You could just discreet it in a certain orifice but I'd rather get caught with it my pocket 😃

Hi. I've been to Northern Spain several times. You've got a couple of options. I always carefully stash an 8th of hash in a small well sealed empty lip balm pot or similar, put it your bathroom bag and in your hold luggage. Gets through every time - and the Spanish aren't looking for an 8th coming in from UK. As its legal there they wont give a toss anyway. Secondly you can walk in to pretty much any of the weed clubs/shops and tell them you are staying in Spain and want some smoke. It's worked for me but I can speak a little Spanish. Finding it on the street is possible but always a hassle.

Thank you for the advice 🙏 - last time I was there (7 years ago), the club/shop scene was a lot less developed I think, just some head shops - or maybe I just didn’t know about it! Will check it out.

And yeah might just buy 1 checked luggage and put a little in there :).

Speaking of stashing, many years ago my ex girlfriend would bring us back some incredible smoke from Canada stashed in her 😽. Now that’s ❤️ (and def feels better smoking it after than if you put it in the rear ;)

Many moons ago I had a bar in Corfu and some cheeky git starting rolling up right on the bar top. I said “jeez you gotta be careful bringing that out, but since you have….” He turned to his missus and said- “Pop to the Ladies love, the boys want a smoke…” 😳🥳

Always take a bit if you can. I use this tiny pot shaped like an iced cake - stole it from my toddler 🤫 it holds exactly an 8th squished in.
Last time I went to Asturias - it was fucking beautiful, amazing food and scenery and really good surf - that's why I went.
In Aviles we stopped for lunch in a local bar- turns out it was the local smokers bar. Everyone just came in and rolled themselves a joint and ordered lunch - perfectly normal. I realised Im amongst friends and pulled out my little cake pot
Which had some really strong tasty hash- the locals saw my cake and cracked up - it started a conversation that lead to spending some time hanging out with them. I'm Cornish and they are Basque and a Celtic connection was forged and I was made really welcome. Good memories. Have fun 😊

I have a similar bias but it's partly based on experience. I'd never tried 'Cali' before joining LB and having tried some of the low and mid tier options from reputable vendors, I've given up on it as a bad lot. The lows really are poor quality and the mids I've had weren't much better. A lot of the imported bud has obviously been grown using PGRs (not what I want to consume) which makes it fall foul of the strict US standards and means it gets shipped over here to us by the ton. Lots of UK buyers seem willing to lap it up just because of the Cali tag but I prefer to stick to well-grown UK flower any day.

I've not tried the $120 for 3.5g top shelf stuff and I doubt I ever will. I see no reason to spend that on an eighth when the same money could get me 14g of homegrown fire

We're cut from the same cloth! I'd love to buy an import pack from TGD but if I can get a half I'll always take that option.

I think good weed is good weed regardless of where it was grown. For peace of mind I think if you know someone who grows from seed then they're usually a safe bet. There's a reason why British Bulldog sells out crops in no time at all for example. I much prefer 'springier' (is that a word?) buds to the rock solid nugs that are sometimes sold as Cali. Definitely want to avoid any PGR shit.

Thanks for the replies! Didn't have any for days and then came back to all this :)

Yeah this just confirms my instinct...I didn't even think of chemicals during the grow process (as I just assumed some kind of regulation completely naively). But I'm paranoid by precisely stuff like the PGR you both describe. And the lack of freshness of the bud or the rock-hard quality. Completely agree about growing from seed. For me that kind of thing is much more important than a fad or hype (not to mention the cost). Btw the Midzotics from the Pontiff were very nice, great flavour and highs (and only a bit more expensive) - but I also later got some UK grown Blue Dream from Green Cat which is fantastic. And some UK homegrown weed has been the best I've ever smoked (I've never smoked in the US itself). I'm sure there's a place for top shelf, real stuff, but it's not worth the cost to me, except as a curiosity - I'm def sticking almost exclusively to well-grown UK flower!

It used to annoy me a bit that people were so obsessed with 'Cali'. The whole thing just seemed like utter nonsense but thesedays I just figure if that's what certain people want then let them have it. No harm done (except to their wallet).

I'm sure there are some banging Cali products out there, I know TGD have a solid reputation for their imports.

To me it though it seems a bit like Cristal Champagne. Sells at about £300 a bottle and I've been guilty of paying that myself for a mates stag do. Is it any better than Veuve Clicquot at £50 a bottle? Well everything is subjective but personally I don't think so.

Not to mention even Veuve is outclassed in blind taste tests by supermarket brands almost every Christmas. I think a year or so ago Aldi was smashing it with a £15 bottle of fizz people couldn't get enough of.

But you're not going to look very cool turning up to a stag do with a bottle of Aldi's finest...

So it has its place.

The idea that just because its grown in California automatically makes it superior is (in my humble option) very misguided. But we've all got opinions. 😂

Interestingly my grow shop guy was talking to me about synthetic vs organic bud hardener a few months ago. Synthetic being PGR, organic tends to focus more on raising PK levels and also adding things like mollases etc (I'm no expert I don't use either) and when I asked him what the benefit of the synthetic over the organic was... he said

"it all depends whether your customers want that whole 'Cali' look. If that's what they want go synthetic"

That about summed it up for me.

As I said, there is genuine high quality California weed going round, even on here, but there's also a hell of a lot of neo PGR riddled 'Cali' rubbish that's probably UK grown and is sold at an elevated price because you can play marbles with it. 😉

Not to mention the points PP has made which are entirely valid. It seems we're getting the dregs from the west coast that aren't ending up being burned.

Anyway, live and let live. If people want it and enjoy it, and are willing to pay for it, then that's totally up to them.

Just my 2p as always.

Cheers. BB 🍻🇬🇧🐶

Thanks for your thoughts BB :) - for me, the thing that matters most is the homegrown, organic, care aspect. These plants are living things, so how could all of that (and the reverse - chemicals etc) not have an impact on the quality of the high and any negative aspects? Some of the best stuff I've ever smoked was grown by my friend here, so I never felt the need to get Cali at all. Definitely always seemed like a bit of a fad to me, as you were saying (the idea that it's automatically superior), plus I'm paranoid about the potential chemicals.

Can't wait to try your stuff! As I said before I think, I came to Little Biggy above all to find people like you and the Druids and others :) that's all I need. But also exactly, each to their own - whatever blows your socks off ;)

There is huge overproduction in California (and Canada are destroying literally thousands of tonnes!), so exports are easily and cheaply bought with the shipping cost and risk being the key factors. The fact that an estimated 60-70% of users have “gone back to the streets” citing quality and taxation as the main reasons suggest that mass production is not the nirvana it was intended to be.

I don’t think there is any doubt that decent UK growers can spank Cali mids and lows with their eyes shut and we are lucky here to have some class growers.

Top shelf Cali is a fine product indeed. Can it be faked?, oh yeah, you can buy hundreds of different branded bags online. Is it too expensive?..well, that depends on your budget. I’m happy I’ve bought the Cali packs I have- 100% genuine and a wonderful vape. A great treat for a special occasion but overall I prefer to spend time watching for the next release from our UK growers!👀👍

💯 spot on pollypuff20 👍
Low bottom shelf nowadays landing here only they call it Midz..

PP's 'Mimosadar'

Ping........ ping........ ping.... 😂😂😂😂

Cheers BB 🍻🇬🇧🐶

Brilliant!! 🤩

And completely true!

You will not escape the ping⚡️🍊👀🦊

Completely with you pollypuff20 :) thanks for the info, I didn't know that about the overproduction.

big up to the UK growers, I have my eyes on their next releases and can't wait!

I agree with many of the comments and the point of your post. I’ve had mostly negative experiences with imported bud, like someone else said it’s usually not that fresh and nearly always overpriced low/mid. Plus I see all the round up and poisons in the American food chain and dread to think what trickery can be used on weed production. I will always cluck for some proper uk homegrown, in my opinion it’s unbeatable. But each to their own. That being said I was having a crisis last night looking at THC’s new offering of the Lemon jars for $190. I sat for around half an hour debating if I should order or not, in the end I’ve decided to stay sober for abit longer. My last order on here didn’t come and I think it’s time to give myself a break.

Yeah exactly! The freshness aspect, the (scary US) chemicals, the cost...I'd rather try the real deal in the US itself someday. Proper UK homegrown all the way :)

Cali has become a poison chalice.
When people hear it they have the instant expectation that it will be of better quality than the UK flower they normally get.
It's such a vague term that in reality means absolutely nothing here.
So I think even if you have some unbelievable bud from West coast , it is best not to label it cali unless you want to, essentially (no offence)target it towards noobs here.

A lot of Cali isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

The bud coming from the UK atm is on par if not better then most of the mids and lower garbage that’s available now.

And then you have the time factor. For me especially it could take anywhere up to 2/3 weeks to get it delivered. Not so fresh when it comes & under p to get it sold.

Bigger fish may have a better experience.

That’s my 2cents on it

Good luck 👍🏻

6/10/23

Yeah that's what I was thinking instinctively - how could it be fresh? And justify the huge mark up.

Cheers

I’ll make it easy…

No it is not worth it!!!!!

While I’ve not wrote them all up, I’ve smoked some of the cheapest on here to the top packs (Cali and UK)and grown my own.

I’ve had cheap better than Cali and grows better than all. Does this mean one is better overall, does it fuxk. Waaaayyyyy too many variables and phenotypes at play…

The price per g is a joke and massively diminishing returns on flavour and potency!

Sometimes returning worse flavours or PERSONAL effects for that user!!!

The biggest take away id love the world of smokers to see, is:

The more that pay it the more that sell it and prices continue to go up!

I’d prefer recommending you all decent buds at half the price of Cali packs, EVERY TIME!’

even for treats, we just feed the system!!!!

These plants have roughly same life cycles and ain’t hard to grow (growing well is another matter) 😂

I'm with you - new to here but the UK Blue Dream I got from Green Cat has been lovely and a great price. And I'm (im)patiently waiting to try BB's and the Druids' stuff :) always on the lookout for some great UK bud!

And you're right too about all the variables (in my completely inexpert opinion, but that's what my grower friend has said)

Are you typically just paying for a taste ? Are effects no better do you think?

Iv never had the expensive stuff and I use bud as a lot I’m sure do for some issues I have. To the point I don’t give a shut about how it tastes, if it makes me feel ok I would smoke hey.

I think there is some correlation between flavour and the quality of the high, in general. But I am sure the obsession with Cali taste is overhype as well, and it's not a guarantee of a great high, or my first priority. Also, it for sure doesn't justify the huge mark up in any case. And especially for more medicinal use, as long as it alleviates your problem, that's the most important thing. Oh also, I've had some absolutely delicious UK bud.

The ‘Cali’ we get here is pants in comparison to the weed Americans smoke… I’ve never bought tops but can get mids for 3.5 for £30 locally.. anyways…
I went Cancun in May and got some ‘Cali’ from the Americans and the weed they’re smoking is nothing like what we get over here.

It tastes exactly as it smells, like most I can’t see how that’d be possible if it needed to travel over to the UK…

One thing though, this post has made me think I’ll even stop getting the mids I get and stick to getting some good UK on LB… someone made me want to try Pontiff - always thought prices were quite high but have seen a few peeps big them up now

Wu tang forever and ever.

Such a shame Method Man wasn't a part of the last tour. Still was epic

Meth seems to be aging like a fine wine, his verse on the latest Czarface track is flames!

When I saw them in Brixton a few years back Meth wasn’t there because he was shooting an episode of CSI 🙄. I’ve seen them live a bunch of times but only saw the full line up once.

(31/1/25)

Its the 31st anniversary of this being released so it's getting added to Wu Corner👐🏻

Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.

GZA ft. Ghostface Killah, Killah Priest & RZA - 4th Chamber

Second album wasn't as critically acclaimed as 36 Chambers but it's aging well 👐🏻


Wu-Tang Clan - As High as Wu-Tang Get

Wu-Tang Clan - Tearz

Might be my all time favourite hip hop album. It's certainly in my top 3.

Mine too mate, I've been listening to the extended Wu family a lot this week and figured LB needed the Wu section.

You and the Biggas should add a few of your faves too, share the love.

Wu is for the children after all💜💚

Worst top 3 for me

One from RZAs side project with Frukwan, Poetic and Prince Paul, casually pioneering genres in his spare time.

Gravediggaz ft. Shabazz & Killah Priest - Diary Of A Madman

RIP ODB 🙏❤️

👐🏻💜💚👐🏻


Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo

GZA - Pro Tools - 0% Finance

Great album. Pencil & Paper Plate 2 of my favourites by the Genius.

𝐒𝐎𝐓𝐋

There's a reason he's called the Genius

Ol' Dirty Bastard - Hippa to da Hoppa

This might be my favourite Rza beat of all time.

I think Raekwons Cuban Linx and GZAs Liquid Swords are two of my favourite albums in the Wu catalogue, some of RZAs best work on show.

It is a shame and it's still going on, Ghostface and Raekwon are both unhappy with the tv show for example, the way they were unhappy with RZA and the artistic choices he made on 8 Diagrams, luckily Wu is forever.

It's a great choice of track🤌🏻

Finally, someone even deGrasse Tyson won't interupt😆

Quality add mate, there's a few tunes on that Earl album I really like.

Nice mate appreciate the advice and I'll do exactly that. Yeah the whole extra security is a right pain but as long as you can work round it I suppose. Have a great day and take it easy.

Thanks again mate, you're a star.

Just as an update for anyone who has similar, All went through in the end, I just gave bitpanda my own date of birth and name (which they must already have?) and they agreed to put it through. Fuck knows?

I think its the latter, not being able to remember them, I get these little Deja Vu type things occasionally followed by the realisation that it was a recent dream I've had flashing back on me.
Never get enough to actually remember any more of the dream, just that it was a dream.

I get the dream deja vu too it used to freak me out a bit then realised it is probably your brain going through and filing any remnants away

it's because you/we/I go to bed stoned, so sedated, and therefor we don't get our natural cycle of REM. There's 2 ways to deal with it. 1 don't go to bed sedated or 2, 'wake back to sleep' so set your alarm to wake you, but then go straight back to sleep. This way can help bring on lucid dreams too.

I can confirm this is the only way to get dreams if you don't wanna take a break.
It happens to me all the time when I wake up mid sleep and go back. Otherwise no dreams for the stoners, we dream while we awake

Sounds a good idea to wake/back to sleep. 👊

Take a tea break , you will have rolling coaster dream for few days 😂

I linked a very interesting JRE podcast with a sleep expert, they go over this topic:

Weed gets people to sleep faster but reduces the amount of Rapid Eye Movement sleep you get (the majority of your dreams take place during REM sleep).

I've started using Mondays for a T-Break after all the weekend goodies and find I have intense (if slightly restless) dreams of a pleasant nature on that night...

When I was a teen and first started smoking hash I would have dreams of myself running about smoking big big big joints and flying. Loved the feeling in the dream tho. Gods truth. 🤣
Sorry for interrupting 🫣🤣

👍

Another disastrous area for me too.
Can’t remember the last dream.
Mind you,I also don’t sleep for more than 2-3 hours at a time ever. Maybe that’s why? Not sure. But yes sleep is something I never mastered.

Hope your all well.
🙏

Fear not Barusss! The dreams are out there waiting for you buddy! Eat a tiny bit of cheese before you go to bed, try not to smoke half an hour before bed, and stop using fluoride toothpaste. The last one might just be my madness. 😜

Thanks ill try that. No fluoride toothpaste seems a bit weird 🤔 😝

Hehehe, no fluoride is classic madness, but, you never know. Get on the cheese Barusss and dream on! Let us all know how it goes please!

probably consume more carts than anyone else on this platform & have tried a lot of the vendors out that don’t look sketch. These are my current faves:

Canadian Imports - Live Resin Disposables Sour Sauce
Vape Boutique - Live Resin Mimosa
Don loco - Live Resin Disposable
Clean Carts Club - Liquid Diamond 1g


CI is winning right now because i seem to be getting a lot of issues using carts recently (leaking, clogging) and his live resin disposable is top notch

Donloco has live resin carts which have caught my eye and seem to be getting good reviews, top of my list but not tried yet

Thanks for the mention. We have premium quality carts and disposable live resin vapes. Had used and sold quite a few different branded ones before finding these Norse Gods Extracts ones and now will only be stocking these as they are so good 🙏🏼💚

These bad-boys do the job bud, 3mls for $99 also including a pack of free edibles with an order.

Thanks

We’re working on getting more stock in no silly disposables

Just carts at 1ml-38$

We will update you biggas when stock arrives

We have a large selection of live resin carts.

Hi mate we sell incredible live resin liquid diamond carts. Feel free to have a read of our reviews :)

They're never quite right for me with regards to length or width, so I maintain the habit of sticking 3 silver Rizlas together, like a dinosaur.

We call those thunder trumpets where I'm from 😂

Dude!! It's been SO long! Everything alright now?

Yeah man, it's been a while! Everything is a-okay these days, how are you holding up?

If it's a-okay I'm assuming you did the thing. You're a better man than I am. Everything's holding up fine, other than the fact I'm up to smoking an oz of bud a week now, roughly. Never mind the concentrates, the edibles, the RSO, the shrooms, the Lucy, etc. Still have gainful employment though!

Just finishing off my 7th thunder trumpet of the day, and I try not to get up before noon... Could roll an 8th...?

did indeed my friend! It's sure good to have it over with 😅
Can't make light of keeping a job while smoking all that my guy, I'd be way too fried to function 😂 I haven't had the time to dabble too much in the reefer since my return. Budget is about the same though, but I go for high quality occasional smokes rather than the cheap constant ones. I think it works better for me than how I was smoking before tbh 🤷‍♂️ Good to hear you're holding up bud and I'm glad to be back ❤

Well, I think I'm functional, at least!

So, this is my public statement that I'll pay for 7g of any bud you want off here, or any combination to make up that. You're an inspiration to anyone, especially anyone who has the privilege to know you, my friend. Glad you're back too!

Its all too rare to see people having an amicable and friendly interaction respect to both you good sirs, frankly the site could do with less shit housery and more of this 👌🏻

I wholeheartedly agree! How a site where you can order weed to your door can generate so much hate and anger is beyond me. Should be a hippie dippie paradise 😂

More than functional I'd say, you're a superhero!

That's way too generous my friend, your lovely words are more than enough for me ❤ And maybe a pinch of your expertise, if you'd recommend me some good value high end hash or concentrates 👀

People are making me blush a lot lately! I'm far from heroic, but thank you.

I'm sure we can do both? Vendors, hit us up! RealD had some decent hash going on... Whatever you want though, genuinely.

Gotta adming your words had me a bit red in the cheeks as well 😊
I've seen you fight for what's right and stand up to injustice, that's heroic in my book!

I think I read RealD had some isolator on the way, will definitely try to get in on that 🥳

You're a real one!

I have an incredibly focused sense of justice, and always have done; hence my offer dude.

You can keep that chit and call it in at any future date though, as long as I have a little notice.

That's a very admirable quality to have, and it's more than most!

I appreciate you greatly buddy, gonna spark a thunder trumpet now in your honour!

If you smoke your joints pure then elements and OCB’s are literally what you want! OCB’s I find easier to roll with but elements leave literally no taste or ash apart from off the gum. baffles me how people smoke with raw papers taste like cig 🤮

raw black king size slims

Recently changed from RAW black to houseplant brown rice by OCB free from all the crap

I use Raw cos they come with a pretty tin

what kind of Raws do you use?

Used to do 2 skinners, licked gum from a 3rd paper then peeled off, stuck remaining 2 papers together, less paper, but now getting older it's just the longer single skinners, blue rizla, silver ziz zag, or raws lights

Used gum from zig-zag papers to stick together 2 papers in the middle of joints, strong gum with the old zig-zags

I’m lazy so I just buy elements cones on Amazon 💀

thats the way! 🤣

Been using Smoking (black package) for years. Love them!

what do you like about them?

They're very thin and burn well. I know there may be others just as good as the ones I use, but never felt the need for change! 😅

With you there, been on blacks for years, but then then the Smoking reds came out (even thinner)!

I personally use blazy Susan's, clean burn and a thin vegan paper also. Plus you get 50! in a pack so all round great product for me. They are pink though so do a few odd looks from fellow stoners 🤣

getting all the girls with GIZEH Pink!! 😆

we actually had similar issues when purchasing Elements Papers, as those are in our opinion, the best. Bought 5 boxes of knockoff papers and only noticed because the papers wouldnt stick...
fck fakes! fck fake selling vendors!

RAWS, always raws

OCB, dark brown pack

Quite partial to a page from a cheap bible you find in hotels.

Usually a blank page in there too 😂😂

Blue Elements. 💨

RAW Ethereals 🔥

I'm still using rizla blue king size which is what I was using back in the college days. The green card at the back never lasts two long though which results in me having to use last years Christmas cards as roaches, I knew they would come in handy one day lol.

Raw Blacks or Browns, OCB's or Elements. Or if I've run out I'll stick a few greens for cigs together, only when I'm desperate mind.
So whatever my local shop has when I walk in I guess 🤣

Didnt have access to all the fancy skins available these days back in the day in lil old Ireland so it was red or green and the looks you would get even asking for papers like they knew what you were at 🤣🤣