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    @Whos on first....
    Hey ABBOTT! Bombay Sapphire....a straw will do.... I'll bring the women.... We got to right this ship tho.... Cuz...New Orleans is Sinkin' and I don't wanna swim.... .......I don't know, third base? Lions, and Tigers and Bears....oh my....hey where's Dorothy the meek....jumped ship with Pugsley? Now I'm pooped.....
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    Gergelis, you crack me up everyday. My office neighbors must hear my laughing through the walls. Well, quite a few of we biologists are GD lovers so they understand. They know I'm cracked. LOL! Yah, we all need some flexibility and knowing that we all are doing the best that we can as we travel through this land. Like I eluded to yesterday, some sweet Viking mamas or Egyptian goddesses might delay my arrival to said picnic. I did a Google ruler measurement. It's between 0.5-0.6 miles from the museum to the super secret picnic location. Watch out for them teddy bears trying to get on the dus.
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    @all of the above...and the below....
    ba dus is on autopilot and will stop for stray cats, dogs and heads... appreciate the well wishes Totes, and hope you're correct... re. High noon....time is relative and always has been, Totes, Lainie Bear and I will be at the museum in the morning....and after pic a nic.... However we need a window of arrival time, to expect every camper to be there for a photo op at exactly high noon is risky at best....and lacks necessary wiggle room and fluidity.... busy city busy weekend and people from all over....walking, biking, cabbing, ubering, crawling and limping there... Provided tickets are in hand Elaine and I will be there....Scott and Rosalie are a lock.... Hey look it's Brian Setzer....gotta slow down....hop on...there's a seat next to Fester....grab some coffee... you got something to say? The floor is all yours..... Well, we're having a ball just a-bopping on the big dance floor Well, there's a real square cat, he looks a 1974 Well-ell, he looked at me once, he looked at me twice Look at me again and there's a-gonna be fight We're gonna rock this town We're gonna rip this place apart We're gonna rock this town Rock it inside out We're gonna rock this town Make 'em scream and shout Let's rock, rock, rock, man, rock We're gonna rock till we pop We're gonna rock till we drop We're gonna rock this town Rock this place apart after reading back the lyrics...not the best choice of song...let's try Stray Cat Shuffle....it's the bees knees....
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    FONTS, AS SHARED EARLIER TODAY, THE DUS BRIVER HAS MEDICINE THAT CAN REMEDY THAT. I SUGGEST YOU RELAX, ENJOY YOUR OWN RIDE AND EASE OFF THE MICROMANAGEMENT PEDAL. THIS DUS HAS A BRIVER.
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    Simply making sure, Kyle, that you don't miss out on our already calendared Pic-A-Nic and M&G and group picture at our designated spot at Grant Park at high noon on Saturday 7/4. Capice?
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    I see no conflict anywhere fonts. Explain? There is a reason there is "important" information there. Read it again. Stay positive and see the forest through the trees. This forum is for sharing info for planning. Stick it, in an email update if you wish to.
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    Field Museum Important Info for Saturday
    Am I allowed to leave The Field Museum and come back later? Yes, if you come back on the same day and have your tickets handy. So you can leave the museum, make the Pik-A-Nik for lunch, and return to the Museum if so your pleasure tends. I am geeky, so I will be at the museum most of the morning, picnicteer, then return to the museum for some jazzy Dead and Archive/ GDTS exhibit. It's all in the same area (museum is about 1/2 mile from the picnic). For those that missed the ticket link yesterday, there is a link to the event below. Everything is Dead at The Field Museum All The Years Combine: Deadhead Treasures From The Grateful Dead Archive & GDTS Too Drawing on the extensive collection of the band’s own archive, All The Years Combine: Deadhead Treasures From The Grateful Dead Archive & GDTS Too features material from every part of the Grateful Dead’s career that document the special bond between the Grateful Dead family and their family of fans. Visitors will have the opportunity to see band and fan correspondence, decorated ticket request envelopes, newsletters, drawings, posters, tickets, backstage passes, and fan-made concert tapes. Jazz & Colors: Wave That Flag July 4, 12:30pm – 3pm, performances throughout the Museum, included with admission Following the success of Jazz & Colors in New York’s Central Park and Jazz & Colors: The Masterworks Edition at the acclaimed Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jazz & Colors comes to Chicago’s Field Museum with a more focused and intimate experience. Jazz & Colors: Wave That Flag will feature local jazz musicians performing in various parts of the Museum taking on the songbook of the Grateful Dead for two sets of music on Saturday, July 4th. Jazz & Colors is a co-production of The Field Museum and the promoters and performers of Fare Thee Well. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/at-the-field/programs/everything-dead-field-…
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    Thanks, Totes - this is awesome information. Only caution is our Pic-A-Nic and group photo op is Saturday, July 4th at nigh noon. We want to make sure all our peeps are at our meeting spot in Grant Park for that. Also, is there a direct link you can share on how to get to the specific information of this event? Looks like awesome fun...thanks !!
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    Submit your FTW necessities for the list! -water bottle -sunscreen - chargers -cash -bubbles, beach balls, balloons, face paint , temporary tattoos, confetti -sunglasses -some surprises -lanyard for GDTS Tix -travel size booze for jazz Colors at the Field Museum -harmonica -frisbee - sunshine dreamers t-shirt -spreadhseets for effigee -source of fire -tickets put in carry on, taped to an inside super secret pocket -party hat for the 4th of July -camera to capture eagles filling the sky -casting searchlight -rain poncho (it never rains on the 4th of July, the sun always shines) -tin foil hat -frankincense -transporter beam -re-entry blanket -oranges for the dus -invisibility cloak -aspirin -walking shoes so I don’t get the walkin’ blues -smiles -band aids -coozy -GD50 clear plastic bag (for Santa Clara) or sensible holder of stuff (for Chicago)
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    said tyhe cat in the hat in the back.... Fine job of steering da dus, rgrrrgrr, and taking those curves at just the right speed. Tis quite a shiny badge you've got there... I like the steelie face logo and Captain Rich tag. Anyone catch the Smithsonian Channel's Aerial America last night? It featured Illinois, and had several majestic aerial flights over Chicago. I was hoping they would fly over Buckingham Fountain, and sure enough they did...the area for our meet-up just to the SE of the fountain loomed right up large in my screen. The trees looked a bit shaggy, the lawn green, and my heart skipped a beat at the vision of deadheads everywhere converging on that area in a couple of short weeks....here is the link, etc: http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/aerial-america/illinois/701/340… As we get closer to our destinations...rggrrgr promised to drive a bit more slowly (right!) or at least slow enough for the deadheads along the way to get on...as we approach California, there may be a sea of people around us...make sure you wave and say high to them... Matter of fact, practice smiling and greeting your neighbors today, here on this ride, at home in your hood, and elsewhere as the opportunities arise. You never know who is needing that special twinkle and smile and you may have one at the perfect time. Make a difference today friends if you can, and if that isn't in the cards, help someone who is. To each and all, the skies are yellow and the sun is blue...I hear music around the next bend...how 'bout some cookies and milk everyone. geolikescookiesandmilkandmusicandsmilesandwavesandpeacemeister
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@ mcav Thanks for the affirmation..losing fourconsecutivesuperbowls hurt...but I'd rather be there and lose....and I love the Browns...bernie kosar was the man. @ tfonts...up you nose with a rubber hose...said disaffectedly but with love
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I Lived in Buffalo for each and every Super Bowl loss. Didn't watch a game for years after number 4. That gave me an appreciation for soccer, although I do go to Bucs games when the team is in town and look for a slam of the Bucs I am now a full Tampa Bay Rowdies fan though. Ralph's Mob rules!
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I think it is pronounced "Drink Tahoe Brew"!
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...for beating those nasty classless poor sports, the Seahags. Almost the best day in football, ever (and I don't like the Pats either). The exception: Russell Wilson has class and is a good sport, too bad he hasn't rubbed off on the rest of the team or the coach.
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OK OK, I know there are some Seahawks fans out there, so enough with the 'hawk bashing. Well, "I'm just here so don't get fined". "I'm just here so don't get fined". "I'm just here so don't get fined". "I'm just here so don't get fined". Heehee
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the PTSD has been so bad that to this day anytime the Bills line up for a field goal I lean to the left and shit my pants... Friggin' heartbreaker.... Hawks are no dirtier than the Pats.... You're only a cheater when you get caught.... Hey now Boo Boo buddy! Morning Mr. Mayor..... Coffee is on....
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Day 3 of headaches. Grumble moan. Going to stay close to soft furniture like beds and couches. In the meantime - looking forward to our time together in the sun. love, Stella
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Are these headaches normal for you, said in my best Mr. MD voice? 3 consecutive days makes a shrink think......
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I know this sounds crazy, but cayanne pepper is a vascular dialator and will allow more blood to regions starved for it, many with migranes find relief from snorting a small amount, think matchhead. It will burn. Many report after the burn, headache is gone. I'm not sure how bad it would be, but I use a caynne based nasal spray, and after s short burn, sinus is clear. If you try it start small.
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Yessiree...it works if indeed she has migraines, but if it's another cause it could steal her face right off her head..... Saw someone in an ER with a hemorrhagic nose bleed after snorting crushed red pepper, why I asked, did you do that? Response....cause I could..... then there was the guy with the lightbulb up his.... But I digress....
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well yes, I did mention migraine specifically, and did emphasize to start SMALL. I knew a guy with a gerbil, might be friends with Fester, the light bulb dude.........
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Nobody knows the troubles I seen working ERs..... Imagine the places one could place a gherkin.... Imagine the effort to remove said gherkin.... All in a day's work.... Back to the mines.....hi ho hi ho....
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1. Bob's slide guitar2. Spreadsheets 3. Super Bowls 4. Wine 5. Whiners 6. Any Phish jam 7. Religion 8. Ketchup squirting out of a sausage bun every time I put on a new shirt 9. Thursdays (have you noticed I hate Thursdays). Thursday is the worst fucking day of the week. It has no purpose. Thursday Dead shows were lame. I should skip Thursdays, not go to work, and just get drunk and wake up on Friday. 10. Facebook 11. Over planning 12. People without gray matter 13. Yellow Skittles
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love Bobs sloppy slide To own his each.... Hate Facebook as well, Thursday's do bite, I'll give you that...but.....I did see a great dead show on a Thursday at Silver Stadium though...
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1. Sex2. A loving hug (especially one that leads to sex) 3. A bloody Mary at 10 am 4. A combination of 2 and 3 above 5. Laughter 6. Ibuprofen 7. Being single 7. Staring at the ocean 8. Random acts of kindness 9. Sushi 10. Saturdays 11. Laying in a field 12. Little kids 13. Purple Skittles
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You forgot #14 .... the good old Grateful Dead.... Touché' the other 13 are Dick's Picks.....
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no gherkin, it's dill or nothing, I have my pride....
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The proper way to extract a gherkin is with a standard corkscrew....
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I do tend to get migraines, and though these current headaches have been on the tamer side, I attribute them to migraines since I do suffer from them, and also the three days in a row thing. They have been subsiding with medication - and my headache is better right now though my head not back to normal. I am DEFINITELY going to get some cayenne to keep on deck!! Thanks Boo! It's strange that I haven't heard that suggestion. I've done worse in my younger days, I think I'll be able to handle it and as I love spicy foods I might even like it. I guess I'll have to think twice about telling anybody anything about "where the light don't shine." Apparently, that is everywhere. Keep Stella Blue.
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almost pissed myself..... with that wit, you're headache must be tons better.... Have I told you the toothbrush story? Not gonna believe where that ended up.....
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Strangely enough, I find myself craving a slice of Blue Moon pizza and a similarly-named Belgian White... Keep Missing Jerry.
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on behalf of the organization.... we know.... Be sure to vote for Klang tomorrow.... Annual mayoral election, he took office after an abdication in Deadheads Anonymous land...aka SDLand... Any other potential mayoral candidates...throw your hats in the ring.... By midnight tonight EST... Back in the mine....
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again I emphasize, start small! I consume a teaspoon or two of the cayenne daily, a 1/2 teaspoon in a cup of hot water a couple times daily, it keeps veins open wide, good for many ailments. Google cayenne health benefits, you will be suprised at the number of things it helps. Keep it away from rrrrgrrrr or he won't be able to sit down for a week.
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Hardee har har..... Stella use a harm reduction approach... Abstinence isn't a realistic option Try a little, add a little more...as needed Avoid the toothbrush....its evidence based... rrrrrgrrrr all out....
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well, I don't know, absinth may be a fine option, the green fairie will ease what ails ya, keep it oral though, sugar might gum up the works......
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You know it's gonna get stranger.... So let's get on with the show..... On behalf of SD central.... What a long strange trip it's been.. So far...
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I think they're following the forum, got this link from them https://www.etsy.com/listing/163014204/pickles-are-cucumbers-soaked-in-… Not even Kevin Costner can save the Browns. The Raven is a noble bird And despite how he may be viewed outside my part of the world Ray Lewis is loved here in B-More and put the love-hammer down on the knuckleheads.. http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/04/29/ray-lewis-baltimore-riots-prote… LETS GO REGIONAL SPORTS FRANCHISE!!!!
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Isn't that Richard "I don't know nothin' about no gerbil" Gere?
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Walkin' Blues (guaranteed headache!)'lil red rooster (second place) Best song, hands down (IMO) to get up (or stop dancin') and go get a beer/use the head (not necessarily that order). "...too lazy to crow on Thursdays" Man, this thread is on fire today! Lots of laughs out loud (hey, I made a new acronym LOLOL) {(:-)]
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Mr. mayor.... Election is tomorrow....you need a campaign platform....what do you stand for man? Pet dogs, kiss.babies..... Time keeps on ticking into the future.... The political future of Deadheads Anonymous is in your hands.....
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Mornin' Mates !! Check your in-boxes :-) Ant thank you, Totes - love starting my day to your call !! Oh, and I have the "new avatar blues" no more - it's gonna be a great day !! rrrrrgrrrrr, what's for breakfast, dude?
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The weekend is right around the corner.... Coffee is on.... Cinnamon swirl pastry fresh out of the oven.... btw....Klangstone is running unopposed for Mayor.... Klang congrats....you win again.... May Day...May Day... Happy May y'all! Feel free to dance around the Maypole, it's actually my festivus pole that I borrowed from that joint in Fort Erie where the Canadian ballet takes place, eh.....remember Boo?
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Didn''t Think I was gonna make it this week,...I Don't Wanna Work, I just want to Hear some Drums and Space Today!!! My daughter pulled second place in last nights Talent show Playing "Wayfaring Stranger". Man,! She was packing some soul!!! Tonight's her sweet sixteen party,..I have to write a Toast,..I am no public speaker, and dread such things. It is so incredible to see what a beautiful young woman she has become. I still see her as a tiny little kid, on a Sunday morning looking up at me from her cereal bowl with those big blue Eyes, asking me to pass the O.J....I hope everyone has a Greeeeeaaat Friday, Tfonts,..Love the new Avatar,.. My brother lives just outside Cleveland and I've been to Rock Hall a few times,...Doors and Stones Exhibits,.. unfortunately never made it out there for The Grateful Dead exhibit, Although My Ex did and bought me a Tee Shirt. Did you see Kreutzman's Band play? I know they were there one night.
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Yo bro what a wonderful post, man - and congrats to your daughter !! Sure hope you shot some video man cause those are the moments of what life's about :-) We have another proud SD papa who's kid is a musical virtuoso also - must run in the family !!
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Congratulations to your daughter and savor every minute, we have 3 all grown up...time sure flies!!!! Have a fruitful Friday....
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congratulations. so cool. let the toast come from your heart...you will say the exact right things. We have RnR HOF parallel lives: I also missed the GD exhibit but also got the tee shirt from a friend. I, too, caught the Stones exhibit when we went back for a wedding.
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You can stand by me anytime, brother.... Must be getting older, they're dropping like flies... I miss Jerry.... Enjoy every sandwich..... rrrrrgrrrrr being introspective.....
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maybe a gherkin on the side.....ah yes, speaking of lovely young ladies and noting how they grow, of course I remember the Gilmore up in 'ol Canada, hard to forget that scene, even as I age, some things are ageless Eh? pass the joe please, gotta accomplish something this week or the foreman might dock me...... My name is Boo, and I miss Jerry
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And for chrissakes....don't put that toothbrush up THERE...... fetch me them forceps.....deep breath in then exhale and bear down.... 1 cup of coffee...turkey bacon club on rye with lettuce tomato and a slightly used gherkin coming your way...
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It's charity Boo... .....some people call me the space cowboy.... looking forward to peaches and some tree shakin.....
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I was thinking of hitting the RRE show, but I I don't think I'll have enough steam left. Plus, who knows how long the FTW show will run , eh? Anyone going to that Winery show?
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Gratefuldeadgame.com finally working for me. Yippee my Friday nights will never be the same!
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If I am re-elected Mayor of SSDD land... ...I hereby proclaim to and therefore stand by the following tariff: 1) continue to promote and assist the general welfare of the 'dreamers 2) keep ear to ground on tix 3) help a fellow dreamer when in need and I am able assist 4) meet with the 'dreamers on Saturday july 4 2015 in buckingham England (code) 5) meet some of the 'dreamers in Santa Clara June 27, 2015 6) help rrrrrrrrgrrrrrrr with his incessant dyslexia and finally 7) love all the sunshine daydreamers as my family and friends and promote good will for all; peace love and harmony to all the deadheads protecting the health of said deadheads in bay area and Chicago and helping with solidarity to protect each other from harm at both venues during this experience, and may all of us arrive home safely afterwards. Klangstone (incumbent) out... ;-)
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Didn't let me down brother, I'm counting on you as my campaign manager! Peace out people, 'til next time. K