Just got back from the weed dispensary.

[LuckyCharms]

You have to show your driver's license when you enter.

I handed it to the young woman and said "I just turned 21".

She looked at my license and said "Well, you don't look your age".

I said "really"?

She said "really".

So I dramatically got down on one knee, took her hand, looked her in the eye, and said "Will you marry me"????

She laughed and said "YESSSS"!

We were both laughing.

Hahahaha!

It was all fun and games until I realized I could not get up off the floor while on one knee. A guy from the back counter ran up and helped me up.

When I got home, I told my wife that I asked another woman to marry me, and she said yes.

My wife patted me on the head and said "That's nice, Lucky", and walked away.

[FalloutShelter]

1. Is that true?

That is so funny. You're a nut.

[LuckyCharms]

2. Yep. lol

Felt like a dunce when I got stuck on the floor. I must have looked like a turtle that flipped over or something.

And my wife has learned to live with my bullshit.

[FalloutShelter]

3. That's hysterical.

[LuckyCharms]

4. Well, at first it was...

[OAITW r.2.0]

33. Fixd. That was pretty incoherent.

One would think Du is emplying AI in their posting management.

[LuckyCharms]

5. .

[Faux pas]

6. Lol

that should teach you that showing off isn't always the smartest thing.

[LuckyCharms]

7. To be fair...

I've never claimed to be "smart".

[Faux pas]

22. Maybe not

but, you are cute and funny 😄

[LuckyCharms]

23. Thank you that's very kind...

but "cute" is a stretch.

I'm so ugly that when I walk into a bank, they turn off the cameras.

[Faux pas]

24. Lol in my world

sometimes cute has nothing to do with looks, ya know?

[LuckyCharms]

25. In my world as well...

Looks fade...personality tends to stick around.

[Harker]

27. I know a good potential partnership when I hear one.

[LuckyCharms]

28. You and me, Harker?

[Harker]

29. Yes!

When they turn off the cameras, I'll come in and fall down.

[LuckyCharms]

30. .

[Harker]

31. ...

[NNadir]

8. Your wife is the one with wit in your family.

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She sounds like a keeper.

Congratulations on getting up off your knees, by the way.

I've never been in a weed dispensary. What's it like?

A sure way to avoid getting punched in the eye may be to hide in one if you see an old fat bald guy with a clenched fist approaching.

[LuckyCharms]

10. Be careful if you plan on punching me in the eye...

I know Cung Foo, er...

Cung Foo...

Kung Foo I mean.

wait...

Kung Phu...

Wait...

Forget it.

The weed stores are dimly lit. And they smell like weed! And they have music blasting, with items on display in glass cases. You can walk up to a screen monitor once you are checked in, place your order, and then wait until they call your name.

You can't use credit cards yet, because it is not legal at the federal level, so you must pay cash, or use a debit card. They do have some kind of online payment app that will work too, but I've never used it.

I usually check their online inventory at home on my desktop PC so I know what I want when I walk in.

I appreciate your congratulations on getting up off the floor. That was probably the 50th time that has happened to me (back issues). Got stuck on the living room floor once for hours when I was remodeling my kitchen. Had to wait for my wife to come home and help me up.

It's rough out there, NNadir

[NNadir]

14. Well I assume the music will be the Greatful Dead.

I'm not sure I know what weed smells like anymore although there was a time I confess, I did know, and may have had trouble in those times spelling the name of a martial art, while failing to notice that the musicians were out of tune.

I have to be prudish about substances. I know that about myself.

I'll take your word for what the places are like. There are some things I really don't want to know.

My back pain hasn't prevented me from being able to get up off the floor yet, which is a good thing in case I get punched in the eye and am floored.

The only words of wisdom that my father passed on to me from his violent, alcoholic, deadbeat father was, "It doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down. What matters is how many times is how many times you get up."

It counts even if you need help to do so. Accepting help is a good thing.

There was one other piece of advice my father passed down from his, a chef when he wasn't drunk. My father put salt on his food and his father stuck a knife in the table near his hand and screamed "Taste your food before you season it."

I passed that one on to my sons, albeit without the knife in the table and the shouting. They love that story, and now repeat it replete with the Scots accent.

Recognizing that my good DU friend can be stranded on the floor until his witty wife comes home to pick him up, I will honor my previous commitment to not punch you in the eye.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. Never Heard The Dead

The majority of the folks that work in them are early 20s to mid 40s.
I hear more indie music than anything else.
Unlike Lucky, the dispensaries around here are not dimly lit.
Bright & wide open at all 6 or 7 I've been to around here over the years since medical (now also recreational) went legal. (10 years ago?)
They are very professionally run places in Illinois.

[NNadir]

39. There are two with in walking distance from my home, one of which is about 1/4 mile from the high school.

I hope the word "high" before "school" has no double meaning, although I've heard, from my sons, who graduated from it that my hope is naive.

A third is a short drive or slightly longer bike ride away. A fourth meets that criteria as well.

To my knowledge, neither of my sons have smoked pot, but I know they have had friends who do/did.

I will not and cannot report on what weed stores are like in New Jersey, since I won't be in one, ever.

I have heard it reported that weed from stores is fairly strong compared to what old hippies used to smoke. I don't know if that's true or not.

I don't know why a small suburban area like mine needs four weed stores, but apparently we do, since they are all surviving.

We also have about six or seven Pizza places, and three liquor stores. I have been in the liquor stores. Pizza can be addictive, and in fact, bad for you, and, as we know, so can alcohol.

We also have a bar nearby, oddly enough, only one. I've been it once, and had a martini since my wife thought I should shut up about never having had a martini. That martini was the only martini I ever had in my long life. I didn't like it. We do have a winery nearby; I don't consider it a bar, and they have nice bands with old guys playing there. We've met friends there.

As for weed...

My wife dumped her last boyfriend before me because he smoked pot every morning; in that way, pot smoking, his not mine, worked out well for me. It freed her up to be open to my affection and love.

My nephew just kicked the habit in Massachusetts. I'm happy about that. I guess I could have asked him what weed stores in Massachusetts are like, but I don't want to raise that subject with him. I've worked long and hard to be the kind of uncle for him that my uncles were for me; I haven't quite succeeded at it maybe, but I'm still working on it. I did tell him that life without pot could be wonderful; that was part of my effort to be that kind of uncle. He started smoking it when he was 14. I know it was very hard for him to quit and he did. I'm proud of him.

Thanks for your description of the stores in Illinois.

[LoisB]

9. That story elicited the best laugh I've had all day. That'll teach you to do all

your proposing while standing or sitting.

[LuckyCharms]

11. I'm glad you laughed!

I don't embarrass easily, so it was alright.

I tried to stand up like a boss, but I fell on my ass and hands.

[LoisB]

18. No worries. I recently attempted to scrub the kitchen floor on my knees. I think

I got as far as one tile before I reverted to the Swiffer. Took a good minute or two to manage to get up.

[BeneteauBum]

12. LC, you are a hoot!

I love a good sense of humor……and your wife must be someone special!

Peace ☮️

[LuckyCharms]

13. Thanks BB...

Seriously, I recognize that I'm probably not easy to live with.

She's usually a good sport about my nonsense.

[BaronChocula]

15. At least you were in the right place

I find Jet Fuel Gelato flower kind of loosens me up.

[LuckyCharms]

21. I have a low tolerance...

so those low dose 5mg gummies do it for me!

[BaronChocula]

34. Me too

a little goes a long way for me.

[Dr. T]

16. Forget Disneyland,

I often describe my preferred dispensary as the happiest place on earth. I have yet to encounter a person in a foul mood there.

[LuckyCharms]

20. Yep, always all smiles in there!

[PJMcK]

17. You must be high!

And I'm right there with ya!

[LuckyCharms]

19. I'm not, but wish I was! Enjoy!

[OAITW r.2.0]

26. I'm glad you rebounded from last Friday's post

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Very, very down and depressed.

I was in the local convenience/gas store yesterday. The young (

[LuckyCharms]

32. The young...???

Go on, I want to read what happened!

[OAITW r.2.0]

36. Tried to fix this 4 times...so I'll try responding this way.

I was in the local convenience/gas store yesterday. The young (

[LuckyCharms]

37. Is the parenthesis messing it up? Try it without one...

[OAITW r.2.0]

42. Probably a quirk code I'm not aware of.

[OAITW r.2.0]

38. It won't let me change my reply on copy/paste.

So, suffice it to say, I went into the store. I had a Dancing Turtles ballcap on and she recognized it from Terrapin Station. I confirmed, she said I was awesome. I agreed with her.

[LuckyCharms]

40. Ha! I love it when stuff like that happens!

And you are awesome!

[OAITW r.2.0]

41. Of course, I concur.