Five months and twenty nine days. This is the term in the workhouse that a lush-worker recieves for "jostling". If a detective sees a lush-worker approach or touch a lush, he places a "jostling" charge.
Mike was well known to the subway squad and so spent at least half of his time on the Island(Rikers) doing the five-twenty-nine for jostling.
By Janet
Twenty-nine Palms
Ask a room full of people how many have wanted to try some crack, for a show of hands. If there are 600 people in the room and 29 of them thought about it, you will see twenty-nine palms.
