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Off the high horse.
I said when I was 20 and p*ssed, just being honest, I was daft at that age especially after a few drinks.
Of course, I wouldn't know, I'm 58 for heaven's sake and have led a life. I'm just being honest, that's what you're like at that age, especially when drunk and with people. It's also a bit hypocritical, be honest, how many times at age twenty did you drink way too much? Because Alcohol can be just as deadly.
Cocaine is generally safer because you don't ingest or inject it, sure it could be cut with talc but that's not going to kill you. In fact, perversely the purer cocaine is the riskier it gets.
I'm totally anti-drug but I'm also VERY anti-drink when done in excess, I detest the idea of getting hammered! But it's not me I'm on about. Also, we come from a very different age, it's very hard to connect with two generations below you and know how they think and feel.
Finally, I said 'tempted', that's not the same as 'definitely' is it? Any of us who say they wouldn't at least have been 'tempted' at aged 20 is either lying or was never truly young, actually doing well that's a different thing.'"
Calm down vasty I never accused you of anything , worst I saw growing up was the old woodbines been passed around at school , then my world changed in 79 when I went to knebworth to see Led Zep as a fresh faced 17 year old and the air was thick with dope and people were openly injecting themselves with all manor of concoctions , my friend had a huge cut on his head from an airborne object and what I saw in that first aid tent put me off even contemplating drugs . It was like a scene from the Crimea war, I’d started work at the pit by this time and saw some grim sights but these were all self inflicted and I couldn’t get my head round why people would do such dumb things . So a few beers is my only vice and always has been .