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Post by beta on Jan 9, 2023 9:26:40 GMT
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Post by sukebegg on Jan 9, 2023 11:42:50 GMT
Johnny Ramone's dad forced him to play a baseball game with a broken toe, if memory serves me correctly. I broke a bone in my thumb playing baseball. I suggested to my dad that it might be a good idea to go to the hospital to have it looked at seeing as how it hurt quite a bit and I couldn't move it. "No, no need to waste any time on that", was the reply. Well, the next morning my thumb was purple and was swollen enough that my mother put a jacket on me and took me to emergency. The doctor's first question was, of course, "Why weren't you here last night?" And then came the cast and all that crap. Dads--idiots. The History of My Left Arm: I fell on my wrist at the Del Mar Skatepark when I was 18. Thought it was just sore for a few weeks, then went to the doc and of course broken wrist. Short cast for a few weeks coinciding with a trip to an early streetstyle skateboard contest in Capitola, California (1985). My friend had written, to my great embarrassment, "Skate for chicks or not at all" on my cast but I finally got it properly signed at the event by Neil Blender, Mike Smith, Mark Gonzales, Christ Hosoi...Steve Olson, I hope...It was written up in Thrasher www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/magazine/november-1985/?tmpl=component1995: Tear my left-shoulder rotator cup lifting, sitting shoulder dumbbell presses I think. Was living pretty low-rent in Mexico City, so didn't see a doctor, just stopped lifting and slowly nursed it once the pain and swelling subsided. Never really had any trouble with it since. Dec., 2022: Have developed bursitis, or pre-bursitis on the elbow of my left arm. It doesn't hurt, isn't infected, but I have an unsightly lump that will have to be surgically removed sooner or later (two-hour procedure). Went to the doc. That is all. |
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Jan 9, 2023 22:53:20 GMT
The History of My Left Arm: I fell on my wrist at the Del Mar Skatepark when I was 18. Thought it was just sore for a few weeks, then went to the doc and of course broken wrist. Short cast for a few weeks coinciding with a trip to an early streetstyle skateboard contest in Capitola, California (1985). My friend had written, to my great embarrassment, "Skate for chicks or not at all" on my cast but I finally got it properly signed at the event by Neil Blender, Mike Smith, Mark Gonzales, Christ Hosoi...Steve Olson, I hope...It was written up in Thrasher www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/magazine/november-1985/?tmpl=componentUsed to go to "Skatopia" in Auckland as a wee gromit. Supposedly was "the biggest skatepark in the Southern Hemisphere" at the time. Dismantled into a fucking theme park soon after. I wuz way too small and chicken to do a aerial but  This halfpipe seemed huuuugely high to my halfpint arse:  |
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Post by beta on Jan 12, 2023 5:47:15 GMT
A theme park instead of a "live to skate zone" is so fucked up. It's 2023. There is a skate park in this rural area of fewer than 5000 souls that I call home. There is also a skate shop a few towns over. That skate shop is diversifying and doing very well, thank goodness. Television, mobile phones, and these bloody computers are no match for 12 hours a day trying to master aerials and halfpipes. A few football pitches, basketball courts, and cricket grounds would, I reckon, help an entire generation of children reject so much of what is being shoved down their throats by forces stronger than the communities they grow up in. For purposes of making animation videos for work, I have been reading books and watching vids about Amish, Mennonite, and Hutterite communities. The communities are growing, children are engaged in community life, and they are evolving. There are a fair number of these communities near where I live and where I have purchased my burial plot. They won't be skateboarding, most likely, over my grave, but they might be making their premium wood full halfpipe with grinding rail for the farms nearby my grave and the grave of the strange woman I live with. I take solace in that. I travelled to all ends of this planet. And now, in the final stretch of it, I see that it is the simple, unadorned wheat field, the corn and soybeans growing, and the lure of a halfpipe or soccer pitch that make me feel like it is worth having some hope for humanity. All the human garbage who don't help their very own kids, family members, or close friends are more and more annoying to me. The practice of shunning in Amish, Mennonite, and Hutterite communities is bullshit. That needs to be addressed by them before they turn into everything they profess not to be. However, all human forms of organization practice it in some form, though in much more legalistic form with redress possible. I just hope that going outside and just doing things for fun, like we did as kids, continues. Things are too fucking commercialized and geared to being "the best" for children to enjoy life and become mindful, HAPPY adults. Freezing rain again tomorrow. I can't visit the strange woman who lives with me, who has very little time left on earth. It has made me remember what the two of us enjoyed on this fucked up planet.
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Post by sukebegg on Jan 13, 2023 9:48:02 GMT
Those photos are BASED...Those 70s (?) half pipes were brutal. Del Mar had one like that but was more famous for the pool, which I would could never skate but I saw McGill make his first 540 there and I am pretty sure I saw Hawk do an early 720 at a contest there also. You might get a kick out of this book, written by an old friend of mine. I snuck into Del Mar after it had closed permanently with him once. He sent me chapter drafts and used some stuff I shared with him but the funniest thing is that we disagree over the Capitola trip. There was a big party at some skateable loading docks in San Jose with all the dudes from the contest the night after Capitola but Jocko swore and wrote in the book that it was the night before. I would swear on it but 35 years later, memory may be wrong.
I only have some skating photos of me from 18 yrs on. I will post them later...Maybe elsewhere because I fail to see Johnny Ramone in all this but to bring it back, about Mosrite guitars. I remember going to a party when I was 14-15 at a house by the beach in San Diego and a band had their instruments set up - Mosrite guitar. I think I hadn't bought a guitar yet but had heard the Ventures used Mosrites, so was up close looking at it when the geet player comes over and first says that I had been scoping it out and planning to steal it. Maybe he was stoned but I quickly mentioned the ventures and my interest and all twas cool. Never bought a Mos though.
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Post by beta on Jan 14, 2023 10:50:47 GMT
Those photos are BASED...Those 70s (?) half pipes were brutal. Del Mar had one like that but was more famous for the pool, which I would could never skate but I saw McGill make his first 540 there and I am pretty sure I saw Hawk do an early 720 at a contest there also. You might get a kick out of this book, written by an old friend of mine. I snuck into Del Mar after it had closed permanently with him once. He sent me chapter drafts and used some stuff I shared with him but the funniest thing is that we disagree over the Capitola trip. There was a big party at some skateable loading docks in San Jose with all the dudes from the contest the night after Capitola but Jocko swore and wrote in the book that it was the night before. I would swear on it but 35 years later, memory may be wrong.
I only have some skating photos of me from 18 yrs on. I will post them later...Maybe elsewhere because I fail to see Johnny Ramone in all this but to bring it back, about Mosrite guitars. I remember going to a party when I was 14-15 at a house by the beach in San Diego and a band had there instruments set up - Mosrite guitar. I think I hadn't bought a guitar yet but had heard the Ventures used Mosrites, so was up close looking at it when the geet player comes over and first says that I had been scoping it out and planning to steal it. Maybe he was stoned but I quickly mentioned the ventures and my interest and all twas cool. Never bought a Mos though.
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Post by beta on Jan 17, 2023 13:22:09 GMT
Drug addicts and drunks and crazy people are only romantic in fictional worlds. I have not found them particularly enlightening in my own life. I really have found them to be a shed load of work, with a side dish of hellish work. It amazes me how many current and former drug addicts love to quote/read/praise Bukowski. The guy got up and went to work at the freaking post office for a long, long time. He is NOT the persona in his books and poems, yet the romantics want to believe that being irresponsible and fucked up is wonderful, fun, and enlightening in some sort of adventure that never ends. Nonsense. It is fiction. Life is so much more than fiction. Gotta stop thinking about this already.
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Post by beta on Jan 21, 2023 16:19:00 GMT
Had some Indian food yesterday for the first time since COVID-19 lockdown stuff began. Have to admit that it tasted damn good. It also cost a ton, which was not the case before. Inflation makes us all much poorer rather quickly. Wow! I need to raise rates that I charge starting in March. Board of Directors will be pleased with my decision I hope.
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Post by sukebegg on Jan 22, 2023 10:40:00 GMT
I was lucky to have an Indian deli by me in college and my friend hipped me to samosas there: a buck each, you order two and they come swimming in a ton of a simple chickpea curry. Dinner sorted mate. Had competition with a chile relleno burrito, a few slices of 'za, or Kraft Mac and Cheese + canned tuna + can of cream of mushroom soup...
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Post by sukebegg on Jan 22, 2023 11:27:23 GMT
Drug addicts and drunks and crazy people are only romantic in fictional worlds. I have not found them particularly enlightening in my own life. I really have found them to be a shed load of work, with a side dish of hellish work. It amazes me how many current and former drug addicts love to quote/read/praise Bukowski. The guy got up and went to work at the freaking post office for a long, long time. He is NOT the persona in his books and poems, yet the romantics want to believe that being irresponsible and fucked up is wonderful, fun, and enlightening in some sort of adventure that never ends. Nonsense. It is fiction. Life is so much more than fiction. Gotta stop thinking about this already. Bukowski glowed a lot of positivity at the end of the day. He worked and kept on chugging from the great desire to release the voice within and if you discovered him when I did, he was easing into his San Pedro, beemer, wife, daily track visits...cats...latter period, so you could breathe easier reading some of his earlier stuff. Stuff like Last Exit to Brooklyn or maybe Permanent Midnight is just straight grimness. -- Happy Lunar New Year -- I thought the Ramones may have done a version of White Rabbit but they only did this JA cover on the kinda meh Acid Eaters. I actually owned it on tape for some reason. I think I liked the songs more than the versions...I see now CJ sang lead on a bunch of them...ahhh, thank you wiki 13th album and the Lunar Year has 13 months...I hate triskaidekaphobia (the thing not the album) but it admittedly proved unlucky for Johnny and the boys, 14 full-lengths later, the Ramones finally took off their leather jackets for good... sorta! CJ Ramone with Brant Bjork and Daniel Rey...I think he came to Japan with them also. Daniel Rey and Andy Shernoff really helped the Ramones later on but I guess Rey just wants to get out of the house? But talk about a cash grab. Who was CJ again? And, do you really need a guy from Kyuss etc. on drums? I really love Manitoba's Wild Kingdom with Rey on guitar and also his unknown band, The Martinets Just realized he produced the first Rhino Bucket album! Woo---hoooo!!! ETA: Ahhhh how could I forget that Rey was in the mighty Shrapnel with Dave Wyndorf! |
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Post by beta on Jan 22, 2023 16:29:17 GMT
Daniel Rey produced the only Dee Dee Ramone album I can listen to without feeling a bit crap by the end. Manitoba's Wild Kingdom... And You? still gets played in my car a hell of a lot. The Martinets I had not heard of. Not a word. Thanks for that. I have some homework.
That Indian deli would have been a welcome addition to my life in college. I can remember having to bake bread and eat a lot of ground beef in various dishes. Damn. Those were not the most fun cooking days of my life. Spaghetti sauce, meatloaf, hamburgers, and time to get your gallbladder out. Wish I were joking.
Rhino Bucket. Never heard of them. Off to learn some more. Thank you. I am back on highways tomorrow.
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Post by beta on Jan 27, 2023 8:54:46 GMT
Drug addicts and drunks and crazy people are only romantic in fictional worlds. I have not found them particularly enlightening in my own life. I really have found them to be a shed load of work, with a side dish of hellish work. It amazes me how many current and former drug addicts love to quote/read/praise Bukowski. The guy got up and went to work at the freaking post office for a long, long time. He is NOT the persona in his books and poems, yet the romantics want to believe that being irresponsible and fucked up is wonderful, fun, and enlightening in some sort of adventure that never ends. Nonsense. It is fiction. Life is so much more than fiction. Gotta stop thinking about this already. Bukowski glowed a lot of positivity at the end of the day. He worked and kept on chugging from the great desire to release the voice within and if you discovered him when I did, he was easing into his San Pedro, beemer, wife, daily track visits...cats...latter period, so you could breathe easier reading some of his earlier stuff. Stuff like Last Exit to Brooklyn or maybe Permanent Midnight is just straight grimness. -- Happy Lunar New Year -- I thought the Ramones may have done a version of White Rabbit but they only did this JA cover on the kinda meh Acid Eaters. I actually owned it on tape for some reason. I think I liked the songs more than the versions...I see now CJ sang lead on a bunch of them...ahhh, thank you wiki 13th album and the Lunar Year has 13 months...I hate triskaidekaphobia (the thing not the album) but it admittedly proved unlucky for Johnny and the boys, 14 full-lengths later, the Ramones finally took off their leather jackets for good... sorta! CJ Ramone with Brant Bjork and Daniel Rey...I think he came to Japan with them also. Daniel Rey and Andy Shernoff really helped the Ramones later on but I guess Rey just wants to get out of the house? But talk about a cash grab. Who was CJ again? And, do you really need a guy from Kyuss etc. on drums? I really love Manitoba's Wild Kingdom with Rey on guitar and also his unknown band, The Martinets Just realized he produced the first Rhino Bucket album! Woo---hoooo!!! ETA: Ahhhh how could I forget that Rey was in the mighty Shrapnel with Dave Wyndorf! Illuminating, as my previous musings probably indicated. |
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Post by sukebegg on Jan 28, 2023 12:01:17 GMT
Apparently The Martinets have four albums and I can't even find files of the one or two I had  Le Olde Soulseek yields zero so far but there should be at least one on your least favorite streaming service. Distribution, it's a beast. Here is Rey with Sour Jazz featuring the great Rat Boy. Rey produced SJ albums I emailed with Mr. Boy a bit way back near 2000 I think because I read he had moved to Japan with his Japanese wife, but he was living in Nagano or Niigata or some shit...Just ran across this band he is doing with a dude from the Golden Arms who were an early straight-up Dolls worship Japanese band... Golden Arms surfy instro Rat Boy's early band...gutter-glam Ramones |
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Post by beta on Feb 8, 2023 21:51:54 GMT
I own that Tribute to The Ramones CD. Weird to see it again on a screen.
Haven't been on anti-social media much. It seems to bring out the worst in people.
Went over to a friend's sister's place to drop her son off. She thanks me, and then tells me that I am a negative person blah blah blah. I have told people who actually know me the story. They laughed pretty hard. I am stupidly positive, always willing to help, and so on. Narcissistic people really can't deal with reality. Weird to have it directed at me, because I don't give fuck what my friend's sister says or does. She is getting ready to marry somebody in the USA, leave her teenage children behind to fend for themselves in the military and college, and "work on herself." Her children contact me for advice on how to deal with practical problems. I suppose the fact that I knew their father has something to do with that, and the fact that I don't fuck off on them in the middle of a problem.
I have a lot of friends from Rwanda and Ghana. When I tell them about these Canadian parents, they shake their heads in disbelief. I have become much more quiet about the terrible parents; and therefore I focus on good ones like my brother-in-law and my older sister. They do what they can to help their children, which includes something known in the common gloss as patience. It seems to be working, like it has for, say, 40, 000 years or more.
My most loyal and trustworthy friend died two days ago. He wore a Ramones shirt proudly, along with more tattoos than I could keep up with. His family, his closest friends, and anybody who really knew him in any way are devastated. He lived with my family for a while when things got tough at home. My mom and dad loved him like their own child. Just lucky to have known him as long as I did. When people were beating up punk rockers like it was a sport, this guy would make sure that the assholes would get a few punches in the head in order to encourage the assholes to reconsider the attempt. He made life easier for all of us freaks to just get on with it. Heart attack killed him. Last time he was here in the middle of nowhere, he made sure to comfort my dying wife. Pure class. They knew one another only through where she worked as a teenager. Her boss hated everybody he lived with, but liked him a lot, which wasn't hard to do. He was living with some assholes he had met while playing rugby in New Zealand. The assholes were other Canadians he met. They soon left and went back to Assholeville or wherever such folks end up.
Three of my closest friends have died in the last 12 months. The gang ain't getting back together. Never thought that I would live this long. I never thought that I would feel so much grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, and acceptance are on the menu every single day. Welcome to earth, beta! The price of loving people is all this pain. No worries! It is plenty worth it. Life has been wonderful to me. I wish it was working out better for those around me whom I love dearly. So my advice to all of you is NEVER meet me or become my friend. It seems to be a death sentence.
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Feb 10, 2023 11:24:12 GMT
As antsy old man Albini opines "time marches on.... pretty soon we're all gone..."
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Post by sukebegg on Feb 11, 2023 10:46:04 GMT
Well my misery's without company
My partners in crime have been taken from me
We used to laugh about our legacy
Couldn't get arrested on mtv
Johnny thunders was a new york doll
He cared so much he didn't care at all
Stiv bator went to catholic school
Turned his sins into something cool
And the scum lives on
All my friends are gone
Why they gotta die so young
And the scum lives on
Brian jones and keith moon had style
Bon scott was a problem child
Rob tyner bugged the f.b.i.
Was abbie hoffman really suicide?
Jesse helms' gonna live forever
Jimmy swaggart's gonna live forever
Dan quayle's gonna live forever
Ronald reagan already lived forever
Reverend donald wildmon will live forever
Rush limbaugh's gonna live forever
All the politician's gonna live forever
Nixon taught them all how to live forever
I'd hate to think it's conspiracy
No one's left who makes sense to me
The immoral majority adding insult to my injury
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Post by beta on Feb 11, 2023 13:21:51 GMT
As antsy old man Albini opines "time marches on.... pretty soon we're all gone..."I noticed. |
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Post by beta on Feb 11, 2023 13:24:51 GMT
Well my misery's without company My partners in crime have been taken from me We used to laugh about our legacy Couldn't get arrested on mtv Johnny thunders was a new york doll He cared so much he didn't care at all Stiv bator went to catholic school Turned his sins into something cool And the scum lives on All my friends are gone Why they gotta die so young And the scum lives on Brian jones and keith moon had style Bon scott was a problem child Rob tyner bugged the f.b.i. Was abbie hoffman really suicide? Jesse helms' gonna live forever Jimmy swaggart's gonna live forever Dan quayle's gonna live forever Ronald reagan already lived forever Reverend donald wildmon will live forever Rush limbaugh's gonna live forever All the politician's gonna live forever Nixon taught them all how to live forever I'd hate to think it's conspiracy No one's left who makes sense to me The immoral majority adding insult to my injury Michael Monroe's favorite songwriter and his wife are lovely people. Bit worried about Frank today, though. He's in hospital. I should hear something soon. |
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Post by beta on Feb 17, 2023 23:21:21 GMT
Migrated back to Linux. I can barely turn an Apple computer on. Windows was driving me crazy. Updates, lousy code, etc. Apple, "Oh, my pictures are so pretty", computers are probably worth the money, if you have money to burn. I don't know. I'd rather type in commands than look at the remarkable shadows in some Instagram video on my iPhone or whatever the f*ck it is called. Apple computers have amazing graphics so I am told. There is an Apple computer in this house. I don't use it. It is okay to look at, but I could not be bothered to try to use it. The strange woman who lives with me used it until she couldn't be bothered either. So now it is the Steve Jobs of the house. Probably just was wise as Steve was as well. American love for wealth is really weird. Kepler and Newton interested me growing up, not some blokes who made machines that would make work even WORSE and MORE F*CKING regimented and full of time management assholes. Thanks, Steve. Thanks, Bill. F*ck you both, you unimaginative pricks. The world is so not fun. I'd rather mow the lawn than listen to those quarter-wits. And I am allergic to f*cking grass.
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Post by beta on Feb 17, 2023 23:28:37 GMT
Decided to try to listen to the radio chatter about NBA trade deadline deals. Big mistake. Worst idea ever. Kevin Durant gets traded?!!!!!! He could be a hundred years old and still be better than anybody mentioned in the f*cking trade. Great league. Super. Just trying to save money and "get assets" for the "future" that never comes. Phoenix gave up a lot of bodies, though, which could matter in terms of having a short bench. But, really, who cares which millionaires win a trophy that is won every year? I don't. I like art. I like music. I like literature. Some centuries there ain't a tune I really like, but other centuries have more faves than I can believe. Pro sports, including basketball, are just too f*cking boring most of the time. Playoffs are good my family tells me. I'll take their word for it. I am going back to the 800 acres that need some cabins built.
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Post by beta on Feb 18, 2023 17:23:56 GMT
Soviet film at its best, I reckon. Watched this again this morning. I don't think that I am ever going to do a decent review of anything, but should somebody else watch it on this message board I hope that you do enjoy the film. The cinematography itself is incredible. I also like how the tensions between the Soviet Union and China during the 1970s are represented in the film. Makes me laugh every time I see this film. Johnny Ramone probably never heard of this film, which is sad. NYC is its own kind of prison just like L.A. become one for Ramones who made the trek to the west coast of Jesusland.
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Post by beta on Feb 18, 2023 17:28:54 GMT
Remember when your mom put a bar of soap in your mouth when you were swearing around her? And now she wonders why you enjoy swearing so much. It takes all kinds.
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Post by beta on Feb 19, 2023 21:53:29 GMT
That dog in the avatar isn't a joke. I help people train their dogs. And, you know, it is the case that I train people that their dogs are not children, don't like to be hugged, and want to have a purpose in life other than being "cute" for crying out loud. Sooner or later a dog is going to be the PM of Canada. People shouting religiously about "force free" training when they have a leash around their dog's neck. Fuck. Poor dogs. They are being punished by rewards. If only people bothered to read a little bit about psychology before having a dog around that they make into a monster. Dogs were bred to work so put them to work. It will be better for everybody. How cruel! It's like people can't be in relationships so they get a dog and make it clear why NOBODY should be in a relationship with them.
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Post by Sprague Dawley on Feb 19, 2023 22:56:18 GMT
Dogs were bred to work so put them to work. It will be better for everybody. How cruel! It's like people can't be in relationships so they get a dog and make it clear why NOBODY should be in a relationship with them. |
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Post by beta on Feb 20, 2023 13:38:39 GMT
Dogs were bred to work so put them to work. It will be better for everybody. How cruel! It's like people can't be in relationships so they get a dog and make it clear why NOBODY should be in a relationship with them. I have a herding dog as well. She is insanely driven. Loved that video. It is so easy to have a dog around that has purpose. Why people put their dogs in bags and carry them on trains is beyond me. I have heard "emotional support animal" talk for a while. I just wonder how bored the dogs must be. People asked me once when I bathe my dog. I had to laugh. Why would I bathe her? She is out in the rain and snow. She smells like a dog. All those products are bad for her skin. Haircuts for a shepherd? Crazy. People seem to punish dogs with their so-called rewards. Dogs with PTSD? I have heard that one so many times. I have also read that dogs are psychologically resilient. And the dog in the video is dirty, crazy, and resilient. That dog is worth a fortune. A friend has a Russian Bear Dog. It has a different name, but it doesn't tell you the work it does. Anyway, that dog is as driven as mine. I live in the middle of nowhere for a reason. That dog and mine have an understanding---people suck for the most part as does bears, moose, coyotes, foxes, etc. Thanks again for that video. |
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Post by fuckface on Feb 21, 2023 9:36:45 GMT
i bought my kid a border collie, bull arab cross pup during lockdown. he named her 'hot sauce'. its nearly three now. the thing loves to run. its completely ball crazy. she gets taken to the dog park or beach and cases a ball pretty much non stop for an hour and a half / two hours a day. then drops the thing at your feet two minutes after she gets home. i am pretty much just a throwing machine these days.
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Post by fuckface on Feb 21, 2023 9:40:03 GMT
was reading upthread there^ a bit and thought, hang on, yes, who the fuck is c.j. ramone? i mean i know joey, johnny, dee dee, tommy , marky and even richie ramone, but c.j??? no fucking idea. guessing he was in a late late lineup. last lp i bought was 'too tough to die' don't know if i've heard anything after that.
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Post by beta on Feb 22, 2023 20:05:28 GMT
i bought my kid a border collie, bull arab cross pup during lockdown. he named her 'hot sauce'. its nearly three now. the thing loves to run. its completely ball crazy. she gets taken to the dog park or beach and cases a ball pretty much non stop for an hour and a half / two hours a day. then drops the thing at your feet two minutes after she gets home. i am pretty much just a throwing machine these days. I can relate. Sometimes I get out of the car on a dirt road and drop the dog's favorite ball on the side of the road. I get back in the car, drive a mile down the road, and get out of the car with the dog. As soon as I release her, the crazy dog is going down the road to get the ball and bring it back. Two miles to drop that ball at my feet so we can do it again and again. I throw the ball at the dog park as well. Thankfully, the distance doesn't matter. She will run it down. I hide the ball in the underbrush or snow. No worries. She will find it and return it to my feet. I should take up smoking weed to amuse myself while she is having the time of her life. |
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Post by beta on Feb 22, 2023 20:06:57 GMT
was reading upthread there^ a bit and thought, hang on, yes, who the fuck is c.j. ramone? i mean i know joey, johnny, dee dee, tommy , marky and even richie ramone, but c.j??? no fucking idea. guessing he was in a late late lineup. last lp i bought was 'too tough to die' don't know if i've heard anything after that. C.J. played the role of Dee Dee. The set got faster. Johnny timed it, and then told Joe Strummer about the faster set. Show business!!! |
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Post by beta on Feb 28, 2023 17:23:03 GMT
'Oh, What A Beautiful City' by Reverend Gary Davis is getting played a lot. Death, no longer a joke, starts to haunt a person. And the anxiety at these levels makes a person feel out of the blue as though something bad is going to happen. Still, I prefer this to the idea that all suffering is caused by human desire. No, sorry, people suffer, including myself, regardless of what I desire. The dissolution of "the self" is, to me, an idea that makes more sense of WWII in Japan than it does for dealing with the world as it is. The old "garden behind the garden" mind game hardly entices me to ignore the garden that needs some tending to in reality.
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Le Olde Soulseek yields zero so far but there should be at least one on your least favorite streaming service. Distribution, it's a beast.