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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 17, 2013 - 07:33pm PT
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The Merced Transpo Center, our Bus Line Hub.
This is on the old SP tracks, now BN. There is no Amtrak service here. It is on the Santa Fe across town about a half a mile.
It seems cockamamie to me to call it the transpo CENTER, when the bulk of Yosemite tourist traffic is through the train, not the Greyhound, which stops here, but not at the Amtrak. The riders of the Greyhound can catch the YARTS bus here, however, and this is where the bulk of Yosemite workers board, too. It is one block off of West Main ST. There is a connecting city bus from station to station, as well. You just have to be able to read the posted schedules and ASK THE BUS DRIVER, cuz it's not easy.
I'm mentioning this only because I met lots and lots of sojourners to Yosemite in the used bookstore, wandering around killing time on their way to/from the Amtrak or the Transpo. We had a visitors' book they could sign to make them feel homesick, I guess. It made for a good keepsake for the family when the owner of the shop passed.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Mar 17, 2013 - 07:55pm PT
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say there hey, Neebee
Glad you liked the photo. It was taken in CA, but my aunt lived her life in Michigan. Her husband, Uncle Bill, took care of my mom on the farm there in Ironwood, after my grandfather died.
So Mouse, not only do you hang with Tim Leary's bro, you also get email from Mr. Jones.
I know something's happening, just don't know what it is.
Some of those cows would boogie on away when I tried to catch 'em. Kinda catch as catch can you might say.
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How are moo?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 17, 2013 - 08:47pm PT
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The Rev's place in Greeley Hill, prior to remodeling. (Actually, it's a cabin at the Arbor Mine.)
The closest RR was the YVRR, not to be confused with the REAL RR.
The closest glacier was at El Portal.
The closest laundry was in the back of the shack. You needed to supply everything from soap to nuts.
http://www.soapnutsniagara.ca/
It wasn't Ivory that was dumped off Glacier Point, zBrown, back then, they hadn't any...it was glowing soap nuts.
The closest gold in them hills was where ya found it.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 17, 2013 - 09:07pm PT
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Mouse, I hope you don't own a Honda because they're palm tree magnets...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 17, 2013 - 09:29pm PT
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the sounds of silence are
car horns and alarm bells
the cyclone moves on
I have no car but
my other car, a vintage
Mercury Zephyr
The Mercury Zephyr was a compact car sold by the Lincoln-Mercury division of Ford Motor Company for the North American market. Introduced as a replacement for the Mercury Comet, it was produced from 1978 to 1983.
Along with its corporate cousin, the Ford Fairmont, it was the first use in the Mercury division of the long-lived unibody Fox platform, which did not completely leave production until 2004.
Zephyr, taken from a poetic name for the west wind, has a considerable history in the Ford line. Yee-haw!
It was first used in the late 1930s for a smaller, less expensive Lincoln, which provided the basis for the first Continental. From 1950 to 1972, it was used on a European Ford model. In 2006, it returned to the Lincoln line once again.
They are now extinct. Kaput. No mas.
A little-known fact, the line-dancing craze started in Detroit.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 17, 2013 - 10:51pm PT
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hey there say, zbrown, ... i think i remeber you mentioneing ironwood, now that i think on it... and the farm, too...
thanks again for sharing...
and now:
mouse:
that is SOME PALM TREE angle...
(hope it not encourage the tree that fell into rielly's pic, ;)
oh my, :)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 17, 2013 - 11:10pm PT
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Happy Saint Paddy's to ye, one and sundry.
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Threads I've thought of beginning, but it's the same game as Name Your Next Climb: Memorable, meaningful, brief, and witty.
What did you have for breakfast? (OT)
What is your favorite OT thread? (OT)
Pull red or pull blue?
Partners, hmph!
Famous climbing drunks.
Vietnam: Is socialism becoming more beautiul with tiem?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 17, 2013 - 11:58pm PT
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Non sequitur.Nose-talgia back in a day. NBIAD, eh?
And Werner did it first!
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Mar 18, 2013 - 12:04am PT
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Seems to me a rather dramatic way to attract folks to a VW car lot. It appears that the time frame of that photo would be in an age when everybody already had a VW anyway.
Now if this rather fit looking fellow was trying to tempt folks to either Politics or God or Science or Religion, that would be a different story altogther.
sail the ship
chop the tree
skip the rope
look at me
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 18, 2013 - 12:13am PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]Ya played right inta my hands, zBrown.
Time was...just as I slipped out, these slipped in.
So, to honor good intentions for the next few months, including the old geezers--
Climb the rock.
Belay me.
Down in dear
old Joshooie.
Take in slack.
Pick the Nose.
Find more to climb.
Look at those!
Cathedral Rocks.
Tahquitz, too.
Find a route.
Climb it,
you!
Spring has come.
Won't be long.
School is out.
Snow is gone!
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Mar 18, 2013 - 12:22am PT
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Thanks for allowing me in.
Was that Aces over eights?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 18, 2013 - 12:27am PT
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Anchor joke!
Lead balloon!
Deadman.
Spoke too soon.
I said non sequitur!
It's another Zombie!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 18, 2013 - 12:45am PT
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We tried the Coon-Sanders route.
They made radio famous.
But our ukes were not in tune and wouldn't get in tune.
So we bailed, that day, infamously. Literally.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DktKsP-CYGg]
It rained hard in early May. Just like it did for dear old Bob.neebee, notice the knit hat. He's better now.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Mar 18, 2013 - 04:56pm PT
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Tree City de Otay
If I counted correctly, then on my aproximately 10,100 square foot lot, I have 7 Eucalyptus, 4 Shamel Ash, 1 Brazilian Pepper, 1 Liquid Amber and 1 Nectarine in the ground and 5 Ficus and 4 Nectarine in containers.
I had to remove one nectarine and one avocado tree due to termite infestation. I didn't realize the little pests got into live wood.
It was pretty hard to climb up in the tree this was taken from. Glad I didn't fall.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 19, 2013 - 01:43am PT
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Aw, zBrown, not a single solitary Sycamore?
In case you're inclined to believe a misconception, it's just plain wrong to say a sycamore is a fancy (London) Plane Tree. A more likely case is that you are as confused as I was before I got the skinny on these "deciderous" trees, related as they are in the distant past to the bushes, and drinking plain water. Or dirty water. From a hollow log.
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/london-plane-tree-vs-sycamore-tree
You'll be the darling of the botany class.
Dogs have favorite trees.
Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers/Black Dog
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/london-plane-tree-vs-sycamore-tree
Went to the Wool Growers in B'field today.
Lost in Shanghai, myself, Ben Robinson of Motown took his big black truck, TaTankA, and had John Muir riding shotgun, Merced to BF. We visited with Tom Rhorer and a caver buddy of Ben's (a major caver), John Hargraves, who used to live in B'field, but is now over to Oildale.
Yeah, you could say down on his luck, but a more upbeat and positive guy is hard to track down, though there are a good number floating around the Taco Stand. John Hamilton Muir of New Hampshire, new to California and a kidney, a family man of near forty with two boys, a climber who was lucky to get a new kidney. He's on relief and extended holiday, in Columbia till the end of April. His life is in flux but he's riding it high. Great to have met you, Jake MUIR. No sh#t.
Lost in Shanghai you know. Jay's very sharp, appreciates the hell out of the ST, and is one of the heroes, for my money, and it's always gonna be a fun time with LIS, who gets respect in lots of ways. Anyone who's climbed with Tom Cochrane and lived injury-free, he's fortunate! Some stories went down today... I know you'll see this, Jay, so just let me say that today made me look forward to Ben's next little adventure, four-wheelin' in the Tank. Yee-haw! Just the once, though. Don't want to make it a habit.
Tom Rhorer. The maddest Mad Bolter around, the funniest marathoner this side of Carlsbad, NM, just competed and finished his 25th LA Marathon; having finished in them all, he was ready to pack it in this year at mile ten, but as luck would have it, nobody was around to give him a ride! So he said "WTF: Do It!" And he did, in just under the eight hour limit, but HE DID IT! He's like, Donini's age.
A marvelous inspiration to myself with my athsma, just like Royal, Tom's gonna fail falling. Rappelling, anyway. Abseiling he'll likely die in harness. He's enjoying a long (I hope rejuvenating) sleep in Mojave right now, if I am any judge. He'll be hitting the LA scene and then back to NM. He plans returning to California before Facelift for more Rap Hi Jinx.
Photos to follow, naturally. We just now got into Merced and Jay and JM ("Jake") are headed to Tuolumne County and Ben is likely pulling into Motown right now. Another Day Trip, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like them...
There's a posting here on the ST about Tom's epic Nose Escape Route from 1970, I think it was.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 19, 2013 - 02:37am PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 19, 2013 - 02:51am PT
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The Good Old Box of Tricks Not for Kids.
I believe I'm dreaming in yellow tonight. Adios a manana.
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