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Michelle
Trad climber
Fort Sam
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 26, 2008 - 07:43pm PT
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I remember the brew-ha-ha about opening it. Light pollution, etc. Now... Lobster toquitos and the cool chick that always hooks up my marguiritas. But really, is it worth it? I kinds miss viewing the basin 360 without all that light in the sky. Just rambling here- there's a shot of the lake in my dfac I see every day and I miss home.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Oakville, Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Jul 26, 2008 - 08:16pm PT
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Just a thought .... I'm thinking mango margaritas.
Actually, they make them pretty weak at the Mobil station, although very mango-y. Last time I was there, I brought my own tequila to "fortify" them [in the port/brandy parlance]
Hey! I thought you quit drinking?!
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Yonder
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Jul 26, 2008 - 08:28pm PT
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Weak drinks count as not drinkin', don't they, Pete?
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Oakville, Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Jul 26, 2008 - 08:42pm PT
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You've got yerself a point there, Capt. Kirk. So when are you coming back to Yos, anyway? Haven't seen you in ages, man! We need to like, hang out in the meadows and drink some beers, eh? Maybe you need to deliver an 18-wheeler full of pitons to the Mountain Shop or something. If so, say hi to my buddies Ted and Bernie.
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Jul 26, 2008 - 08:49pm PT
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So is there another Mobil station on the planet where you can get a marg? Probably not.
I was there a couple of weeks ago and the young lass behind the counter, without knowing squat about me other than I was headed to Tuolumne to hook up with some friends, starts to give me the beta to solo a 6 pitch route on Cathedral. Don't know another Mobil station with that kind of service.
It's too bad about the lights...
Mal
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Jul 26, 2008 - 08:51pm PT
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The Mango Margaritas taste good, but where's the tequila? Beer's better. The food is good! Pricey!
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Indianclimber
climber
Las Vegas
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Jul 26, 2008 - 09:33pm PT
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Mmmmmmm
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Jul 26, 2008 - 09:45pm PT
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Better mmmmmmmmmmm!
That was the lineup at the St. George SushiFest
Mal
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Yonder
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Jul 26, 2008 - 10:09pm PT
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Pete, lookin' at Spring for projects....trying to wrangle up some time in Sept. to go pick up trash....
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Jul 26, 2008 - 10:56pm PT
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Where's the tequila?
Here's a few nice ones.
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klinefelter
Boulder climber
Bishop, CA
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Jul 26, 2008 - 11:08pm PT
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Incidentally, the owner and chef at the Mobil was recently in a pretty serious kitchen accident involving a propane explosion. Most of his body received burns and he's in pretty bad shape.
I apologize for the buzz kill.
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Roman
Trad climber
Boston
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Jul 26, 2008 - 11:23pm PT
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That's terrible! I'll definitely pray for the dude. woah
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Jul 26, 2008 - 11:28pm PT
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Is Matt going to be ok? How's Athena? Bummer!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 27, 2008 - 12:54am PT
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hey there blitzo... say, i was just going to thank you for all the neat shares of these bottles of tequila... i never see the "fancy stuff"... nice to know...
but now, more important... very sorry to hear about the chef's accident.... in texas, a man was injured that way when someone left a partially full propane tank at the welding place where he worked... very sad... he was never the same physically again...
i will pray too... very sorry to hear...
say----i do not know what the mobile station is...
when we were kids, mobile was a gas station, oh, my... .with the pegasus wings, etc....
i just dropped in here to see what it was in respects to this post... god bless to the man and his family....
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dmalloy
Trad climber
eastside
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Jul 27, 2008 - 01:21am PT
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re - the owner and chef being in a bad accident -
half true. The owner and the chef are two different people. So the owner has some very serious burns over a lot of his body, but the chef (Matt) is OK. Very sad.
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Jul 27, 2008 - 01:34am PT
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So Matt Toomey is ok, but it is
the owner That got injured? Bummer! We have met, he's a good dude! Hope all will be well!
neebee, Mobil is a gas station/gourmet restaurant in Lee Vining.
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pimp daddy wayne
climber
The Bat Caves
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Jul 27, 2008 - 01:44am PT
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They have a new margarita mix this year. Last year they were receiving negative feedback about weak margaritas. So they added one hole bottle to a five gallon mix! They are now MEGA STRONG. I got one a couple of weeks ago that tasted like a shot of tequila every sip. I was so hung over the next day. Bad. Puked a couple times. Just tried to drink water all day.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 27, 2008 - 02:03am PT
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hey there blitzo.. say, thanks... say, it is based on the old mobile gas stations or not?
they had a red pegasus... (hmmm, at least i THINK it was red---was too long back, we were just kids---we liked seeing it on road trips, as perhaps, we wish we could of "rode" one) ... :)
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Jul 27, 2008 - 02:57am PT
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Yeah neebee, something like that. I remember the red pegasus, long gone!
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Jul 27, 2008 - 02:59am PT
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Hey pimp daddy, you're light! If I puked from drinking, I wouldn't drink!
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