Bluter's Happy Home For Hilarious Hempsters

[bluter]

They’re sweet cars - the 5xx series of the same period used to scare me with its moody looks as a kid. Our next door neighbour had the E30 M3 - only available as a left hooker (LHD) and we we’re in the UK where we drive RHD, he sold it after a year, it was rapid but just didn’t feel as safe driving on the peft in a LHD car.

some guy in the UK just bought all of the last e30 m3 shells left in existence. they don't have any vin numbers so you need a donor car to get one on the road.

the m3 was never meant to be marketed in the UK or a number of other markets. bmw never wanted a rhd version. the 6 is much easier to live with as road car over the s14. the m3 doesn't come alive until well into illegal territory.

a friend bought an m3 few years ago before they went stupid expensive. it's a handful around town, and really droney on the highway, we both prefer the 6 for a daily. my car is modified with chip, cam, headers, lightweight flywheel, and it is still a better town car.

He got a Maserati Ghibli Cup Bi-Turbo after that. Took me and my Dad out the night he got it. Wow that thing was quick. I was 8 years old or something and loving it.

It was also a super safe car. Because it was only on the road for about two weeks of the two years he owned it. Just constantly broke down

He went back to Beemers after - my Dad of more limited means got an Alfa Romeo 164 Twin Spark Cloverleaf about then. The only Alfa Romeo never to break down in 5 years!

we really never got the massys or alfas back then. you'll see a few modern ones but nothing that falls into the classic category. there wasn't enough money around here for folk to be interested and there is zero for any kind of dealership support.


even my e30 would have been rather rare when new.

 

[bluter]

everyone is standing and stretching for the light today.

two of the acapulco gold shot up overnight to catch the gelato. everyone is reaching for the light. i got one still working it out yet. i'm still rolling the light at 35%, gonna have to keep an eye to make sure they don't go too leggy. will probably ramp to 50% in the next couple days.

gave them all a really weak nute solution. probably less ppm than my tap water holds. i like having some background nutes with the perlite even though the plant can still support itself at this stage. the one tiny gelato responded by praying it's miniscule developing trues lol

 

[NickHardy]

Such a nice shot. Love the sense of potential. That nice clean room, fresh unmarked perlite and all clearly viable. The possibility and promise!

Looks slick!

Unlike the chances of a 1990’s era Maserati starting at any time you actually wanted it to! The only slick there would be an oil one under the car where you’d left it

Nick

 

[bluter]

Such a nice shot. Love the sense of potential.

if i don't casually kill them lol. i'm a pretty brutal grower really.

one of the earliest things i learned was from a growing mentor who told me "you can love them too much. they will hate you and die". took me a couple years to realize it was the truth.

really what he was telling me was to give them decent conditions and leave them alone. they will do most of the work if you let them.

That nice clean room, fresh unmarked perlite and all clearly viable. The possibility and promise!

it's all gonna look like the inside of a dirty fish tank before i'm done lol

Unlike the chances of a 1990’s era Maserati starting at any time you actually wanted it to! The only slick there would be an oil one under the car where you’d left it

oddly, until the last decade, most english cars here had a similar reputation, including / especially the expensive ones.
there isn't an 80s thru 90s enthusiast car that isn't a pile of problems. maybe a couple japanese but that would be it.

the e30 is pretty solid, but it was in the first wave of cars with enough electronics to make you seek a suicide pill when they get old and falter.


edit : big part of the reason why i have to smoke. there's always hash in the garage.

 

[NickHardy]

Haha - in rough order of response:

Meh until you’ve killed 25/25 Girl Scout Cookies at various stages none as far as what might be termed “Veg” I’m not sure you can call yourself a grower

Yup

Don't know “English” cars have ever had any great mass market cars. I had a Land Rover and my Dad must be on his 5th Jaguar XK-R (he was going to buy an E-Type, shook hands and got home and my Mum told him she was pregnant with me so kept buying Jags) but the German stuff, BMW, Merc and Porsche - they’ve been well onow in the US since the 80’s at least?

Nick

 

[bluter]

Meh until you’ve killed 25/25 Girl Scout Cookies at various stages none as far as what might be termed “Veg” I’m not sure you can call yourself a grower

i've not only killed them i've eaten them. as far as plants, i've killed everyone i ever grew. smoked a large portion to be certain i finished them off good as well.

Yup

Don't know “English” cars have ever had any great mass market cars.

one word - mini. fucking brilliant. the original, not the bmw. although the bmw version is quite good as well. no one here realizes what a track monster the mini really was.

you also got a few versions of escorts and other cossie cars that we only got watered down. xr4ti comes to mind immediately, and the ford capri was also popular here with the german engine.

not sure if you got the opel manta, but i had fun driving that when i was in euroland ages ago in scandinavia.

my favorite hero cars would have to be a 205 peugot gti, and the the lancia delta integrale. integrale in evo form even better. both are super early versions of the hot hatch turbo movement that re-ignited the worldwide driving/tuning scene. they both have roots in group b which also loads the cred.

I had a Land Rover and my Dad must be on his 5th Jaguar XK-R (he was going to buy an E-Type, shook hands and got home and my Mum told him she was pregnant with me so kept buying Jags) but the German stuff, BMW, Merc and Porsche - they’ve been well onow in the US since the 80’s at least?

as long as i've been growing lol

 

[bluter]

trying out the camera on my new phone

seedlings doing fine. pretty sure the phone camera is better than than my regular one lol.

this pic looks about the same quality as my camera. still, it's good to have the option now. my old phone pics weren't really usable. color balances a bit better over my camera.

now they are above ground i'm running them un-domed. they harden up pretty good even as seedlings. i've never had any dampen off either.

 

[NickHardy]

Oh wow! I’m a late comer remember but love that setup. Those trays/crates I ordered and never arrived. How good is that fan angle on the solos! The colours are awesome too.

Nick

 

[bluter]

Those trays/crates I ordered and never arrived.

remind me what you were trying to get ?

How good is that fan angle on the solos!

it's pretty weak actually. i could use more fan in both my veg and flower rooms. i've got it running on a lower setting right now, i could probably run it full on from the get go.


edit: i turned the dimming to 50%

 

[NickHardy]

remind me what you were trying to get ?

Long ago with another room design I ordered a dozen of those same black crates you raise and lower to adjust the light. For me, they shipped from China, took two weeks longer than anything normally, arrived in Thailand and then disappeared. Never paid anything for them and by then we moved on - but actually seeing them makes me think 6 or so would fix another issue now!

Nick

 

[Jack420]

trying out the camera on my new phone

seedlings doing fine. pretty sure the phone camera is better than than my regular one lol.

this pic looks about the same quality as my camera. still, it's good to have the option now. my old phone pics weren't really usable. color balances a bit better over my camera.

now they are above ground i'm running them un-domed. they harden up pretty good even as seedlings. i've never had any dampen off either.

Looking good

 

[CaptainLucky]

today everyone is either above ground or breaking surface. i didn't even have to go digging

five days from beans is not bad at all. seems like it's one of my faster starts. it doesn't work unless the seeds are decent and fairly fresh. i kinda chose some of the better looking ones to help.

both gelato had an early start yesterday. gelato 1 was outta the gates early.

she's already optimistic enough to start shooting a set of trues lol
the other one is only a half day behind

these guys were incredibly eager to go right from getting them in the towel. not to be out done one of the acapulco gold busted top late yesterday about 3hrs from lights out. took the pic this morning.

still hadn't oriented to the light yet. it'll be stock straight by end of today.

thought i might have to go give the others a little help getting to the surface but they are breaking today.

nearly there. keep going buddy..

the most shy of the bunch

no helmets when they came up. sweet but i probably blew all my lottery luck on it so far


got the conditions a little more dialed.

the rh continues absolutely crap but at least i got my temps more in line with less high / low swing. outdoor conditions are crazy unsettled right now, which is affecting my indoor. would like it just a degree or so lower, but i'm happy to run as is.


i got the light running at about 35% right now and holding. might have a connection issue with the burple. happened to be up early and noticed it hadn't fired. just gave everything a snug and it was ok.

i'm giving everything a mist a few times a day with the RO and weak cal mag because of the crap RH.

CL

 

[bluter]

Long ago with another room design I ordered a dozen of those same black crates you raise and lower to adjust the light. For me, they shipped from China, took two weeks longer than anything normally, arrived in Thailand and then disappeared. Never paid anything for them and by then we moved on - but actually seeing them makes me think 6 or so would fix another issue now!

i get it now. i'm actually on a set of adjustable shelving units.
over here you can get those stacking crates at a lot of dollar stores now.

Looking good

thanks brother. i find waiting for them to hit the res really boring in a terrifying way lol.

 

[CaptainLucky]

i've not only killed them i've eaten them. as far as plants, i've killed everyone i ever grew. smoked a large portion to be certain i finished them off good as well.



one word - mini. fucking brilliant. the original, not the bmw. although the bmw version is quite good as well. no one here realizes what a track monster the mini really was.

you also got a few versions of escorts and other cossie cars that we only got watered down. xr4ti comes to mind immediately, and the ford capri was also popular here with the german engine.

not sure if you got the opel manta, but i had fun driving that when i was in euroland ages ago in scandinavia.

my favorite hero cars would have to be a 205 peugot gti, and the the lancia delta integrale. integrale in evo form even better. both are super early versions of the hot hatch turbo movement that re-ignited the worldwide driving/tuning scene. they both have roots in group b which also loads the cred.






as long as i've been growing lol

No Lotus? I always wanted one but out of my price range. CL

 

[bluter]

No Lotus? I always wanted one but out of my price range. CL

i'd take an elise for sure. i really shouldn't drive rhd though. i am 1/3 blind on the outside of my left eye. driving a rhd car here is more difficult than a lhd car would be for me there. i've driven a skyline and couple other rhd cars here, i couldn't do it full time.

 

[Jack420]

i get it now. i'm actually on a set of adjustable shelving units.
over here you can get those stacking crates at a lot of dollar stores now.






thanks brother. i find waiting for them to hit the res really boring in a terrifying way lol.

Yup me to lol but once they do boom time for the party to start

 

[CaptainLucky]

i'd take an elise for sure. i really shouldn't drive rhd though. i am 1/3 blind on the outside of my left eye. driving a rhd car here is more difficult than a lhd car would be for me there. i've driven a skyline and couple other rhd cars here, i couldn't do it full time.

I had a 73 Corvette, that was the closest I ever came to driving something in that class. CL

 

[bluter]

I had a 73 Corvette, that was the closest I ever came to driving something in that class. CL

one of my friends had a 72 stingray. it was a maco shark design and had the pretty little metal bumpers. his grow got busted and it was confiscated as drug proceeds.

he eventually got it back, but he spent 2yrs up the hill. his pops dealt with the legal to get it back. in the bad times they'd confiscate stuff, just to take it away from you, knowing you couldn't fight it from behind bars.

edit: the father of another of my friends had one as well. he was a real full on 70's dude, and was also busted lol. i guess he was a big disco era dust and coke dealer in toronto. he was still a character by the time i met him in the 90s.

 

[CaptainLucky]

one of my friends had a 72 stingray. it was a maco shark design and had the pretty little metal bumpers. his grow got busted and it was confiscated as drug proceeds.

he eventually got it back, but he spent 2yrs up the hill. his pops dealt with the legal to get it back. in the bad times they'd confiscate stuff, just to take it away from you, knowing you couldn't fight it from behind bars.

edit: the father of another of my friends had one as well. he was a real full on 70's dude, and was also busted lol. i guess he was a big disco era dust and coke dealer in toronto. he was still a character by the time i met him in the 90s.

Mine was the only year with a fiberglass front and chrome rear bumper. I sold it like an idiot for a girlfriend that had to get out of town but said Oh honey I love that car as much as you n I’ll help you get another one. Yeah right. The car is worth over 20K now. Smh CL

 

[bluter]

Mine was the only year with a fiberglass front and chrome rear bumper. I sold it like an idiot for a girlfriend that had to get out of town but said Oh honey I love that car as much as you n I’ll help you get another one. Yeah right. The car is worth over 20K now.

never do that unless married and you're going with them, even then i'd take it under advisement before making the call
lol

edit : hate to correct but a c3 is closer to 30 - 35k if it's an auto and 40 -50k if it's a standard. my sisters ex picked an auto up 2 yrs ago, it was over 25k then and he's had offers well above since.