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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 - Sep 18, 2018 - 07:46am PT
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You’ve heard of decimals
And you’ve heard of climbing
You know how hard they are
But you should try rhyming
The silly rating on a climb
Has a reason, there is a rhyme
If you’ll listen, take some time
I’ll ‘splain it, Lucy, but it’s five nine
Oh Ricky Oh Ricky what does that mean?
Don’t worry, chiquita, my love, my queen
I can’t show you, but I’ll tell you
It’s not even close to five thirteen
The ratings are divided in ten
The decimal system goes five-oh to five-ten
The ratings are written like five period zero
Some people stop there feeling like some weird hero
The next level up is five point one
You’ve just started out, barely begun
To be a hardman or hardwoman, ‘tis true
Good luck when you lead at level five two
Five three’s somewhat harder—what’s more
It is damned hard to tell from five four
What difference there is may not really matter
We could sit here all day and natter and natter
We’d waste our time to do that, no jive
When we could be planning to go for five five
Then five six and five seven—we’re moving along
Then we fail at five eight—Whoa!--something’s gone wrong
[And Then He Grew Up]
When the climber comes to face down a five-nine there is a considerable difference from five-eight.
It’s more of an intimidation factor. That is to say, it was in my day--trying to lead five-nine for me meant lots of five-six, five-seven and five-eight pitches.
The funny thing is that now I want to recall what the hell I led first at that level, I cannot. Haha.
NOT very many laughs on a five-nine lead in my day, with no camming devices. It was somehow more serious, it seems. And that’s all I gotta tellya ‘bout it. I only led the one legitimate 5.10, so that's it.
--Dingchongo aka Djingando
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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 - Sep 18, 2018 - 08:47am PT
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One of these four pups here at Vern's Place has 'adopted' me and I have taken a shine to her, too.
She has a very long set of legs, the longest in the bunch. And she's obviously very smart or she'd not be begging for my lap so much or following me into the kitchen each time I go there.
So I have gently begun teaching her about "Get down" which means 'sit.' She responds to my hand signal for 'come.' When she does 'well' and obeys, she gets "Good" repeated many times accompanied by strokes and pets and hugs but please, keep the licks, little girl.
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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 - Sep 18, 2018 - 01:40pm PT
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Not exactly the bullet train, is it?
But it's as close as I can come on such short notice.
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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 - Sep 18, 2018 - 02:07pm PT
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I visited the Cinema Café for lunch and the old Tioga now has a sign (posted yesterday) out front trolling for business.
Veronica showed me yesterday's FB post from Merced's mayor, Mike Murphy, pimping the place.
This is the remodel of Decker's old apartment, the living room, with the divider and serving window knocked out and new cabinetry, etc.
I'm betting they're never gonna rid the site of roaches, EVAH!
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 18, 2018 - 07:33pm PT
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I couldn't afford that train ride, Maybe I'll stick with a Z truck
Anyway that dog looks like Castaneda's ta 'Rosemary's dog Penrod
Woof Woof
Had a friend Shine in high school, like so many I knew he was busted for drug dealing
I'll be dog-gone
Still the most disturbing is L & B killing that guy on Main Street in Otay
L was a guy I hung with
Not Rosemary and not my former wife, but Carlos si
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 18, 2018 - 09:28pm PT
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Do these tell a story?
The Teaching of Don Juan (1968) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
A Separate Reality (1971) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Journey to Ixtlan (1972) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Tales of Power (1974) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Second Ring of Power (1977) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Eagles Gift (1981) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Fire From Within (1984) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Power of Silence (1987) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Art of Dreaming (1993) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Magical Passes (1998) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Wheel of Time (1998) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Active Side of Infinity (1999) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
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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 - Sep 20, 2018 - 02:59pm PT
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For some this is a touchy subject.
But hang around this bunch for a while...
"Do these tell a story?" Twenty-five words or less, please.
Yes, but in so doing, they leave something out, possibly something another observer might see. That's my answer and I'm sticking to 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 - Sep 20, 2018 - 03:13pm PT
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"Dear Tipper, Wish U were here."
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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 - Sep 20, 2018 - 04:01pm PT
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Long as we're goin' back that far, a few more years earlier won't hurt.
I'm convinced that were there more happy organs, many divorces could be avoided.
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Pay attention to the guitar solo on this. It's "wild."
Wild Jimmy Spruill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s2euKETPTQ
Jimmy was the man, the wild man!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Sep 20, 2018 - 05:15pm PT
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wild Jimmy!
wee ooo! listened to both cuts twice,
on the bye-&-bye, almost posted "My Baby's Gone"
But there is a way to go down the road with
Elmore, who's last name was on the tip of my tongue,
( word I can never spell, 1st try?)
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More than anything in case I forget, & 'case Southern Pre-Grunge
is a bit tired and, its rabid fans are (Too)Never forget it;(p&X2y, Grabber & Thief)"We love the un-educated"& "Good People" 1^6
Then & now still, they are the "winners" chanting slogans,
a mob of goons, Deplorable, Sad. & Yes I say pull down & bury that flag.
also the influence on me was huge
so here goes
here is the Bands, wiki & I'll be back with, a few tunes, from this show;
Lynyrd Skynyrd - NJ Shore Summer '77
Whole Show.>. B?W::Live: 7/13/1977
Convention Hall (Asbury Park, NJ)
https://youtu.be/FbMVdXLDRWQ
wiki;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd
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so this guy passed, A month ago or so , oopss .damn, lost that, wait, ?{Longtime Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King,
who helped pen one of Southern rock's quintessential anthems,
died Wednesday 8/22/18, at his Nashville home, according to his Facebook page.
King, 68, played guitar for Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975 and 1987 to 1996.
He co-wrote the band's 1974 classic (and only top 10 single) "Sweet Home Alabama," and it's his voice counting off the "One, two, three" before going into the instantly recognizable guitar riff that starts the song.
"I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know the intro lick to 'Sweet Home Alabama,' " said guitarist Andrew Michael Sovine. "If that was all (King) was known for I think that would be worth remembering, but all of his work with Skynyrd was just amazing. ... As a guitarist I don’t think he ever got the credit he was due. The music he wrote really was the soundtrack of a generation or two."
How 'Sweet Home Alabama' came to be
"Ronnie (Van Zant) wrote the lyrics and Ed (King) and I wrote the music," Skynyrd band member Gary Rossington told "Garden and Gun" in 2015 when discussing the story behind "Sweet Home Alabama."
"Well, when I came to rehearsal that day Gary was playing this riff that you can hear in the verses," King told Gibson.com. "It's not the main riff that I play; it's a part that he plays. And as soon as I picked up the guitar I immediately bounced off his riff. And that's when Ronnie looked at me and he gave me this whirling sign with his finger, like keep going, keep playing that over and over. And so I mean if it hadn't been for Gary writing his part, I never would have written my part. And once I heard what Ronnie had, I just wrote the rest of the song in like a half hour, it just came so fast."
Ed King of Lynyrd Skynyrd Over the Years:
Born in California on Sept. 14, 1949, King was a founding member of the Los Angeles-based rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock, known for their 1967 psychedelic chart-topper "Incense and Peppermints."
In the early 1970s, Lynyrd Skynyrd opened several shows for Strawberry Alarm Clock, which is how King got to know Van Zant.
“The Alarm Clock did this one song where I played bass,” King told music historian Scott B. Bomar, author of "Southbound: An Illustrated History of Southern Rock."
"Ronnie said, ‘I didn’t know you played bass.’ I said, ‘Actually, bass is my favorite instrument,’ and he remembered that. I told him at that time, ‘If you ever need a bass player or another guitar player please look me up.’ ”
In 1972, when the Southern rock outfit needed a bassist after the departure of Leon Wilkeson, Van Zant called on King. When Wilkeson returned to Skynyrd, King traded bass for guitar.
He was an integral part of the band's three-guitar sound and first three albums: 1973's "Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd," "Second Helping" (released in 1974) and "Nuthin' Fancy" (1975).
"Sweet Home Alabama"
https://youtu.be/XkEbggpXK6E
found on "Second Helping,"
was just the tip of the iceberg when it came to King's contributions to Lynyrd Skynyrd, - Bomar said. He added,
"From his fantastic bass and guitar work to his songwriting contributions on classics like 'Poison Whiskey,'
Workin' for MCA,
https://youtu.be/jiPHpQNsQTE
Saturday Night Special
https://youtu.be/jiwEvslZGWk
2,' 'Whiskey Rock-a-Roller'
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4/27/75 Winterland,
https://youtu.be/JpUfV2qdVls
and others, it wouldn't have been the same band without him."
King stayed with Lynyrd Skynyrd until 1975, when he abruptly left during the notorious "Torture Tour." He reunited with the band in 1987 and remained with them for nearly a decade until a diagnosis of congestive heart failure pulled him off the road in 1996. In 2006 he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
'A true sweetheart of a guy'
Marshall Tucker Band's Doug Gray, who toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd for seven years while King was in the band, said King "pulled his ability from inside his heart and it made him a stronger guitar player."
"Everybody has a place in the world, and I think that’s what he did," Gray said. "When there was something to be said from him, he put it in his guitar and all of a sudden it came out through the amplifier and you knew his soul that way."
Even after a 2011 heart transplant, King kept busy, entertaining more than 26,000 Facebook followers with his posts and, according to a 2013 FoodRepublic.com story by Chris Chamberlain, frequenting restaurants with his wife, Sharon Brock King.
"(King) was a true sweetheart of a guy," Bomar said. "What made him so special was how accessible he was to the fans. You don't meet a lot of accessible rock stars, but he presided over a community of Facebook devotees with an unparalleled personal touch. Ed had opinions about everything. . . . . He showed you the 'real' him, no matter who you were. Ed would make you think, even if he made you mad. He will certainly be missed."
This last one, is there more to saY?[Click to View YouTube Video]
7/13/77
https://youtube=sbv7dmdBLr4
I'm running kids across town hoping my ja makin' me crazy calls
did she mean next Thursday?[Click to View YouTube Video]
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 20, 2018 - 06:27pm PT
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I have been reluctant to tear into the life and times of Don Carlos, but since I met him and spent some time with him, I guess it's about time to see what happened after I lost track.
Did Don Carlos admire Dave "Baby"
How rinky dink to ask
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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 - Sep 20, 2018 - 06:43pm PT
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Jessica was so worked up about Half Dome that CR is her target for the first week in October.
Some fall colors from Briceburg Canyon, low-flow time on the Merced River.I'm leaving town tomorrow and going to spend a little time in the hills.
Won't be dominatin' no rap, Jack.
Pre-Facelift shenanigans shall ensue.
Be good to each other.
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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 - Sep 21, 2018 - 06:33am PT
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Choice, Dingus. Very very nice.
Another angerl, Sally Fox, inventor.
1. Sally Fox
> Year of birth: 1955
> Birthplace: Menlo Park, California
> Occupation: Inventor/businesswoman/entomologist
> Invention: Inventor of commercially viable fiber-colored cotton
California native Sally Fox developed her own version of long fiber colored cotton called "Fox Fibre." Colored cotton had been grown for thousands of years but was not suitable for modern textile machines and had to be spun by hand. While working as a pollinator for a farmer seeking more pest-resistant cotton, Fox began breeding brown and green cotton. It took her eight years to develop plants that were uniform in color and size as well as commercially viable. Because it doesn't need to be dyed, colored cotton needs minimal processing and is more environmentally friendly. According to the World Bank, textile dyeing and treatment causes as much as 20% of total industrial water pollution.
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My ride won't be here till the afternoon. I'll be in and out here while doing little "make busy" things as I gather my traveling kit.
My instinct tells me not to make any definite plans. This whole trip will be whim-directed. A little smorgasbord action, if you will. If I had to hire a travel agent he would surely starve.
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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 - Sep 21, 2018 - 06:58am PT
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