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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
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Mar 18, 2017 - 07:11pm PT
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The sandhill cranes are back again.
And snow geese garner last fall's grain
The tundra swans are Veeing through
And Canada geese are winging too.
I like this time of migration North
As wintering flocks are flying forth
Intent on finding hatching homes
Among the Arctic Circle Gnomes.
Welcome home, feathered friends.
ff
ps thank you for the badger pix. I really like badgers.
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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 19, 2017 - 06:13am PT
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The Morning Coffee Press.
"This press lampoons fascists."
The truth: Trump's budget calls for the elimination of one program that some of the nation's 5,000 Meals on Wheels groups rely on: Community development block grants, a $3 billion program that started in the Ford administration to give states and cities more flexibility in how they combat poverty.
But Trump's proposal — known as the "skinny budget" because it's the first, vague outline of a more formal submission to come — is largely silent about the program that provides the vast majority of federal funding for senior services.
Here's why. The majority of Meals on Wheels programs get most of their federal funding through the Administration for Community Living, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services that serves the elderly and disabled. That agency has a $227 million line-item for "home-delivered nutrition services."
Those programs are authorized though the Older Americans Act, a law so popular that its renewal passed Congress last year without any recorded opposition. And while Trump didn't single out that specific program, Health and Human Services will receive a 16% across-the-board cut.
"We're very concerned. We’re concerned about the cuts that were explicit in the skinny budget, but we’re also concerned about what we see as the handwriting on the wall with the percentage cuts to HHS," Markwood said. "Some of these details we won't know for a while."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/18/meal-on-wheels-trump-budget-proposal-cuts/99308928/
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And yes, Dan is wearing women's "skinny" jeans.
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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 19, 2017 - 06:32am PT
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Under cover:
Nina Simone
Buddy Holly
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash
Johnny Rivers
Tanya Tucker
Million Dollar Quartet
And others
Too Many Covers
It was a warm spring night
But I had an awful fright
As I lay dreaming
I began steaming
Too many covers
Might as well cover Roy, too. WTF. I love Roy.
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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 19, 2017 - 06:53am PT
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Jeanne-Marie, where are you?
Wewd hoped you were coming to the party.
--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 - Mar 19, 2017 - 07:44am PT
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Mar 19, 2017 - 08:03am PT
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"I gotz so many black frenz I'z gon git me one dem grills"
DJ Trump
No chuck!
Just some Shuck and Jive
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LONDON (AP) — Deep in the Bolivian Amazon lives a group of indigenous people who spend their days hunting and farming. Researchers say this may be partly why they have some of the healthiest hearts on the planet.
The Tsimane, a society of hunter-gatherers, have the lowest-ever recorded levels of clogged arteries among any population studied, new research found.
Scientists say the finding points to the importance of reducing risk factors for heart disease: The Tsimane are physically active — exercising for about four to seven hours every day — and their diet is low in fat and sugar. They also don’t smoke or drink often.
Notice that the issue of watermelon was not explicitly addressed.
-Hambone Williams
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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 19, 2017 - 09:31am PT
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They do not serve hambones.
However, they'd be happy to serve Hambone.I wasn't ready for this, having the dial set for electrical lighting, the 4,000 K variety. Interesting...
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Mar 19, 2017 - 09:40am PT
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A spring is springing
Summer daydreaming alpine high
Bluebird hummingbird
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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 19, 2017 - 10:02am 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 - Mar 19, 2017 - 10:22am PT
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Got one?
Yep. I made the mistake of trying to smoke weed in mine.
Clogged like a sewer line.
What a hassle!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Mar 19, 2017 - 10:22am PT
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Time for toys ! . 1 minute I've got to see, nope
no pics'
Never a big fan of proto pipes, after (1987?)
when I met Mill products wooden bowls with lids.
I'm always making bubblers the latest best %^>.low volume double chamber from a few drops to three teaspoons of water.
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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 19, 2017 - 10:34am PT
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You go, Gale.And it's Gaels, not "Gails," zBrown.
I feel like I should know this guy.
Dude, who are you?
Us para-papparazzi gotta know these things.
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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 19, 2017 - 10:47am PT
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No, it's da kine, Cosmic. I'm just a dork and have little patience with cleaning ANYTHING.
My Levis, the carpet, that pipe, recalcitrant pins--Oh, my! The things I've muttered and screamed dealing with inanimate objects...a total waste of time, I'm tellinya.
I do keep the counter-top and bathroom sink and tub clean, though. I'm not a dirtbag and can deal with these with no shirking. Gotta keep the roaches at bay.
Some roaches I may eat
Others I may toke
You simply cannot beat
Really good smoke
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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 19, 2017 - 11:15am PT
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"I see the light now," said the blind mouse.
I took a toke on this old boy and am seein' starz.
Decker's in VA, he max as well be on Mars.
That pipe I smoked with Jake's friend Jacob on Friday was the last for a while until John brings himself home safely from his LRRPs re-union.
Shuteye Ridge, ironically.
I haven't bothered to count'em myself.
I'm not that ripped!
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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 19, 2017 - 12:18pm PT
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Thought from "Dr. Z" by Pasternak.
We first get a glimpse of Misha [Gordon] while he's riding on a train
and wondering why Russians seem to hate Jewish people so much:
"For as long as he could remember, he had never ceased to marvel at how,
with the same arms and legs and a common language and habits,
one could be not like everyone else, and besides that,
be someone who was liked by few, someone who was not loved."
http://www.shmoop.com/doctor-zhivago/misha-gordon.html
Perhaps I have found the root of a word hooblie used, and which appeals:
"schmoopie."
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Mar 19, 2017 - 01:14pm PT
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i thought it was common vernacular ...
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hope that doesn't ruin it for you
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Mar 19, 2017 - 01:29pm PT
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You go Gails
Just don't stay there long.
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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 19, 2017 - 02:42pm PT
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Gee, hooblie, you're so swe-e-e-eet to explain that for me...
But it led to this, which to my utter dismay is not available to me on Netflix or Youtube except for trailers and deleted scenes.
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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 19, 2017 - 02:57pm PT
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Overcoming the sudden epidemic of March Sadness by confronting it.
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