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Drug Raids, the Mayor's Son's Drug House, and Ray Wins the Travel Debate
from What Does Your Brother Do In The Navy · #82
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6 minTim recounts being present during a childhood drug raid tied to a house owned by the mayor's son, reminisces about doing cocaine as a teenager with friends like Hector and Sonya, and ultimately concedes that Ray was right about not needing to travel to have a rich life.
- 58:44Tim recalls being 14 years old during a drug raid with cops using battering rams.
- 59:37Special ops cops entered the house with guns pointed while they were inside.
- 59:58The drug house was a major operation on Long Island where cocaine was being distributed through bars and clubs.
- 1:00:38The mayor's son owned the house where all this drug activity was happening.
- 1:00:59After raids, some people went to jail for short stretches but mostly got caught with minor amounts.
- 1:01:50Tim contrasts the thrill of that drug world to the mundane experience of backpacking through Europe.
- 1:02:09Smoking brandy-soaked owls with Hector and Sonia at 13 years old was genuinely fun.
- 1:02:43Tim acknowledges he did travel young—to places like Ozone Park and the Bronx—but in a different way than backpacking.
- 1:03:27The real memory: doing cocaine on summer nights in cars while parents drove by, everybody laughing at the innocent deception.
- 1:03:51Ray wins the travel debate—he's right that people have the experiences they're meant to have and shouldn't force anything.