Got a book about indoor gardening.

[angry pancake]

Gardening Indoors by George Van Patten. It is subtittled as The Indoor Gardener's Bible. This is the new 4th edition put forth by Van Patten Publishing. This book has a suggested price of $19.95, but I got it for free.

I had never been to Hydroponics are us prior today and actually didn't know that this place existed so close to my office. However, a long time friend of mine --I'll refer to him as "Smokey" --said he would be in the area to go buy some light bulbs. I'm thinking, wtf? why not run to the hardware store by his house instead of driving all the way over to downtown. So I meet SMokey at a lunch sport not too far away and afterwards he asks me to drive to Hydroponics R Us to buy the bulbs. No problem, the place is a huge warehouse with all sorts of stuff for growing plants indoors. The lightbulbs and shit were a little more expensive then they should have been. The kid working there seemed like he was stoned off his ass and barely aware of what was going on. The place appeared empty except for me, Smokey and stoner. I asked stoner "hey, have you ever thought of growing indoor weed with this equipment." Stoner jumps up like he's been given the shocker with both hands and starts yelling shit so fast I couldn't understand a word. I also think he was speaking partially in Mexican --that didn't help me understand him at all. Anyway, as raving screaming stoner comes out from behind the counter I'm starting to pick up on that he wants me to leave. At this point I'm starting to get pissed off at this kid for yelling like a little bitch and my sense of humor is rapidly nearing depletion. As stoner starts to approach, Smokey starts yelling and cuts stoner off from getting more than 4 feet from behind the counter. It soon becomes appearant that stoner and Smokey know each other and stoner starts to calm down, but stoner keeps saying I have to leave. Smokey asks if I mind waiting outside until he gets his lightbulbs. I tell him his ass will be walking back to his truck in that case.

Smokey then tells stoner that everything is cool and I can stay. I'm thinking both of them can fuck off I don't feel like staying and I relay the thought to them both. After a few minutes stoner apologizes for wigging out and says he misunderstood the situation. I'm still not sure what set stoner off. I'm in a fucking place called Hydroponics R Us and he's upset because I mention growing weed? What else would anybody there buying supplies be doing? Well, anyway stoner gave me the book to illustrate that there's a lot to hydroponics than just growing pot. Sure enough the index doesn't mention chronic anywhere at all.

[ November 17, 2005, 03:12 PM: Message edited by: angry pancake ]

[Beebs]

Thats a standard rule at any place selling anything related to drug paraphenalia, as soon as you mention what it is really for it is illegal and you become a pain in their ass. There are other plants that can be grown hydroponically, just as you can smoke tobacco out of bong, or burn oil incense out of a meth pipe.

[theMerciless1]

hydroponics are for tomatoes

[Mars Man]

And human clones destined to become computer food.