Do you think they have any Red in Panama? I kind of believed that it was an intrinsic breed to this region, maybe from a wild strain. I sure loved it though. There was another one from Mexico "Zacategas" Man that was some weed, it was about a toss up but in the end Panama won out. Those two beat out some pretty good stuff, like Acapulco gold, Columbian red, oaxacan, those five were the best available to us on the west coast at that time. I'm sure, even then, there were more powerful strains out there. The best Hash I ever smoked was some Nepalese temple hash, it was white. A close 2nd was some afgani black with the green flecks in it. Rumor had it the green flecks were opium. You could really trip on that stuff I was a linesman for ca. Edison at the time, and had an easy gig going as a service truck linesman, rarely had to climb poles. One day I brought some of the afgani black to work and my partner and I had kicked back in our special spot at the beach and were trippin on the hash (after we'd finished most of our shift). We left the beach to turn in the truck and go home, still zonked. When we got to the yard theye'd had a big disaster and needed all the linesmen to go and put the power back on. My partner, not being a Journeyman, got to go home. I on the otherhand, had to go to the job and climb an eighty foot pole and work on 12 thousand volt wires, not my favorite pastime while zonked. That pretty much cured me from smokin the Afgani at work, still smoked the regular Bud though. I got out of bed in the morning and smoked a spliff, carried 3-4 to work and usually found an opportunity to light up. I worked stoned for years and never had an accident or problem at work. The Problems at my work were all political. When I found out that So. Cal. Edison had bankrolled some of Nixons campaign, it was a done deal with me. I caused more shit to fly at that job than anyone can imagine. I was known as the guy to watch out for. I had a lot of friends in the workers, but management wanted to off me very badly. In '69' I made them happy and quit to start my own business. One thing I must clear up here, I was a very skilled worker, I was one of only three guys in our district whom could do Live 4160 volt underground cable splices. Believe me those were dangerous and scary, and the skill level was high. one mistake and you were toast. I worked on the cable to John Waynes house on Lido Isle with water around my ankles and a live 4160 volt cable in my lap, it took me 6 hours of concentrated splicing with lead cable to finish. Man was I shot after that, I was wringing wet with sweat and it wasn't but 50 degrees!
