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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 11, 2014 - 12:16pm PT
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Reilly, lad.
I've read a novel about the St. Patricios. The hangings stuck in my mind.
Some vicious bastions in that crew, shooting officers in the main during the last battle. Opportunistic and maybe fulfulling, too, for some, but good form, all the same!
I found it slightly odd, considering your recommending this subject, that they were led by a certain Jon Riley.
[Click to View YouTube Video]From Dublin to San Diego.
zBrown y Woodie de La Playa/Erin Go Right aka Beach Battle Bingo
[Click to View YouTube Video]"That man wants to die."
Dudes would simply not heed our warnings. Stay out of our patch. Surf here and you die.
Homer had it all wrong. Besides, Helen was his GF's cat.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 11, 2014 - 12:49pm PT
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Speaking of cats, I would like to extend an official Flames condolence to neebee over your recent bereavement Bobby-Bob, companion of many years.
Recently, "BB" (the little BB brain!) was the center of a storm when he swallowed a needle ("What were you thinkin'?"--Dr. Pheline).
It came out all right in the end, but this time...I'm so sorry for your loss.
This for you, then--
THE PURRY GATES
(Anon)
It seems that I've reached Heaven, or its doorstep at any rate,
And been winding round St Peter's ankles by the Pearly Gates,
I've plucked the angels' harp-strings and made a merry sound,
But it's plucking at my heartstrings that you are not around.
So I think I'll sit and wait here, just outside the door,
And as the souls come floating in, I'll tap them with my paw,
And when you seek admittance, they'll rename this place -
It will become Purradise, and these the Purry Gates!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 11, 2014 - 06:58pm PT
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hey there say, mouse... oh my, thank you so very kindly... i never thought i'd get through that awful cat-needle episode...
god's love and grace, and the thanksgiving scoop, as to the 'poop' was:
a miracle victory...
was a hard sad time, this time, getting over this, too, as:
i had LEFT him behind for a trip to my grieving mom... :(
ol' bobby must have somewhere along the line, slipped a knotch, :(
was okay, but not very well, when i got back... did my best, but wow:
23 years, is a long time and the good lord knew--it must have been time to go home... at least, i was here for him...
dear friend lisa, too, tried to help--just in case...
a good just in case, last a lifetime, even if the case, was not to be...
here is ol' bobby bob, back in his 'hay day' or, 'pillowstuff' day,
as, modern-life, our pillows are not stuffed with 'hay'... ;)
thank you for thinking of me, and my critters, mouse... :)
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Apr 11, 2014 - 07:43pm PT
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RIP Bobby-Bob!
What a nice looking fellow he was. 23 is really an amazing life for a cat.
Must be the neebee aura.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Apr 11, 2014 - 08:04pm PT
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Flames vs Car Thread? decisions, decisions, decsions
PACIFIC SURFBOARDS LOST PUPPY LONG WAY FROM HOME Hi, how ya doin. This board only marked " PACIFIC SURFBOARDS IMPERIAL BEACH " is here in Minnesota ? what can ya tell me about it ?.. I have had very little luck on the internet getting any info .. all I know is it really does not work on frozen water.. I wiIl display it when I'm cruising in my old cars... 50 Chev Sedan Delivery and my 58 Ranchero.
Thanks for any help
Funny that the guy couldn't answer Dan's query. The whole story is here.
I knew many of these guys. Some are now dead.
http://imperialbeach.patch.com/groups/sports/p/south-coast-surfboards-an-imperial-beach-original-celebrates-50-years
Dan
The Wedge (stormy)- location, location, location - his is not good
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Apr 11, 2014 - 09:46pm PT
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May want to click to enlarge this one
Mysterious Danish Group Builds Exotic Compound on Baja Coast
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/feb/03/cover-mysterious-danish-exotic-compound-baja/
Could the answer be blowing in Tvind?
As we headed home to the United States, we came to a military checkpoint on the highway just north of the Santo Tomás Valley. A machine gunner watched from a hillside, and soldiers behind barricades of sandbags and used tires gripped automatic weapons — signs of Mexico’s drug-war violence. The vehicle in front of us was thoroughly searched after all of its riders were required to step out. We were asked by a solider where we had been, and I replied, “San Juan de las Pulgas.” He quickly waved us through. Though relieved, I momentarily wondered, as someone who might pass for a middle-aged Dane, about the extent of Tvind’s influence in Mexico.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Apr 11, 2014 - 10:31pm PT
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When it comes to mountain real estate it's all
Production, production, production
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 11, 2014 - 11:38pm PT
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Robert Crumb's Heroes of Blues Jazz and Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kemzZeD8E9w
01. Memphis Jug Band - On The Road Again
02. Blind Willie Mctell - Dark Night Blues
03. Cannon's Jug Stompers - Minglewood Blues
04. Skip James - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
05. Jaybird Coleman - I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan Some O' These Days
06. Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere
07. Frank Stokes - I Got Mine
08. Dock Boggs - Sugar Baby
09. Shelor Family - Big Bend Gal
10. Hayes Shepherd - The Peddler And His Wife
11. Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers - Little Rabbit
12. Burnett & Rutherford - All Night Long Blues
13. East Texas Serenaders - Mineola Rag
14. Weems String Band - Greenback Dollar
15. Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Kater Street Rag
16. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Sobbin' Blues
17. Parham-Pickett Apollo Syncopaters - Mojo Strut
18. Frankie Franko And His Louisianians - Somebody Stole My Gal
19. Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Wild Cat Blues
20. Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers - Kansas City Stomps
21. Jimmy Noone - King Joe
Honeycomb. Abandoned. Empty. Rotting in the sun. A wedge of wax.Sunrise over the Sierra Nevada, Merced Courthouse.Sunset over Mount Diablo.Sunset clouds, courthouse park.
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throwpie
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Apr 12, 2014 - 12:15am PT
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Z, the shape and finbox give it away as a late 60s, early seventies board. From the very beginning of the short board era.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 12, 2014 - 07:25am PT
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hey there say, moosesdrool... thanks for the heads up, for turning up our heads, to VIEW the 'ol eclipse, :)
wow, and mouse, i just looked farther back:
you got me missing south texas and ALL that music... they have each and every kind... plus: the cumbia, too :)
mexican oom pah pah... really neat, :)
best music, down there... :)
also, thank you zbrown, for the condolences,as to dear bobby-bob cat...
he was very very special, and i really do hope i added to his time here...
here sure made my life a lot more fun, too, by his fun ways, :)
well, busy busy busy now... or, was...
need to go sleep now, :)
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Apr 12, 2014 - 11:00am PT
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neebee
I'd have given him my Grateful Dead shirt to wear to heaven (pictured above), but I'd already given it to my cat Buster. Funny how we'll even give the shirts off our backs to our feline and canine buddies.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 12, 2014 - 11:14am PT
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What are "Jewlaps?"
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"You have to know when to stop, and when to put on the muu-muu, let the hair grow white, and to start dancing around like a crazy clown."
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 12, 2014 - 11:32am PT
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Moosedrool, thank you for the "head up."*
I witnessed one of these blood moons in '82, I believe it was, with my daughter, who was not yet five, from the Shirley residence in Box Canyon, high above the towns of Chatsworth and Canoga Park in the Dan Fernando Valley and will always remember how CLOSE it seemed and how MAGNIFIED it was!
I'd love to be someplace special to photograph this event, like in the hills.
Or even in the hills north of town, my pet walking area, which is now covered in green for just a few weeks more.
*A 'head up' is for one guy, a 'heads up' is for multiple persons, you dig?
Real James Ellroy fans know about bloody moons.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_on_the_Moon_(novel);
Some Moon Man on the drum kit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El6mMTvEGdw
And that closes out this page with a bang, my friends.
Be sure to check out this new volume of literature based on himself. Moosedrool On the Moon: Ways to enjoy a sabbatical. $5.95 pbk. (cheap).
"Knowing that it's hard to find
Stuff way back in his mind..."
He has put it down on paper with his pen and with his ink
(For him it's a silly caper) for us to read and us to think.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 12, 2014 - 12:15pm PT
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T.Hanks for the memory loss.Items in his head after all this time alone include these: "Is this South or North Laguna? Is it still Friday? Is my short still in Long-Term Parking? Where's Ron gone off to?"
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Apr 12, 2014 - 04:04pm PT
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Itidarod de IB
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Apr 13, 2014 - 10:52am PT
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Infamous faceless surfer of IB
Although near the Boulevard and possessing no valid license, the shark was not ticketed (out of kindness I suppose).
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 14, 2014 - 02:57pm PT
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The wedding party at the Courthouse Museum steps, a traditional place to have your pics taken, professionally. I was lurking for this handsome small party's session on Saturday. Bon voyage, lovers!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 15, 2014 - 09:43pm PT
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A post from a dude named Robert on another channel...about fleas and sugar from Cuba.
I remember when Castro came to power.
It didnt' mean anything to me...I was only 8 or 9 years old. But i remember watching TV and The Tonight Show was on. (He [Steve Allen, host] was the predecessor to Jack Parr who preceded Johnny Carson who went before Jay Leno for all you x-generators here). Steve Allen sat down at the piano and started his own impromptu, Cuban Style Salsa of Batista Flees which was the headline of the NY TIMES when all this came about.
It's funny, the things we remember.
Robert
I have remembered this song, as well.
It went like, "My dog has Batista fleas...yada yada yada."
And the Bircheff Bros. stayed for a few years in the off-season on Avenida de las Pulgas, while Dave worked at a metal-plating gig, I think.
It pays to remember the small things, sometimes. Not this time, especially, but some of the time...
A lot of it is just noise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5-RUCrWAqk
Zappa/How's Your Bird?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pammx7qRUA
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