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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
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Mar 11, 2017 - 02:43am PT
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The bright light of the almost-full moon woke me.
Glad to read the good report from the doc visit, Mouse.
When do you check in for the surgery? When will you know? I'll read all your reporting posts again when I am really awake. This is just an interlude of wakefulness brought on by moonlight. Now I am going back to sleep for a couple more hours.
ff
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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 - Mar 11, 2017 - 03:09am PT
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I have no excuse for waking except for having to make my "simple toilet"--Jack London's polite way of expressing it in The Sea Wolf.
The muse struck one, but the Mouse did not run down. Brief nap like I just had is enough for the nonce.
But the poetry pen is stilled. I need to get more rest, plain and simple fact to which I will now fix my attention.
Where are those sheep,
Miss Mary the Contrary?
Please help me find them,
In Mesilla or in New Tipperary.
I received the goods, pocoloco1. I am very grateful for your largesse. Gracias.
It's not chilly tonight, balmy in fact. The weather over the weekend is supposed to be fine.
Today Decker's going to an annual gathering of the Aztec Nation in Salinas. Tomorrow he's heading to the Celtic Faire in Sonora.
I've been to the Faire in Sonora, years ago with my honey and the group from our Ren Faire guild. She used to attend pow-wows now and again, but I never got the chance until she died.
John was very emphatic about the non-use of "pow-wow" in referring to the Aztec gathering. They use their own word, which I've forgotten.
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ff, as to dates, the surgeon in Fresno will examine me and see the labs and then make a decision provisionally on the basis of an ultrasound, which will likely mean a second pre-op visit. There is also the matter of having a dental exam, which I am going to have to schedule for the same day as the ultrasound. Then I must consult with the Anti-Coagulation or blood thinner clinic and make arrangements to taper off the Warfarin using an injection, which they call "bridging." This is necessary or I could bleed out on the operating table. Then I need to start the process in reverse after the surgery.
It's complicated, the logistics of living here and the travel, it's something to bear, but at least I am not responsible for some overblown deductible as some of us are.
The mouse has run down, finally. Buenos noches.
Before I go, here are two shots of France from Gypsy off her FB page.
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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 - Mar 11, 2017 - 07:38am PT
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Buenos dias, my darlings.
Spencer & Katie rent the penthouse, #602.
Beyond the margin, nearly off the page. A former resident here in Middle Earth.
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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 - Mar 11, 2017 - 08:17am PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
Teresa Brewer - A Tear Fell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxnl2M6XhNE
A tear fell when you told me
That the flame in your heart died.
Darling, have I lost you,
Like these teardrops from my eyes?
Bah! Things are in the hands of fate, not some ad flack's imagination.
Things do TASTE better, though, with a smoosh of CHILO'S CHILE.
Good eats.
Better by a factor of two.
Remember to bring along a jar of delicious Chilo's Chile next time you dine.
If you only loved Chilo's Chile
Half as much as I loved you, my darlings,
You wouldn't worry bout stuff
Half as much as you do.
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https://www.facebook.com/Chilos-Chile-122793217738338/See the Chilo's Facebook page.
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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 - Mar 11, 2017 - 08:36am PT
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a.m. windshield.
white flames.
the mud below.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Mar 11, 2017 - 10:28am PT
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I've heard the same story on cramps. Magnesium does seem to help. Of course my situation is complicated by thyroid disease.
Ex-football player who ran the Carroll's Brake Shop in Alhambra swore by quinine.
The son (middle) liked Dylan. However, even Bob couldn't get an appointment. Get there early.
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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 - Mar 11, 2017 - 01:04pm PT
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Doc Love mentioned the fact that quinine is not available in the US now.
Babesiosis is a malaria-like parasitic disease caused by infection with Babesia, a genus of Apicomplexa.[1] Human babesiosis is an uncommon but emerging disease in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and parts of Europe, and sporadic throughout the rest of the world. It occurs in warm weather.[2]
Ticks transmit the human strain of babesiosis, so it often presents with other tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease.[3] After trypanosomes, Babesia is thought to be the second-most common blood parasite of mammals, and they can have a major impact on health of domestic animals in areas without severe winters. In cattle, a major host, the disease is known as Texas cattle fever, redwater, or piroplasmosis.[4]
^^^ Lifted from this link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinine
vvv Likewise lifted:
Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón (midfielder for the local futbol association until a breath-taking header attempt that ended badly for both he and the opponent--who, BTW, got flagged BIG TIME--in a notorious re-match with La Mancha)
In an account published in 1663 by Sebastiano Bado, an Italian, the following claim was made: In 1638, the Countess of Chinchon became severely ill with tertian fever (malaria). Juan López de Canizares, governor of Loxa, wrote the viceroy, explaining that he had recently been cured by the bark of the quinaquina tree, and recommending the same remedy to the vicereine. The governor was summoned to Lima, the medicine was administered, and the countess was cured. In 1639, according to Bado, the countess returned to Spain, bringing a large quantity of the bark with her. This was the first introduction of quinine into Europe.
However, the official diary of Viceroy Fernández de Cabrera was discovered in 1930. This diary contradicts many of the claims made by Bado. It states that Ana de Osorio, his first countess of Chinchón, died in Spain at least three years before her husband was named viceroy of Peru. It was his second countess, Francisca Henríquez de Ribera, who accompanied the Count to South America, where she enjoyed excellent health. The count himself had several episodes of fever, but was never treated with bark. The second countess never returned to Spain; she died in the port of Cartagena, Colombia during the return voyage.
In light of these much later revelations, Bado's account is now discredited among historians. Jesuit Barnabé de Cobo (1582–1657), who explored Mexico and Peru, is now credited with taking cinchona bark to Europe. He brought the bark from Lima to Spain, and afterwards to Rome and other parts of Italy, in 1632.
Carl Linnaeus called the genus of quinine-producing trees Cinchona in honor of the countess.
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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 - Mar 11, 2017 - 01:55pm PT
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The Gold Twins.
Remember the rabbit from Monty Python & the Holy Grail?
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Mar 11, 2017 - 01:57pm PT
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The brakeman (Leo - SD State, Green Bay, Washington and only a bit older than me) got his quinine in TJ. I have never tried it. I used to get incredibly painful cramps before my thyroid issue was (mis)diagnosed.
Subsequently, from time to time I still get the cramps. Once I get the muscle loosened up, I take the magnesium and that seems to be the end of the episode.
I have never taken it as a matter of routine.
Sure am glad I never got one of those out in the water. I can see how people drown.
Leo was the owner of Carroll's Brake Service in Alhambra, CA, as was his father before him, and now his sons. He graduated from Emery Park Elementary in Alhambra in 1958 and Alhambra High School in 1962.
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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 - Mar 11, 2017 - 02:43pm PT
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^^^ I was trying to recall where I heard the name Carroll, but kept coming up only with Pete from USC/Washington.
And Carroll H., who rented a room from me years ago in El Sobrante. He was a Toyota certified mechanic and a (mostly aid) climber who was also briefly in the partnership of Frank's Firewood with myself and Bro Tim.
Frank was a Shorthair/Black Lab, the fictitious owner of our fictitious business. No pics of Frank exist, unless Dolores has some squirreled away.
When the freeway came through in the early sixties, the businesses on Old 99 started drying up and shutting down for lack of business. This site USED to be a GREAT one and was frequented by kids from the Main Drag, just like Vernon's and Cecil's at either end of it. But when I began cruising, it had become a joke, for no one cared for the place in our crowd, as it had become rather dirty and run-down, naturally.
Since then, the place has seen many owners, many different menus, etc., and I think that THIS TIME the gals have fewer expectations, and do what they can. Of course, the food, along with good service with a smile, go a long ways with me. The workers down the street at the UCM construction site have discovered the place for lunch, so that helps a lot.
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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 - Mar 11, 2017 - 03:02pm PT
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Down on Main St.
Down on Mainstreet
I remember standing on the corner at midnight
Trying to get my courage up
There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown
I loved to watch her do her stuff
Through the long lonely nights she filled my sleep
Her body softly swaying to that smoky beat
Down on Mainstreet
In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers
I used to watch 'em through the glass
Well I'd stand outside at closing time
Just to watch her walk on past
Unlike all the other ladies, she looked so young and sweet
As she made her way alone down that empty street
Down on Mainstreet
And sometimes even now, when I'm feeling lonely and beat
I drift back in time and I find my feet
Down on Mainstreet
Down on Mainstreet
--Some other Bob
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 11, 2017 - 04:52pm PT
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hey there, say, mouse... just saw you stop by the ol' facebook...
here, thought you might like the links here...
i never learned this...
course, we leaned SOME california history, but as you know
MUCH was left out, as to the native families, etc...
well, here, i learned MORE IN DEPTH, what all this was about:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
it started here, part one:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
will find it, too and post it, and there is more too
with part three...
*don't know how many parts it all has, but this can get you started...
odd note:
*just saw this... like the native/indian folks, that had their land taken away, well now:
here now, these immigrant americans, had THEIR land taken away,
for--
to make dams for tourist recreation etc...
you can hear the story...
AND, though THOSE folks never knew the natives, that used to have that land... well..
now, they too, felt the same way:
humans pushed aside :(
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one reason it is so sad, when folks 'blame one race' over another,
is-- it is the simple folks that just end up HAVING to move, and
move on to who knows where... humans want and need a home for their families...
it is the greedy folks, in whatever positions
that they are in, of every race that hurts every race...
you just don't go and blame the 'new borns' of any race,
for whatever happened in history... YET--
you can blame folks, IF ignorant PREJUDICE grows,
against innocent others, from old bitterness...
how on earth, new desires, love, mercy, and charity, and
help, ever come to pass... in various situations...
well???
only god knows... at least we can help those around us...
in our little circles...
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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 - Mar 11, 2017 - 05:03pm PT
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Post away, dear.
I WAS Facebookin', and my old manager from the BDalton days, Warren, has been on a tear recently about the political situation. Warren runs a comic shop in LA now. He's a Marvel himself. This is one of his latest FB posts.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/insurance-companies-medicare-for-all_us_58c1b1fae4b054a0ea690dc8?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003
He never quits trying to get people to be aware, responsible, and gentle. He was sort of devastated when Gore lost out to Bush, as he'd spent oodles of his free time helping the local Dems out in their elective efforts.
His truth is that without the truth and responsible reporting, no one knows or really much cares about what goes on behind the doors of power, because the lies just pile up and it gets too deep to wade through, much less KNOW anything.
History is full of lies, abuse of facts, and just plain propaganda.
Thank you, shadowkiddo, the masked maven of history, and keep studying and bringing what you find to us for our edification.
Much obleeged. Have a great evening, pat the Patty dog, and keep the faith.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 11, 2017 - 05:08pm PT
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hey there say, ... awww, thanks so much ... we will have a good eve, then, :)
and, yes, even some of these news finds, we STILL have to check them out,
as well, with the other collections of the same stories,
comparing, etc...
many of the finds, are best, if folks were actually there and shared,
however, many of these folks have died off...
:(
now a days, this 'false news' thing, is going to
keep rearing it's ugly head...
and FOLKS MAY NEVER see or know what is going on:
until it has happened and it is blatant... :(
even as we look back as awful things, :(
may dear god, help and guide us through the years, amen...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 11, 2017 - 05:33pm PT
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hey there say... mouse and all...
REAL history, that my neighbor lived through, when he was a kid...
*i may have shared here already, some of the other 'historic stuff' here,
but i will share it again...
what a FIRE startred from this SMALL FLAME...
it started the fire, into california, for the
farm workers rights...
here is the birth of LA RAZA ... :o
I NEVER KNEW THAT, either, until i got to know al, better...
[youtube=H4WCUfOKmkQ&t=2s]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4WCUfOKmkQ&t=2s
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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 - Mar 11, 2017 - 06:47pm PT
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Not the last word, not le mot juste, either.Merely a helluva sunset.
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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
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Mar 11, 2017 - 08:00pm PT
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^
and that, Sir Mouse, is a perfect close to the day.
Thank you for the sunset, the medical update, and the good news.
Peace and Light,
ff
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 12, 2017 - 12:07am PT
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hey there say...
night all...
love the TCB pic...
the TREE CROW BRANCHES pic...
:)
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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 - Mar 12, 2017 - 03:02am PT
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A bizarre creature called the Mermecolion, an ant/lion hybrid which inevitably starves because it cannot eat either meat or grains, although its lion half craves the former and its ant half craves the latter.
So pitted!!
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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 - Mar 12, 2017 - 03:26am PT
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Public Service Announcement.
The time is now advanced one hour since two a.m.,
which became three a.m. just a bit ago.
And the moon is at the full.
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