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    am I supposed to get any work done today? Chicago is calling...
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    Sarge play it nice and easy for Toterooski!!!! In the timbers of Fennario the wolves are running round The winter was so hard and cold froze ten feet neath the ground Don't murder me I beg of you don't murder me Please don't murder me I sat down to my supper T'was a bottle of red whiskey I said my prayers and went to bed That's the last they saw of me Don't murder me I beg of you don't murder me Please don't murder me When I awoke, the Dire Wolf Six hundred pounds of sin Was grinnin at my window All I said was "come on in" Don't murder me I beg of you don't murder me Please don't murder me The wolf came in, I got my cards We sat down for a game I cut my deck to the Queen of Spades but the cards were all the same Don't murder me I beg of you don't murder me Please don't murder me In the backwash of Fennario The black and bloody mire The Dire Wolf collects his due while the boys sing round the fire Don't murder me I beg of you don't murder me Please don't murder me
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    Patch those Sails and Shine those Rails! Last day of work is murder. cue Dire Wolf
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    Though your brother's bound and gaggedAnd they've chained him to a chair Won't you please come to Chicago Just to sing In a land that's known as freedom How can such a thing be fair Won't you please come to Chicago For the help that we can bring We can change the world Re-arrange the world It's dying ... to get better Politicians sit yourself down There's nothing for you here Won't you please come to Chicago For a ride Don't ask Jack to help you 'Cause he'll turn the other ear Won't you please come to Chicago Or else join the other side We can change the world Re-arrange the world It's dying ... if you believe in justice It's dying ... and if you believe in freedom It's dying ... let a man live his own life It's dying ... rules and regulations, who needs them Open up the door Somehow people must be free I hope the day comes soon Won't you please come to Chicago Show your face From the bottum of the ocean To the mountains on the moon Won't you please come to Chicago No one else can take your place
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    The bottom line's been snortedThe bottom card's been dealt No one knows like you know right now How truly bad it felt All your life you wasted On dreamin' about the day, Worker bees kill off their queen and carry all her eggs away Oh and if you die fearin' God And painfully employed You will not go to heaven, You'll go to Champaign, Illinois Up north in Chicago Where booze makes no one blush Memories come back to you In a double bourbon rush But memories aren't all bad Yeah and neither, my friend, are you there is an argument there must be some heaven left for hearts that are half true Oh and if you spend your whole life Driving horses into Troy You will not go to heaven You'll go to Champaign, Illinois No you will not go to heaven You'll go to Champaign, Illinois Roll on blacktop highway In circles towards the sun Springfield's in the distance, and that's the last big one After that comes judgment, Yeah and judgment will be swift You will be eliminated, But here's a parting gift: Oh and if you die fearing God And painfully employed No you will not go to heaven You'll go to Champaign, Illinois No you will not go to heaven You'll go to Champaign, Illinois No you will not go to heaven You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
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    Morning Kristine.... This one goes out to Stan the cat.... Oh baby don't it feel like heaven right now Don't it feel like something from a dream Yeah I've never known nothing quite like this Don't it feel like tonight might never be again We know better than to try and pretend Baby no one could'a ever told me 'bout this I said yeah yeah [Chorus:] The waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more card You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part Well yeah i might have chased a couple women around All it ever got me was down Then there were those that made me feel good But never as good as I'm feeling right now Baby you're the only one that's ever known how To make me wanna live like I wanna live now I said yeah yeah [Chorus:] The waiting is the hardest part Every day you get one more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part Oh don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you Don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you I'll be your bleedin' heart, I'll be your cryin' fool Don't let this go too far Don't let it get to you
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    Poster Gewee has given a REALLY good rundown on Chicago points of interest in the 'Guide to Chicago' thread. A good list of places to eat (including the vegan recommendations that I couldn't give rgr.) I'd take the poster down the line, MissReddin, with a grain of salt; there is a CLARK COUNTY in Illinois, but that's a way's away in Southern Illinois. Chicago is in COOK County. I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait!!!
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    I find myself alive.... One more day to patch my sails, and shine my rails... Packing list is ready.... On my way to the mines Coffe is brewed.... Happy Hump Day...so hump like theres no tomorrow and now for the final time...Supper IS Ready Walking across the sitting-room, I turn the television off. Sitting beside you, I look into your eyes. As the sound of motor cars fades in the night time, I swear I saw your face change, it didn't seem quite right. ...And it's hello babe with your guardian eyes so blue Hey my baby don't you know our love is true. Coming closer with our eyes, a distance falls around our bodies. Out in the garden, the moon seems very bright, Six saintly shrouded men move across the lawn slowly. The seventh walks in front with a cross held high in hand. ...And it's hey babe your supper's waiting for you. Hey my baby, don't you know our love is true. I've been so far from here, Far from your warm arms. It's good to feel you again, It's been a long long time. Hasn't it? [The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man] I know a farmer who looks after the farm. With water clear, he cares for all his harvest. I know a fireman who looks after the fire. You, can't you see he's fooled you all. Yes, he's here again, can't you see he's fooled you all. Share his peace, Sign the lease. He's a supersonic scientist, He's the guaranteed eternal sanctuary man. Look, look into my mouth he cries, And all the children lost down many paths, I bet my life you'll walk inside Hand in hand, gland in gland With a spoonful of miracle, He's the guaranteed eternal sanctuary. We will rock you, rock you little snake, We will keep you snug and warm. [Ikhnaton And Itsacon And Their Band Of Merry Men] Wearing feelings on our faces while our faces took a rest, We walked across the fields to see the children of the West, But we saw a host of dark skinned warriors standing still below the ground, Waiting for battle. The fight's begun, they've been released. Killing foe for peace...bang, bang, bang. Bang, bang, bang... And they're giving me a wonderful potion, 'Cos I cannot contain my emotion. And even though I'm feeling good, Something tells me I'd better activate my prayer capsule. Today's a day to celebrate, the foe have met their fate. The order for rejoicing and dancing has come from our warlord. [How Dare I Be So Beautiful?] Wandering through the chaos the battle has left, We climb up a mountain of human flesh, To a plateau of green grass, and green trees full of life. A young figure sits still by a pool, He's been stamped "Human Bacon" by some butchery tool. (He is you) Social Security took care of this lad. We watch in reverence, as Narcissus is turned to a flower. A flower? [Willow Farm] If you go down to Willow Farm, to look for butterflies, flutterbyes, gutterflies Open your eyes, it's full of surprise, everyone lies, like the fox on the rocks, and the musical box. Oh, there's Mum & Dad, and good and bad, and everyone's happy to be here. There's Winston Churchill dressed in drag, he used to be a British flag, plastic bag, what a drag. The frog was a prince, the prince was a brick, the brick was an egg, the egg was a bird. (Fly away you sweet little thing, they're hard on your tail) Hadn't you heard? (They're going to change you into a human being!) Yes, we're happy as fish and gorgeous as geese, and wonderfully clean in the morning. We've got everything, we're growing everything, We've got some in We've got some out We've got some wild things floating about Everyone, we're changing everyone, you name them all, We've had them here, And the real stars are still to appear. ALL CHANGE! Feel your body melt; Mum to mud to mad to dad Dad diddley office, Dad diddley office, You're all full of ball. Dad to dam to dum to mum Mum diddley washing, Mum diddley washing, You're all full of ball. Let me hear you lies, we're living this up to the eyes. Ooee-ooee-ooee-oowaa Momma I want you now. And as you listen to my voice To look for hidden doors, tidy floors, more applause. You've been here all the time, Like it or not, like what you got, You're under the soil (the soil, the soil), Yes, deep in the soil (the soil, the soil, the soil, the soil!). So we'll end with a whistle and end with a bang and all of us fit in our places. [Apocalypse In 9/8 (Co-Starring the delicious talents of Gabble Ratchet)] With the guards of Magog, swarming around, The Pied Piper takes his children underground. Dragons coming out of the sea, Shimmering silver head of wisdom looking at me. He brings down the fire from the skies, You can tell he's doing well by the look in human eyes. Better not compromise. It won't be easy. 666 is no longer alone, He's getting out the marrow in your back bone, And the seven trumpets blowing sweet rock and roll, Gonna blow right down inside your soul. Pythagoras with the looking glass reflects the full moon, In blood, he's writing the lyrics of a brand new tune. And it's hey babe, with your guardian eyes so blue, Hey my baby, don't you know our love is true, I've been so far from here, Far from your loving arms, Now I'm back again, and babe it's gonna work out fine. [As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)] Can't you feel our souls ignite Shedding ever changing colours, in the darkness of the fading night, Like the river joins the ocean, as the germ in a seed grows We have finally been freed to get back home. There's an angel standing in the sun, and he's crying with a loud voice, "This is the supper of the mighty one", Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Has returned to lead his children home, To take them to the new Jerusalem.
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    Good Night All! Can't wait to meet all the Daydreamers! Another day older and another day wiser... I hope! Holly P.S. where the whiskey drowns....
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Just checking in for the first time this day I am moved by graceful's comments and others' as well. I am generally not a "joiner" but I'm am so grateful I signed up for this ride with this group.
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Monday morning you sure look fine.... Coffee is on.... we dig, dig, dig, dig in a mine... rrrrrgrrrrr gonzo....
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Good Morning all and thanks for getting us to this waypoint so nicely. We got us a fine dusbriving coolhead, a leader who knows how to lead, a timekeeper with up-to-the-second accuracy, rounded to the nearest day, and a whole passel of riders who know how the songs go. Hope your coffee is just right, the son shines down on you, and all your music is crispo and clear. Ice cream,? Why thank you, I like Jerry's Cherry Garcia...miss him tho.. Hey you twiddling with the knobs, could you turn up the bass a bit? Thankee kindly... Ahhh...this is the life. g
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That was a very graceful post!
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Friday I got travelin' on my mind. First you love me, then you get on down the line. I don't mind... Just Klowning around this fine Monday mornin'.
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On a Monday to catch up on the weekend emails (I can't do this 7 days) and now I'm all verklempt,, pass the joe please while I compose myself.....
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It may come to pass that things get a bit clunky with this many posts in a thread, and at some point we might want to launch SSDD 2.0. Or 1.1. Or whatever release number seems appropriate. Lemme know.
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check your PM please
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Thanks, Marye....you're at command and control central so just let us know, please. Right now, it seems, like things are processing pretty fine. Everyone agree?
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fo shizzle.... marye as Mr Fonts said....you feel free to call the shots here...we are ever so thankful for the playpen you provided our travelin band of bozos....and bolos.... speaking of Bozo.... Have you looked in the mirror lately? Mr.Mayor you had some work done I see..... Remind me not to see your cosmetic surgeon..... ;-) ouch.....
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Slow down this dus at the next dusstop, I hopped off to search out some Chicago ducats, I'm dusty and tired and need to rest, my dogs are barking and I need to set for a spellstrawberry rhubarb pie this evening, lil dab of ice cream if you please
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And you know who you are.... Strawberry Rhubarb pie.... Can't slow down and it's too late to stop now, hop out, I will circle back around after walking Sgt Pupper, and thanks to Zeke he has the hots for one Madamoiselle Nobs..... I was in the kitchen, Seamus that's the dog was outside....... Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Werewolves of London...... Draw blood..... I miss Richard Wright.... mmmmbop bop, bop bop..... ooooh ice cream....and I know.
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with the tech folks. I may be worrying about an issue that went away in the '90s.
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Just pm me if we need to change buses...midstream......I will be sure the sheep remain inside their pens....love Peter Gabriel..... thanks kid..... rrrrrgrrrrr back to the mines....
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rrrrgrrr have you tried the yueng ling ice cream? I recommend black and tan, dark chocolate and salted carmel ice cream.........
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.....big words there.... That's..... SuperSoCalisurrealisticpillowexpialidocious......... it's a scrabble word.... 9 gazillion points on the triple word square....
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@ Wegmans, quarts only, they have 4 or 5 flavors, forget them. Black and Tan!
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He's my pimp.... On it like black on tan...... Western NY humor here...bear with us.... Thanks Boo Boo my affair with The Oreo has ended... @jeopardy .... Name that movie in the form of a question .... Goddamned Ape ate all my Oreos....
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Hey, how did you get your avatar to animate?
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You gotta jiggle it a little....that's what Jack Klompus would say.... Search the net for animated avatars....save one and text it to yourself...if it animates, it can be uploaded here and it will animate...or as marye said far in the future, see next post...you can create one, unfortunately I am not that gifted....hence my 2D Grateful bear.... Sorry my response teleported into the past.....
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you can make animated gifs, and they seem to work as avatars, at least if you don't go too nuts.
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...with Jesus and John Wayne.... ....I was waiting on a chariot, they were waiting on a train.... the sky was full of carrion "I'll take the mazuma" said Jesus to Marion "That's the 3:10 to Yuma" Coffee is on..... Happy Tuesday.... ....my ride's here...
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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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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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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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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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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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I just provided the question in my edit. lol!!!
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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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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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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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Everyone can use some good tail and more music..... Talk amongst yourselves....
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.....6594.9 hours of music.... Gonna go back to live archive.... And listen sequentially.... Kinda like the Bible on acid
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Put on some of that Legion of Mary in the coffee house. Let's roll the FLAC for crispy Tuesday morning joe. That's some great sounding betnikky stuff to start anyone's day. Cheers Marye, grab a cup!
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Step right up, step right up... Guess your weight within 10# and birthday within 3 months for only $10..... Can't stop laughing.....maybe you can help animate Mr Mayor... (You are messing with my mind brother....and I like it) Love you Totes..... To all who missed the opportunity.....que sera sera..... What will Bee will Bee Back to business.... you didn't hear? the grand prize ifor breakin' eggs is a Mayor Klangstone Bobblehead..... The Good Samaritan he's dressing, he's getting ready for the show.... He's going down to the Carnival tonight on Desolation Row.....
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hmmmm...that is 275 days...just about 9 months...or the typical human gestation...I guess you could say Grateful Dead have given birth to something.or in the case of many of us...is it "jest-ation"?
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I ain't clowning around here.... But I venture to guess that we are the fruits of all that hard labor....
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Coffee good. MadSwan I get it. Hopefully I get to go to all 5 shows - but I've been doing the math on how many tacos I'd have to sell and with the days getting shorter - it's a lot!!!
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I wonder how many tacos can be laid end to end around Soldier Field.
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depends, soft shell or hard shell?
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Soft - always soft for eating. But for math, let's say hard shell? I like hard shell for vintage family get togethers though.
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Hey. I've been intermittently MIA on here and the email threads. I am endeavoring to get all caught up, and update our intrepid leader on all things SD: tickets, itinerary, and all of the things. And respond where requested and where there is otherwise light or dark that I can contribute to or help with... I am also getting more serious about shining rails and patching sails, so sometimes it takes me a minute!! Love to all.
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Makes soft and hard shell tacos better..... Acquired taste.....add Greek yogurt to the mix....smooth....
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you can tripe mine
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Gonna boogie my scruples away!!!! It's a hype face boogie....