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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 - May 24, 2016 - 07:29pm PT
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It may seem weird that a "car club" thread encompasses not just cars but trains; the disciplines of climbing, music, poetry, art, and photography; and now airplanes.
I've had Garp-like sensations recently, but they are not as frequent as they used to be. I enjoy the feeling of flying in a dream, especially when I'm sleeping.
I have a feeling that I would not be a very good pilot but could be trusted to navigate.
Or in the case of the Vimy, I could be both the navigator and the bombardier. We Flames like to see things blown to heck. Well, I do, anyway. I'm a twisted old (FQR).
I shot these on the floor of the waiting room outside the Doc's office yesterday. I found the NG in the magazine rack.
It's a long article, even by NG standards, but they covered a lot of ground.
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pocoloco1
Social climber
The Chihuahua Desert
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May 24, 2016 - 07:44pm PT
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edit: Happy Birthday Brian !
Happy Birthday Bob
Bob Dylan quotes:
1. “A hero is someone who understands the responsibility of their freedom.”
2. “I define nothing … I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.”
3. “Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.”
4. “People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.”
5. “Everything passes, everything changes. Just do what you think you should do.”
6. “What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.”
7. “When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -- don’t back down and don’t give up -- then you’re going to mystify a lot of folks.”
8. “Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it when you find it.”
9. “You’ll never be greater than yourself.”
10. “Money doesn’t talk, it swears.”
11. “Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean.”
12. “Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you’d like to act.”
13. “Swallow your pride, you will not die. It’s not poison.”
14. “Don't matter how much money you got, there's only two kinds of people: there's saved people and there's lost people.”
15. “You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past -- whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.”
16. “Don't criticize what you can't understand.”
17. “Gonna change my way of thinking, make myself a different set of rules. Gonna put my good foot forward and stop being influenced by fools.”
18. “When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose.”
19. “Destiny is a feeling you have that you know something about yourself nobody else does. The picture you have in your own mind of what you're about will come true. It's a kind of a thing you kind of have to keep to your own self, because it's a fragile feeling, and you put it out there, then someone will kill it. It's best to keep that all inside.”
20. “If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure.”
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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May 24, 2016 - 08:33pm PT
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Happy Birthday 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 - May 24, 2016 - 08:59pm PT
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Thank you, pl1 & FF.
"What equals a cloud for simplicity?"
The mathematical question might be put: ? = cloud.
But I still do not understand clouds.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 25, 2016 - 05:37am PT
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Seems I'm forced by societal habit to ask to say , aw, ok, I'm gonna break-out of a tradition,
Is that ok?
I'm gonna do it anyway,
Don't go playin' in traffic - You'll Break your neck,
And Don't climb up there, - you'll get run over!
What ? you want to be flat broke?
Haha get it? Do ya?
Hahahahahahaha, don't read that
HAPPYBIRTHDAY, ya ole GOAT!
( she didn't laugh either )
And by the way, - for years - I have chosen to duck & cover from 5/23 - 5/27
Just days when the left hand of darkness has had a strong pull,
and this. I say in a slight fright,
Oh - That's right no me not superstitious.
EDIT : Water? NO ME ? Until when ? check bax, it will be a while. . . . . . .
The day of the 25th, has historically, for me, been dark. So that I'll seethe yay alls the 28'th or Nineth
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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May 25, 2016 - 05:48am PT
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"I thought I was on the verge of something great..."
-Virgil
Happy Belay-ed Birthday, Mouse!
....yer welcome!
-b
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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 - May 25, 2016 - 06:19am PT
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Not a word about the Vimy?
Everyone has birthdays but not everyone has a Vickers Vimy.
And not everyone has a belayed birthday greeting from a member of the Drunk Poets' Society, so...
Thanks for the rope, Bushman.
And thanks for the greeting, Cosmici --
and BTW, I left a little something on the Ready-to-Wear Donald Thread, Dwain.
Now is the time we Flames like to play, It's your turn to traverse.
Sorry there's no pro, but PLEASE don't fall.
You want to rig a back-rope, you say?
How you gonna do that?
The haul bag is already over here.
You'll just have to DO IT, BRO!
You'll have to trust me and trust yourself, because if you back-rope with the lead rope, it's too short and you'll have to untie.
And so I can talk you across, but you can do it blindfolded, it's that simple.
It's just that the exposure is so wild, isn't it?
You say you'll take the risk of untying?
I don't think you'll find a place to set any pro to do that.
I already looked and there is nothing, man.
You'll be totally on your own so don't blow it, dude.
STay tuned to see does he make it safely or not.
Meanwhile, think about buying some of this stuff and we'll be back sometime later.
WHOA, DUDE! You shoulda told me you were untying. Can you hear me?
Never mind about the next installment, folks.
Keep yer mimsies fresh, ladies.
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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 - May 25, 2016 - 06:58am PT
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Thank you, Tad. Thank you, Bushman. Thank you, Cosmici. Thank you, Gnome.^^^^
"Now we can get on with the real climbing."--John Salathe in the LA Chimney
How To Stem Global Warming, 5.12c
Start early, around ten thirty.
Get some Krusteaz in ya.
Drink a half-quart of freeze-dried coffee--make sure it's tepid.
Roll a fatty and smoke it with while you are off in the talus "meditating"
while your partner cleans up his pancake mess,
but bring back the roach and tell him you found it on the trail.
Now head to the john for ten minutes of bliss while you take a long piss.
(And you might wanna take your toothbrush, Sweet Lips.)
Grab your rope and grab your rack, you guys made the bus in seconds flat.
(That's always a good omen.)
Get off the bus at the Cathedral stop, back up the Northside trail you bop.
You find the climb is occupied, you sit down to get your two brains fried.
(You've rolled an extra fattie for just this event.)
The party ahead comes off pitch two, saying we've had it guys, good luck to you.
You ask why they came down so quickly, the second pitch it made them sickly.
You've got so buzzed that you don't care. Your pro is racked and you're prepared.
Up you go after your buddy's lead. He yells "On Blee Yay!" and you proceed.
You're climbing with such haste and speed of the belay there is no need.
Your arrive up there with time to spare. You spark another, hey you don't care.
You take the sharp end and go ahead. Your legs you need to spread and spread.
The way is straight, your legs are strong, but a little short, now something's wrong.
The corner is wider than you expected. The thing's not very well-protected.
You inch upwards thinking, "I seem to be sinking. I wish this was over--I could be in the bar drinking.
Oh, why oh why, did we try this sh#t. I don't think I can get up it."
Grab a knob and rest one thigh. Shake it out and give a sigh.
Better move, no place to rest. Keep on going, you'll pass the test.
Don't give in to gravity. "Wow, that's bad pain in my right knee."
You're gettin' too old for this stuff. You're a gnarly thirty, but you're real tough.
An inch at a time---this ain't 5.9.
Move hand here, stre-e-e-tch foot to there. Try not to split your derriere.
(Or your infinitive.)
One delicate move and you are done. You yell down, "Come on up, son."
You rap the route, now you must scoot. For an after-climb beer there's no substitute.
Back to Camp 4 you haul your ass. You crack a beer and pour a glass.
To your partner you give accolades. You let him wear your Gucci shades.
He toasts your skill and says "You rock! Let's have another, we're off the clock."
--MFM just now on the fly
Have Rhymes/Will Travel
Wire Mouse
Middle Earth
Merced
Stemmy stuff.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1390299&msg=1390299#msg1390299
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=22387&msg=22387#msg22387
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1144719/best-stemming-pitch
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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 - May 25, 2016 - 07:24am PT
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^^^^^
Hey, WTF are you guys doing here?
Mind if we climb through you?
Jeez, it's like a freakin' muni golf course up in here!
The only kind of stems I do any more are like these.It's good. It's imported. Grown in Mariposa County.
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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 - May 25, 2016 - 08:16am PT
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Shades of Great Caesar's Two-Day-Old Pizza!
It's Lemmy!Motorhead - Eat the Rich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pMVfpKBuyI
Not for everyone...swearing!
"OMG, he said SOB!"
Up kid, it's half past your youth
Ain't nothin' really changin' but the date
You a grand slammer, but you no Babe Ruth
You gotta learn how to relate
Or you'll be swingin' from the pearly gate
Ah, got all the answers, lo' and behold
You got the right key baby but the wrong key hole, yo
[Click to View YouTube Video]"No remorse."
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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May 25, 2016 - 08:54am PT
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Shimmy Shimmy in the Vimy
I flew my Vimy
Across the sea
But after awhile
I had to pee
The funnel was plugged
And so was my hat
So I hung it all out
And let it fly free
The copilot was
A rather dull chap
Until I decided
That I had to crap
He put up such a fuss
And tried to eject
So I held number one
Until we were done
The next time I fly
I'll eat less if I can
I'll stay off the fruit
And will steer clear of bran
-bushman
05/25/2016
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zBrown
Ice climber
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May 25, 2016 - 09:13am PT
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Let me remind y'all.
I can't find the bridge, I can't find the third post of the first thread, WTF?
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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 - May 25, 2016 - 09:21am PT
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You can't find it because it's out of sight.
Or maybe your shades are too dark.
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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 - May 25, 2016 - 09:38am PT
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"Doing Without in the Black"
I flew in my Vimy the next time I flew
Out over Black Canyon just for the view
Atop the steep cliff there was a party of two
Young MooseDrool and old Jim were just getting through
I dipped my wings and they both kindly waved back
I was very amazed at their lack of a rack
It consisted of nothing more than two stoppers
The water bottles came with standard eye-droppers
They untied their slippers smiling big smiles of relief
Barefootiin’ the walk-back they talked of belief
In themselves and their judgment that saw them both through
Jim taught young MooseDrool so he can teach you
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2817871/If-you-THINK-you-need-it-you-dont-if-you-KNOW
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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 - May 25, 2016 - 10:01am PT
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It's time to kick out the jams, father-rapers and mother-stabbers!
(And the roaches--they'll be coming to lay roach bait in the place today.)
http://www.ashevillefm.org/musical-migrations
Starts at ten a.m. Pacific.
Migrants of the worst stripe.Euro-bums and gigolos and belayers-for-hire and dope-smokers and aid climbers and a few sporty types biding their time, sharpening their bits...real evil dudes.
But no goddam roaches cuz they smoked 'em.
BAIT! Might as well adopt them if I'm gonna feed them.
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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May 25, 2016 - 11:12am PT
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I'd Rather be Retireded
I drove by the job site to check on my crew
You see climbing the trees is what I used to do
But finally last summer I knew I was through
When my veteran tree man is just as good too
It's always a relief when he's gettin 'er done
When I don't need to suffer it's always more fun
For this busted up tree man it makes much more sense
To stay out of the trees and to work on my fence
-bushman
05/25/2016
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zBrown
Ice climber
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May 25, 2016 - 12:31pm PT
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I wanna tell you bout my good thing
I ain't disclosing no names but--
He sure is a good friend and!
I ain't gonna tell you where he comes from, no!
If I tell you you wont come again! Hey!
[intermission]
Excuse me
Oh will you excuse me
I'm just trying to find the bridge... Has anybody seen the bridge?
Better get there fast, The Warriors may be jumping off it soon.
(Have you seen the bridge?)
I ain't seen the bridge!
(Where's that confounded bridge?)
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