Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
The bikie gangs in New Zealand used to do local boxing nights with an "all welcome" theme. At least if I recall correctly from my time down there, that was over a decade ago.Hells Angels guest night?
Biker gangs / "patch clubs"
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Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
Well something like that, apparently the guys mate was a member and that’s how he got to visit.Hells Angels guest night?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Hells Angels guest night?
Activities including sewing classes, a talk on how to make sure your gut hangs stylishly over your jeans and a lecture on the best storage methods for amphetamines.
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
“OK lads, Tonight Gary will be giving a talk and short PowerPoint presentation, ‘Snitches get stitches in a post truth landscape’. Q&A afterwards.”
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
They’re still a bunch of hard bastards.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Hells Angels guest night?
Yup. time was that they used to do such things - and they were always good, with the members on their most affable/best behaviour. Our lot used to take over a local hotel for the purpose. Of course there were rooms put aside for the "invited" to indulge in more specialised pleasures, away from the general public.
I'm pretty certain I remember seeing a very young and promising band called Texas playing at one once. A year or two later, they graduated to the college/Uni circuit when I saw them again and the rest is history!
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
We once did a late night outdoor gig for a local biker club. Everything was going well until a chapter of the “official” Hells Angels turned up and demanded they “surrender their colours” as, even though the local club never claimed to be HA, their patch was considered to be too similar. This seemingly petty bit of nonsense escalated and in the ensuing scuffle two people got stabbed. When the coppers turned up and saw who had instigated the violence they didn’t want to know and just fucked off. Being prepared to use potentially lethal force over something that from the outside appears completely inconsequential is deeply weird (quite aside from the Nazi symbolism and racism of many clubs)
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
And to think, £3.99 from Amazon buys you a seam-ripper and all this unpleasantness could have been avoided
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
that was what seemed to be happening in NZ, from what I remember
T & P
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In the 90s I went to Vancouver for a wedding, and one of the bride’s relatives, who was born and bred there, said the local Hells Angels controlled much of the hash/ marijuana market, and were a safe punt when trying to score pot from randoms on the street.
He was 15 at the time and an all-round enthusiastic teenager, so I’m not sure if he was a truly reliable source or a bullshitter though.
He was 15 at the time and an all-round enthusiastic teenager, so I’m not sure if he was a truly reliable source or a bullshitter though.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Cid
Proper break this time
Not sure whether it was HAs, but it's broadly true. Dunno about shotting on street corners, you'd expect that to be delegated. But they certainly controlled a lot of the drug trade, particularly out to small towns etc.
I think now, with the change in legality of weed in Canada, alongside more ordering online/darkweb stuff, that time has probably passed. But yeah, when I visited a mate in Sackville, NB early 2000s it was all about 'ah, the bikers are up this week, let's score some acid, weed etc.'. And PCP, which was the style at the time.
Mongols MC were big in the US drug trade iirc.
I think now, with the change in legality of weed in Canada, alongside more ordering online/darkweb stuff, that time has probably passed. But yeah, when I visited a mate in Sackville, NB early 2000s it was all about 'ah, the bikers are up this week, let's score some acid, weed etc.'. And PCP, which was the style at the time.
Mongols MC were big in the US drug trade iirc.
Cid
Proper break this time
You'd think in Vancouver specifically there might be a more diverse source of supplies though. Docks.
But weed in the 90s... Less indoor growing. Scary outdoor farms down in California's emerald triangle. Isolated places, little law enforcement... Biker gangs really ideally situated to deal with that.
But weed in the 90s... Less indoor growing. Scary outdoor farms down in California's emerald triangle. Isolated places, little law enforcement... Biker gangs really ideally situated to deal with that.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
No, they're not. They like to think they are when there's a load of them together but they're mostly bankers and white collar types who play dress-up at the weekend, looking like they just crashed through a Harley store and every piece of merchandise stuck to them on the way through.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Back in the 80's I used to score my acid and hash of an angel I knew. We'd always find him in our local biker pub.
He renounced the lifestyle a few years later and I think he had a lot of regrets, but would never talk about it.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
They do bingo and at the end everyone gets a party bag with a balloon, toy and slice of cake.Hells Angels guest night?
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
This really isn’t true.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
It's partly (mostly) true, and it might bring a few of them out of the woodwork to take the piss out of.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
The Bike Shed isn't exactly what I'd call down and dirty biker territory...A funny thing happened last night when I was at the Bike Shed in Shoreditch, a patch club rider telling someone with the Sons of Anarchy vest he shouldn't be wearing it as some people might take offence
strung out
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People have been threatened before about this. See below:A funny thing happened last night when I was at the Bike Shed in Shoreditch, a patch club rider telling someone with the Sons of Anarchy vest he shouldn't be wearing it as some people might take offence
I've been there for lunch a couple of times. A colleague is a member -- sure, he's got a bike but he also wears bespoke suits and all that and I can't really imagine him with any grease on his hands...True, it's definitely Lifestyle Biker territory. It is very close to the Hells Angels Clubhouse on Hackney Road though, so I bet they pop in from time to time for some entertainment.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
He’s right though. Stupid it may be, but wearing that sort of thing can get your head kicked in. 1%er clubs take this very seriouslyA funny thing happened last night when I was at the Bike Shed in Shoreditch, a patch club rider telling someone with the Sons of Anarchy vest he shouldn't be wearing it as some people might take offence
Athos
Well-Known Member
A funny thing happened last night when I was at the Bike Shed in Shoreditch, a patch club rider telling someone with the Sons of Anarchy vest he shouldn't be wearing it as some people might take offence
I don't know which of them I find more tragic: the patch club member, or the bloke in the SoA vest!
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