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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
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Good morning Mouse.
Glad to hear you are walking better, and that things are going well.
ff
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zBrown
Ice climber
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The topic is open for discussion.
Do these flowers match?
My entry in the CV photo contest. Winner gets the photo on a billboard.
They spent a fortune on the sun panels on the bridge, but no cash to the winner?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2017 - 08:51am PT
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^^^Cannot be topped. Or stopped.
At the end of Lonely Street.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2017 - 08:54am PT
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Matchless.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2017 - 08:57am PT
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Mr. Weed remembers.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2017 - 09:00am PT
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Thanks, ff. Hope you've set your crutches on fire, too.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Still wonder why the parents didn't name the kid "Smoke" or Lil' Smoke.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2017 - 12:00pm PT
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Smoke Weed, now there's a winner!!!!!!!
Sounds like he oughta be a gumshoe, a la Chandler.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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OB_ligatory Headband Break. And you thought Kareem was 3 inches taller than Bill, eh?
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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This post I'll save as it was before the onset of the manic disaster
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2017 - 03:58pm PT
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http://www.enjoylivingabroad.com/my-blog/expats-struggle-with-returning-home-to-a-different-america-this-summer
Absorbing these stories from afar is like watching a dystopian, near-future disaster movie. Clearly civilization as we know it is doomed. Yet emails from family and friends sound surprisingly normal, chatting about kids’ soccer scores and home repairs. Occasionally they’ll throw in a casual reference to living in Mordor, the region occupied by the forces of evil in Lord of the Rings, or call the president “the Dark Lord,” a euphemism for Harry Potter’s archenemy, the villain-who-shall-not-be-named. In fact, many Americans deliberately avoid using the president’s name, like actors who won’t say the title of Shakespeare’s “Scottish Play” because of all the bad karma associated with it.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2017 - 05:34pm PT
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As the shades of night were falling over city, town, and bush.
From a slum in Bludger's Alley slunk the Captain of the Push...*
And with a long low whistle woke the echoes of The Rocks**
And a dozen ghouls came sloping round the corners of the blocks.
They saw nought to raise their anger, yet the oath that each one swore
Was less fit for publication than the one that went before,
For they spoke the gutter language with the easy flow that comes
To the kind that knew as children all the brothels and the slums
--this verse is a vulgarized version of the first two stanzas of "The Captain of the Push" from The Poetical Works of Henry Lawson.
*Push = Gang **The Rocks = Original settlement area of Sydney, OZ
Found a great little book today in the laundry room shelf. The Rocks Sydney is a small book of 60 pages (ISBN 0851790763) from the sixties.
It is full of drawings of the old original Sydney settlement called The Rocks, which was the home of goats who roamed freely up until someone decided to go "upscale." Olaf Ruhen was the author, with illustrations by Unk White. Both are native Kiwis but lived long in Sydney. Both must be RIP by now.
Their object was simple: record what the place was like before it was gentrified and rose high with condos and offices.
[Click to View YouTube Video]Here's one for "Pushman."
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2017 - 06:06pm PT
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Just a typo.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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The other Darryl and I can say no mo, Lucas.
“I am an ambassador for calm and cool,” Dawkins announced
"Phuk yieu", Maurice responded
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zBrown
Ice climber
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BTW phuk the
#THISisChula Photo Contest
Why, you may ask?
By entering this photo contest I give the City of Chula Vista and its departments permission to use my name, image, and stories that are submitted on the given social media platform. I agree that the City of Chula Vista has complete ownership of such pictures once they are submitted etc., including the entire copyright, and may use them for any purpose consistent with THIS is Chula missions. I acknowledge that in order for my photo to be selected as a winner for any prize or promotion related to this contest I will provide a signed photo release(s) from any/all subjects in the photo. These uses include, but are not limited to illustrations, bulletins, exhibitions, videotapes, reprints, reproductions, publications, advertisements, and any promotional or educational materials in any medium now known or later developed, including the Internet. I acknowledge that I am not entitled to receive any compensation for the use of such pictures, etc., and hereby release the City and its agents and assigns from any and all claims which arise out of or are in any way connected with such use.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2017 - 07:51pm PT
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Enhanced.
Enfingered.
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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
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zB, I really like your flowers: they have a touch of the Samuri, as an emblem from one of the old Samuri banners.
I hope you win. That would be a lovely site for drivers to see. I would smile. I am, in fact, smiling at the thought.
ff
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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
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Mouse, I see you are into hard-core compositional stuff. Very nice. :)
Day in studio, finally, mucking about in the porcelain, seeing how thin I can make this series 24 Fairy Worlds. I think they are all already sold, or at least commissioned.
My crutches are aluminium and some foam padding. No fun. My cane, which I will never burn, was made for me by Doug when I was recovering from 'the fall' years ago. It is a juniper root. I will try to post a photo of the cane next. This is an experiment.
ff
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Always nice to hear from you ff.
You have a nice way of adding perspective that sometimes is lacking in mine.
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