
Chaaang-Noi: i can send you an address before hand but dont send until we meet and i show you
the cash
zebedee_: Of course; I send
to a BTC address :)
Chaaang-Noi: he has not responced once i confirmed
the dats
Chaaang-Noi: ill have cash on hand even if
thqat other guy does not show
Chaaang-Noi: there is a guy who is going
to meet me in bkk with 30,000
thb
to buy btc so
this should work out perfectly
zebedee_: OK. About $1k equivalent, so perhaps 30k
THB.
zebedee_: If you want
to sell
THB
then I'll buy some off you. If you don't it's cool.
Chaaang-Noi: oh right, sorry, i did not read
that collectly
zebedee_: No I want
THB. I'm indifferent
to dropping some BTC or JPY.
Chaaang-Noi: some guy wants
to meet me
to sell 30,000
thai baht for btc wheni go
zebedee_: You wanna sell
THB? If not I'll just dump some JPY notes.
zebedee_: Will be on
Tuesday as discussed.