Last year the licenses for retail stores were issued before there was any product available from the licensed growers. This led to the situation of a supply deficit, which ran up the prices. The Liquor Board responded by issuing grower licenses twice as fast, which wouldn't do a thing for that year. Of course adding retail stores would be nonsense with no supply. Soon, though, the growers had product ready and ever since December the supply had...
It would be most silly for those in Washington to complain about the rain on the way; heck, anywhere in the west any moisture is welcome. Even if we on the west side of the Cascades get some rain, there's a chance the storm will be just wind in Eastern Washington. That would not be good at all. So things will be wet here for a while, maybe a week. I'll stick with my current game plan, sitting on the couch reading while I recover.
I'm officially sprung from any follow-ups or check-ups, at least until Spring. Everything is healing up well, and I get my strength back everyday. The doctor removed a few drugs from my regimen, leaving just three essentials. That's a lot of side effects I don't have to put with. While I'm approved to hit the road now, I'm waiting for another three weeks, at least. Getting my chest muscles back in shape will be necessary for general chores...
After seven years of eating rocks in Quartzsite, and the many alkali sand storms at Burning Man, I was running out of visibility in my truck. So today I had it replaced, which is surprisingly cheap and easy. Now I'll be able to see the scenery again. Tomorrow I get a couple of truck tires, and rotate one of the most unbalanced tire and wheel combinations I've ever seen to the rear. After balancing it as closely as possible.
A few days ago I started sleeping through most of the night since the surgery, and that does wonders for recovery. I have a useful walking range now, and a lot more arm action is possible. But, putting my arms backwards still causes pain. I just work around stuff I can't do, and seem to be getting along just fine. Walmart finally delivered today the last of the prescriptions I got when I exited the hospital. They had some backorder issues, you...
Washington State has 164 retail marijuana shops this week, compared to a half dozen a year ago. There are 458 licensed growers, most of which will be delivering their product into the retail market for the first time this month. Sales (I use "out-the-door" prices which includes the excise taxes) last month were $60 million dollars. Compare to Colorado at $64 million, but they can measure the medical market, which Washington can't. Prices in...
It's a challenge to name something with a bigger influence on cannabis laws than Hempfest, for 24 years now protesting marijuana prohibition. It runs this weekend in Seattle, along the waterfront; figure on hundreds of thousands attendees over the entire weekend. The irony of legal marijuana in Washington will not be lost at Hempfest: While there it is illegal to sell or gift marijuana, or consume it. Now, for 24 years these laws have been...
Lifting anything significant is still out of the plan, but I can get up and do things for a few hours every day. Then, it's resting for the rest of the day. By far the worst discomfort is my left thumb, which explodes in an electrical shock if I use it wrong. This is caused by the cut nerves when taking out the artery, there is nothing to do about it, and it will heal itself in a while. Otherwise I'm even skipping the tylenol now. No real pain,...
I'm still sore all over, so sitting all day during our annual meeting wasn't real high on my list of things to do. But I survived, and the club seems to have survived, so I guess all is well. The kids came over this last weekend, and I've been getting a lot of hands to help out, mainly lifting and toting things. Tomorrow I go into Seattle to have a check and likely a discharge from the surgeon. In general, I'm feeling better every day....