Marty's Travels

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Pot in Washington

The local pot store is celebrating it's third anniversary this week, it was the fifth retail store to open in Washington State. There are now 505 stores state-wide with 421 reporting sales last month. There are 1197 farmers and processors in the state. Consumers have spent $1.2 billion dollars in the last 12 months, of which $300 million went to the state. The industry ranks just behind breweries in the state economy. When the state began...

Recuperating

The angiogram involves a small incision, then an instrument that goes through the arteries. I was completely out for the procedure, but have some x-ray photos of the problems I have in my legs. Not all can be fixed, but I'll give it a shot in a couple of weeks for the worse parts. I was quite sore and swollen when I got home yesterday, but that's improving a lot while I just lie around and not use my legs much. That could be the case for as long...

R2AK Done

A two person row boat just finished, minutes before the deadline of the race. They weren't really going for the speed on this one, so they are dead last. No lives were lost, no watercraft lost. It was a successful event.

Nevada Pot Sales

Retail sales began today in Nevada, mainly Las Vegas and Reno. They hold the record for passing an initiative to opening stores collecting tax money, 7 months. Whether wise or not they did this by cutting the regulatory bullshit, skipping a lot of the issues important in other states, in the interest of generating income to the state. We'll see how well that strategy works. I'm always looking for what states do to contribute to the body of...