Columbian Gold

I prolly piss of some folks but fuck it.
I was 10, 1976
Got outbof tobacco field, got paid
300 bucks…in 1976
That was living large then, we made as much as grown men.
Anyway a pack of us ran around raising hell partying.
Rolling foot long joints etc.
My memory of Columbian gold
Was that it was indeed gold
And rag weed
Like not like we grow,shit
Not even as good as grass lol.

Then…red bud showed up
Panama red and low and behold
It had buds, not airy crap .
Now gladis the lesbian who worked at the stop and shop sold us our
Columbian gold for 35 a zip and we bitched because up until then
It was 30 an Oz.
5 bucks bought a lot back in 76.

Ok so sometime in the early 80s
I say 80 or 81 one called Mike
A friend we bough herb from
To bring us some smoke.

He showed up, handed me 1/4
Bag and told me.that was 30 bucks

120 an Oz…we nearly shit.
Mike said try it.
We did and it was unlike any of the pot that had come before in.our area.
Resen coverd joints
Deep expand

I said Mike, what this shit called?
" Jamaican mon"
Lol
It was that point when herb began to become what it is today.

Granted in NYC they were smoking real Thai, I know because my sister
Got married and my cousins came down and turned us on the NYC
Thai.
So the good shit got to the big city’s
First the made our way.

So other than throwing herb in a pile out in the sun turning it golden
I can’t really remember anything note worthy of Columbian Gold.

Now, if you won’t 10 and smoking weed in 76
Don’t comment and rag about how you know this or that
Or some Bru has seeds bla bla bla.
Not being rude but that shit
Simply won’t float

Peace

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I love stories of pot adventures from back in the days.
Thank you for sharing. It’s important the history of this plant doesn’t get lost in today hyper marketed culture.

Where were you living in the 70s-80s?

I started out on long Island
Massapequa
Ended up in NC
Those were the days lol
Can you imagine a whole neighborhood of kids that worked
Lol
We were the World’s greatest tobacco market
We called it the Golden leaf
It’s why we were so “rich” in a time
Of a crappy economy.
We bought all our own shit lol
When school would start
Oh by the way we were exempt
Until the season was over (tobacco)
All we had to do was present a excuse letter from the farmer we worked for and
Poof my ass didn’t start school sometimes till mid November.

I go to JC Penny, buy 10 pair of Levi’s
With blinking, 7
99 back then lol.
Bought my own guns, dad bought them, I gave him.the money
My own motorcycles
It was great.
I.mentioned we bitched about a 5 dollar increase in our pot.
Well back then a pack of salem lights were 67 cents a pack
Gas, about .70 cents.
I could fill up my maveric for 5 bucks.(1983)
I think a big Mac was 50 cents
Every generation prolly says the same thing but to me
In this used to be small ass town
Was the best time to be alive
In my opinion.
We were so free, hop on your bike
Ride 20 miles every day screwing off
Chasing skirts
Living large

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I would add one more thing for younger folks
Do you see that a gallon on gas was
60ish cents, the prices of everything
Cheaper?
Why?
Because we have been robbed
One day soon, a gallon of gas
May yet again be 20, 30 cents.
Why?
Because if you have 3- 90 percent
Silver dimes your golden
If you dont your shit out of luck

The purchasing power of our money has been stolen
Well we don’t have money now
We have currency
The real money is gold and silver
The reason your life sucks
Compared to mine In
1978 is that had just begun to destroy our wealth by devaluing
Our currency.
Look at your change
All monkey metals
82 I think copper penny’s became
Zinc
Rome die the same shit
And Rome fell
The west will to because of greedy
Sorry ass elite bastards

Rant over

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