Modern Day Pirates

Modern Day Pirates

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I had to escape that room

I was 21 and barely drinking

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Geoff Talbot
Mar 16, 2026
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I was 21 and barely old enough to drink.

It was 2 am, and our little group found its way into a pub in my University town in the middle of New Zealand.

The air was thick with cigarette smoke. The music was unbearably loud.

People were squashed in tighter than a tin of sardines.

Good times on a Friday nite, right?

I still feel nauseous writing about what hap…

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