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  • c_c
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    yup! well done, Trish!! well done! you get an A+ AND 50 gold stars!!! (do not click on the red box) peace.
  • gypsy soul
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    got 'em
    grateful dead and grateful dead how did i do?? nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
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    ok here goes, cc:robert hunter phil lesh ?? need more time bob weir jerry garcia the grateful dead nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
  • docks of the city
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    Hey Johnman
    Did you do the tripping over backpack thing? And all you Grate Northwesteners, I'll be copying and emailing your lists as far south as San Francisco. They will be happy to know they live in Washington. I've been inching my way north of there for some long years now via Hwy 101......and have been as far north as the Columbia River. Just one thing, do they advertise any homes for sale up there with the header "In the Banana Belt"? (Extra one hundred thou for that gem.) Because if they don't, maybe we just feel like we live in Washington.
  • Gr8fulTed
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    3 more Foxworthy-esque notes for WA
    If you can barbeque and do yard work in a rain drizzle, you might be in western Washington. If you live near one of the world's largest nuclear weapon arsenals, you are in western WA. and one of my favorites> If you enjoy a tall glass of Whoop Pass, you might be in Washington!
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    anagrams: anyone care to take a stab at these: tour brethren = ?? hell ship = ??? deflate daughter = ??? wore bib = ??? Rare racy jig = ??? deaf athlete drug = ??? extra points and a gold star if you can get (in honour of The Chef) : fudge death alert = ???
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    damn, hal
    i 'spose we live in washington........heeheehee
  • Hal R
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    living in Washington (the state)
    Johman, I think he knows what he is talking about. THIS IS WHAT JEFF FOXWORTHY HAS TO SAY ABOUT LIVING IN Washington! If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in Washington. If you've worn shorts, sandals and a parka at the same time, you live in Washington. If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed the wrong number, you live in Washington. If you measure distance in hours, you live in Washington. If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in Washington. If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C' and back again in the same day, you live in Washington. If you install security lights on your house and garage but leave both doors unlocked, you live in Washington If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in Central, Southern or Eastern Washington. If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a 2 layers of clothes or under a raincoat, you live in Washington. If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow and ice, you live in Washington. If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction, you live in Washington. If you feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash, you live in Washington. If you know more than 10 ways to order coffee, you live in Washington. If you know more people who own boats than air conditioners, you live in Washington. If you stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk" signal, you live in Washington. If you consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it is not a real mountain, you live in Washington. If you can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best, and Dutch Bros, you live in Washington. If you know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon, you live in Washington. If you know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Abiqua, Issaquah, Oregon, Umpqua, Yakima and Willamette, you live in Washington. If you consider swimming an indoor sport, you live in Washington. If you can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food, you live in Washington. If you never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho, you live in Washington. If you have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain, you live in Washington. If you think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists, you live in Washington. If you buy new sunglasses every year, because you can't find the old ones after such a long time, you live in Washington. If you actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your Washington friends, you live or have lived in Washington. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
  • iknowurider
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    Hey Now ~
    Mighty fine folks here :) Thank you all kindly! In much need of catching up, fer sher. CB: I believe we've had a Lego discussion before & I've been wondering how your 3D Jerry Masterpiece was going... My regards to Mrs.Badger & Badger Dog as well. CCJ: Ha ha! Lovin the ikur update esp. your "rider foot fetish" line, what a Trip!! Johnman: You have me rollin with Gunboats! I'll never think of Kramer's Clodhoppers the same again. He out -shoed ( if that's a word ?)me sometime back & we are nose to nose at the moment. I've never tried to send someone to their room while looking up at them, so wish me Luck! Gigi: Miss you too, hope you had a lovely birthday with Rat Dog. Who could ask for more ?? Noonie: Those old school green army men are No Joke indeed!! HalR: Feels kind of foolish sprawling over a fake mouse, does it not ?? We now have 3 cats, the youngest being Sparta who will NOT stay off the drapes. Doesn't even bat a whisker when she sees the spray bottle anymore. Marye: Hope your Mod duties are going well and no booting hassles are darkening your inbox. RV: Shit happens will forever make me think of Forrest Gump :) Positive Vibes to you all & watch out for those Werewolves of London this Halloween! PEACE
  • johnman
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    i haven't stepped on lego for a coupla years
    now i just trip over the gunboats that pass for size 13 skate shoes. i could float my dog in wunna those!!
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supposed to say ask around Halong City port area.
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wanna see a video of German kids talking about Valley Forge, in English? This was a school project from my daughter, for her bilingual history class. She is the one in the black hat (well all in black, actually) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyusl0Vvybw (I don't know how to imbed videos here)
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Browsing the GD store looking for gifts, I saw this: http://store.dead.net/d%C3%A9cor/bolt-bird-feeder My wife's a backyard birder, and I thought, hey, may as well take a look at it. For $125 (really?) I immediately passed on the idea of buying it...but the more I looked at photos, the more it looked more like a bird-injuring device than a feeder. Am I nuts, or do the bolt points look positively lethal? It's not advertised as such, but maybe it's an attempt at a "squirrel proof" feeder...the mechanisim being, impale them if possible.
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if you put up that feeder up round here I'll chew up the wiring of your car (Taken in my garden last week with an automatic camera trap)
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French squirrels look somewhat more surprised than the ones in my neighborhood...or is it just this one?
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thanks for the downloads !! Here's a little cloud action from Yosemite.
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But if you are reading this, it may mean that I've been released from posting limbo. It was a strange place to be hanging out for the past couple of weeks, nice to see the light of day. If you're not reading it, well that just means that I'm still a 50 percenter, half my comments get posted, half don't, and I never know which will and which will not. Test, test. Is this thing on?
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Rode 56 miles on a bicycle yesterday, the last 25 of which in constant rain. The last 20 of which with a flat front tire. Not too shabby for an old fart, eh? In golf there is this concept of "shooting your age" (or lower.) Does cycling feature the concept of "riding your age" (or higher?)
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the flat front tire sounds pretty painful... congrats on surviving the trip!
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The 12 Daze of Christmas On the first day of Christmas a deadhead gave to me: a blotter hit of L-S -D On the second day of Christmas a deadhead gave to me: 2 veggie burritos and a blotter hit of L-S -D On the Third day of Christmas a deadhead gave to me: 3 Tofu Turkeys 2 veggie burritos and a blotter hit of L-S -D On the Fourth day of Christmas a deadhead gave to me: Four dancing hippies 3 Tofu Turkeys 2 veggie burritos and a blotter hit of L-S -D On the Fifth day of Christmas a deadhead gave to me: FIVE MIRACLE TICKETS Four dancing hippies 3 Tofu Turkeys 2 veggie burritos and a blotter hit of L-S -D On the Sixth day of Christmas a deadhead gave to me: Six hacks a sacking FIVE MIRACLE TICKETS Four dancing hippies 3 Tofu Turkeys 2 veggie burritos and a blotter hit of L-S -D On the Seventh day of Christmas a deadhead gave to me: Seven cheese-sandwiches a grilling Six hacks a sacking FIVE MIRACLE TICKETS Four dancing hippies 3 Tofu Turkeys 2 veggie burritos and a blotter hit of L-S -D On the Eighth day of Christmas a deadhead gave to me: Eight busses a-running Seven cheese-sandwiches a-grilling Six hacks a-sacking FIVE MIRACLE TICKETS Four dancing hippies 3 Tofu Turkeys 2 veggie burritos and a blotter hit of L-S -D On the Ninth day of Christmas a deadhead gave to me: Nine tie-dyes dyeing Eight busses a-running Seven cheese-sandwiches a-grilling Six hacks a-sacking FIVE MIRACLE TICKETS Four dancing hippies 3 Tofu Turkeys 2 veggie burritos and a blotter hit of L-S -D On the Tenth day of Christmas a deadhead gave to me: Ten tapes playing Nine tie-dyes dyeing Eight busses a-running Seven cheese-sandwiches a-grilling Six hacks a-sacking FIVE MIRACLE TICKETS Four dancing hippies 3 Tofu Turkeys 2 veggie burritos and a blotter hit of L-S -D On the Elevnth day of Christmas a deadhead gave to me: Eleven buds for smoking Ten tapes playing Nine tie-dyes dyeing Eight busses a-running Seven cheese-sandwiches a-grilling Six hacks a-sacking FIVE MIRACLE TICKETS Four dancing hippies 3 Tofu Turkeys 2 veggie burritos and a blotter hit of L-S -D On the Twelfh day of Christmas a deadhead gave to me: 12 heads smiling 11 buds for smoking 10 tapes playing 9 tie-dyes dyeing 8 busses a-running 7 cheese-sandwiches a-grilling 6 hacks a-sacking 5 MIRACLE TICKETS 4 dancing hippies 3 Tofu Turkeys 2 veggie burritos and a blotter hit of L-S -D
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c_c that was awesome...I'll memorize it yet. Very cool. Very very cool. Just sitting here smiling my face off >>> whoops It's gone. Um maybe you can help me find it. Happy Holidaze, xo!
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great to see you, and very happy holidays to you!
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......it just wouldn't be Christmas without it.
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I don't know the proper etiquette for this forum, having rarely participated, so please forgive me if I am out of order. It seems a lot of the topics are locked, but I would really like to know what show the Throwing Stones on the expanded "In The Dark" is from.
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http://www.deaddisc.com/disc/In_The_Dark.htm Bonus tracks on CD version released in the Beyond Description box set in 2004 and as a separate CD in 2006; My Brother Esau (Weir / Barlow) - Single B-side, 1/15/87 West L.A. Fadeaway (Garcia / Hunter) - Alternate version, 3/84 Black Muddy River (Garcia / Hunter) - Studio rehearsal, 12/5/86 When Push Comes To Shove (Garcia / Hunter) - Studio rehearsal, 12/5/86 Touch Of Grey (Garcia / Hunter) - Studio rehearsal, 8/82 Throwing Stones (Weir / Barlow) - Live, 7/4/87
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Happy, Peaceful, and SAFE start of 2012 everybody. Wishing you all a "good slide" (as they say in German) into the New Year.
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Happy New Year to you all!!!!! Looking forward to a new year as last year completely drained me, the good and the bad,(I had a hard run.) I still believe there is more positivity out there than negativity. I believe that there is more ying than yang, but somehow the ying and the yang always equal out to be about 50/50. I have lost more friends this year, but as you grow older this becomes a common occurrence. Unfortunately i am only 36 and my former circle of friends knew, and still know how to run it hard. I have learned more and covered more ground this year , but the year of the rabbit will not have run its course until mid January. I will miss my fellow soldiers of the night who have fallen in 2011 and in the former. Me I am still on the road and heading for another joint and have a cocktail in hand and the music is most likely too loud. Have been spending some time back in the States in south Florida on the water, any heads in the Fort Lauderdale area? Strange being back in the States after being away for so long, I was in Myanmar for the last week and I had a similar feeling, but there is no place like home. Happy New Year!!! .
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Moment by moment goes inching by so slowly we can't feel it, only see it in the grey and white hairs and wrinkles. So sad is impermanence. Those we care for, a few more gone every year. And yet this day we choose to party and forget we are moving closer and closer to death at the rate of an avalanche. Surely it is a day for praying and doing good rather than getting wasted, singing and dancing. Anyway, don't let that bus hit you when you cross the street. You may have more than a few regrets when your life passes before your eyes...
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I'll not pay heed to 'gonzo's advice: Samantha Fish is playing the blues at Llywellyn's Pub tonight and I have a table adjacent to the stage. An Irish New Year toast is at 6pm central, with a Kansas toast at midnight. I'll race home afterward to catch Furthur on XM Sirius!!
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oh do please lighten up Gonzo! Put on a party hat and do something fun and crazy. We know about all that shit and now and then its nice to turn your back on it. All over the world there are people a lot less fortunate than any of us bringing together friends and family to enjoy a few hours of good company and good cheer. Who would begrudge them that? Have a great new year deadnet friends, I hope it brings joy and happiness and for those who are having a difficult time, some shelter from the storm
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Do have a good year. You go your way, I'll go mine. I must have been insane for a moment posting that on the official Grateful Dead site. Please do forgive me.
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and especially to those for whom the past one has been really hard, here's hoping the new one is a whole lot better.
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Shame on the both of you for chasing Lamagonzo away. Yeah, he was negative a lot of the time but he was a Buddhist like me and he knew his GOGD. He was the political life of this site. He held down the National Affairs Desk in the TATB thread and did a damn fine job. I am proud to say he is a friend of mine. His last post spoke of the suitability of his comment to this site. His second to the last post was positive, he wished you both a happy new year, but his next to the next last post was very important. The historic Buddha's last words before his Parinirvana (death) were on impermanence. He said that of all the animal's footprints, the elephant's was the largest. Of all meditations, that on impermanence is the greatest, most important. That was his point. You both had to chime in with neggie comments that made him feel really bad. He took his own words to heart and deleted his account. Thanks for chasing away a great guy who had been around 4 and 1/2 years! (explative deleted)
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people's decisions to be here or not be here are theirs and theirs alone. I am sorry that Gonzo, who is a responsible adult, decided to leave, and I hope he comes back, but attempts to guilt anybody in this conversation for his response are out of line and unacceptable. He's welcome back any time he wants to come back.
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obviously spammers and other bad actors get their accounts nuked, but bad behavior is their own choice too...
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Just because you know GTed and CosmicB really well and like them does not mean that somebody can not point out the obvious, as others have wanted to know the reason he left. Personal attacks are not OK. Your OPINION that this is a guilt trip is overstepping as the moderator.
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"i quit my job at the helium factory...i refuse to be spoken to in that tone". for me personally, this seems a wee bit blown out of all proportion. there's no need to take sides or pit one against the other. i don't know Ted or the badger or gonzo in person, only through our witterings in the forum; all have taken the time to respond to things i've written and given their honest opinions. i'm sure gonzo realises that the post he made on New Years Eve looks a little more negative then he probably intended. i understand where he's coming from and i would hazard a pretty good guess that he wanted everyone to think a little more deeply. nothing the matter with that; i agree with him. but he has recently been posting more 'downer' pieces and sometimes that gets frustrating to read; i should know, i do it myself occasionally!! (as the badger can attest to!). so every so often others do the good service of speaking their own minds and reminding me/us to snap out of it or reign it in a little. it's all good dialogue between friends we haven't met yet. i'm sure gonzo is old enough to make his own decisions; from what i know through PM'ing him and corresponding through the topics, i reckon this little matter wasn't that big of a deal that he would truly take this all to heart. he must've been tiring of the forums a for a wee while anyways and this was just a little prompt. we all miss him and if the spacey badger and Ted (not sure why he's been dragged into this as an instigator of 'neggie' behaviour!! he only said he was going to catch a show!!), really wanted to blast someone and make them feel bad, they could have done a much better job ha ha!!! i thought badger's post was quite reasonable and wasn't a hatchet job on someone's beliefs and reason for living; he's right that a lot of people in terrible poverty in unforgiving situations make the best of it and come together to share that wonderful sense of community that makes life more tolerable. i read his post as more of a guffaw and nudge to 'lighten up' a little; nothing the matter with that. i wouldn't consider his words intending to "chase away a good guy". that's a little overly dramatic. gonzo will be back when he's ready i'm sure. if buddhism is so close to everyone's hearts, then surely using it to forget and not worry about such triflingly inconsequential matters as this is one of it's purposes. and remember, mary is not 'just' a moderator. she can have opinions too!! she is allowed! lets move on folks and put behind all this silly tosh. life's too short.
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Well I certainly had no intention of driving Gonzo away and am not convinced that I did….my post was only meant to be a mild riposte to the bucket of icy water he was pouring over the festive season and our collective futures. If you post stuff like that then surely you must be ready for a response, and I really don't think mine was nasty. Gonzo may be a Buddhist, but I don’t see whow that comes into this…it certainly hasn’t stopped him posting some pretty combative and provocative stuff in this place at times, and facing down some strong reactions. Based on that, I assumed that he was big enough to take an amiable poke in the ribs and cheer up a little. If he wasn’t then I am sorry, maybe it is that Brit sense of humour going astray over there again, or perhaps inadequate skills in amateur psychology. You know Gonzo has threatened to quit many times before…I am sorry he is not here, I enjoy his contributions and I hope he comes back.By the way Anna, if not me then I think you do owe Ted an apology, his comment was a powderpuff compared to mine. Also accusing Marye of favouritism is unfair….I am confident she would be as quick to set me right if necessary as she would anyone else. Also, before anyone suggests it, I did not pay Jonapi or provide him with any other favours to write his last post.
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whaddya mean you didn't pay me, badger? i have the goddamn receipt!right that's it; mary, i want you to terminate my account. i don't have to take this from a black and white furry space heathen.........
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Nobody asked for it, but am going to say it anyhow. Not right, and not fair Anna!! Gonzo's decision is his own resposibility, and his alone. I think your going after specific people, and especially your accusations agaist marye are in poor taste. Gonzo could have done several things, talked to Badger directly about how he felt, being the first one. As you said, he has been communicating for many years on this forum, and if he is that quick to take offence and withdraw...that is his own choice. Nobody MAKES anybody do anything!! Such accusations are childish.
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That's what I get for not showing up here often enough. I always found his posts amusing and thought-provoking, even if frequently acerbic and occasionally moribund. How can you tell what "good" means without the intermittent dose of "bad?" And a special note of thanks to TL for bringing up one of the very few universal truths I've discovered in life: Nobody ever makes anybody anything. People always do exactly what they want to, given their perception of their alternatives. All power is given and cannot be taken by any means other than consent. Nothing can spark debate faster than declaring anything as "The Best." Thank you for reading this post!
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Easy now, Anna rRxia. Yeah, CB is right: I was intent on enjoying New Year's Eve and was merely scolding 'gonz for not looking forward to some holiday fun. I've enjoyed his many views and loved his Furthur tour updates. I wish we could have met up in Morrison for the Sunday 10/2 show. I'll be in Broomfield for the Phil shows in 2 weeks.Incidentally, Samantha Fish is playing in Europe during February.
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you didn't read it TL, you fibber!i know you hate the Pidmeister really; you've told me so on many an occasion (she can't stop talking about it, Mr. P if i'm honest.....). sickening to be so supportive, really, i ask you!!!! ol' jonapi fancies a shit-stir this morning!! tee hee!! and 'gonz, if you're reading this? come back ya big TART! we all know Obama's gonna lose, so don't waste ya time, old bean!!!! get back on that corporate pole like the rest of us!!! we, and i can safely say I, miss you around here mightily. or is this post 'gonzo is disguise? am i he in alias form? one and the same? who's typing here? no fire without matches. no fish no fowl. no hair no hair-nets. no Buddha? err, lets leave that one actually.....
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you called me out, in public, on my dread of the Pid! SIgh. I only skyped with the guy about every day for close to two years-he was a rock in a bad life phase-because I can't stand his conversation! :-P Was hoping I'd get over my disdain, but I never did.
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yeah, Mr. Pid sure does suck..... ha ha!!!! only joking!!!!!! he seems like a fine fellow of a man (i know i know, more vomit...!!). i might block him if he keeps being so agreeable. bloody do-gooder!!! enough to make Jesus retch!
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I try to be an equal opportunity offender!
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I'm not as think as I stoned I am.
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Thanks to a tip off by the folks on Eurotraders I went outside last night to see the spiral light of Venus shining best on the northwest corner of a brand new crescent moon! Magic. Should be on view in Europe tonight..not sure about the US.
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We got the Terrapin arrangement in the US last night and we should get an encore tonight.
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Am going to go look for it :D
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the cloud cover here but I'll look for it.
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what that star or planet is right next to the moon right now? i thought that was venus also, but probably wrong. might be a geezer but ain't a gazer
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it IS Venus, fluffanutter :)