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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 14, 2014 - 05:55pm PT
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Spinato and Marti, two bold South American heroes, take to the high road.
The two intrepid boys from the Triple R stop to chow down, but they are immediately surrounded by hungry, hungry Slovakians on their annual pilgrimage.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 14, 2014 - 06:35pm PT
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See what a little Dough Robinson does for your imagination.Thanks for the inspiring presentation last Facelift, Doug!
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Sep 14, 2014 - 06:48pm PT
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Where were you in 1971, specifically September 19?
"We got a new song for ya, some of you probably ain't heard it" (1971-09-19)
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Sep 14, 2014 - 06:59pm PT
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Details you say?
Statement of Purpose: To preserve and make accessible, online, books and other writings about Yosemite National Park.
http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 14, 2014 - 09:42pm PT
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Where were you in '81? Me, I was watching outtakes and bloopers from un-used film from American Grafitti with Harrison Ford, selling my house to Glen Ford's nephew, Ford Chevy Ford, and trying not to climb any aid with friends whose names ended in 'y.' I was superstitious following my divorce.
We saved the lake, of course.
We owe it all to Chevron and its PEOPLE.I love this owl. He thinks he may be endangered, though.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 15, 2014 - 10:05am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 15, 2014 - 10:15am PT
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Mouse, there's a lake exactly like yer Lk Quill in Kenai Fjords NP.
I've a pic of it somewhere. Don't hold yer breath.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 15, 2014 - 12:31pm PT
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I can't hold my breath...I'm too high up and need all the O2 I can get!
Lafayette Escadrille
Can't get the movie without renting it.
A Tab Hunter flick, Clint Eastwood bit part in it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Escadrille
Gervais Raoul Lufbery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervais_Raoul_Lufbery
Talk about unsung.
The Great War In the Air (@ 8:00 mins.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0a_zDgvmNQ
Bar fighting barnstormers
Now we have Transformers
Here's to the lads of the Kosciusko Escadrille. What? No Americans volunteered to fight for Poland when Germany invaded?
MOOOOSE! What do you know of this? We stick our big stupid noses into EVERYONE's business. I cannot believe...well, just cuz I never heard of something, ya know...that doesn't mean it never happened.
But truly, Poland by J. Michener, arch-jingoist, was a great novel. Too damned long, but that's what made it great--for a doorstop or a paperweight!
Mila 18 was the one for me. Leon Uris' take on the Warsaw uprising. I had read it twice before I found out who Sal Mineo was.
I'll leave you with this, some relatively unsung performances, sung one time and archived.
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But there they are. Part of some of us. Waiting to become part of others.
NO STALGiAs NEED APPLE eye. Got lots.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Sep 15, 2014 - 12:52pm PT
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I had occasion today to be searching for the Southland Pipe and Nipples Company. It turns out it's in Texas, but is not nearly as well documented as Yosemite.
Remember the Alamo?
I don't know if there is anything quite as interesting in the world of fasteners as the Marman Clamp, rumoured to have been developed by Bridwell or Jed Clampit.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Sep 15, 2014 - 01:01pm PT
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see you next week at FL, MouseMan.
Susan
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 15, 2014 - 02:29pm PT
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hey there say, all... just checking in... :)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 15, 2014 - 03:35pm PT
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Juszt Czechin' in...
A Russian scientist, Martinov, and a Czechoslovakian scientist, Moosenlipsz, had spent their whole lives studying the majestic grizzly bear. Each year they petitioned their respective governments to allow them to go to Yellowstone to study these wondrous beasts.
Finally, their request was granted and they immediately flew to New York and then west to Yellowstone. They reported to the local ranger station and were told by Ranger Spinato that it was the grizzly mating season and it was much too dangerous to go out and study the animals.
They pleaded that this was their only chance. The stupid ranger relented. The Russian and the Czech were given cell phones and told to report in each day.
For several days they called in, and then nothing was heard from the two scientists. The rangers mounted a search party and found the scientists' camp completely ravaged. There was no sign of the missing men.
They then followed the trail of a male and a female bear. They found the female and decided they must kill the animal to find out if she had eaten the scientists, because they feared an international incident. They killed the female and cut open the bear's stomach and, sure enough, found the grisly remains of Comrade Martinov.
Wernini, the much-relieved rescue and search maven, turned to the other and said, "You know what this means, don't you?"
"Of course," Ranger Spinato nodded. "The Czech is in the male."
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 15, 2014 - 05:16pm PT
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A few words about the drought in California.
Screw the rest of the wannabes: harden the frick up.
We know drought.
This batch is from a National Geographic dated 2010, the end of the last frickin' drought.
California has more earthquakes than firkin droughts.
California has more people than earthquakes.
Now if the extra people would go away again, the finkin' drought might go with them.
I mostly blame the water, though.
It's basically dinosaur piss, melted glaciers, and acid rain anyway.
Sorry to be so Negevtive.
Hope Springs is in Hollywood, though, not Merced County.
Tommy Lee Jones & Meryl Streep...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 15, 2014 - 06:55pm PT
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Happiness runs in a circular motion while water simply runs downhill.
Unthinking slave to entropy, doing its job.
And thinking about happiness; visiting MooseDrool's country of Poland; and reading through your thoughts and views on the peculiar subject of "Happy," which is an emotion, not an actual, tangible "object" like a summit, I happened to think of Ilie Nastase.
It's strictly the last name which brought that thought to me. "Nasty" we called him. But I did not think 'ill' of Ilie. He fought against the brat, McEnroe BITD.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-2675717/John-McEnroe-jokes-Ilie-Nastase-looks-like-member-Village-People.html
John Mcenroe vs I. Nastase Head To Head
Year Name Round Surface Winning Player Losing Player Score
1980 Milan R32 Carpet John Mcenroe I. Nastase 6-1 6-4
1979 US Open R64 Hard John Mcenroe I. Nastase 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2
1979 Richmond QF Carpet John Mcenroe I. Nastase 6-3 3-6 6-2
1978 WCT Invitational SF Clay I. Nastase John Mcenroe 6-3 7-6
1977 Virginia Beach SF Clay I. Nastase John Mcenroe 7-5 4-6 6-3
1977 Ocean City R16 Carpet I. Nastase John Mcenroe 7-5 6-4
Nasty quotes--
“I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.”
“If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.”
“My ambition is to do a good job. I never plan anything."
“Just give me a record. You give me a guitar, I'll probably hit a ball with it.”
"I am so-o-o glad I never had to play Andrzej Citkowitz. He's crazy-fast."
Say "Cheese" and hold it...POP! FLASH!
Nastalgia. Is that like rheumatism?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 15, 2014 - 07:13pm PT
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Climbing & rhyming...
Surfing & sailing...
Drag racing, hiking, biking...
Vacation trips, postcards, music variety...
Films, free university, fraternal vibes...
What is this thread REALLY about, again?
Well, I'll tellya...but first a word from my new sponsor, the USCBL, the United STates Crotch Ball League, traveling to YOUR town next spring and summer!
These athletes have the world's most ruthless, hardcore coach EVER in the history of the game.
His name is Bobby Ballboy.
"It's not Riggs, it's Ballboy, dammit! Gimme nine sets!"
[Click to View YouTube Video]These are actors, not the real deal. It's a shoestring ad budget, see. There are ties with Adidas, though, and Lipton Tea. They're hesitating.
They'll lose out, of course, because of their woeful lack of confidence in my planning...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 15, 2014 - 08:02pm PT
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TENNIS COURT
Don't you think that it's boring how people talk
Making smart with their words again, well I'm bored
Because I'm doing this for the thrill of it, killin' it
Never not chasing a million things I want
And I am only as young as the minute is full of it
Getting pumped up on the little bright things I bought
But I know they'll never own me
(Yeah)
Baby be the class clown
I'll be the beauty queen in tears
It's a new art form showing people how little we care (yeah)
We're so happy, even when we're smilin' out of fear
Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah (yeah)
Pretty soon I'll be getting on my first plane
I'll see the veins of my city like they do in space
But my head's filling up fast with the wicked games, up in flames
How can I f*#k with the fun again, when I'm known
And my boys trip me up with their heads again, loving them
Everything's cool when we're all in line for the throne
But I know it's not forever
(Yeah)
Baby be the class clown
I'll be the beauty queen in tears
It's a new art form showing people how little we care (yeah)
We're so happy, even when we're smilin' out of fear
Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah (yeah)
It looked alright in the pictures (yeah)
Getting caught's half of the trip though, isn't it?
I fall apart with all my heart (yeah)
And you could watch from your window (yeah)
[Laughs]
And you can watch from your window
Baby be the class clown
I'll be the beauty queen in tears
It's a new art form showing people how little we care (yeah)
We're so happy, even when we're smilin' out of fear
Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah (yeah)
And talk it up like yeah (yeah)
And talk it up like yeah (yeah)
Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah (yeah)
And talk it up like yeah (yeah)
And talk it up like yeah (yeah)
Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah
(Yeah)
HAPPY
Well I never kept a dollar past sunset,
It always burned a hole in my pants.
Never made a school mama happy,
Never blew a second chance.
I need a love to keep me happy,
I need a love to keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.
Always took candy from strangers,
Didn't wanna get me no trade.
Never want to be like papa,
Working for the boss ev'ry night and day.
I need a love to keep me happy,
I need a love, baby won't ya keep me happy.
Baby, won't ya keep me happy.
Baby, please keep me
I need a love to keep me happy,
I need a love to keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.
Never got a flash out of cocktails,
When I got some flesh off the bone.
Never got a lift out of Lear jets,
When I can fly way back home.
I need a love to keep me happy,
I need a love to keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.
Happy was originally conceived as a more comically tragic character....Happy's favorite foods are Soup and Gooseberry pie.
It's no wonder. It's a Scandinavian blessing, right from Solvang, on the west coast of North America, north of Santa Barbara, south from San Jose.
Do you know the way to San Solvang? Or Buellton? Or 1955?
[Click to View YouTube Video]"Hap-pea" and "Pea-Wee."
Used to be a Pea soup Andersen's over in Mammoth, too.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 15, 2014 - 11:48pm PT
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In addition to a healthy diet (I wish I was a hunter), for a well-balanced life one needs SOME exercise and SOME dough-roy-me.
Lola the Berserk recommends twenty minutes a day, full out and a roll of about 100,000 DM.
[Click to View YouTube Video]Coach Ballboy approves this message.
JUST LIKE A REDHEADED FORREST
or "Lola Quits Her Dye Job"
I wish I was a hunter
In search of different food
I wish I was the animal
Which fits into that mood
I wish I was a person
With unlimited breath
I wish I was a heartbeat
That never comes to rest
I wish I was a hunter
In search of different food
I wish I was the animal
Which fits into that mood
I wish I was a stranger
Who understands the sky
I wish I was a starship
When Saturn's flying by
I wish I was a princess
With armies at her hand
I wish I was a ruler
Who'd make them understand
Never
(I wish)
Never say never
(I wish)
Never
(I wish)
Say never
I wish I was a writer
Who sees what is yet unseen
I wish I was a prayer
Expressing what I mean
I wish I was a forest
Of trees that do not hide
I wish I was a clearing
No secrets left inside
{All for the love of Manni Deutschmartz}
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 16, 2014 - 12:16am PT
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"Cheese!"
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