It's official, I'm a Moron

[chequita guevara]

Would you believe I got pulled over and forced to wait while they searched my car for narcotics? I missed the bus.

I did not consent, but the dog "got a hit" (actually, the cop was mad because I did not consent, and kept running the dog around the car until he decided the dog had a hit). Then I had to wait for another police officer to show up, so I wouldn't sneak up behind the first one while he was distracted trying to find my stash, and then wait while he took everything apart. That left me with having to try and drive 150 miles in an hour.

[Deity Dude]

You all might find this unbelievable, but in 1979 you could buy an "unlimited" 1 month Greyhound pass for $99.

My brother, 2 college buddies and myself took the bus from East Lansing, Michigan to Daytona, FL for Spring Break.

We sat in the back of the bus for over 72 hours on the way down. I played guitar, we all sang, openly smoked weed out of a 1 foot bong, drank beer and passed numerous bottles of Jack Daniels around. And nobody cared.

After 2 days in Daytona we spent another week going south and ended up in Key West eventually. We saw the famous sunrise and sunset because we all slept on the beach for 3 nights. Then we got on the greyhound and headed back north. I played guitar, we all smoked, drank beer and passed a few bottles all the way north (only 48 hrs. on the way back) untill we got back to Detroit. From there 3 of us hitchhiked back to MSU (my brother was living in the Detroit area at the time so he stayed).

We never once stayed in a "room".

I left with $100 and came home with $9. It was the best trip of my life.

But then again that was 1979.

[germanos]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Would you believe I got pulled over and forced to wait while they searched my car for narcotics? I missed the bus.

I did not consent, but the dog "got a hit" (actually, the cop was mad because I did not consent, and kept running the dog around the car until he decided the dog had a hit). Then I had to wait for another police officer to show up, so I wouldn't sneak up behind the first one while he was distracted trying to find my stash, and then wait while he took everything apart. That left me with having to try and drive 150 miles in an hour.

This thread gets better by the hour .

Though I am sorry for you...

[MORON]

HEY THERE, I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO THE TITLE

[Julian Delphiki]

ITS TOO LATE NOW

[Arrian]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Would you believe I got pulled over and forced to wait while they searched my car for narcotics? I missed the bus.

I did not consent, but the dog "got a hit" (actually, the cop was mad because I did not consent, and kept running the dog around the car until he decided the dog had a hit). Then I had to wait for another police officer to show up, so I wouldn't sneak up behind the first one while he was distracted trying to find my stash, and then wait while he took everything apart. That left me with having to try and drive 150 miles in an hour.

I take it you refused on principle?

-Arrian

[MOBIUS]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Would you believe I got pulled over and forced to wait while they searched my car for narcotics? I missed the bus.

I did not consent, but the dog "got a hit" (actually, the cop was mad because I did not consent, and kept running the dog around the car until he decided the dog had a hit). Then I had to wait for another police officer to show up, so I wouldn't sneak up behind the first one while he was distracted trying to find my stash, and then wait while he took everything apart. That left me with having to try and drive 150 miles in an hour.

****, it all happens to you, doesn't it...

This trip obviously wasn't mean to be...

Ah, Greyhound... Such great memories, such great stories...

A few years back we did a 3 month trip from the east to west coasts, and because of the onerous relocation fees for driving a hire car across the US, we bought a bunch of greyhound tickets for the more boring sections (Texas) and got a whole bunch in New York a week in advance for half price.

Our first section was from DC to Savannah, GA and once we arrived I never wanted to set foot in another Greyhound ever in my entire life!!!

But we were stuck because our half price tickets were non refundable, and it was with dread that we looked forward to our four more journeys...

Still, by the end of it in Tucson, I'd actually gotten quite fond of travelling by bus as it gave a whole different view of the poverty stricken underbelly of the richest country on the planet, either through the fellow passengers (and odd panic stricken tourist wondering wtf they'd gotten themselves into, like the Swedish couple we saw en route to New Orleans ), or just some of the third world districts abject deprivation the bus drives through on its journey...

Who would have missed several black gangsta style teenagers on the back seat complaining on the one hand with genuine feeling in their voices that they couldn't understand why ordinary people were scared of them, and then discussing all the different crimes they'd been banged up in jail for...? Or stopping all your luggage going to Mexico at a change over at 2am in Houston (did I mention Texans are dumb?)...? Or realising that about a quarter of your fellow passengers are packing weapons at a metal detector spot check in El Paso (Those bloody Texans again!!!) because about a month before we'd arrived a driver had been killed by having his throat cut by a passenger behind him...?

Yep, in the end once we picked up our hire car in AZ (cos they had a deal where you could drop it off for free in CA), I actually found myself missing our crazy greyhound adventures...

I'm feeling all nostalgic now...

[MOBIUS]

Originally posted by Arrian


I take it you refused on principle?

-Arrian

Maybe you should have just agreed this time...?

Just a thought.

[rah]

I do remember driving through TEXAS back in the 70's. It was back in the hippy days and my friend and I both had quite long hair. We stopped at a gas station and the attendant, who was about our age, took one look at us and suggested (quite firmly) that it would best if we were all the way into New Mexico before the sun set.
Gotta love those free thinkers in TEXAS.

I always thought that you could see the underbelly of america in most train stations, but bus stations take it to a whole new level.

[Tiamat]

Had to go visit my Aunt and took the bus one time and the lady next to me kept falling asleep and drooling and everytime she'd go to sleep she wind up leaning over and landing on my shoulder.

I tried to move and she'd wake up and then fall back asleep and we'd start all over again. It was really gross


Oh and Che honey.....love ya' but was there ever any doubt about you being....well.... Che!

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by rah
I do remember driving through TEXAS back in the 70's. It was back in the hippy days and my friend and I both had quite long hair. We stopped at a gas station and the attendant, who was about our age, took one look at us and suggested (quite firmly) that it would best if we were all the way into New Mexico before the sun set.
Gotta love those free thinkers in TEXAS.

I always thought that you could see the underbelly of america in most train stations, but bus stations take it to a whole new level.

Dork. I had long hair in the '70's, in Texas.
It was probably when you opened your yankee mouth that the observation was made.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Arrian
I take it you refused on principle?

-Arrian

Yep. In fact, that's what I told him. "I'm gonna have to refuse on principle."

[Tiamat]

Yup! I would agree with Sloww open mouth remove all doubt I was a teenager back in the 70's here in Texas and most all the guys had long hair in fact, the longer the cooler you were. So Rah exactly how cool were you?

[rah]

It reached farther down than the bottom of our shoulder blades. We didn't look very Texan. (we didn't wear boots or hats) We also probably looked like we had just finished a bong. And I'm sure our accents tipped it totally against us.

And we were on our own cruising across the greatest land in the world. Of course we were Kewl.

[chequita guevara]

Of course, after the nice policeman asked to search the car, I immediately thought of the thread Slowwhand posted seven years ago about having the right of refusal, so I did. Apolyton