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Totally worth the $2 per watermelon, even the one ya hurl... just make sure nobody's below, these watermelons are BIG and they'd probably kill someone if they hit him, lol.  ;) 

Edit: I can see ya now in court, up on manslaughter charges, having to tell the corrupt p.o.s. judge: "The watermelon actually slipped from my grasp and fell 15 stories, Yer Honor, and the poor deceased individual struck by the watermelon just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time!" [Sob!!!]   :( 

Yeah, I'm sure that will go over well, you'll probably get "25 years to life!!!"---all part of the jailhouse funding scam which costs taxpayers billions of dollars, PFFFFFFT.   :p

It'd be kinda embarrassing for the deceased too, having an epitaph which reads: "Here lies John Q. Public, struck down in the prime of life by a 10-lb. watermelon!"   :rolleyes:
 
TheSkaFish said:
Olivia24 said:
I need to buy a watermelon now, lol.

Make it two - one to eat, and one to throw off from a high place and watch it smash and fly everywhere!

No way!!! The  melon will only  go in my pretty  little  tummy.
 
Ah, yes, the signature tune by the Beastie Boys... I always liked that one.  :cool:

As a lifelong party animal & unrepentant sinner, lemme tell ya, sometimes ya DO have to fight for your right to party!!! And it ain't always easy... I can still remember when it was LEGAL to drink beer (tinnies) on the friggin' beach in Kalifornia.   :rolleyes:

Dating myself here... been around since dinosaurs roamed the earth, don'tcha know?   ;)

But over the years, I've learned that some times are better than others for partying... and it's best to avoid all cops like the FRIGGIN' PLAGUE that they are, lol.   :club:

Okay, I'm back to this bottle o' chilled rotgut vino... Chardonnay tonight, I'm in the mood for some grape action, lol.   :)
 
Meh, vodka is alright in a pinch or a bind... especially Stolichnaya, my personal favorite, and to hell with that Grey Goose bullshit!  :(

But as a lifelong expert small craft sailor outta Dago (Coronado to be exact, though we were military, not rich, more's the pity), I like RUM and BLUE AGAVE TEQUILA!!!  ;)

"GOOD honeysuckle, MAYNARD!!!"  :rolleyes:

The Stoli DOES come in handy for making Bloody Mary cocktails when I'm hung over, lol. Round here, we mix badass hot peppers and lemon slices into our Bloody Mary mix, the hot pepper & lemon slices go in AFTER the blender has run, AYE??? Try it sometime, you youngsters might be pleasantly surprised, LOL.  :cool: 

Here's a spam-free link to how we roll in the wilderness... some shots show yours truly (spambot or no, lol) truck camping in the Great Outdoors, using that 10-ton road tractor as my personal RV. Not a model employee, I used to routinely burn company fuel while playing the tourist in exotic locations. That's "Turista Pagado" en Espanol---Paid Tourist, lol. ****, sometimes I miss my "trucking daze!" Meh, f___ it, I already saw the country, lol.   :D

Random outdoor adventure shots...  

There are cool shots on both pages of that old thread, I don't use that site anymore because I was banned years ago, lol, but those offroad heroes left my pics up because they're not stinking run-of-the-mill photos, AYE? Two sets of pics per page, you can scroll past the intervening text to see the pics pronto... there are some heller cool shots in that short thread, kinda like a summary of my outdoor recreational life, lol. CHEERS!!!   :)
 
^ It's nice of you to share some of your pics. I've been to many of the same places you have been to less the boating and technical climbing. I have done plenty of free climbing though. But, the stupid way, without any ropes. I've fallen many times and have gotten hurt too. Now my ankles, feet, and toes are messed up from kicking into cracks. How about you? How are your fingers and toes? About a decade or so ago sheer panic hit me on a climb. I was up about 35 feet, no rope, alone, and I couldn't go up or down. I started shaking from fear. After about 20 very exhausting minutes I finally regained my composer enough to climb up and on top. It was torture. That was the last time I free climbed anything difficult. My strength is gone now so I can't do any real climbing. Did you ever have any panic attacks while climbing?

A few years back I scanned in all my photos, switched to using digital cameras, and completely organized all my photos on my computer. I just checked to see how many pictures I've taken on my trips. Turns out it's more then 16,000 and I usually only take 5 - 20 pictures at one place. But, my pictures are for me to remember my trips. I've only shared some with a few people that I have been very close to. I've never posted them for public viewing and don't ever plan to do so. I'm selfish that way.
 
'Free solo' is the term you want... 'free climbing' simply means under one's own locomotion, and gear is still involved. With free solo, it's just you, your climbing shoes, chalkbag, fingertips & mental state. Dan Osman said it best: "When you're free soloing, you best have the route in hand..." And Dan O. was one of the best free soloists ever, his videos are really cool. Maybe I'll dig one up here in a moment. 

I know that feeling, ascending to a point where I couldn't go any higher, and downclimbing was difficult... downclimbing is ALWAYS harder, since you can't see the holds as well and gravity tends to work against you, as far as slippage goes. I once free soloed a spire in Utah and had to downclimb it afterward, and that downclimb was dangerous... took me nearly an hour, lol. I wasn't too gripped, but it was a serious wake-up call: consider the downclimb before ya go roaring off to the summit, lol. 

The weirdest incident in my 'climbing career' was on a direct aid climb, where I was clipping a long bolt ladder on pure vertical... I hadn't used those particular finger muscles & tendons in a long time, so my hands became fatigued from all the clipping & unclipping. Well, I got up pretty high on this route, and next thing I knew, my hands stopped working! Bad arthritis runs in my family, and I may have the early onset version, so that may have had something to do with it. But I DID get a bit gripped, hanging there in slings and shaking my hands to try and get them to work again. Ultimately, I decided to rappel off the route, leaving some gear in place for the next ascender to scoop, lol. I NEVER rap off one bolt, that's a recipe for disaster, thus I left a couple of carabiners and a webbing runner up there, but meh, that's less than $20 worth of equipment, and how much is your life worth?

I made it to the ground alright, though I had to stop on several occasions, keep the brake hand applied, and shake the other hand to regain feeling, swapping hands to use as the brake hand while doing this. It was a weird incident, but at least I escaped from the route without any serious injury (or death). That incident is what led to my phasing out hard climbing... I wouldn't mind doing a long moderate route now, something easy with plenty of nice holds, where I could relive some of my youth and enjoy the view from the route. There's a long moderate route called "Ewephoria" on the Sheepshead, a sizable dome on the SW side of the Stronghold, and it overlooks Tombstone... THAT would be a good route for me at my age. Problem is, I don't have a climbing rope or rack o' hardware anymore, just my shoes, chalkbag, and a couple of climbing packs. I'm not sure I want to spend $1500 or more on a decent rack just to do that one climb... maybe I'll meet another climber who has gear, and we can form a 2-man climbing party to tackle the ascent. I think the 5.8 crux is low, not far off the ground; like most domes the Sheepshead backs off as ya get higher. 

As for the damage done to hands & feet, that's the price I'm now paying as I get older... all that hand & foot jamming in cracks, with the joints twisted under load, well, in hindsight that action is probably NOT the best way to treat your extremities, lol. Even with good climbing shoes, you're still torquing your feet in those jams, and your fingers take a beating on harder climbs, though good technique helps. Tape too, for some of those finger & hand cracks... otherwise your fingers & hands look like hamburger meat afterward, lol. I wasn't a bad climber, but I had friends who were WAY better... I was always a better small craft sailor than a technical rock climber, if ya catch my drift, but I loved being out in those primo wilderness areas, enjoying the views from high on the crags. Heaps of freedom out there back in the day, you could do whatever you wanted in more remote areas, and we'd often combine climbing trips with multi-day camping, dirt biking, archery, shooting firearms, the whole nine yards. We'd usually get the serious climbing out of the way first before partying, lol... no future in getting hammered and trying to climb, though some friends actually enjoyed climbing while high, and weed didn't seem to affect their ability. Of course, these were experienced climbers, I'm NOT advocating weed use for those just beginning to climb. 

Hey, I get ya about having those wilderness adventures... I reckon we're alike in that regard. For me, it was all about the FREEDOM... no crowds, no foul city attitudes, no badges, none of that bullshit, just pure invigorating freedom in the wilderness. You read some of the stories I posted in my 'Tales of Adventure' thread? In that 'Express Yourself' forum? Sheeeeee-it, those were some awesome adventures, I really enjoyed those back in my 'trucking daze!' Just picking a mountain and tackling it when the conditions & timing were right, that 'MOHAWK MOUNTAIN MADNESS' story is a perfect example... if it weren't for trucking, I NEVER would've climbed that badass spire which dominates the range. You can see the view from the summit of that spire in that last link I posted in this thread... scroll down to the ninth (?) photo in the first set, and BU-YA!!! You're standing at the summit of the spire, looking south down the range. Nice view, yeah? I'm sure you've seen similar views, with as much trekking and climbing as you've done. Nothing wrong with mountaineering either, though its good to be prepared when ya tackle the larger peaks. Anyway, lemme dig up that Dan Osman video, I used to have the entire 'MASTERS OF STONE' collection (on VHS tape, lol), but I donated the set to a good friend with five kids, thinking the kids might learn something from the videos. CHEERS!!!   :)

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There's a video of Dan Osman on the Leaning Tower, he was the pioneer of "rope jumping"---not bungee jumping, but rope jumping, where anchor placement is important and so is the pendulum swing at the end of the fall. The video title is a misnomer, there is no extra footage in this particular clip, though there was in the 'MASTERS OF STONE' videos. Dean Potter was another badass free soloist, he also pioneered close proximity wingsuit flight... these guys were excellent climbers, they just pushed the envelope a little too hard, but each one left behind a legacy of kickass routes and speedy ascents. Dean Potter's ascent of 'The Nose' on El Cap is unbelievably quick, I think that was filmed for 'MASTERS OF STONE V"---the fifth videotape in the series. No doubt he was inspired by Dan Osman's speed climb of 'Lover's Leap' which was caught in an earlier video. Again, most climbers move in slower and more deliberate fashion, but these guys were pushing the envelope to show others what could be done. You can find other videos on the web, I'll add one more of Dean Potter... these guys were like my heroes in years past, ******* idols for the extreme sports crowd. Sure, freestyle MX is badass too, but these soloists, rope jumpers, wingsuit pilots et al, they're REALLY pushing the envelope. 

Hmm, only one video per post... back in a moment with the Dean Potter video.   :cool:


Dean Potter video:

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Jeb Corliss video, this one rocks!!! Check out his 'GRINDING THE CRACK' video sometime, that one is also worth watching... this Ball's Pyramid video has some audio glitches, but it's still cool!!!

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Meh, one last video, this time with Steph Davis free soloing 'The Diamond' in Colorado... about 3:25 into the video, that solo begins. 

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Of the four extreme athletes shown, three are dead... there's an attrition rate in extreme sports when folks like these push the envelope.   :(
 
I love to look at the wilderness and watch it on TV but im afraid of spiders and ticks.
 
Stocked the fridge today, always a good thing... had to put one pack o' ribeye steaks back, though, my eyes (and stomach) were bigger than my wallet, lol. Meh, I still have a pack of Angus burgers, two packs of chicken thigh fillets, and some beef hot links to go on some of those delicious Aunt Hattie's Gourmet Hot Dog Rolls, lol. That'll keep me busy for a while... picked up more frozen food too, I like that Orange Chicken by InnovAsian, it's not bad considering how easy it is to make. I use that Thai Jasmine Rice (yellow bag) as a base for the chicken, I learned that my microwave will make that rice as tasty as any rice steamer, it all hinges upon what kind of bowl I use, lol.  :shy:

I'm enjoying a Kombucha drink after putting everything away where it belongs... I like this 'Watermelon Wonder' by Synergy, it's mighty tasty, though I usually buy another brand. Kevita, I think... I kinda mix things up and just buy whatever the fresia I feel like buying while I'm standing there in front of the cooler. These Kombucha drinks are good for loud prolonged belching too, lol. Ah, the FREEDOM of the Bachelor Life!!! Loud belching & farting 24/7/365, lol. Well, not round the clock, but at any given moment, 10-4? Yesiree, this Bachelor Life really sucks... NOT!!!   ;) 

I also bought a nice big bag of fresh cherries, as well as some pineapple chunks, raspberries & strawberries. Berries & cherries are very good for you, in fact fresh cherries have a powerful antioxidant (anthocyanin, I think?) which is REALLY good for ya... certain berries, onions, blood oranges, eggplant, etc., are also rich in anthocyanin. I just looked that up, lol. Anyway, I LOVE all the fresh produce during spring & summer months, it's so tasty and it's good for your health!!! Nothing like a little roughage (i.e. fiber) to keep them turds a-rollin', lol. Cue the DK version of 'RAWHIDE'---"Rollin', rollin', rollin', git them dogies rollin'... RAW-HIIIIIDE!!!"   :) 

Well, guess I'll go check the job listings again... ya never know when something might come up, lol. I'm thinking of knocking off a bank here shortly... lol, just kidding, they don't serve cold alcoholic beverages in jail. I know, because I was falsely charged in that Kalifornia shithole and had six months of my life ripped off for SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED. All part of that jailhouse funding scam: they jacked my bail to half a million after throwing down the fake charges and arresting me, so I was stuck fighting the phony charges from 'the inside.' $10K per so-called "inmate" per month, and I didn't even have any 'record' to speak of, lol, just a misdemeanor DUI from 30 years back, go figure.   :( 

The weirdest part of that whole 'Twilight Zone' episode was this: the hardened criminals, thugs & murderers (as well as idiot gangbangers), they couldn't figure me out, lol. White bread, not a drop of ink... no record either, my 'rap sheet' was sadly deficient, lol. No ink because I always had bills to pay, or dirt bikes and small sailboats to buy, AYE? I'm not against body art though, some of it is really cool, but the gang-related bullshit is a waste of ink & money. I remember one hand from my 'trucking daze' who had a full-on demon's head inked on one shoulder, pointy ears and all, and underneath the head was "MOM"---I thought that was pretty funny. Moi, if I ever do get tatted up, I'll get a hummingbird on one shoulder, a ******* polar bear on the other, that'll keep 'em ALL guessing, lol.   :cool: 

HASTA LUEGO, YOUSE HEROES!!! I'M OFF TO SURF THE WEB... LATER, I MAY WHACK SOME LYING GREASEBALL COP, LOL.    :club: 

OR NOT... BEST THING ANY CITIZEN CAN DO IS AVOID THOSE BADGE-SPORTIN' LIARS LIKE THE ******* PLAGUE THAT THEY ARE, 10-4?

Edit: Had to dig up a couple o' DK videos of 'RAWHIDE!!!' Take yer pick, they're both pretty funny...

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Oh, yeah, the video limit... be right back!!!
 
^ Sidewinder made me laugh and smile today! Thanks Man! Yeah, law dogs are definitely not our friends. It's best not to dabble on the dark side as you'll get slammed the hardest. The hardcore shitheads are given up on and only slapped on the wrists so they don't clog up the system too much.
 
Haha, you're welcome! Some folks say I missed my calling, I should've been a comedian! In fact, women have been laughing at me for years, usually at the size of my... er... um... WALLET!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ;) 

Hey, I just applied for a job as a 'Cannabis Trimmer'---dunno if those fake charges nine years ago will come into play, as a background check is required. To this day, I don't know if I actually have a 'record'---I can't get a straight answer out of that messed-up state, 10-4?   :( 

We'll see, they may have swept it all under the rug, since it was a blatant malicious prosecution... heller corruption out there in the Socialist Republik of Kalifornia, just one more reason why I now live in rural Arizona, lol. I don't miss those lyin' badge-sportin' greaseballs, lol.    :p

That would be cool to work as a bud trimmer, maybe get an employee discount, lol. I'm not a big pothead, but if I'm gonna smoke, I'll smoke the best there is, lol. I smoked so much goddam weed when I was young, I can go without it for long periods of time, but I still like an occasional toke.   :rolleyes:

During my 'school daze' I was known for carrying a U.S. Bong around in my backpack, lol... friends of mine routinely scored heller chronic, some even grew it and/or sold it (illegally, back then), so we usually had decent bud lying around. Great for taking a break from vertical ramp skating!!!   :cool:

Read my story 'TRIX ARE FOR KIDS' in that thread I mentioned earlier, my 'Tales of Adventure' thread in the 'Express Yourself' forum... that's my very own personal skateboarding saga, the great love of my young life (next to small craft sailing, I mean). Good times in those days... if I tried to skate the same way now, I'd wind up in traction in the hospital... or wind up in the morgue, lol. Sheeee-it, my friends & I beat ourselves half to death in those days, but we also ENJOYED it, lol.    :club: 

P.S. Read that part of the story where we gave spicy bong hits of oregano & dill weed to dumbasses we didn't like, lol... that was hilarious, watching those fucktards hack on that honeysuckle! Boy, the old Howard House was something else, we built a huge halfpipe there and skated hard every day, it was ******* insane!!! So much fun, so many good times had there while partying... good memories, that's for sure, ya couldn't get away with all that skating & partying nowadays in Coronado, that seaside ghetto has definitely gone downhill. Too damned crowded, for starters... but things were different back in the mid-to-late '70s, as you already know, lol. BTW, the Reader paid me $1000 for that skate saga... I would've given it to 'em for free, just to see it printed, lol. Time for a little chilled vino... CHEERS, MY FRIEND!!!   :D
 
"Ten billion, two hundred thirty four million, six hundred fifty four thousand one hundred twenty four."
 
FunkyBuddha said:
"Ten billion, two hundred thirty four million, six hundred fifty four thousand one hundred twenty four."

If thats your  bank acct  no wonder you are smiling.


Sidewinder said:
Haha, you're welcome! Some folks say I missed my calling, I should've been a comedian! In fact, women have been laughing at me for years, usually at the size of my... er... um... WALLET!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ;) 

Hey, I just applied for a job as a 'Cannabis Trimmer'---dunno if those fake charges nine years ago will come into play, as a background check is required. To this day, I don't know if I actually have a 'record'---I can't get a straight answer out of that messed-up state, 10-4?   :( 

We'll see, they may have swept it all under the rug, since it was a blatant malicious prosecution... heller corruption out there in the Socialist Republik of Kalifornia, just one more reason why I now live in rural Arizona, lol. I don't miss those lyin' badge-sportin' greaseballs, lol.    :p

That would be cool to work as a bud trimmer, maybe get an employee discount, lol. I'm not a big pothead, but if I'm gonna smoke, I'll smoke the best there is, lol. I smoked so much goddam weed when I was young, I can go without it for long periods of time, but I still like an occasional toke.   :rolleyes:

During my 'school daze' I was known for carrying a U.S. Bong around in my backpack, lol... friends of mine routinely scored heller chronic, some even grew it and/or sold it (illegally, back then), so we usually had decent bud lying around. Great for taking a break from vertical ramp skating!!!   :cool:

Read my story 'TRIX ARE FOR KIDS' in that thread I mentioned earlier, my 'Tales of Adventure' thread in the 'Express Yourself' forum... that's my very own personal skateboarding saga, the great love of my young life (next to small craft sailing, I mean). Good times in those days... if I tried to skate the same way now, I'd wind up in traction in the hospital... or wind up in the morgue, lol. Sheeee-it, my friends & I beat ourselves half to death in those days, but we also ENJOYED it, lol.    :club: 

P.S. Read that part of the story where we gave spicy bong hits of oregano & dill weed to dumbasses we didn't like, lol... that was hilarious, watching those fucktards hack on that honeysuckle! Boy, the old Howard House was something else, we built a huge halfpipe there and skated hard every day, it was ******* insane!!! So much fun, so many good times had there while partying... good memories, that's for sure, ya couldn't get away with all that skating & partying nowadays in Coronado, that seaside ghetto has definitely gone downhill. Too damned crowded, for starters... but things were different back in the mid-to-late '70s, as you already know, lol. BTW, the Reader paid me $1000 for that skate saga... I would've given it to 'em for free, just to see it printed, lol. Time for a little chilled vino... CHEERS, MY FRIEND!!!   :D

You are  hilarious!! Im sure your wallet is quite full :shy:
 

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