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    So 80 shows are only 3.46% of the total number of shows. So 3.46% of 6,594.9 hours of music comes out to 228.2 hours of music or 9 1/2 days of goin down the road feeling bad. Considering Swannie needs to sleep 8 hours a day and lay in a field staring at the sky Sunshine Daydreaming 4 hours a day, the music will never stop for 19 days! Okay, it's gonna take longer the that to travel from Timbuktu by hot air balloon. WE NEED MORE SHOWS!
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    The Grateful Dead performed 2314 shows from 5/5/65 til 7/9/15 with an average duration of 2 hours and 51 minutes excluding noodling tuning set breaks take a step backs and getting everything just exactly perfect.... That figures out to 395,694 minutes or 6594.9 hours of continuous music... Get a humping Swannie! Morning Totes
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    Okay, he might need to take a hot air balloon part of the way from Timbuktu.......That makes things a bit more complicated. I hope he has a good tail wind.
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    I just provided the question in my edit. lol!!!
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    A day off from the countdown,
    means 2 more days closer to the shows! 5 weeks, 4 days, and 14 hours until Santa Clara! 6 weeks, 3 days, 12 hours until showtime in Chicago! If MadSwan starts humping to the shows a day early (meaning he needs to wear his humping pants today), can he listen to all those shows? Some would say, "Yes, but only if we convert all them there flacs to mp3 so they fit on an iphone." LOL, and they're probably right! This is like one of those math problems I always got wrong in school. If MadSwan has 80 shows and needs to walk from Timbuktu to Santa Clara, how many days until he runs out of Jerry if he walks at 5 mph? Four questions: 1) who is doing the math to see how many days of music that is, 2) how much 'space' is needed to fit all the shows on one portable listening apparatus?, 3) If the bus comes by, will you get on?, and 4) How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Yous y'all had better start Patchin' those sails and Shinin' those rails!
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    TY brother !! I was wondering what happened to you and the countdown yesterday. I think there's a app on my iPhone to calculate Swan's required walking speed for his journey - brb with the answer :-) Greets from San Fran !!
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    If the Daydreamers crack this egg of a forum before it hatches, do we all get stuffed Dead50 bear or something as a carnival prize?
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    Perhaps you can hoof it ala Forrest Gump...wear your Walkman If you leave this weekend you'll make it in time....it will also afford you the ability to listen to each show chronologically from 5/5/65 through 7/9/95....
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    GDTRFB :-)
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    I'm canceling my flight to Santa Clara
    I've taken a hard cold look at the factsLooked at the numbers Seriously weighed the time I would need to commit And I just can't make it work. There's just no way to listen to 80+ shows in that amount of time. I'm gonna have to drive from Maryland. Slowly. Thank you gracious donars.
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Submitted by _ on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 16:58

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Power out in da Buff due to thunderstorm...waiting for just a little light.... It's a byob and a dish to pass, smoke em if you got em.... Sing it Sgt Pupper......oooohhhyeahhhhh.....awoooooooo! And tell the nag to stop farting....
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Submitted by Cain1974 on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 17:51

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Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition- Timothy Leary. I don't write em I just read em.
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men and women are equals imo.... Timothy Leary was a pill head like Trey..... We all bring our skills to the table.... We all sing in the choir Some sing low Some sing higher And Timothy Learys not dead.... He's just outside looking in..... rrrrrgrrrrr out.... Bet your bottom dollar tomorrow....
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Submitted by SpicyIcy on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 20:26

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Hey people hows life going? My names Willy Pete and I'm a pretty young dude (think 18) whose parents might be letting me loose for the first time to drive a few states over to hang out on the "scene". I don't really have buckets of money so buying a legit ticket is out of the question, but I definitely have enough for gas, food, maybe a cheap hotel to shower up or whatever. Anyone have word on where someone could get a shower? Is sleeping in a car safe/dangerous? Where the cheapest hotel might be (willing to drive out of town for this)? How not to get murdered or robbed?I don't really have a clue whats going to happen but I imagine it would involve hanging out, being a parking lot rat outside the show and later/before, at certain meet up spots. A big request my parents made is that I find people and/or events beforehand to meet up with online so i'm not showing up clueless and alone. So yeah, whats the word on how this is going down? I'd love to get to know some real down to earth people and have a good time. I've only spent time in small time local scenes, so this is a HUGE deal for me. Bring me to the circle of life! Love -
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 02:48

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It's Tuesday and final day for the SC lotto entry....Good luck to all.... Thanks to Mortatone.....for music to get my morning goin' Coffee is on....have some heavy Cream and a little Brown Sugar... ...and I have a Lust for Life!!!
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Submitted by Roadking on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 03:01

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coffee is on here too , I have chicago in my sights for the 43 days plus 2 other shows while I am there . I hope I get Clara tickets then it will be 10 days of fun!
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Submitted by tfonts on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 03:06

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Hey now and GM my fellow SD'ers... For those that missed Marye's post on the big board yesterday, I dropped her a note and got an okay to share this with you all and it's pretty cool... ************************************* Our Love Will Not Fade Away We are Gratefully Deadicated to organizing deadheads around the world in massive expressions of gratitude to the Grateful Dead during their 50th Anniversary Fare Thee Well shows. http://www.nfadead50.net/ Cheers !!
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Submitted by Totem on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 04:37

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I went up in a balloon so big!
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 04:38

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Time keeps on slipping into the future .. Morning have some Java
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 04:40

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Kyle check out the YouTube clip by Dan Deacon called Drinking out of cups....2:45 sec long
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 04:56

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Yeah right, Who's chair is that?
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Submitted by tfonts on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 06:25

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Thanks brother - love, love, love your AM daily doses (well, so to speak...). CHEERS !! ps - I LOVE SEAHORSES !!
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 06:27

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And seashells on towels and little bags... Sea horses forever!
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Submitted by High-Desert Dweller on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:21

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David Marc Harris‎Grateful Dead 50th - Face Value Tickets19 hrs · FLAG IT! He just sent me this: YOU HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE FILE. And you might want to let your friends know that all the harassing emails, with low ball offer and statements about my character or what I should or should not do with MY tickets and the prices of MY tickets, are being forwarded to the Attorney Generals Office and placed into a file that is being put together regarding a charge of conspiracy to commit extortion. You see when you and your friends decided to harass sellers into doing something against their will, in order to gain something for yourself is extortion. And since all of you conspirators are in many different states you bought yourself FEDERAL charges. GRATEFUL DEAD - YOU WANT EM - I GOT EM I HAVE TICKETS FOR THE 3RD, 4TH, AND 5TH OF JULY AT SOLDIER FIELD IN CHICAGO miami.craigslist.org "If you got the denero, I GOT my Camero"
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Submitted by Totem on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 08:18

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Like the feds would really give a shit or make a priority about a scalper selling tickets on Craigslist. Laughable. I can't imagine anyone making threats or anything, right? That might be a different story. Just remember that words in this forum are Google searchable, I think.
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Submitted by tfonts on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 08:25

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Whoa, James...what's that post you made all about dude? That was certainly far from a nice and pleasant correspondence... What's going on?
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Submitted by High-Desert Dweller on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 08:31

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If he was feeling harassed before, I am sure he is feeling absolutely carpet-bombed now. He should have thought it through before posting that statement.
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Submitted by marye on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 08:32

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the offending message was from a scalper, and James was forwarding it.
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Submitted by mkav on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 08:36

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methinks thou doth protest too much.
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Submitted by High-Desert Dweller on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:28

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He made a threat that people who he felt were messing with him about the prices he was selling his tickets for were all being rounded up and reported to the Attorney General. A threat that has absolutely no merit. All he did was bring attention to himself, and this has all backfired on him.
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:10

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For a moment I thought it your horse talking after developing hoof n mouth.... Glad Trigger is ok.... Lunch time beer for our horses and whiskey for our heads.... sarsaparilla for our wharf rats.... Never used the word sarsaparilla before....
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Submitted by High-Desert Dweller on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:12

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I assure everyone I am not scalping tickets on Craig's List in Miami. I live in Ely, Nevada. I have not been harassed by anyone over it, and I certainly am not threatening anyone with legal repercussions. A scalper in Miami posted this warning. I regret any misunderstanding this post has caused. Still feel it is of interest to some.
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:14

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It's all good, does the rockin horse want a Porter, Stout or Double IPA?
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Submitted by tfonts on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:19

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Fitting that today, the 150th anniversary of the Pony Express, you use the word Sarsaparilla. Anyone know just what the heck Sarsaparilla is? Other than rrrrrrgrrrrr (btw, we're still awaiting the details of your new cooking show on The Food Channel) anyone ever use that in a sentence? Who talks that way? Sarsaparilla: Sarsaparilla is a soft drink, originally made from the Smilax regelii plant, but now sometimes made with artificial flavors. Sarsaparilla was popular in the United States in the 19th century. What plant? The rrrrrgrrrrr plant?
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Submitted by Totem on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:22

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And why are Shirley Temples called that? Boy I loved to eat the cherry, but I ain't no boy called Sue.
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:24

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It's collected at harvest time in Mendocino.... Had some at Willies Place in Maui....just for shits n giggles.... Naan coming out of the clay oven now with some chicken masala and basmati rice..... Want a plate?
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Submitted by Cain1974 on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:31

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Speaking of ponies and horses and wharfrats....the welcomeWagon is out. Welcome to bob, Kurt and Jeff2. Way back at 3am spicy icy posted a msg looking to meet real folks. We are real folk, right? But how did he find US?
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:54

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Waiting for our new DA members to properly introduce themselves....you know .... my name is.....insert name here.....I'm a deadhead and I miss Jerry.... And we all go...in a disaffected tone.... I know....then they get the welcome packet.... Patience grasshopper....it's all good....beer whiskey or saspirillie? Btw @74 it was a very good year but 4/09/82 was better...check inbox around 4pm est....
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Submitted by Boo469 on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:40

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would you collect it any other time than "harvest time"? lay off the rye..
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:43

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Desperate times call for desperate measures....And it's sarsaparilla for me...bro
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Submitted by Totem on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 09:54

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Boy Rich, you got me there. I had to look that word up. Don't even get me going on the Brown Derby serving Shirley Temples! Beer. I have a not so funny story about me, Southern Comfort, Hamburg Beach, and tickets for the 1987 Summer Tour. There is a happy ending involving kind people and a phone number of the girl I was wooing scribbled on the ticket envelope. Short story, No Whiskey! I should have had a Sasparilla instead.
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 10:03

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Kyle...87 was a wild tour year.... Ya know the Devils in the whiskey and the women....they are a bold deceiver... Lived it, loved it, regretted it, savored it.... And there's whiskey in the jar'o..... Really dig the Metallica version..... As for vocabulary...we use this forum to open our hearts, minds and enhance our vocabulary....I challenge each and every head to use 1 new word in a post daily and we will all be better for it.... and I like cherries too.....
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Submitted by DevilsFriend on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 10:18

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Rumor has it there's a severe epidemic of caliclarahypersomnia spreading throughout the West coast. I don't normally wish illness upon others; in this case I've got to admit I hope the rumors are true. caliclarahypersomnia:def: Severe and overwhelming need to sleep; inability to wake up; always coincident with GD Santa Clara ticket lottery deadlines. Effects include confusion upon awakening, severe distress over missing lottery deadlines, and a surplus of tickets for those unaffected.
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 10:22

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say the secret word win a $100.... That's the spirit.....excellent job, brah.... so when's Kane coming back....? No not the Canuck....the South Buffalo boy.....
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Submitted by DevilsFriend on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 10:24

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Just announced last night - he's cleared for full contact.
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 10:25

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Said in my best Jim Kelly....
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Submitted by BobLoblaw on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 11:20

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Ya got me to wondrin' whether I've got a slight case of irstaxihypersomnia. I'll probably feel better tomorrow though.
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Submitted by _ on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 11:46

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Hey at least 420 is only five days later..
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Submitted by Boo469 on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 12:48

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speaking of double entendre, what kind of happy ending to your story???
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Submitted by MadSwanDisease on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 19:30

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test one, two... we takin the night off here to huddle in the corner waiting for MO? ..and someone left one burning in the ashtray, not cool.that's how fires start.
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Submitted by _ on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 02:57

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Thanks for the public service announcement Chris... Coffee is on... Extra tax forms, envelopes and stamps on the table... And remember, only you can prevent forest fires....
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Submitted by MadSwanDisease on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 02:39

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5 hrs 34 min. so far. I knew this was gonna be a cluster mug. CONSPIRACY!! NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE FANS! SHAPIRO SOLD ALL THE TICKETS TO HIS ILLUMINATI CRONIES!. . Oh sweet mama, daddy's got them deep elm blues.
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Submitted by tfonts on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 02:48

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Time for a little patience now...web site says: The ticket request period has closed. If you placed a request, you will be notified of your ticket status by 11:59 PM ET on April 19, 2015. And GM to all :-)