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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 14, 2015 - 05:35pm PT
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Hello Friends, Foes and Fellow Farcers
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one person to dissolve the farcical bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a mostly decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Having fulfilled the biological imperative, it is self evident that one persons services to mainstream mankind are no longer required. This one person can contribute YaYa's and the getting out of YaYa's in the services of the natural laws of farcing and the pursuit of happiness and the protection of widows and orphans. Particularly the young widows.
As Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy Funk, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
Brook, 2nd Monkey
Flips Adventure Recreation Club Easy Relaxation Section ( FARCERS)
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Apr 14, 2015 - 06:45pm PT
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Thought maybe this was going to be a fly and flop service for international climbers. You pick em up, take em to the valley, stay in your mobile home, ship em off again..
Maybe rent some gear... Lol
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 14, 2015 - 06:50pm PT
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Yes, yes and yes.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 14, 2015 - 07:13pm PT
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Either FlippyFloppy'sFlippin'Out or he's been busy with the copy and paste functions on GOOG
Yeah, that, or maybe the shrooms just kicked in.
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 14, 2015 - 08:06pm PT
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Hee hee,
As a last ditch effort to regain some sanity, and in light of impending financial realities, I am leaving this little thread as a possible depository of updates during my imminent technological disconnection. My re commitment has taken me to Yosemite and SLO Bishops Peak. The evolution may not be televised.
I'm going feral. Hopefully I'll be posted up in the high country with a suspect gypsy climber camp. If you see Sasha's Gypsy Caravan please drop in for a campfire and some coffee.
You people are okay in my book ,
Brook,
Sasha's Dad
Semper Farcissimus
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 14, 2015 - 08:08pm PT
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Joking aside, best wishes.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujō de la Playa
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Apr 14, 2015 - 08:09pm PT
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No superfly? Best of luck anyway.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Apr 14, 2015 - 10:12pm PT
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As a last ditch effort to regain some sanity, and in light of impending financial realities, I am leaving this little thread as a possible depository of updates during my imminent technological disconnection. My re commitment has taken me to Yosemite and SLO Bishops Peak. The evolution may not be televised.
Fare thee well good sir. Until the morrow.
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two-shoes
Trad climber
Auberry, CA
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Apr 14, 2015 - 10:48pm PT
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Thank you, locker!
I long wondered how that works.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Apr 15, 2015 - 01:48am PT
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where ever you wander, where ever you roam, be happy and healthy and glad to come home
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Apr 15, 2015 - 04:35am PT
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Keep in touch
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2015 - 10:24am PT
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Borrowed Time .
I didn't expect to have interweb the last few days.
It can't last.
Han Shan left his poems
On the rocks and stones
Of Cold Mountain
The old koan
What is the sound
Of One Hand Clapping
Don't you know?
Go again to Cold Mountain.
And tomorrow or the next day
Climb One Hand Clapping.
With a good partner
You won't hear the sound.
The reality is that I tried for six months to get established in Monterey so that I can be with my son. Without him, I am broken. Be that as it may, I have exhausted every hope. I have been essentially homeless and taking every 3D (Difficult, Dirty and Dangerous)job that I can find. My contractors license is suspended, tires are bald, no registration, insurance expired. I haven't been paid a legal buck in years. There's no homes available in this area for an impoverished old carpenter facing bankruptcy. My tools are broken and my lungs hurt.
These are just realities and I'm aware that I'm still among the luckiest people anywhere. My son is safe and healthy. We see eachother a bit. I 'm just down to a limited number of options.
I have a plan. It's awesome. You 'll see. I'm not abandoning my kid. I'm just finding a better way.
Maybe Martin Sexton can wrap it up for me.
"Leave a message and your number please
Tie them up all my old fantasies
Put them in a big red bow and send them care of me
I'm taking a chance on the wind
I'm packing all my bags
Taking a mistake I gotta make
Then I'm glory bound
So I packed it up and I went to the winds
And I lived out of a vw bus for a year or two
Ain't nothing but a pipe dream and my guitar
Livin off of apple fields and old cigars"
-Glory Bound
Freedom of the Road
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Glory Bound
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 15, 2015 - 10:39am PT
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Sometimes the journey is hard.
I hope your fortunes change, and that you can reunite with your son before too long. In the meantime, post when you can, and know that the our sympathy and hope are with you.
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2015 - 10:40am PT
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Like
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Apr 15, 2015 - 11:47am PT
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gypsy.....Give me your tears!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Apr 15, 2015 - 01:40pm PT
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Say hey flip as allways seems to happen me,
I am late to say hello, then there is some common link,
that might be or not be fun to explore,
but before that can happen one or the other is out the door !
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Go well into the real world with the sense that in this the bigger scene
You are a valued member of the ones that real for real matter most
Those that taste
The stone and chalk and sweat and know it is good.
Blessings at your back and may the spirits that watch,
watch over you.
If you say HI to Gill(y) James then say hey for me and tell him,
he has not seen me since before Tor and Dana, who're more to Gill than I.
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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Apr 15, 2015 - 03:22pm PT
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Hey Flip...are you in that Rolling Home of yours?
I hope so.
It reminded me of a gypsy caravan, one of the most AMAZING places anyone could possibly live.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Apr 16, 2015 - 05:14am PT
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the story of your
trying journey
enriches the collective
human experience.
we all donate
to that caustic cause
now and then.
keep.
going.
leave the smiles behind for a bit.
by law,
the universe reciprocates.
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 20, 2015 - 09:33am PT
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Hello good people,
Y'all are fantastic. Thank you for your kindness. I managed to get to Truckee where some friends are sharing their labors. Maybe the flop is flipping. There is great opportunity in following your passions. I was run-out with no options. Now I'm run-out with options.
Hey Gnome,
I went up to Donner Yesterday and you can guess who showed up to climb the same route.
Flip Out.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Apr 20, 2015 - 09:42am PT
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NO SINTILATING ? ARE YOU POOING ME ?
That is a trip can ya' send him to the Taco ?
he needs to take some flack for sure
it is like 30+ years over due
is he:
Married ?
divorced?
phucked up?
well to do?
Get back to me here...
and tell him that -
" I was there first!"
where?
(if he asks)
tell him
every where!!
HIGH GILL !
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 20, 2015 - 09:48am PT
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Yup.
He's retired, doesn't drink, at prizefighter weight and climbing like a kid. He looks younger than he did 20 years ago. It was great to see him. Send him a PM, he'll get it eventually.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Apr 20, 2015 - 10:01am PT
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I stole your picture and posted it to faces in nature,
Flip Flop I am aware that I come off cray -cray,
but that has its up sidez
or it used to,
I am not a total tea totalar but was never in over my head ,
that said all the best to you!
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 24, 2015 - 07:20am PT
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Happy Making is my calling.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Apr 24, 2015 - 07:57am PT
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Looks like fun Flop! Way better than work!! ;)
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 24, 2015 - 07:59am PT
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Right!?! Way better.
The Force wants me free and the Dude abides.
Ekat, Martin Sexton's main instrument is his voice. Talented and tormented dude.
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Jones in LA
Mountain climber
Tarzana, California
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Apr 24, 2015 - 08:58am PT
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Hey @flip, I just read into the core of your thread today -- sorry I let it go by, earlier. I've been on the road you're on right now. Hang tough, man. There's big jug holds around the corner. Negativity and doubt will destroy; your innate positivity, and goodwill toward others are the keys to survival and success.
Rich Jones
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Apr 24, 2015 - 10:10am PT
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Flip-Flop,
If you could tolerate living in or near the Big Raisin, and having to deal with the likes of its inhabitants, like me, I'm told there's work available. What areas would be particularly suited for you?
In any case, you have my best wishes. While my family has stayed intact, my finances and sanity were not always so, and I had to endure a six-month, taxpayer-funded vacation at beautiful Taft, so I think I can relate.
I hope things turn better for you soon. In the meantime, know that you have a lot of supporters on ST.
John
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Apr 24, 2015 - 03:10pm PT
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Mr Flipper Sir,
You may have to show me where that Cold Stream bouldering is.....
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 24, 2015 - 03:16pm PT
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Absolutely, anything is better than being a carpenter.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Apr 24, 2015 - 05:11pm PT
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She's a tuffy huhnice to share:
gobies scabs
and hot springs ?
and stuff !
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Apr 24, 2015 - 05:12pm PT
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Absolutely, anything is better than being a carpenter.
That's just a scratch!
Good luck Flip . . . "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose."
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Apr 30, 2015 - 06:54am PT
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where o where
is our errant flip flop?
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Topic Author's Reply - May 3, 2015 - 06:22pm PT
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I'm not dead yet.
The Judge ordered me to keep a phone. That's fine. My phone is my access to my boy and work and you fine people. I'm still in desperate straits but I was able to get to Truckee and find some work hauling rounds and tiling. A quick gasp. If all goes well then I'll have registration and insurance again tomorrow and some new second hand tires on Tuesday.
The job finished and now I'm trying to decide whether to blow my last money on going to see Sasha for our Birthday on Saturday. Or some day near Saturday. I can write these words and not weep. That's an improvement. No, I guess that I can't.
But wait, you guys, it's been really great. Seriously. I'm a climber again. Not much but almost every day. Getting above the gear, bouldering , traveling to climb. I'm committed. Or should be. Best of all is the people. Today was bouldering at the AK boulders with German and Nora from Barcelona. She's a vet working at Davis studying wild birds' effects on crops. Rad. He's beyond stoked on trad and doing similar high-wattage stuff at Davis too.It's been a parade of friendly and respectful climbers. Kelly from Colo. Olly and Martine from Utah and Argentina. A boat load of Baysians. Even hooking up with the Original Partners.
Smart money says that I should figure out a way to steal back my tiny house camp from F*#king Bank of F*#king America. That's it behind me. I can always find work here. Hell, even dignified carpentry work. And the boy loves it. LOVES. I hate myself. F*#k. F*#k. F*#k. Sorry, it's the Tourette's. Fuvk smart money.
I'm going to go take it out on the girl with the cherry tattoos.
Best regards,
Flip Flop
Ps.
Seņor Noruego,
There is an important phrase used by Certain Travelers from Tahoe. It has been used extensively in Sweden, Camonix, Berner Oberland, Switzerland and probably Norway, too. Being a Californio, you will want to learn it in Spanish first.
Hola.
Mi nombre es [your name]
Soy Montaņero
Tengo una motosierra muy grande.
Hi.
My name is Norwegian.
I'm a Hillbilly.
I have a big chainsaw.
That, my friend, is a gift from me to you. Enjoy responsibly.
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