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shawn622

Lifer
Jul 22, 2012
1,081
2
Mount Sterling, Ohio
Ok, this started out to be an exceptional day. Received a package from Baronsamedi with a cool little clay pipe, and another nice pipe along with 6 hefty sample and a tin of Davidoff Royality. Another package from P&C via Russ Ouellette with samples of Black House, and Vischer Ferry was also in the mail. russ is awesome, and P&C is great too!! Then I was getting ready to go to the Beach with my sons when UPS pulled up with the Pete that Kabong gave me. So this is an unbelievable day so far. I had also sold something on ebay that I had been relisting for like 6 weeks. So I'm on top of the world. Packed my beach stuff and some smoke stuff, and went to the beach. Everything was great. the kids and I played and were having a blast!!! I decided to take a break. I go to my spot on the beach and pack a bowl of the Vischer Ferry. I figure it won't be offensive to anyone because it smell like Graham crackers taste. Tastes like them too:) So I'm taking my time enjoying my pipe, and watching my boys. About a half hour later I'm looking out at my sons and my oldest starts yelling at me and pointing. I look behind me and the park ranger is walking strait for me. He approaches me and asks me my name and for ID which I didn't have on me. In the mean time the entire beach is gathering around me, and my kids have made their way to me. The ranger said someone called on me for smoking pot on the beach. Can you believe this crap??? I had to turn over the pipe to be tested. I had showed him the samples i had to no avail. He is actually sending it to be tested for marijuana residue. He said i will face a paraphernalia charge it it tests positive for thc. He was nice to me, but said there has been a problem on the beach with people smoking pot and drinking and since someone called on me that he had to follow through even though he believed me. Yet another chance for me to practice humility. Since we pipe smokers have a reputation for being upstanding citizens, I treated him with nothing but respect and thanked him for doing his job. I should get my pipe back next week in the mail. I was a 6 dollar Ebay pipe anyway. Crazy huh??? :crazy:

 

uberam3rica

Lifer
Sep 7, 2011
4,015
9
Capac, Michigan
I figured something bad was going to happen. Too many good things happened once. Oh well you got a lot of baccy and several pipes to use while you wait. At least it was a cheap pipe and not an expensive one.

 

garyovich

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jul 22, 2012
270
0
WOW! I live on the beach, and make walking on the beach while smoking something of an every evening ritual. I've never had any type of an adverse reaction. If I ever do in the future I hope I can handle it with the level of aplomb that you apparantly did. Hope you get your pipe back dude!

 

crk69

Part of the Furniture Now
Jun 30, 2012
751
1
That is a shame Shawn, every law enforcement officer I know is trained to recognize marijauna by site and smell. Park rangers on the other hand probably dont get the same training, so they have to follow their policy or procedure. Kudos to you for maintaining your cool. Glad that you will get your pipe back, even if it didn't cost you that much..

 

ohin3

Lifer
Jun 2, 2010
2,455
44
That is absurd. We do not suffer such shite here in Canada because we are a pot friendly country and it is not uncommon at all for people to smoke pot in public. Good that you showed him respect and all, but really that is a little over board on his part. You showed him the tobacco and anyone with a brain in their head should be able to distinguish between tobacco and marijuana, let alone someone in a position to enforce drug laws. What a nice waste of tax payers money. I'm sure they don't attack someone smoking a cigarette under suspicion of it being a joint.

 

msandoval858

Part of the Furniture Now
Jun 11, 2012
954
3
Austin, TX
Ugh, been there before.
When I first started smoking cigars, I had a great spot in one of the local parks back home that I used to go out in the early evening and light up and enjoy a smoke. I was in my early twenties and had long hair so I guess I just flat out looked suspicious. I had an officer approach me one day because he thought I was smoking a blunt in a public park :roll:
Everything ended well but needless to say, I had a hard time not losing my temper for being singled out like that.

 

baronsamedi

Lifer
May 4, 2011
5,688
6
Dallas
Yeah your age is what did it. He was banking on the possibility that you may have some residue in the pipe. Hard to believe they can go that far based on a complaint and nothing further to confirm suspicion but it's good that you didn't try to start a pissing match with him anyway.

 

shawn622

Lifer
Jul 22, 2012
1,081
2
Mount Sterling, Ohio
I understand his issue though. Somewhere on the beach was someone who called in on me. He had to make a show, and he told me thay. Plus kids are breaking apart Shisher blunts and filling them with pot. For all he knew i could have been spiking my tobacco with pot. I'm not even offended. He knew i was innocent, but that one idiot that called on me needed "justice" i suppose. Water under the bridge. On another more pleasant note. Go look at the Thread i started called "Please Look At This!!! Proof Positive That You Pipe Smokers Are The Best!!!" It will put a smile on your face :puffy:

 

gwtwdbss

Lifer
Jun 13, 2012
2,945
20
54
You need a Lawrence type handlebar mustache then no one would harass you except for maybe your groupies! Good thing he didn't confiscate your new Pete!

 

PeriqueMyInterest

Can't Leave
Apr 4, 2011
344
4
37
Alberta, Canada
What if you were smoking a nice pipe that you invested a good amount of money into? I would think twice about handing over any one of my pipes to them, I doubt that they will be careful with it.

 

shawn622

Lifer
Jul 22, 2012
1,081
2
Mount Sterling, Ohio
Baron, I'm 41 man!!! The other thing that I said was "Don't you think i would have tried to hide it if i was smoking pot?" I followed that sentence with "Here is my pipe. No problem sir. I know it's clean." And he said "I know it is Shawn, and you will have it back soon." No one smokes a pipe here. Seriously, I haven't seen one ever around here... So thats something else to think about.. And i was respectful. My mom always said "You catch more flys with sugar than vinegar Shawn.", and she is a wise woman :?

 

photoman13

Lifer
Mar 30, 2012
2,825
2
It is good to here that you were nice to the guy as he really was only doing his job. Shawn622, how many pipes do you have now?

 

baronsamedi

Lifer
May 4, 2011
5,688
6
Dallas
Haha. You are older than me! Your mom told you right, though. I just follow Chris Rock's rules:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8

 

kabong30

Can't Leave
Jun 2, 2012
329
3
I respect authority, but abuse of power rankles me. As far as I'm concerned the immediate evidence did not suggest marijuana and if there was not a no smoking ordinance, screw everyone of those people. You had your kids with you, and I would have behaved as you did in that case, but I would also make it as procedurally hard on the guy as possible. Receipts for EVERYTHING. I'm sure he acted like he was doing you a favor letting you go.

 

gwtwdbss

Lifer
Jun 13, 2012
2,945
20
54
Haha Baron, that was great! :rofl:
Shawn I seriously thought you were in your 20's by your current and the first avatar pic you had.

 
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