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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 - Dec 18, 2015 - 08:28am PT
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Wunnerful, wunnerful.
And thank you, Dingus.
--Lawrence W. Elk
And now Tommy has arranged dancing foals for us.[Click to View YouTube Video]
Surprises everywhere!
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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 - Dec 18, 2015 - 09:19am PT
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It's getting to look a lot like Solstice...
...everywhere you go.
I just noticed from viewing a South African video the other night that in the southern hemisphere, the sun sets in a descending right to left arc, whereas here in the northern hemisphere, the same thing happens in a left to right arc.
Ground-breaking news from Our Town.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Dec 18, 2015 - 09:21am PT
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Back to Iris..(-;
Two other favorites by Miss Iris.>.~Let the Mystery be, and~ Living in the wasteland of the free<..
She also had a small part in the movie~ Song catcher.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
i Love Iris DeMent..but..I Love her Husband Mo' better.
Yep, I have posted this song several times. Always reminds me of> my life in the Meadows..
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Morning Mouse.
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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 - Dec 18, 2015 - 10:56am PT
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Morning, nita! Love that Iris...thanks!
Some weathering going on in the world this year...I'm not the only one getting beaten up by life's vississiturds.
http://www.weather.com/news/news/weathercoms-top-photos-of-2015
And thanks for the introduction to Greg Brown's repertoire, too, by all means! Good stuff!
&
the weathermen SAY we have rain coming late tonight here!!!!
Taken just now...looks sketchy for much rain.
I believe my sensor is filthy dirty. Sorry.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Dec 18, 2015 - 03:21pm PT
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no body mentions dement and refers to prine in the presence of hooblie but what this gets posted:
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and no worries mouse, there's image gettin' by all around 'em. i was discouraged to find my sensor dust free
after cleaning both front and rear lenses. turns out an autofocusing zoom exchanges air like a bike pump, so ...
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Dec 18, 2015 - 03:32pm PT
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Holy Shetland Isles Batman, Nita makes a guest appearance on The Flames.
Someone mentions Dr. Demento and/or Scotland and y'all have to wonder why this is making it's first appearance 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 - Dec 18, 2015 - 07:20pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 18, 2015 - 07:31pm PT
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hey there say, mouse...
wow, i love scott jophlin... wow...
okay... wow, and we got baby twin draft horses, and
DOLOMITES...
and a mite bit of nita, and her share...
such magnetism, here, is such a bouquet to behold!
by sight, OR sound, :)
got to run... last of cards, then, some sketches, and
perhaps can even get phone time, and email time...
just trying to see how it goes... :)
as, i go off, on my two little feet,
towards these feats... :)
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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 - Dec 18, 2015 - 08:07pm PT
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Those videos? Well, I admit to bait-fishing for neebee rainbows...I tried to find a fly pattern, but nothing in my tackle box seemed quite up to the challenge.
I foraged and found mention on the neebee appreciation thread that you loved Scotty J, so that's what I decided to go with.
I used a barbless bait hook because it's all catch and release here in Middle Earth.
I'm so glad to see you could join the festivities here, if only for a little visit.
As always, it's wunnerful to visit with you, and I see you've been posting your own Scotty J on FB, too!
I'm just gonna park this video here. Excuse me for half a mo...
And there it is.[Click to View YouTube Video]I've been searching for a video that shows off the wunnerful blue color of the Bugaboo River, but with no luck.
With heliotrope trees and marshmallow skies
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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 - Dec 18, 2015 - 08:49pm PT
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Lenna said she was sending me one, two.
But who's counting?
[Click to View YouTube Video]
And Tad, thanks for the note, the hope, and the good times.
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Dec 18, 2015 - 09:10pm PT
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The upside of life
The sun is always shining
on the sunny side of town
The moon is always coming up
when I am feeling down
Although it sometimes feels as though
the world is upside down
I if I think about the good things
then it's hard to wear a frown
Talk to me now
Tell me what you think
I'll wash away the blues
With the good things that I think
Tell me 'bout the heartache
And tell 'bout the pain
I'll wash away all the blues
Again and again ol' friend
There's no completion
of overdue debt
Of things we wont let go of
and things we'll never get
We'll never see the light
of the darker side of town
But things are never brighter
than the sunset setting down
Oh take me away
Take me on down
I'll go quiet as a church mouse
Who is wearing a crown
Wearing a soul patch
On my honor I swear
Erasing the past
Without hardly a care
Old River rising
against the wild brambles
Laying down my life
against all that I am
Again and again
and it's what's so good
If there's finally completion
It's the upside of life
It's the upside of life
It's the upside of life
-bushman
12/18/2015
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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 - Dec 18, 2015 - 10:30pm PT
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Bushman...writing on the walls again.
Thank you and Merry Crustchove.
Honored to have you here to cheer the campers and Clampers and vampers.
WATCHING THE WHEELS
St. John Lennon
People say I'm crazy, doing what I'm doing
Well, they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin
When I say that I'm okay, well, they look at me kinda strange
"Surely, you're not happy now, you no longer play the game"
People say I'm lazy, dreaming my life away
Well, they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me
When I tell them that I'm doing fine watching shadows on the wall
"Don't you miss the big time, boy. You're no longer on the ball"
I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go
Ahhh, people ask me questions, lost in confusion
Well, I tell them there's no problem, only solutions
Well, they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind
I tell them there's no hurry, I'm just sitting here doing time
I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
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It takes all kinds to make this Merry-Go-Round a good place to have fun.
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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 - Dec 18, 2015 - 10:53pm PT
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Twas the season.[Click to View YouTube Video]There was no good reason.
St. John lived 40 years as free as a bird.
He would have been 75 this year.
Who doesn't still miss him?
God grant that he rest in peace.
Flame on, John.
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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 - Dec 19, 2015 - 04:08am PT
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Saturday Morning Ramble in the Rain
I’m still up from last night. I napped a short while in the recliner, it seems. I woke up wanting to pee...urgently!
The reason I was up and not trying to sleep in my bed is pharmaceutical. I have added a twice-weekly dose of 5 mgs of Metolazone.
“Metolazone is a diuretic that increases the amount of urine you make, which causes your body to get rid of excess water. This drug is used to treat high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication also reduces swelling/fluid retention (edema) which can result from conditions such as congestive heart failure or kidney disease. This can help to improve symptoms such as trouble breathing.”
That is from the information the pharmacy sent, along with several more paragraphs detailing side effects and drug interactions. My doctor said it will amaze me how much more effective it makes the drug Lasix. His estimate is that urine flow will increase by about 50%. I finally received 8 tabs of Metolazone yesterday in the mail from the VA pharmacy in Fresno.
I judged that it was “safe” for me to take one pill yesterday at around five p.m. This was a bad move. I should have taken it far earlier in the day! At times the interval between pee breaks was less than fifteen minutes. With this amount of kidney activity, it would be useless to try to sleep.
My weight is @ 175 lbs now. I have been able to walk faster without losing my wind, and now this new drug may enable me to ramp that up a bit more. I need to set myself a “course” of four blocks to and four block from somewhere on Main St. and do it daily until I can ramp THAT up, too. And I should do it in the early morning. This morning seems like as good time as any.
But gee-golly, Molly...it’s raining out! [woot-woot!]
Rain, pee, it’s all water that I see.
It was once in you but now in me.
Hee-hee, hee-hee.
Rain, rain, come and play
And let it snow, without delay.
Hey-hey, hey-hey.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 19, 2015 - 04:33am PT
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Just a dusting of snow
At this moment...it flurries, swirls on the wind
has been a long time since the snow was last thin.
As I like it best; filling in white where shadows had been
Just a dusting of white
at this moment
in an hour or two before dawn
Wind chill is way up at twenty-five below(-25)
after the freakish warm days in the sixties (60s)
The contrast is schlocking
cheeks turning red in the bite of the stinging blow
Just a dusting of snow at this moment
Right now
This morning
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 19, 2015 - 04:52am PT
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This place the kolab is another amazing place I'm so jealous that it is not in my backyard.
Notice the top of the BACK wall sun blasted at the top of the snap. .
from the gloom that shows
To whom it falls - This mantel of FUN
Keep climbing hard, real tinsel and Steele.?
Why care? if it all gets Reduced
debased by nanookers or one an' doners',
spit out of gyms by the hundreds now-a daze?
(the term no one should verify kitty-cat if fide)
Or did you see Werner's playing devils advocate ?
One of his best quotes of all. . .
WBraun, climber
Dec 17, 2015 - 02:04pm PT
Devils advocate ..... :-)
Fuk you old douchbags. Ya don't climb anymore and tell us how we should be??
You old drooling fools made death routes for us to follow and die on, for what??
Fuk that!!! We want to live and see the next episode of Beverly Hills Housewives, can't miss any shows.
You douchbag aszholes trying kill us with your x rated aid routes and death run out free climbs.
We won't take it. Fuk you. We'll bolt where we need them to stay alive.
It's a new world order now
Eat sh!t douchbags ....
From the Nanook ( he's out in he cold) Ten Days After, thread.
Done took that shot from the be all to go wall Astoria . . .
I think the line is called Man Eating Hecos .. . ??
But I may be wrong it could be any one of a few is it Nemaste?
Thnx#WL
it is time for 'supplements' n' strong coffee but I take it black only when I have to.
I like to add Swiss miss powder nixed with the glucosamine to a 2 cup mug. Then six pills and some things not bread? It is tough but 1/2 a banana
And yes I rais my feet to achieve a tighter squat
Good grief old men shite - now tie a bow on (bow on it )
an' tell it
" you don't know where's he's been but you see that he has won"
T ? Take her some coffee in bed .
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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 - Dec 19, 2015 - 05:00am PT
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Speaking of Chicago, I am wireless-connected again to the Windy City.
I'm part of a new research program which uses a patch placed near the heart and that contains a chip able to read my cardio signs--heart rate, etc. It then relays this to a smart phone connected to the research center located in Chicago. The patch has a battery and I have spare patches. There is a free phone to discuss problems with the techie who runs things back in Illinois.
This will be a three-month-long run. My data is collated down the line with that of other test subjects. The thing we have in common is that we all suffer from CHF, congestive heart failure.
This is only a test to see if it is practical and beneficial in that if a system gets up and running, will it save lives/prevent severe flare-ups, etc., by monitoring CHF patients with these chips.
It's about warning signs and using them.
WARNING: Yer gonna die! Do something!
[Click to View YouTube Video]
I had been set up for this project but before I left the hospital the damn phone crapped out. I've now gotten a new one and have begun broadcasting.
I can sit here and watch my heart beat on the screen, if I want.
Wireless, he's tireless...till the battery runs down.
A votre sante!
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Dec 19, 2015 - 05:15am PT
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That's fantastic and a little scary...
A heart rate of 24791. That's cool. In the old days a heart rate of 200 was high...
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