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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 11, 2014 - 01:09am PT
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Roobish, lad. I'm totally serious here. :0)
Have some fish eggs, bro.
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This is from last summer. Too bad it's such a mediocre effort, but it shows what the county's northern edge looks like out by my big brother "Shorty" Mike's place (he's only 6'1" and can't jam or even lieback worth a dang, I'm sure).
This shows about halfway through the video the Crocker-Huffman Dam, the lowest along this dammed river.
Exchequer Dam, then McSwain Dam, then the Merced Falls Dam, and finally this one, all of six to eight feet tall. You could "dunk" here, Big Mike!!!!
I did not know they were collecting sturgeon out there, however.
That dam backs the river up about two miles, on past the yard at Mike's, to the first riffles, then it gets a kind of steep run to the base of the MF Dam.
Below that dam, in the race below the spillway, is where some VERY LARGE TROUT end up. But they are spread all along this stretch, along with salmon in season, and them big old sturgeons.
There are predominately rainbows here, but there are the predatory browns, too. It used to be there were lots of brookies, but not many now.
It's all just so much cat chow, though.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 11, 2014 - 03:34am PT
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And the trout jumped over the moon.And thrills.
[Click to View YouTube Video]For more thrills try the Vernal Falls Raging video when this one finishes.
"Hikers climbed over this railing,
Railing at life's BS and wailing,
'We're not gonna take it any more!'"
[Click to View YouTube Video]Never did, never will.
Except for monumental floods and fires...
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Jun 11, 2014 - 07:08am PT
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I think this explains most, if not all, of the problems around here.
Chimps outsmart humans at simple strategy game
Quote Here
Having more complex cognitive reasoning skills doesn't necessarily make you better at simple tasks, a new study has found. When it comes to outwitting the competition, the chimpanzee seems to be smarter than a human.
See what I mean.
Basically there is a very simple situation that becomes complex and could be returned to normalcy by having more chimps participating on the forum.
zBrown remember to email cMac on this.
http://www.cnet.com/news/chimps-outsmart-humans-at-simple-strategy-game/
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 11, 2014 - 08:08am PT
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Meanwhile, a bit further up the so-called evolutionary ladder,
in a place RIGHT UNDER YOUR FEET,
but LONG AGO.
MEET THE ROCKSTONES
Chip Rockstone
Shaka, his wife
Cobbles, their way-above-average daughter
Excuse Me, their klutzy pet giant gecko
His pal, Al O’Soreass
Al’s gal Ooma, short for Oomamamama
Gangbam, their “sweet angel child”
Mr. Gneiss, their boss at the wheel works
Mrs. Gneiss, his former secretary
Miss Greystone, his present secretary
Buster Butts, Shaka’s way-below-average younger brother,
and the local LEO/law enforcement officer, as he describes himself
I could tell you a little bit about him.
He lives alone in a trailer.
He has his grave already dug out back.
He has barely enough in his world to keep him living.
He walks the line.
He likes to be in motion, but just barely.
“Get out of the way!”
Buster up and jumped a foot and came down with his hand slapping leather. His throwing stick was in his hand and cranked back to throw as quickly as anyone could have done it.
“Freeze right there!” he shouted, but it came out like, “Fees white ai-yah.” Buster’s tongue was partially bitten off way back in his youth. He got involved in a misbegotten sabre-tooth cat-herding operation dreamed up by his late father, Duster.
Now Duster would have been proud of his boy, except he couldn’t pronounce the letter ‘r.” Duster’s fame with the stick was widely known and respected. Buster could put the eyes out on a cave bear at sixty paces and still almost outrun the blind sucker. He was a cool shot, but his speed on his feet was in a totally different realm.
He seemed to move twice as much as Shaka, his older sister, or any of his friends, in order to go anywhere or to do anything. It annoyed most people, so he spent most of his time alone and was used to doing so.
He was so slow on his feet that some days you’d swear he was going backwards, even.
Which is why the sabre-tooth cat-herding venture was so painful and so forth. Cats are nothing if not very fast and cunning.
But Buster Butt’s immediate concern was with the persons still coming toward him, in spite of his threat with the throwing stick.
There were just two people, not many at all.
And he knew them both well.
One was his niece, Cobbles, and the other was her neighbor, the local screw-up, Gangbam O’Soreass.
Buster knew that the kid’s heart was in the right place, but all the same, the boy was quickly digging his own grave, and Buster knew graves. He moonlighted digging holes for dead bodies.
That boy had tombstones for eyes.
“What’s the trouble, Officer?” said Gangbam, smiling and smirking slightly. “What did you say?”
Buster repeated his warning in a mushy monotone, adding “Punk...” under his breath.
“Take it easy, G,” said Cobbles. “The cat’s got his tongue.”
Buster’s eyes crossed, his nostrils flared, and he screamed at her as he fired,
“You have no style o gace!”
She closed her eyes and gave up hope.
They buried her in the hole in back of the trailer.
No trouble at all.
Buster has not been seen.
It is rumored that he dug a hole to the center of the earth.
No one bothered to look hard for him.
Actually, nothing was done.
Buster probably moved faster than he’d moved in his whole dreary life.
“No time to begin another story now.”
Have a pleasant stay above ground.
And leave the cat be!
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Cave Women's Collective and Support Goup CLUBHOUSE is closed for renovation this week. Please take note.
For Tom Higgins, the master, from LONG AGO. :0)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 13, 2014 - 09:21am PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 14, 2014 - 11:05pm PT
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Feli, of Corsica singing Golu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpuaHE-YeNM
Alejandro Rivera, of Mexico, playing Zorba on his guitar. FAB!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv_ZMSv1-mg
Listen to Gypsy's show, Musical Migrations for more of these artists.
http://www.ashevillefm.org/musical-migrations
Zorba the Chinese?
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Pretty hot baroque here.
[Click to View YouTube Video]Bless us, Father, for we have listened to jazz.
And we liked it, too.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Jun 15, 2014 - 08:42am PT
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K-PAX Americana. From the same guy who brought you The Big Leibowski.
Continuing impact of British rock & roll, The Beetles invaded America and killed my birch tree. This root is thirty feet long.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Jun 15, 2014 - 12:38pm PT
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Nice one Marlow. I had never seen this. Ages well. 1962 I believe.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 16, 2014 - 06:46am PT
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Did you have a rough weekend?
Looking forward to a few zzzz'z in yur cubicle?
Smile!!!!!
Remember, a day without sunshine is like...night.
But there is no justice and yer gonna die!
They call this Stormy Monday,
But Tuesday's dust is bad.
It's the words that make me feel blue,
But I remember what fun we had.
Yep. Every day should be Monday.
That way nobody can complain about the day of the week...
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Speaking of showers, Anastasia should have a baby shower for Baby Number Two. Treat all the kids the same. It's hard. It's like...climbing!
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Anastasia
climber
Home
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Jun 16, 2014 - 11:48am PT
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Deep thoughts, what is etiquette and what is fopaux? :D
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 17, 2014 - 04:26pm PT
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I wonder if ferretlegger can do that well dancing the ferret trot?
Susan, does he even know there is a dance associated with his icon?
If you notice your ferret bouncing off the walls, leaping from one piece of furniture to another, and seemingly going a hundred miles an hour, don’t be alarmed. Your ferret is doing what is referred to as the “dance for joy.” “This is a direct result of an animal having so much joy and energy that it cannot be contained,” Faulkner said. “And they don’t know exactly what to do with themselves, and this is how it comes out.” The very hyper movement is often accompanied by vocalizations that sound a lot like a human laugh.
http://www.smallanimalchannel.com/ferrets/ferret-behavior/20-strange-but-common-ferret-behaviors.aspx
[Click to View YouTube Video]Mice never act crazy, either...
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Jun 17, 2014 - 06:22pm PT
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I was under the impression that ferrets were illegal.
Nonetheless, it appears to be OK to sell them food.
y agua
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 18, 2014 - 05:13am PT
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Ferretti Road, Groveland, CA.
Carl "The Truth" Williams ferrets out himself.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who's the ferrest ferret of them all?
The bull goose ferret jumped over the sleeping yellowish-zBrown dog.
Ferret Buhler's Day in the Hole.
ferretlegger hears us mockin' but he can chime in anytime.
[Click to View YouTube Video]Do you hear the "Texas" in her voice? She lived in Houston, Houston, Houston, a pally of Dean Martin's NOT! Not our little Margie.
Storm was born Josephine Owaissa Cottle in Bloomington in Victoria County, Texas. The youngest of five children, she had two brothers and two sisters. Her father, William Walter Cottle, died after a year-long illness when she was just seventeen months old, and her mother, Minnie Corina Cottle, struggled to raise the children alone.
One of her sisters gave Josephine the middle name "Owaissa," a Norridgewock Amerindian word meaning "bluebird." Storm's mother Minnie took in sewing, then opened a millinery shop in McDade, Texas, which failed, and finally moved the family to Houston.
Storm learned to be an accomplished dancer and became an excellent ice skater at Houston's Polar Palace. She performed in the drama club at both Albert Sidney Johnston Junior High School and San Jacinto High School.
When she was 17 years old, two of her teachers urged her to enter a contest on Gateway to Hollywood, broadcast from the CBS Radio studios in Hollywood, California. First prize was a one-year contract with a movie studio. She won and was immediately given the stage name Gale Storm. Her performing partner (and future husband), Lee Bonnell from South Bend, Indiana, became known as Terry Belmont.--Wiki
What a novel success story.
I keep thinking of Reservoir Dogs, though...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 20, 2014 - 07:11am PT
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Jun 20, 2014 - 02:10pm PT
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2,290,886 and climbing
ferret
fair trade
Fair Credit Reportring Act
Jun 16, 2014 - 07:41pm PT
2,288,530 posts and climbing.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Jun 20, 2014 - 05:25pm PT
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Fairest of The Fair de 1958
Raquel (Welch) Tejada de La Jolla
tell it to the judge(s)
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