Revival of the angry thread!

[stacktester]

Last night I'm standing in a store in Orlando and the girl in front of me had a 1/2 gallon of milk and a coke. I really wasn't paying attn. what she had until the clerk said you can't pay for the coke with the card. I looked over and she had a some kind of gov't card. So anyway she buy's the milk and pays cash for the coke. Then she tells the clerk she also needs two cigars in the case. The one's she picked cost about $5 a piece. I was thinking to myself, she needs help buying milk but can afford cigars? I knew the cigars weren't for smoking THEM and then I was really ticked.

So she goes outside and get's in her car and hands the cigars to her guy friend. Mind you there's a small child in a car seat in the back. He get's out and goes to the trash can and preceeds to cut the cigar long ways and pulls all the tobacco out. Now I'm no pot smoker but I do know what smoking a blunt is. So he cleans both cigars out and they drove off. This is great. I need gov't assistance but I have money to buy dope? Makes you feel great huh?

 

[ftwildernessguy]

I am so sick of looking at rotten plumbing I could explode. I spent the whole weekend including Friday replacing the corroded copper drain lines in my office with PVC. But miracle of miracles, nothing leaks!

 

[2goofycampers]

Last night I'm standing in a store in Orlando and the girl in front of me had a 1/2 gallon of milk and a coke. I really wasn't paying attn. what she had until the clerk said you can't pay for the coke with the card. I looked over and she had a some kind of gov't card. So anyway she buy's the milk and pays cash for the coke. Then she tells the clerk she also needs two cigars in the case. The one's she picked cost about $5 a piece. I was thinking to myself, she needs help buying milk but can afford cigars? I knew the cigars weren't for smoking THEM and then I was really ticked.

So she goes outside and get's in her car and hands the cigars to her guy friend. Mind you there's a small child in a car seat in the back. He get's out and goes to the trash can and preceeds to cut the cigar long ways and pulls all the tobacco out. Now I'm no pot smoker but I do know what smoking a blunt is. So he cleans both cigars out and they drove off. This is great. I need gov't assistance but I have money to buy dope? Makes you feel great huh?

We have thought for years, you want gov't $ pee in a cup, just like everyody else has to do on their job to get their $.

 

[auntie]

We have thought for years, you want gov't $ pee in a cup, just like everyody else has to do on their job to get their $.

There are ways around that too. My daughters boyfriend enlisted in Marines. Had the pee test..along with some others who were signing up. When the test came back positive for a couple of the guys the RECRUITER...said.."Okay..let's get you guys over to Utopia" Which is the store where you can purchase the kits that will remove any trace of the drugs from your urine. He drove them there and bought them for the kids.

I don't see the government making anyone pee in a cup for their benefits..and if they do and don't pass..they'll just get on the bus to the closest Utopia location.

 

[des1954]

My high school sweet-heart was a life-er in the Air Force. After about 28 years I caught up with him via Classmates.com. We e-mailed & phoned a few times, and he confided to me about all the drugs & weed liberally available - and that he liberally partook of. After a few conversations it came flooding back to me why I never married him.

I like my beer & kungaloosh, but when it comes to drugs - well - let's say I'm rather sheltered. I'm also naive because I thought the ONE place that would be relatively drug free would be the military. I guess I was wrong on that one! Maybe Congress & the Senate are "one toke over the line" and that's why the economy sux.

 

[ntsammy5]

I thought the ONE place that would be relatively drug free would be the military.

It is, relatively, but I used to run piss tests a couple of times a year and we'd always have at least one person fail - mostly for marijuana - thoose people would be counseled - anything worse than that could mean action under UCMJ. Most of the people caught were younger though for wht that's worth

 

[des1954]

Al- See Phyllis' post b-4 mine.

 

[ntsammy5]

Once you're in though, the rules change

 

[ftwildernessguy]

The Army Urinalysis program was one of the things I hated about being a commander. Marijuana was always tested, then the "drug du jour". We, too, would end up with at least one "hot" every test. If they were lower enlisted, they got drug and alcohol rehab and a second chance. If they were senior enlisted or officers, they were out - no counselling, no second chance, nothing. I can't tell you how many grown men I had crying like a baby in my office when I told them their career was over. Funny thing was, in the case of a senior enlisted, if they came to me before the test and fessed up, they could have the drug rehab. Officers were just screwed, but I had very few of those. I used to like the Health and Welfare inspections we did before the days of the pee test better. You'd search their quarters for drugs. Some of these guys were very creative with hiding spots. Bringing the dogs in was really fun - those dogs could find crap all over the place.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Al- See Phyllis' post b-4 mine.

I never found any products that supposedly could cover drug use effective. The tests were so sensitive that we used they could tell if somebody smoked a joint 3 months ago. Most of the hot cases we had said they used those drug cover up tests. If those guys later passed a urinalysis, it was because of the time that elapsed between their use and the test.

 

[ntsammy5]

The Army Urinalysis program was one of the things I hated about being a commander. .

Ditto - in an infantry/armor unit junior enlisted were about all we caught - but some times I suspect that senior NCOs and officers who thought they might get caught found ways of avoiding the tests - very rare indeed, but we did get a false positive on an E-9 once - I thought he'd have a heart attack.

 

[2goofycampers]

OK, I say we go to hair follicle testing for those recieving Gov't $.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Ditto - in an infantry/armor unit junior enlisted were about all we caught - but some times I suspect that senior NCOs and officers who thought they might get caught found ways of avoiding the tests - very rare indeed, but we did get a false positive on an E-9 once - I thought he'd have a heart attack.

The highest NCO's I had were 2 E7's. Highest officer was a Capt.

 

[des1954]

OK, I say we go to hair follicle testing for those recieving Gov't $.

The cost of the testing would be worth the expense!! We'd save kazillions on the Govt aid! No one would pass!! Just ask Donnie & what he witnessed last night.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

The cost of the testing would be worth the expense!! We'd save kazillions on the Govt aid! No one would pass!! Just ask Donnie & what he witnessed last night.

If I had any hair, I could make a killing selling samples to the druggies on welfare! Damn you, male pattern baldness!

 

[des1954]

Damn you, male pattern baldness!

At least you HAVE a pattern, Jim. There is no pattern to Al's male pattern baldness!!

 

[ntsammy5]

At least you HAVE a pattern, Jim. There is no pattern to Al's male pattern baldness!!

I resemble that remark

 

[des1954]

I resemble that remark

Yes you do.....Yes you do.

 

[Born 2 Fish]

Today feels like a good day to be angry.



Any takers ?

 

[PolynesianPixie]

Today feels like a good day to be angry.



Any takers ?

No thank you