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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 24, 2013 - 08:21am PT
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The Rotary's Scout Hut in Applegate Park, along Bear Creek.There was an old "daffynishun" in the Boys' Life magazine in the fifties, of the word "climate," which said that it is what a Boy Scout does whenever he sees a ladder. I keep to that by climbing the windmills and pillars of graveyards.
This looks like an easy target for next time. I didn't even think of climbing this until I saw the picture with the decades of dirty hands wearing out the rocks on the shoulders of the chimney, I swear.
There is a perfect landing area, too, just a bit soft, with just the right amount of give. Of course, it's up to the faller to land right, as always.
I know, climb at your own dammed risk.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 24, 2013 - 08:48am PT
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More Duck Duck Goose for your eyeball's enjoyment.
But first, bless us O Lord, for this thy gift, which we have enjoyed knowing immensely.
I changed my icon to a bird that is in service, the clean-up guys are always the last to get the praise.
That would be WBraun's job, and he's handled it so well, over the years, I can't say enough in praise of his tireless and brave commitment to covering for our stupid moves, the weather, and our piss-poor judgement and plain bad luck.
Just plain thanks doesn't seem enough, but zen he won't care, anyway, so I'll just leave this where the cat won't get it.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 24, 2013 - 03:19pm PT
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*quack*
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 25, 2013 - 03:01pm PT
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
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Nov 26, 2013 - 09:08pm PT
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Duck quick - here he comes again.
Well, depending upon how you look at it, I have either returned to or from the oZone again. BethatasitMay, it is comforting to know that with little tune-up I can pass for homeless at the public library.
zb - do you have wireless?
msLibrarian - why yes we do.
zb - i lost my card, can I get a replacement?
msLibrarian - do you have any id?
zb - no, not with me.
msLibrarian - (after much painstaking research) i found you.
zb - that's good!
msLibrarian - you know it will cost you $3.00? (implying i didn't have it).
Surprise, surprise the homeless guy actually had three bucks, collected new card, receipt, and new found ability to access the internet wirelessly from the public library.
Too bad I forgot my notebook.
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Will try to catch up, probably won't.
Neither will Duclk Dunn, bless his heart, but TIME IS TIGHT
Last U.S. performance.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 26, 2013 - 10:25pm PT
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First things first.Let the chips fall where they may on Thanksgiving Day, Tad and Mo. Bloody Lions and Bloody Marys sounds nice.
Then some chocolate cowboys, creme de menthe oley chocolat. Detroit brown and Green Bay green. Who's gonna ween this T Hanksgiveen, senor?
Manning the Watch in the Crow's Nest
what do I see from way up here in the yards?
(Porta-ledges not required--you can zee all you want up here!
And I zee plenty.)
Smack-smack-smack d-d-dow-dow-dow-down
In B-B-B-Bean Town-Tow-Town
the other night. I won't ever forget.
And T Hocking.
Lest I forget, thanks for the hospitality of your hospitable self and what's Mo
up to?
Cooking? On Thanksgiving? With just you?
Or what?
Just cuz it's a football holiday.[Click to View YouTube Video]It must've been 1972 when George's first LP got released. But shrew that kother bucking slit.
If you don't go to Visalia, Maine, Weed, kayaking, yakking about climbing, or to church, God forbid, then I hope both you and Mo are SAFE AT HOME!
I can't think of but one time I had sex with my wives on Thanksgiving. Humph!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 26, 2013 - 10:33pm PT
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What the HECK the FECK do I care about the HOLY BLUEBALLS HOLIDAYS, Black Friday and White Elf Mass (Middle Earth's holiest day)?
We can no longer wish folks Merry Christmas.
"What a load," said Santa. "You never know what's gonna be on a list."
The elves know.
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HUH?
Fk a Rooney?
WTFDIC?
I will soon be going Nowhere for the holidays, man.
"A Shite Xmas, all, and I hope white shite falls all over you,
furthereffinmore.
What if Santa drove a magic sleigh with a dozen flying cocks?
They make a sound like a whinny, but it's more like weenie.
Ho for Idaho, Fritzen. Pull harder, White Stocking Hocking.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
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Nov 26, 2013 - 10:38pm PT
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I was wondering, but would never ask, just how many wives were involved.
An inquiring mind is like a town without pity. Who knows what either can do.
However, little minds can tear you in two.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 26, 2013 - 10:42pm PT
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Me, too.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
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Nov 26, 2013 - 10:44pm PT
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When you're masquerading as homeless, it feels just like a dusty road.
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Kinda makes you wonder why Sam and Dave have 55K views on utube, whilst the Blues Brothers have over 8 million (actually over 12 million, but who is counting).
When you're homeless Mr. Jones won't even talk to you.
Sha la la la la la.
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When I look at that teleVison, I wanna see me lookin' back at me.
Faerie Tails?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 26, 2013 - 10:59pm PT
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entertainment and diversion of labor
requires you to visit
visit the to the wreck room
room befusrten
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or us depending on how i feel
beschizz some moanings
i arise feeling like a barked cedar
asshead noah peel vincent milady
they have flayed me and made me newd me
and i'm alone in the darkgeon of a norwegian wood see
there is no good see
nor is there evil
flames to eat thee
newmien?
carlow?
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of course u do
with surftitude
don't mien to be crewed
but berlurkly is screwed
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if ur from l.c.
and that gives creds to the reds
for bean rivals like the jets and the spics
buy tin and scratchin' and makin' low blows
gnaw my knee, romney?
three's a cop on TV
csi l.v. miami strawberry
there's a watch on CV
between u and me
Brown with a z
u know
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how lower case of bud can u get
normean?
extreme naked lust for exhaust follows where breath-in-n-out means a
real good rag in ur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLbOZsSI6l4
play this viddy with no sound
be mutinous ladies
beefhearty me farties
twelve's cheaper by the duz, cuz
--swee dreams
channel u news
echo summit
signing signing off off
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 26, 2013 - 11:28pm PT
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I SAID...
DID YOU SAY,
"OFF?"
Hey say, Ray, got needles?
Guy's a dope, not having one.
By the way, neebee, is there any news about your dear cat?
Have not looked on Basefook yet.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 27, 2013 - 12:44pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 27, 2013 - 01:49pm PT
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Everybody have a Whitemeat holiday weekend, whatever that may mean!
Can't tell these days.
Brother Tim called and said to get my young ass up to Jamestown.
He has turkey, access to the Grotto, and a plethora of smoke.
Time is of the essence.
Bye.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 29, 2013 - 01:11pm PT
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Well, that was a zAppa moment, for several reasons, which, blended together, form a huge flashback and prompt a response from me which is loaded with commas, all combining to form a sentence.
What a trip!
Keep the redwoods red, although, it may be ironically noted, Fort Ross never was "red," nor is it in a "red state."
That's what brothers-in-drivel do, bring you to the raw edge of the rash and let you scab like an out-of-work logger.
I got the heck out of Dodge in my Chevy on Wednesday afternoon, promptly at noon, resisted the impulse to take photos all the way to Brother Tim's. One hour, nine minutes.
I witnessed stupidity at the RAWHIDE Road exit, where there is a one-lane bridge and the occasional lame-brain driver. I saw one! I felt like a n00bie birdwatcher, no lie. Tim told me some horribly funny stuff about scenes he's witnessed there.
When I got there, he had been bucking a Gray Pine (not his nomenclature, but TTR, it was a downed large woody object, OK?) or Bull Pine. It had been cut down by him as it was a definite hazard, dead as yesterday, like a lot of others on the slope below his place.
I got tom-sawyered, dragooned, sandbagged, lured into the past. Tim and I partnered in Frank's Firewood in 1980 with a fellow guy--a climber of ill-repute, CH--and we named it for my dog Frank, a half-a-lab half-a-shorthair. Tim has had, since then, three dogs, Stretch, a black lab, Missy, a black lab with hairy ears, and now Sasha, a shepherd of six years.
The labs were at home with fishing--which is Tim's passion, which is now being suborned by GOLF, and part of his livelihood--and Sasha has her moments, since she's not bred to the water, but she loves it just the same.
Fishin' is the mission.
Stretch could sit still as if he were ice, with a cork balanced on his nose. He'd sit and sit until Tim gave the word. Then he'd flip it up in the air and snag it with his teeth.
Chaining is the rice bowl that keeps it together for Tim.
Fishing clients are not that plentiful lately because of the drought, mostly. Tim is filling in the time with playing NCGA senior tournaments for cash. He's doing fine, but his putting still sucks.
So he practices his best shots a lot from his driving range next to the pigeon coop. He keeps banging away at rocks, just like I'm doing.
Related story on climbing thread, believe it.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1302410&tn=2500
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 29, 2013 - 02:07pm PT
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The story of the woodchucking party is pretty funny.
I had not done this sort of thing in many years. Tim is the expert and the faller's faller, but not the most lucky woodchucker.
He parked his old for-bye and we proceeded to chuck wood. I'm getting warmed up, realizing that there is no headache board to protect the rear window, so I mindfully reduce the gusto on my ptososses, pturning them to lobs, which bounce, but with no forward mo.
And the very next mo, one of Tim's efforts bounds up and through the driver's side section of the window! B-zoinG!
I'm a Shattered! I'm sorry 'bout yer window, boss.IT happens, Tim. He has the Toyota, the Blazer, and this other toy with two wheels. Not as if...
We paid that visit to the burn pile. We blazed before we left and we blazed when we unloaded. There was a small Case dozer bull-lazing in the sun.My stoned partners in "roadside distraction" on the way home from
My Grand Brother's House.
Thanks for makin' me a human brother, Brothergod.
T Hocking, I hope the juju and the food and the trip there and home are as good for you as they were for me and my bro.
zEerie-ously, we need to remember to go with the mo, the Mo, and the Moe. You're living (I think) proof that it's like falling off a log when you approach the flow in slo-mo, brushing aside the PO, and letting go and letting the Family Dog show you the best way. It saves time.[Click to View YouTube Video]
They call it Stormy Monday, but Black Friday is worse.
"The mo' the wanier."--Dill Bolt
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 29, 2013 - 10:17pm PT
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For my most Jewish friends in/during the Jestival of Lights. Lighten up! All three of you! :0)
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You'll have to wait for the rest, like you're not used to waiting...
"We were here first, Howard. Do something."
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