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 dicky21
 
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 Re: You know you're an ADDICT when .... [Re: wowitch17]
#11525502 - 11/25/09 09:56 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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LOL... i know, sad aren't we  ....... or perhaps its just me! lol
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Youthfuldreams
Forest Fairy
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Re: You know your an ADDICT when .... [Re: wowitch17]
#11525534 - 11/25/09 10:02 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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You keep findind shrooms and school and thinking "Why the hell hasnt anyone picked these"?
You get super excited when it rains even a little
You are often sick because you keep going out in the middle of the cold night/rain
You are blind as a bat and cannot drive without glasses but you can spot a mushroom 10ft away whilst from the passanger seat of a moving car doing 45(+)
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AGARICUS ENTHUSIAST!!
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dicky21
Registered: 10/22/09
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... when you mistake cotton wool for mycelium 
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whoever
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Re: You know your an ADDICT when .... [Re: dicky21]
#11529017 - 11/25/09 08:12 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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...your favorite horror flick is Texas Weedeater Massacre
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Achuma
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Re: You know your an ADDICT when .... [Re: whoever]
#11529427 - 11/25/09 09:31 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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...you spot a large oyster mushroom from across the alligator-infested river, think about swimming for it, but instead you walk 3/4 mile upstream to the nearest bridge then cut yourself up with many thorny bushes to get to the tree, climb it only to find....a damned ol' polypore!!!
...you buy binoculars knowing this is the only thing you'll ever use them for
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dicky21
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Re: You know your an ADDICT when .... [Re: Achuma]
#11530339 - 11/26/09 01:49 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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lol........
... when you dont mind sitting in traffic because next to you is a grassy/mulchy strip that stretches for about 1 mile with lots of little guys on it 
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 lqdtrance
Hunter
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Re: You know your an ADDICT when .... [Re: dicky21]
#11531036 - 11/26/09 08:03 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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.....When you wake up, start cooking Thanksgiving dinner and have already logged on to the shroomery a couple of times and it's not even noon.
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Beege
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Re: You know your an ADDICT when .... [Re: lqdtrance]
#11531206 - 11/26/09 08:41 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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...you should be looking for a job but you spend all your free time in the woods...
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whoever
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Re: You know you're an ADDICT when .... [Re: masspan]
#11533513 - 11/26/09 05:35 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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masspan said:
...you know you're an addict when you begin to equate fishing with looking for mushrooms
, except, you can't fish anymore, because, you can't dig up worms anymore, because, there's mycelium there... 
and also
you know you're an addict when...
people don't send you for firewood anymore
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Bobzimmer
Crawlin' Kingsnake
Registered: 09/07/08
Posts: 6,406
Loc: NY
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Re: You know you're an ADDICT when .... [Re: whoever]
#11533611 - 11/26/09 05:54 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
you know you're an addict when...
people don't send you for firewood anymore
You know you're an addict when you strap on snowshoes to go mushroom hunting!
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Mr. Mushrooms said:
I will confess something that should be quite obvious, CC. I love mushrooms, i.e. fungi. I really do. I am talking about a strong feeling, i.e. emotion, for them. I think they are beautiful. I even dream of them.
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whoever
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Re: You know you're an ADDICT when .... [Re: Bobzimmer]
#11533912 - 11/26/09 06:57 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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Bobzimmer said:
snowshoes
lol! That's got to be a challenge! What are those ones Bob?
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Bobzimmer
Crawlin' Kingsnake
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Re: You know you're an ADDICT when .... [Re: whoever]
#11533930 - 11/26/09 07:00 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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Flammulina velutipes I think. I didn't really wear snowshoes...but I should have!
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Mr. Mushrooms said:
I will confess something that should be quite obvious, CC. I love mushrooms, i.e. fungi. I really do. I am talking about a strong feeling, i.e. emotion, for them. I think they are beautiful. I even dream of them.
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dicky21
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Re: You know you're an ADDICT when .... [Re: Bobzimmer]
#11536595 - 11/27/09 09:33 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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love that pic
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psylosymonreturns
Gymnopilus apacalypse
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Re: You know you're an ADDICT when .... [Re: dicky21]
#11536642 - 11/27/09 09:48 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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thats hilarious bob! i cant say ive picked in the snow!!
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tony serro
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You have hppd and don't even care cuz it makes things look cooler...
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The most thoroughly and relentlessly damned, banned, excluded, condemned, suppressed,brutalized and defamed of all Damned Things is the individual human being. The social engineers, are perpetually forcing this Damned Thing into carefully prepared blueprints and perpetually irritated that the Damned Thing will not fit into the slot assigned to it. The theologians call it a sinner and try to reform it The governor calls it a criminal and tries to punish it The psychotherapist calls it a neurotic and tries to cure it. Still, the Damned Thing will not fit into their slots. -Robert Anton Wilson
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You can all etibem
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Re: You know you're an ADDICT when .... [Re: German Kahuna]
#11555721 - 11/30/09 01:50 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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I haven’t put much thought into this lately, been occupied with other things this past week (yes, all mushroom related) but I’ll address a few of the questions.
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Cure Cat said:
That is a pretty unmitigated stance… Are you “accepting” of me or my drug use, since we've discussed intent?
When I met you after the talk I gave last year you immediately got the “Shroomer” label. When I made some crack to DR about the club attracting the “blue strainers” he told me more about you and my view soften some.
I don’t know exactly how to word this but if I saw the CC who was tripping out on whatever I wouldn’t want to have anything to do with you. But if I saw the CC who had an inquisitive mind with a thirst for learning about everything around her I would be acceptive and supportive. But I have kind of contradicted myself here because if someone has a “thirst for learning about everything around her” that would include drug use.
Maybe I need to have a open mind about more things…
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Alan Rockefeller said:
Thats what happens to everyone. After awhile of hunting mushrooms, people get addicted to them and want to learn all about them. Quite a few people have turned from people who just wanted to get high into amateur mycologists that post pictures of tiny mushrooms on mushroomobserver. It happens to everyone who stays around long enough.
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CureCat said:
Noooo it does not. I don’t want to name names, but I really don’t think I have to. There are plenty of examples from this forum alone, of people who have been hunting actives for years, and never take an interest in anything else.
I have to agree with CC on this one. Very few shroomers become anything more then that (in the mushroom world)
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German Kahuna said:
It's not up to you to judge anyone's reason for taking a drug. People have been getting high recreationally for as long as mankind exists. Even animals get high. It is a natural thing to do and unless the quest to get high becomes your main concern in life (these people's problems are deeper rooted. The drug itself is just the catalyst/promoter of their problems, not the actual reason) there is nothing wrong with it. People need to leave their everyday life behind every now and then. I work a 40 hour week - and very often more - in IT and it's intellectually challenging and often mentally exhausting. I need some form of compensation to not go nuts, you see. Sometimes I have a beer or two after work, sometimes I smoke some weed. And every other month I like to embark onto some deeper and more spiritual journey and I will ingest hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Does that make me a junkie? I don't think so. I am a well "functioning" part of society. I do my job well, I pay my taxes, I have a wife and two kids whom I love and whom I care for. I make good money and just bought a house. I am your average suburban John Doe, with the exception that I like to get high off things that nature has on offer every now and then. Personally I think that a lot more is wrong with total straight edgers than with people who get high for recreational reasons every now and then. It's absolutely natural. But it seems that nowadays it's only socially acceptable if you get high off what big pharma's got to offer.
Very well put GK and I guess even in my mind it’s a legitimate reason…
OK, to get back to topic.
You might be an addict when you take 14 weeks off from work (so far this year) to go mushrooming
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CureCat
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Quote:
You can all etibem said:
When I met you after the talk I gave last year you immediately got the "Shroomer" label.
Well that sucks. But that is also what I expect. When I first integrate into any mycology society the good identifiers are usually dismissive and skeptical of me for a little while, but eventually my reason for being there becomes obvious and that initial druggie impression fades.
I kind of wonder what it is that makes people think I am into the actives first and fore most...
Did I bring actives to the meeting that you spoke at? Hahaha, if so, then I could see why you would think that.
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You can all etibem said:
When I made some crack to DR about the club attracting the "blue strainers" he told me more about you and my view soften some.
That was nice of him.
The biggest problems I find with bringing actives to meetings are: 1) that people who don't know you get the wrong impression, 2) Everyone remotely interested swarms you and wants you to tell them where to find them, and tries to get you to take them hunting for actives.
It is horribly frustrating to be flooded with these questions when you really just want to look at everything else on the table and start writing some labels for them...
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You can all etibem said:
I don't know exactly how to word this but if I saw the CC who was tripping out on whatever I wouldn't want to have anything to do with you.
That is understandable. I don't like hanging out with people who are high on hallucinogens if I am sober. It can be really boring and annoying, because you can not really communicate with them in any meaningful of productive way since they are experiencing everything so completely different.
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weiliiinmyyard
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..when you start growing because your patch is running dry!
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chooken
Between the Earth and Sky
Registered: 08/14/09
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Loc: Gold Coast, Aus 
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- You check the weather forecast 5 times a day even though it's updated once.
- You've looked at every farm in the area on Google maps and know the layout of each one before you go there.
- You can make it through the thickest shrubs and vines if there is a farm on the other side.
- Your legs and arms have cuts and bruises from some interesting adventures.
- You have almost stepped on at least one snake because you just weren't paying attention.
- Everyone thinks your nuts 
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Bobzimmer
Crawlin' Kingsnake
Registered: 09/07/08
Posts: 6,406
Loc: NY
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Quote:
I don't know exactly how to word this but if I saw the CC who was tripping out on whatever I wouldn't want to have anything to do with you. But if I saw the CC who had an inquisitive mind with a thirst for learning about everything around her I would be acceptive and supportive.
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The Gary I know is not this one The one I know is closer to this one a great teacher, one who captivate an audience and one that you can learn something from just by being around him
In both instances the people you speak of are one in the same. So I think you hit it on the head when you said that people with inquisitive minds want to understand EVERYTHING.
The Gary Lincoff that you don't know from the "Know Your Mushrooms" interview is still the teacher you DO know. The last few lines he gives in that clip are pearls of wisdom.
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Mr. Mushrooms said:
I will confess something that should be quite obvious, CC. I love mushrooms, i.e. fungi. I really do. I am talking about a strong feeling, i.e. emotion, for them. I think they are beautiful. I even dream of them.
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