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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jan 11, 2017 - 07:38pm PT
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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 - Jan 11, 2017 - 11:57pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 12, 2017 - 12:23am PT
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hey there say, mouse...
knowing that you like history, etc...
here is a share, for january 12th... oh my...
On the morning of January 12, 1888, a blizzard swept down suddenly on the unsuspecting inhabitants on the prairies of the upper Midwest (especially portions of Nebraska and South Dakota) with unprecedented ferocity.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2011/01/freak_deadly_storm_childrens_b.html
night night now... to all the flames:
stay warm... :)
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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 - Jan 12, 2017 - 07:55am PT
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Nature on PBS this week was very enlightening. Plus, this was so well-filmed that it was like watching on Cinerama, I expect, though I never got to attend that theater in SF as a kid.
Really, the program is worth watching for the camera-work alone, which is all done in the freezing arctic air.
This tells how animals have adapted to living in snow and in cold.
Teaser for the new episode...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yFjVtgz8vA
Fascinating reading, I'm sure, in The Children's Blizzard. I had never heard the phrase or the stories.
Thanks, too, for the jumbled mess you sent! :0)
Thanks so much, neebee, for these little sent things make people feel special.
So I'm posting this one of pansies floating in space for neebs, who's still not typing...
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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 - Jan 12, 2017 - 10:50am PT
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Is the fad of bullriding still with us?Not to mention bullfighting, which has been recently covered.
The Macho World
Risky. Dangerous.
Sexy. Stupid.
Finish this at your own pace.
You now have exactly eight seconds.
Do it.
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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 - Jan 12, 2017 - 03:30pm PT
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The final solution has stumped me. Humbly, I advertise for some help.
I got the words. It's the solution that excapes me.
For yuck's sake. Me, the word guy, bamboozled. Such a bizarre take-down.
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Jan 12, 2017 - 04:20pm PT
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Lotta bull ridin' here in Wyo.
So I hear.
I pass the grounds when the climbin' calls.
Seems popular with the buckaroos.
They all love the CNR.
Every night when summer falls.
Not my thing, though I've been.
Most people seem to be all hat and no cattle.
I like my fuzzy hat and a pair of cat.
Bull never did nothin' to me.
'cept stare.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Bodacious am a whole lotta' bull
Over nineteen hundred pounds.
He's born in Galtry Oklahoma,
And he's the baddest sonsabitch around.
If a burma bull ever was a superstar,
Then Bodacious just might be.
He's a cream colored, beefy brawn,
Full-fledged, four-footed bovine celebrity.
Who's gonna ride Bodacious?
Who's gonna take him down?
Look out for Bodacious.
He's bound to hold his ground.
Here come Bodacious.
Y'all just step aside.
Big and bad Bodacious,
Takes a toll from those who ride.
Young Bo met a man named Tuff Hedeman
At the start of his buckin' spree.
And Tuff became one of the few to make the whistle
Back in nineteen ninety three.
Tuff tried to ride Bo again at the finals
In nineteen ninety five.
Bodacious had got a little older and wiser,
Tuff barely came out alive.
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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 - Jan 12, 2017 - 05:59pm PT
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k_s, my deep and heartfelt condolence to the family of young Ty.
Helmets do not prevent concussion. The NFL, too, has protocols, and they are more likely to have them for repeated concussion, but of this I am not 100%, though I could look it up.
If HER wrists weren't bothering her so much, neebee could weigh in here, but she's sidelined.
SIT THERE AND READ, sister neebee. Post not, pray lots for Ty's soul and his family. I shall be doing so.
There is an intrinsic pressure in the sport for athletes to compete despite injuries because if they're not riding, they're not getting paid.
This seems to be very common in lots of competitive arenas. I'm glad it's not that common in climbing.
"All I know about lots of things anymore is what I read online."--Roger Wilwont
Who's gonna ride in races?Bo-doh-dee-oh-dacious, WyoRM.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jan 12, 2017 - 06:23pm PT
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i hitched an early season ride from flagg ranch, through yellowstone to his (fifth?) summer in cody with an aging rodeo cowboy. slide-in camper pulling a trailer with all his props ... chickens, sheep, barrels and half the shebang lashed on. he was late to catch on to: yoga, vitamins, meditation etc. hadn't started out thinking of himself as an athlete back in the fifties, but the eighties were upon us.
i love riding with folks in no hurry. pulled over next to a geyser to adjust the valves, feed the chickens, a little self care ... i was heading to spend the season plying my own sport in the hills and was late to catch on to some of the same issues so felt a certain kinship in a feeble way. i promised to make it to the rodeo grounds to watch him earn his living but sadly, i never followed through
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jan 12, 2017 - 06:30pm PT
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Handsome und Greta
Clark never was much for headbands, Garbo not so much.
BITD papa had a brand new bag.
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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 - Jan 12, 2017 - 06:42pm PT
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Hat by which I can be recognized off to you, hooblie.
A noble thought, nonetheless.
Pat in the Saloon
A riled-up climber named Ament
Once a bull-rider to the hospital sent
He'd said something to Pat
Who did not like that
And down on the floor the man went
In this scene, Tonto has revived after a serious fall from Golden Calf.
He tells Serra he's had a vision, saying:
Haloes are for saints and not for you
They say that you've earned one but that's not true
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jan 12, 2017 - 06:49pm PT
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Now that Juniperro (what kind of dog is that?) is a Saint, shouldn't the mountains be renamed to the High Serra?
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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 - Jan 12, 2017 - 09:03pm PT
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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 - Jan 12, 2017 - 09:32pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 12, 2017 - 10:02pm PT
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hey there say, mouse...
been sneaking peeks... needed piano info...
doing well, LONG as i do not type much...
say--
you can GET THIS PUZZLE... and i will pray for ty's family...
:(
edit:
oh my, kunlun_shan... thanks for sharing, on this sadness...
hint... the answer is something you've been short of, for awhile, :)
we need it for gasoline, food and fun... :)
won't tell you more, :))
AND-- in the answer, they literally have to:
$-- ^-- $~~~~~
to even GET there, in line, :))
edit:
very nice to see and learn of mt clark, and looking down at merced river...
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