Don Lino
Premium Member
brazengrrl, right click on mine and save it. Then download it to www.photobucket.com, u probably already did that though!
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its just wrong that your parents are taking your tanks away seth, your tanks didn't cause the police to come posting on the forums did. So I could understand your parents saying no more posting on the forums or no more ORCA meetings but really your fish thats just cruel do people not understand that fish are just as loving and caring as someone dog or cat?
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9691267#post9691267 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Don Lino
brazengrrl, right click on mine and save it. Then download it to www.photobucket.com, u probably already did that though!
lol your smiley looks like craig red hat on backwards and a cig. oh that is just too good
seth16
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Well, the FWC did tell me that they were sent a direct link to the thread and that it was not their investigaros that found it. They did say they have people that that is their kob, they come in and search for people like that all day long, but no, he specifically said that it was a person from this forum that sent them the link and a story and that is what led them to me. If whoever it was told the FWC the real story, and not made it up to sound like this big bust, then they probably wouldnt have come, so it is not just the FWC being really serious about that that they came out, they were lead to beleive that they would bust me for taking tons of rock with tons of life and corals on it and that i have the intesnt on selling it off to LFS's and other people. The FWC was just doing their job, it was the perosn who turned me in that made it so bad for me. he even said that tons of people take small peices of "live rock" withouht knowig its illegal, like shells, technically, most shells in the ocean as well as any "rocks" or wood or anyting can be illegal to take, so they usually will just email a warning if they got a lead that was small like that, but the reasont ehy came out was beacuse the thought i was a big-time LR trafficer...lol
Brian once told me I was addicted to LR but at least its better than crack rock, I'm not so sure anymore, but really so are they going to drop the charge since its only half a lb I can't imagine a judge sitting there and not bust up laughing when they brought in the incriminating evidence.
I mean really they would have to find a real, for lack of a better word, nazi to prosecute a 16 year old for taking a half lb of rock and even if they did I can't imagine anything worse than them maybe assigning you to a couple hours of beach or park clean up something of that sort to make you appreciate the crime you commited on mother earth and our beloved environment.
On a side note won't globe warming kill off all the reefs before the trafficers do?
I don't suppose you could post a picture of this super sweet and lethal piece of rock?
I'm still half waiting for you to say APRIL FOOLS this is just ridiculous really.
On a side note won't globe warming kill off all the reefs before the trafficers do?
I don't suppose you could post a picture of this super sweet and lethal piece of rock?
I'm still half waiting for you to say APRIL FOOLS this is just ridiculous really.
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cschweitzer
New member
It does kinda look like me, but I'm not so bouncy...drugs are bad, you shouldn't do them
...that being said, if you do, it should not be anybody elses business to tell you what to do(JMHO)...
"wow ... never had any experience with a druggie chrisstie? Drug users impact everyone, haven't you seen those amazingly bad commercials on TV."
--My brother is my anti-drug
--Don't do pot or your parents might ground you and all your friends will just go to the movies without you
--Don't do pot or you might live a long life...you know you have more of a chance dying out there...
--Don't smoke grass, smoke people on the B-ball court
--Watch out for the little kids if you're stoned and driving through a drive-thru line
--If you smoke pot, you might as well join Al-Queda, because supposedly all the money you spend on pot goes to buying terrorists guns(and here I thought this was our governments job to supply weapons to other countries that tend to "turn" evil later on)...isn't weed how Iraq and Afghanistan got all their money??
Should I continue as to why pot is bad or go onto the one add that stopped airing in the 1980's that told you why heroin is bad?
...that being said, if you do, it should not be anybody elses business to tell you what to do(JMHO)..."wow ... never had any experience with a druggie chrisstie? Drug users impact everyone, haven't you seen those amazingly bad commercials on TV."
--My brother is my anti-drug
--Don't do pot or your parents might ground you and all your friends will just go to the movies without you
--Don't do pot or you might live a long life...you know you have more of a chance dying out there...
--Don't smoke grass, smoke people on the B-ball court
--Watch out for the little kids if you're stoned and driving through a drive-thru line
--If you smoke pot, you might as well join Al-Queda, because supposedly all the money you spend on pot goes to buying terrorists guns(and here I thought this was our governments job to supply weapons to other countries that tend to "turn" evil later on)...isn't weed how Iraq and Afghanistan got all their money??
Should I continue as to why pot is bad or go onto the one add that stopped airing in the 1980's that told you why heroin is bad?
cschweitzer
New member
I thought meth and heroin were worse than pot, but the TV never lies...since 99% of anti-drug propaganda is about the evil weed, I guess I was wrong.
Does anyone know the history behind the criminalization of marijuana? Look up harry azlinger, prohibition, and criminalization of marijuana...stems from the repeal of prohibition and how the drug czar, Azlinger, knew he was a goner if he didn't find something else to pin all America's problems on...what was it you asked? I know all of you think it is weed, but no!! The big problem with America was supposedly Mexican border jumpers who happened to be coming to America to spoil our innocence and bring this evil drug(yes, now I'm talking about marijuana) to corrupt our good, honest, decent American children
If you don't see any sarchasm in my words, look harder.
Does anyone know the history behind the criminalization of marijuana? Look up harry azlinger, prohibition, and criminalization of marijuana...stems from the repeal of prohibition and how the drug czar, Azlinger, knew he was a goner if he didn't find something else to pin all America's problems on...what was it you asked? I know all of you think it is weed, but no!! The big problem with America was supposedly Mexican border jumpers who happened to be coming to America to spoil our innocence and bring this evil drug(yes, now I'm talking about marijuana) to corrupt our good, honest, decent American children
If you don't see any sarchasm in my words, look harder
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cschweitzer
New member
Yeah, sorry Seth, I got sidetracked by one of my many passions, freedom and democracy...back to LR...
I'm definitely not saying that it was, but could it have been a moderator that told them? I remember the whole issue(and the reason why many of the greatest minds or reefcaretaking left RC) a while back about someone in possession of an illegal coral having NOAA show up at his doorstep. There was a lot of commotion caused on that, making many of those minds leave for "greener pastures," or "blu-er oceans."
pixiegirlie
New member
sorry to hear of all the troubles seth- hope everything works out
nauti1us
ORCA President 2007~2008
While out working today I got a call from a friend telling me "Hey Matt, you've got to get on to RC and check out a thread posted about Seth and a live rock incident. I heard the cliff notes but really couldn’t grasp the gravity, until I painfully read through each of these replies...
While I am disappointed to hear about Seth’s troubles, I guess I'm even more disappointed to hear people focusing their anger on the ORCA Club and their members... what a shame.
ORCA is filled with awesome people. Just come to a meeting and find out for yourself. Seth is cool kid, and anyone who's met him would back me up. Does it mean that Seth might not have enemies out there..? Who knows... Better yet, can people really be so naive as to think that there are not people with way too much time on their hands looking to make trouble for other people..? Just a take a look at the endless chatter on these forums… The ease at which people make slanderous and hurtful comments without any consequence is mind baffling.
Sorry for the rant, but I had to add my 2 cents. I feel like it’s my job to protect our club. This club is really growing strong and I hate to see anyone make derogatory comments regarding its members especially when the claims are empty and without basis.
`Matt
While I am disappointed to hear about Seth’s troubles, I guess I'm even more disappointed to hear people focusing their anger on the ORCA Club and their members... what a shame.
ORCA is filled with awesome people. Just come to a meeting and find out for yourself. Seth is cool kid, and anyone who's met him would back me up. Does it mean that Seth might not have enemies out there..? Who knows... Better yet, can people really be so naive as to think that there are not people with way too much time on their hands looking to make trouble for other people..? Just a take a look at the endless chatter on these forums… The ease at which people make slanderous and hurtful comments without any consequence is mind baffling.
Sorry for the rant, but I had to add my 2 cents. I feel like it’s my job to protect our club. This club is really growing strong and I hate to see anyone make derogatory comments regarding its members especially when the claims are empty and without basis.
`Matt
chrisstie
Premium Member
Since you said this and I like tangets here I go off on one.
My freshman year of college I was in a dorm with 3 other girls. One was a nice sorority girl, another the daughter of a very orthodox preacher (i'm not sure if it was christian or catholic but one of them), and the other an indian\islands mixed girl whos parents were very strict and her father was a good chef. Sarah, Carolyn, and Suleka respectively.
It was great for a while until the last 2 girls started hanging out with the guy from across the hall. He was your typical angsty brooding "dude" and Carolyns boyfriend had cause to be jealous.
College things happened between them, and apparently the Dude liked to do drugs. Suleka heard about this and in the room RIGHT NEXT to mine decided it'd be so totally cool to offer him "favors" in return for drugs. I'm allergic to smoke.. with cigarette smoke I get very very bad headaches very quickly and sometimes a nauseous feeling. With pot smoke? Well the stuff stinks worse than my cat's butt and the headaches were just as bad. I called the RA on duty which unfortunately was Suleka's friend but she did her job and the campus police showed up and caught the pair in the act of doing some very gross dirty things.
Turns out the Dude was on antidepressants and likes to drink and do all kinds of weird stuff and decided to throw a beer bottle at my head through my 2nd floor dorm window. Ow!
Assult and launching a missile into a dwelling they called it. There was safety glass like, ingrained in EVERYTHING. my freshwater fish tank, my computer, my bed, my clothes, my hair... One minute im sitting there with a computer game, the next a nervous adrenaline fired wreck freaking out calling the cops and I had no idea what happened.
Needless to say I feel very strongly against drugs and stupid people in general, but as its been a few years and I aged its still the kind of thing that goes on behind closed doors and generally doesn't affect the environment or other people so as long as you keep it to yourself I don't care what you do... but if you bring it to my door thats another thing.
So yeah, I know what drugs can do, but I've also learned that shoving idealistic ways at people isn't always the other persons idea of fun.
What really bothers me is a )stupid people b) people that do stupid things
If you can learn and grow from them than it was a fulfilling experience, but if you're going to be a loser for the rest of your life doing many things you know you shouldn't, well its all on you.
cschweitzer
New member
I think(hope) he was being sarchastic about how the commercials are all just so dang stupid...
either way, your above comments sound exactly like my friend, James' views and I feel are very true. It's not the drugs, it's the staggeringly high percentages of dumb@$$es that happen to be using them.
Last night, Dr. Greg House(yes, I'm that cornball to quote a television show) said he learned something about himself...he was addicted to painkillers. His friend started offering different ways to help and he said he wasn't going to stop...he further elaborated that he said he was addicted, he never said it was a problem...he still functions, pays his bills, goes to work, and does a better job than most people. You can still be a productive member of society and be using a government decided illegal drug...I mean, look at the percentage of Americans on drugs right now...antidepressants, muscle relaxers, pain medication(regardless of how much "pain" they are in), anti-anxieties(anyone who has known someone with a xanax addiction knows exactly what I'm talking about), amphetamines(like myself for ADD), etc. All these are legal with certain restrictions, but most of the people use these for the whole concept of being able to function in a society as a productive member of it.
If you want to get even more literal, caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol do more damage than all illegal drugs combined...but, again, I digress...I think most people see many things they would like to see changed, but we accept what is decided for us...isn't that the idea behind it all...it has been said that a good democracy is one where everyone is equally upset with the outcome. In other words, you can't please everyone all of the time, but you sure can tick everyone off pretty easily.
either way, your above comments sound exactly like my friend, James' views and I feel are very true. It's not the drugs, it's the staggeringly high percentages of dumb@$$es that happen to be using them.
Last night, Dr. Greg House(yes, I'm that cornball to quote a television show) said he learned something about himself...he was addicted to painkillers. His friend started offering different ways to help and he said he wasn't going to stop...he further elaborated that he said he was addicted, he never said it was a problem...he still functions, pays his bills, goes to work, and does a better job than most people. You can still be a productive member of society and be using a government decided illegal drug...I mean, look at the percentage of Americans on drugs right now...antidepressants, muscle relaxers, pain medication(regardless of how much "pain" they are in), anti-anxieties(anyone who has known someone with a xanax addiction knows exactly what I'm talking about), amphetamines(like myself for ADD), etc. All these are legal with certain restrictions, but most of the people use these for the whole concept of being able to function in a society as a productive member of it.
If you want to get even more literal, caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol do more damage than all illegal drugs combined...but, again, I digress...I think most people see many things they would like to see changed, but we accept what is decided for us...isn't that the idea behind it all...it has been said that a good democracy is one where everyone is equally upset with the outcome
. In other words, you can't please everyone all of the time, but you sure can tick everyone off pretty easily.
cowboyswife
New member
I too know firsthand what drugs can do. My ex boyfriend was addicted to all kinds of things, and was extremely violent. He got busted for pot, and my parents ended up bailing him out of jail on their wedding anniversary. Before I moved to FL, after we broke up, he had strayed away from pot and became a hard core X and coke user.
Just say NO! rofl
Just say NO! rofl
