tangerinegreen555
Well-Known Member
So, we were sitting around telling lunchtime stories when a certain guy's name came up.
'WTF ever happened to ______ ?'
Well boys, I'll tell you the whole story.
A friend I graduated HS with and I were working the summer in the local steel mill in 1973. A new kid comes in, first day on the job.
My buddy immediately points out to the new guy you have to be 18 to work here, as he looked awfully young.
He shows us his driver's license to prove his age. So we tell him since he's old enough, he can meet us by the river bank at lunch time to burn one.
He shows up and we pass him a joint. Kid hits it like a cigarette. My buddy gets on his shit, 'hold that shit in a few seconds, didn't you ever smoke weed before?'
It was obvious he hadn't. But he liked it and showed up at lunch every day.
Soon, he asked about buying an oz. We got it for him. (Mostly so he didn't just burn ours at lunch, lol.)
Then, an oz. wasn't enough, he wanted a pound. Lol. The going rate was $20 an oz. in '73. A pound was around $160-175.
So we sold him a pound. At $20. an oz. $320.
Then he found someone else to sell him pounds. The local mafia guy sold it to him for $175. But it was a pound of shredded newspapers.
Then he discovered coke. Soon, his entire paycheck was going for coke.
Then, his dad died. (this is now covering 1973-1975) We kept working summers, the kid was full time. His dad left him a bunch of stuff including around $80K in savings bonds, the old kind that accrued interest indefinitely. He had 2 bank pouches filled with them at work, and went through them in 3 months.
Used to buy cases of Dom, and keep them in a cooler on ice in his car. Went through a quarter million of inheritance money in a couple years, after his aunt left all her shit to him. Had 3 nice cars, snorted them up also.
His favorite trade mark expression was, "I want the best."
He got in trouble at work, had a hearing and promptly quit. They weren't going to fire him, they wanted to send him to rehab. "Fuck You, I quit" People started chasing him for drug debts.
Then he began robbing banks. Held up the local bank and demanded $450. The price of a quarter oz. of coke at the time. Tried that again and the judge put him away for a couple years.
He's been in and out of prison ever since. And looks horrible.
We created a monster.
'WTF ever happened to ______ ?'
Well boys, I'll tell you the whole story.
A friend I graduated HS with and I were working the summer in the local steel mill in 1973. A new kid comes in, first day on the job.
My buddy immediately points out to the new guy you have to be 18 to work here, as he looked awfully young.
He shows us his driver's license to prove his age. So we tell him since he's old enough, he can meet us by the river bank at lunch time to burn one.
He shows up and we pass him a joint. Kid hits it like a cigarette. My buddy gets on his shit, 'hold that shit in a few seconds, didn't you ever smoke weed before?'
It was obvious he hadn't. But he liked it and showed up at lunch every day.
Soon, he asked about buying an oz. We got it for him. (Mostly so he didn't just burn ours at lunch, lol.)
Then, an oz. wasn't enough, he wanted a pound. Lol. The going rate was $20 an oz. in '73. A pound was around $160-175.
So we sold him a pound. At $20. an oz. $320.
Then he found someone else to sell him pounds. The local mafia guy sold it to him for $175. But it was a pound of shredded newspapers.
Then he discovered coke. Soon, his entire paycheck was going for coke.
Then, his dad died. (this is now covering 1973-1975) We kept working summers, the kid was full time. His dad left him a bunch of stuff including around $80K in savings bonds, the old kind that accrued interest indefinitely. He had 2 bank pouches filled with them at work, and went through them in 3 months.
Used to buy cases of Dom, and keep them in a cooler on ice in his car. Went through a quarter million of inheritance money in a couple years, after his aunt left all her shit to him. Had 3 nice cars, snorted them up also.
His favorite trade mark expression was, "I want the best."
He got in trouble at work, had a hearing and promptly quit. They weren't going to fire him, they wanted to send him to rehab. "Fuck You, I quit" People started chasing him for drug debts.
Then he began robbing banks. Held up the local bank and demanded $450. The price of a quarter oz. of coke at the time. Tried that again and the judge put him away for a couple years.
He's been in and out of prison ever since. And looks horrible.
We created a monster.
