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Retired UPS Driver said:
I have no recollection, must have happened between born to age 2, as I can clearly remember things stating age 3.

Too many scars to count, but I still count that one, as the Dr wasn’t spot on 😱
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Did you get a discount? Half off?
Pàdruig said:
Years ago, I brought a decent bottle of Glenmorangie (a 12 year single malt) to a buddy's place where we have regular movie nights in his theater. One of the fellows in attendance proceeded to fill his pint glass from the bottle and then drank it like a beer.

I will never forget that. I was an odd mix of astonished, amused, and pissed. I give the guy a hard time about it to this day.
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Never anything that classy but I killed a few handles of tequila solo in my younger days. I’d be hungover for a week if I tried that now though.
 
Burke said:
Did you get a discount? Half off?

Never anything that classy but I killed a few handles of tequila solo in my younger days. I’d be hungover for a week if I tried that now though.
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The most I ever drank in one night was a boatload of tequila after almost getting into a shootout with the Hartford P.D. up in CT back in about 1985 or so. My hair hurt the next day.
 
fnordmorph said:
I dunno... I've conversed with quite a few upstanding folk who SWEAR the only way they could be positive for fentanyl (or meth or coke) was through incidental contact. Maybe from the same toilet seat that gave them Chlamydia a couple weeks ago...
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It's easy to absorb a detectable amount of coke from handling currency or other incidental exposure. Usually only trace amounts that require sensitive testing such as for athletics competition. The subject wouldn't notice it either. People frequently "fail" such drug tests until some discretion is applied based on the concentration.
 
Richard338 said:
It's easy to absorb a detectable amount of coke from handling currency or other incidental exposure. Usually only trace amounts that require sensitive testing such as for athletics competition. The subject wouldn't notice it either. People frequently "fail" such drug tests until some discretion is applied based on the concentration.
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It's easy to absorb a detectable amount if you smell it up close too.
 
We had a warehouse full of 55 gallon drums filled with guava paste that had cocaine secreted in it. I went home nightly with headaches from being around that stuff and to this day get ill if I'm in the presence of that smell.

I got called out of court to come in for a mandatory drug test once...I told the idiots to try explaining that to the judge when I was about to take the stand.
 
Hatchet_Jack said:
May I ask how you almost got in a shootout with the PD?
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I was assigned to protect a "source" who reported that he had a death threat from a potential target of investigation.
We drove up to a restaurant in Hartford where a meet was supposed to take place between him and the "bad guy".

Turned out that the "source" was a head case who hated law enforcement, and had contemporaneously reported to Hartford P.D. that he was meeting with someone who was threatening to kill him. His goal was to get us to kill one another.

When he went to the men's room, I went with him, but as I stood at the urinal I had a .38 in my hand instead of another tool. Hartford P.D. burst in, (in plain clothes), without announcing who they were. I thought they were there to assassinate the guy. Their sergeant and I both had beads on each other's heads until someone finally shouted "police" and we were able to lighten up on the triggers before things went all the way south.

I had to be physically restrained from going after him after he tried to make light of the situation. I wasn't amused. Still not...all these years later.
 
Blues said:
I like my whisky with peat.

Whiskey with corn.
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Found a peaty one on sale recently at a price I couldn't resist.

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Blues said:
I was assigned to protect a "source" who reported that he had a death threat from a potential target of investigation.
We drove up to a restaurant in Hartford where a meet was supposed to take place between him and the "bad guy".

Turned out that the "source" was a head case who hated law enforcement, and had contemporaneously reported to Hartford P.D. that he was meeting with someone who was threatening to kill him. His goal was to get us to kill one another.

When he went to the men's room, I went with him, but as I stood at the urinal I had a .38 in my hand instead of another tool. Hartford P.D. burst in, (in plain clothes), without announcing who they were. I thought they were there to assassinate the guy. Their sergeant and I both had beads on each other's heads until someone finally shouted "police" and we were able to lighten up on the triggers before things went all the way south.

I had to be physically restrained from going after him after he tried to make light of the situation. I wasn't amused. Still not...all these years later.
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Bloody hell, that could have gone badly one wat or another.
Is it not a legal requirement for P.D. to announce themselves as police right away?

I hope the "source" got what was coming to him.
 
yoko said:
I tried something(I can't remember the name of) at Nathan's house... it was really good!

(I bet that stuff wouldn't freeze either)

He poured a tall shot in a big shot glass.....

I put it down immediately only for Nathan the Machinist Nathan the Machinist to say "you were supposed to sip that....."


Ahhhh good times and it was delicious lol
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That was Eda Rhyne Fernet.

Absolutely marvelous stuff. I had one just a moment ago, getting ready for bed tonight.

Fernet is the "bar keepers handshake". It's also good to help settle your tummy after a large or acidic meal.

But the Eda Rhyne Appalachian Fernet is really quite special. It is a complex and botanical strong digestif that is delicious in exactly the same way as chocolate, without tasting like chocolate.

Unfortunately, their distillery was destroyed during the hurricane. So if you can find some at your local ABC, grab it. Because there's not going to be more for a while. They say they're going to rebuild, but who knows when (or even if) it, will be available again.
 
Hatchet_Jack said:
Bloody hell, that could have gone badly one wat or another.
Is it not a legal requirement for P.D. to announce themselves as police right away?

I hope the "source" got what was coming to him.
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I don't remember what became of him. It wasn't my case...I was simply playing his minder. I don't think I ever saw him again.

Don't know if it's a legal requirement...a lot of mistakes were made that day. One of which was not coordinating with the locals to let them know we were operating on their patch. But, there may have been a reason for that lack of communication if there was a question of possible corruption, which at this point, I don't recall if there was.

Really all I remember of that day, for the most part, is what went down from the moment the action began...and the massive hangover I had the next day.

But yes, they should have announced, loudly, "Police" as they had no reason to mask who they were upon bursting into the room. And that was my beef since it nearly got at least two of us killed.
 
Blues said:
I don't think I've ever had Lagavulin. Just Ardbeg and Laphroaig on the peaty side.
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I really like Ardbeg, i don't mind laphroaig but to me Lagavulin is a bit fishy. I mean that literally too, I get this weird fishy note from it.

Currently on a bottle of Hellyers Road Peated single malt from Tasmania. It's not too bad either.
 
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