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Into the Sky with Diamonds said
To LongHairedLady, Sky090909 and other Hendrix fans, here’s a picture I took of Jimi Hendrix in May ’68 at Madison Square Garden.

(I was just a young teenager; in those days you could walk up to the stage and take a picture. It was a rotating stage, so I got pictures from all angles.)

http://i1151.photobucket.com/a…..ndrix7.jpg

 

As for pot, I’m against legalizing it (except for medical stuff):

– Considering how people are against additives in foods, etc…, why would anyone want to add another toxin to their body?

– Having done some research on this many years ago, I don’t think most people who smoke know what they’re getting into. It can depress the immune system. It is stored in our fat cells and sticks around a long time: the half life is 2 weeks. So 2 weeks after taking a toke, half the stuff is still in your body. And it sits there free to interact in totally unknown fashion with every other thing you put in your body including medications.

I’m glad the Beatles experimented with stuff because it led to great music.

But just look at the Beatles to see what happens you experiment with drugs: each Beatle illustrates the different paths that can lead you down.

 

That’s a great picture, thanks for sharing!

As for the legalization thing, I always go back to the same argument that if alcohol is legal, then why shouldn’t pot be?  People are going to do it anyways, so why not stop clogging up the legal system with it?  The government would also make tons of money legally selling it to people!  I can’t stand feeling like a criminal when I am picking up a bag, while somebody can go to a liquor store and buy some whisky no problem.  All I am going to do is go home, have a puff, and stay safely in my own home.  What is the harm in that?  I think it’s ridiculous.  It should be treated the same as far as driving goes (I never drive, that would be so hypocritical).  It’s not a gateway drug, either.  People that turn to harsher drugs would have went down that path anyways because they have a self-distructive personality.  I have smoked it daily for over 10 years.  I have maybe a glass of wine once or twice a year.  Like I said, I stay at home, not harming anybody.  I have never had the urge to try a different high and move up to cocaine or heroine.  I had a few experimental things in my early twenties, like most people, but that’s it.

I think Paul said it best:

Effing love you Paul.  

Egroeg Evoli said
My sister was watching SpongeBob. One episode was called Krabby Road, which is an obvious reference. Another episode, which may or may not be a reference, was called A Life in the Day. If it weren’t meant to be a reference, wouldn’t they have called it A Life in a Day?

I love Sponge Bob, that’s awesome.  The Simpsons have done a lot of tributes to The Beatles over the years, many of which I didn’t catch the first time around!  Love it.

LongHairedLady said

Into the Sky with Diamonds said
To LongHairedLady, Sky090909 and other Hendrix fans, here’s a picture I took of Jimi Hendrix in May ’68 at Madison Square Garden.

(I was just a young teenager; in those days you could walk up to the stage and take a picture. It was a rotating stage, so I got pictures from all angles.)

http://i1151.photobucket.com/a…..ndrix7.jpg

 

As for pot, I’m against legalizing it (except for medical stuff):

– Considering how people are against additives in foods, etc…, why would anyone want to add another toxin to their body?

– Having done some research on this many years ago, I don’t think most people who smoke know what they’re getting into. It can depress the immune system. It is stored in our fat cells and sticks around a long time: the half life is 2 weeks. So 2 weeks after taking a toke, half the stuff is still in your body. And it sits there free to interact in totally unknown fashion with every other thing you put in your body including medications.

I’m glad the Beatles experimented with stuff because it led to great music.

But just look at the Beatles to see what happens you experiment with drugs: each Beatle illustrates the different paths that can lead you down.

 

That’s a great picture, thanks for sharing!

As for the legalization thing, I always go back to the same argument that if alcohol is legal, then why shouldn’t pot be?  People are going to do it anyways, so why not stop clogging up the legal system with it?  The government would also make tons of money legally selling it to people!  I can’t stand feeling like a criminal when I am picking up a bag, while somebody can go to a liquor store and buy some whisky no problem.  All I am going to do is go home, have a puff, and stay safely in my own home.  What is the harm in that?  I think it’s ridiculous.  It should be treated the same as far as driving goes (I never drive, that would be so hypocritical).  It’s not a gateway drug, either.  People that turn to harsher drugs would have went down that path anyways because they have a self-distructive personality.  I have smoked it daily for over 10 years.  I have maybe a glass of wine once or twice a year.  Like I said, I stay at home, not harming anybody.  I have never had the urge to try a different high and move up to cocaine or heroine.  I had a few experimental things in my early twenties, like most people, but that’s it.

I think Paul said it best:

Effing love you Paul.  

OMG at the picture.

As for the weed I’m not a daily toker cause of my job. I like smoking, but I’m not addicted to. In the alcoholic world they call it social drinking and thats what I am to weed. The last time I smoked was around June of last year and the time before that was about two years or so. Thats the hardest drug I have tried and probably will ever try. I don’t smoke cigarets and don’t drink. To quote Paul from the Anthology “Just what I need is some funny little thing where I never get back home again”, I feel like that about other drugs, even I know he took more. Point is, I don’t want take some drug where I feel like I may not be able to get back. Like Longhairedlady, I hate feeling like a criminal when someone can buy booze and destroy themselves or kill someone on the road. You know what I do when I’m high? I laugh with friends, bake a large cookie or eat other things, listen to Beatles or Bob Marley, and that it.

I was listening to Get Back , and when it ended I was confused because I’ve been listening to LOVE a lot lately, and the LOVE version of Get Back is longer than the real version. So, I said, “Hey, it doesn’t end there- oh, wait, yes it does. Ugh, LOVE messes up the way I hear Beatles songs.” And then my parents looked at me funny and my sister whispered to my mom, “I think she has a crush.” (No, I don’t have a boyfriend, thanks for asking.) I had to explain I was talking about LOVE, not love.

Egroeg Evoli said
I was listening to Get Back , and when it ended I was confused because I’ve been listening to LOVE a lot lately, and the LOVE version of Get Back is longer than the real version. So, I said, “Hey, it doesn’t end there- oh, wait, yes it does. Ugh, LOVE messes up the way I hear Beatles songs.” And then my parents looked at me funny and my sister whispered to my mom, “I think she has a crush.” (No, I don’t have a boyfriend, thanks for asking.) I had to explain I was talking about LOVE, not love.

Yea the Love messes me up to except its the opposite to me. I listen to the originals a lot, so sometimes when I listen to The Beatles on shuffle, there are Love versions in there, it throws me off with the extra parts or longer ending.

The Beatles always seem to know what’s going on… 

Last night my spouse and I were having a disagreement and when we stopped talking and it was that awkward silence, the playlist that had been going for hours started playing “When I’m 64” and then “All You Need Is Love “.    

Another time that happened in the car.  It was Christmas time and it was the usual Christmas stress and such, and we were having an little argument in the car.  We stopped talking and “All You Need Is Love ” came on.  Crisis averted.  Thanks to The Beatles, for always somehow knowing when to remind us of what’s important.