A Lid of Weed - WTF

In the days of my youth a lid was a relative thing, as others have said, measured in fingers. And of course our local connection was known as The Can Man -- his name was Steve, but everyone outside of his family called him Can Man. I used to occasionally help him divvy up his buy into lids, and we'd adjust up or down depending upon what he'd paid for his buy. You might get a little more or a little less depending upon what Can Man paid, but the price was always the same.

Ah, the good old days.:sifone:

 

http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/2926.html

 

A lid was about an ounce and in San Francisco in 1968 it sold for $10.

 

i could get and did get lots of lids that were a little over an oz for $15.00 but that didnt last to long befor the price went up a little but not much then the 80s came and weed went up some more.

 

I used to help a guy measure out "Lids"... no scale, just 4 finger bags measured by laying it in your palm. This was mid - late 70's and this was how it was done, nobody weighed anything. He always got enough lids measured out to make his profit and there was plenty leftover for us...

 

I have never asked for or purchased a lid, however many a old hippy has informed me of it lol

 

Yeah... Joints used to be called "Numbers" too...

 

And the song "Rickie Don't Lose That Number" by Steely Dan was not about giving a joint to Rickie Lee Jones.

Stay Brown,
Rev J

 

In the mid to late 70's, here, 3 fingers were a lid and it was $15. 4 fingers was often called an ounce but I don't think many people weighed it out. That was $ 20.

 

how much is a lid before my time i guess

 

10 dollar lids, J's, numbers, doobies, blonde balls of hash, ahh the good old days.

I remember once I got a lid for 7 bucks. Mid-to-late 60's. West LA.

 

I was under the impression that a lid was a coffee can full, named for it's snap on lid, differentiating it from the less voluminous sack.

But in this thread, I'm gathering that it's just a sack that you filled by filling the lid of the contianer, and dumping it in?

Laaaaaameeeee...... I want a fuckin' can.

 

A lid, back in the 60's, was typically a sandwich size baggie fulla weed, more or less. The term, at some point, had lost it's connection to an actual "lid".

 

I think the term "lid" does relate to a can.... a Prince Albert Tobacco can like this...





The measurement was "whatever fit under the lid of a tobacco can" and that would have been 4 fingers wide for the average male hand.

 

We had lids(15$$) - and remember the 4 finger ounce? - we would match the weed in the baggie by putting our 4 fingers together(minus the thumb) next to baggie- to see if it lined up> 20 bucks-

OK so it was lousy ol mexican, but it was the times. It served the purpose of bringing like minded people together just like today- -but with seeds and stems

Of course todays product is 1000 times stronger, but its expensive and it has become a real business - Nothing wrong with that, it fact it was inevitable.
We didnt know about all the positve aspects- medically, to the many other uses of hemp itself- well, at least we didnt care at the time- Hell Im talking about 40 yrs ago- The media made it an evil weed- today you have hundreds of publications tellin us why this weed isnt evil, but possibly a untapped wonder drug-

Also if we talked 1/2 grams or grams back then - we were probably talking about hashish. There was loads of hash back in the day, I dont think there is much around in the US these days- -mostly in Europe

 

I heard of hash balls that you would crack it open and it had opium and pcp in it.

 

this is exactly what I have learned through the years. The lid of the can, dumped into a bag or other "receptacle" (some used envelopes, as "Baggies" weren't around in the late 50's, early 60's), and the terms "two, three, four finger", and others, originated subsequently from there. When I lived in the Haight in 1969, you could get a "lid" anywhere from 1/4 ounce to over 1 ounce, it all depended on the quality and generosity of the dealer. I remember getting very full, 1-oz. minimum bags of good Mexican weed for only $5.00 each, and at other times, paying as much a $1.00 for a fat joint of some exotic type.

 

Wish I had a lid of weed right now...

 

I actually know what you're talking about.

 

lid= all you can put in a fold over baggie and still fold top over (sandwich size)