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Bushman

climber
The state of quantum flux
Nov 5, 2017 - 03:16pm PT
Thank you Mouse,
You are the astute one...
And mom always liked you best!!

-Shalane


^^^^^
Ok, I fixed it

(His good partner by
The name of Crag
Had their secret weapon in a big haul bag
Two fine spun lengths of
Nine hundred foot rope
Were flaked out on Mammoth with all faith and hope)

Thanks, buddy, for the edit.
Please continue...
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 5, 2017 - 03:16pm PT
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zBrown

Ice climber
Nov 5, 2017 - 04:03pm PT
Congrats Shalane

With a 2:26:53 (or :59) time, you're welcome on our Tecate-Ensenada team run, any old time.


Baja 500 gal?




Local heroine tam bien

mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 5, 2017 - 06:36pm PT
Re the Edit: It gives you credit to listen to your belayer's advice, then choose the way. Glad that I could help.

So I got off my butt and up the ladder under the eaves and there was a long, uniform gray cloud over the Sierrunks,
so I took some pix of that and of the local skyline and some local architectural/communications icons.

mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2017 - 01:58am PT
Conspicuously absent is who?*
At a fundraiser for Haiti recently.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/04/george-hw-bush-trump-blowhard-ego-the-last-republicans

* Besides Obama.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2017 - 02:19am PT
As well as giving the language the catchphrase "And so to bed", Pepys also paints an unforgettable portrait of a society putting itself back together after the Puritan experiment:

"I went out to Charing Cross, to see major-general Harrison [a regicide] hanged, drawn and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition."

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/06/the-diary-of-samuel-pepys-100-best-nonfiction-books-of-all-time-review-robert-mccrum

I made reference to this important work last page with the phrase, "And so, back to bed..." Thought some of you might enjoy this critique of Pepys, one of the better ones I have seen. I just now ran across this article in The Guardian, now my news source of choice...I know, what I've said about not reading the news and all, but I think this source, The Guardian, was not really on my radar at the time.

No news is good news, it is said, but it is a tongue-in-cheek phrase, only applicable to certain situations.

"And so, back to bed. Again."
zBrown

Ice climber
Nov 6, 2017 - 07:36am PT
not the car https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Jimmy_Carter%2C_Gerald_Ford_and_Richard_Nixon_gather_at_the_White_House_during_Hubert_Humphreys_funeral._-_NARA_-_177593.jpg
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2017 - 05:37pm PT
Not Ford.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2017 - 05:40pm PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2017 - 06:39pm PT
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2926215&tn=40

From the "My favorite threads from this year" thread.
zBrown

Ice climber
Nov 6, 2017 - 07:21pm PT
So oldBush took a knee and Troomph called it in


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SmkQgi4lVWE
hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Nov 6, 2017 - 07:45pm PT
Bushman

climber
The state of quantum flux
Nov 7, 2017 - 05:26am PT

Dueling Bimbos

Bim bim bim bim
bim bim
bim bim bim

Bo bo bo bo
bo

-b

The Valkyrie Steps To

"Greatness only," said Sean, "comes once in a generation."
"Or skips a few," Mary said as she looked out the window.
The trains ran every hour on the hour.
It was half past two.
"I have to get ready for work," she said.

In two hours she was out the door.
"Love you," she bid. "Love you," said Sean,
where he still remained, engrossed in his computer.

-bushman
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2017 - 06:36am PT
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mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2017 - 06:46am PT
37°

Feelin' just like fall has fallen
Waitin' for the geese a-callin'
But that's next month

zBrown

Ice climber
Nov 7, 2017 - 07:08am PT
Goin' down the road feeling good?

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Bimbo MacGyver

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Tres

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ObligatoryTed Turner version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xn3CXv6o2E
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2017 - 08:44am PT
https://books.google.com/books?id=9g961KuX3hEC&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=Neal+Cassady+For+a+time+I+held+a+unique+position.&source=bl&ots=pcElIAGz4k&sig=fwS54yjbCqzWvmd0kHtij7luXXY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnrcCQ9KzXAhUJ1mMKHcXWAV0Q6AEILzAC#v=onepage&q=Neal%20Cassady%20For%20a%20time%20I%20held%20a%20unique%20position.&f=false

mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2017 - 11:29am PT
http://stuffnobodycaresabout.com/2013/08/31/the-greatest-tv-game-show-ever/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042168/mediaindex?ref_=tt_mv_close

mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2017 - 12:13pm PT
https://marydonahue.org/bears
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2017 - 03:08pm PT
Next...


How the woodpile Marlow, narrator of Heart of Darkness, describes figures into the novel.

https://books.google.com/books?id=Yi85DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT40&lpg=PT40&dq=some+faded+pencil-writing+on+it.+When+de-+ciphered+it+said:+%27Wood+for+you.&source=bl&ots=7LqwBQarcD&sig=DLBt0Mu-uvlIKOYKHLn8HTBdVK0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-262xx63XAhXDMGMKHUFoCiIQ6AEIMTAB#v=onepage&q=some%20faded%20pencil-writing%20on%20it.%20When%20de-%20ciphered%20it%20said%3A%20'Wood%20for%20you.&f=false

All this time some of you wondered about Marlow's avatar, thinking "Hammett." Or in some cases, I imagine, "Chandler." Hah!

Which is it, Mr. Marlow?
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