tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post565318581678068065..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Another Open ThreadGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22408383125484839272011-10-28T08:19:20.628-07:002011-10-28T08:19:20.628-07:00@Van. LOVE IT!@Van. LOVE IT!John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607964922479543670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5227276408591351022011-10-28T08:17:56.319-07:002011-10-28T08:17:56.319-07:00"... reality show", or as we like to cal..."... reality show", or as we like to call it, turning the wrong way on Hwy 79.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62341245039622704562011-10-28T08:15:57.162-07:002011-10-28T08:15:57.162-07:00Mushroom said " "The Beverly Hillbillies...Mushroom said " "The Beverly Hillbillies" was a reality show."<br /><br />Lol.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49299133969329500512011-10-28T08:15:34.104-07:002011-10-28T08:15:34.104-07:00Good story mushroom!
I do miss the VA/TN hills....Good story mushroom! <br /><br />I do miss the VA/TN hills. When you made that left turn off the main road that went up the valley and followed the the twisting road up and over the small gap and into our holler you passed through a stationary wrinkle in time which popped you back 40 years.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607964922479543670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86345020904964157292011-10-28T08:08:24.608-07:002011-10-28T08:08:24.608-07:00*way*, which *way* the Raccoon points.
Good thing...*way*, which *way* the Raccoon points.<br /><br />Good thing there are always signs.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16839637288583395032011-10-28T08:07:44.018-07:002011-10-28T08:07:44.018-07:00What is it Brigid says? Another Browncoat.What is it Brigid says? Another Browncoat.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6242758109324663552011-10-28T08:07:18.474-07:002011-10-28T08:07:18.474-07:00John, and anyone else needing to know which the R...John, and anyone else needing to know which <a href="http://www.images-graphics-pics.com/signs/sign-generator/simple.asp?text=The+RACCOON+POINTS+NORTH%21&align=Center&align2=Middle&fontsize=34&font=homework&color=darkblue&transparency=225&color2=tan&watermark=&move=0&move2=&parody=&rotate=&allow=5608&left=&right=&up=&down=&pic=Cardboard-Sign&x=103&y=62&w=213&h=125" rel="nofollow"> the Raccoon points....</a>Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62439921966170602402011-10-28T00:22:37.866-07:002011-10-28T00:22:37.866-07:00Mushroom - I finally just now watched the first ep...Mushroom - I finally just now watched the first episode of Firefly. That dinosaur line is a lot funnier now... :)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6246706870680577202011-10-27T23:43:19.924-07:002011-10-27T23:43:19.924-07:00No worries, Bob.
I will be lightly tethered in hi...No worries, Bob.<br /><br />I will be lightly tethered in high orbit, near the celestial fire pole, ready to seize the wheel of the cosmic bus when you get better.<br /><br />http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/bong.htm<br /><br />Wow... two out of 4 of my favs out of commission. Life is gonna be soooo dull for a while. :D<br /><br />Take your time, I'm going 'nowhere'. Come to think of it... where is 'somewhere' on the internet?<br /><br />Hmmmm.... :)Cond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91657389329479396842011-10-27T22:05:43.086-07:002011-10-27T22:05:43.086-07:00Wow,that was a good Game Six. During Game Four, I...Wow,that was a good Game Six. During Game Four, I said to my wife -- who is a fan of Nolan Ryan and the Rangers <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zwDkrGKlCg" rel="nofollow">due partially to this</a> -- that David Freese was a dangerous hitter. Now she believes me.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71211076766083824292011-10-27T22:00:11.016-07:002011-10-27T22:00:11.016-07:00To John and me, "The Beverly Hillbillies"...To John and me, "The Beverly Hillbillies" was a reality show.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44849900553693175092011-10-27T21:11:34.583-07:002011-10-27T21:11:34.583-07:00Wow - I've known some "interesting" ...Wow - I've known some "interesting" folks in my time, but you two might have me beat.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75985346555875809072011-10-27T20:58:55.278-07:002011-10-27T20:58:55.278-07:00My dad was a very skeptical person. However, he g...My dad was a very skeptical person. However, he got a work horse in a trade that had "fistulo" -- that is, fistulous withers or "poll evil" -- it's kind of like inflammatory bursitis that breaks open. To the old-timers, it was more or less incurable. Figuring he had nothing to lose, Dad took the horse over to a woman known to be a faith-healer, which, of course, he had no faith in. <br /><br />While Dad talked to the woman's husband, she took the horse around out of sight. When she returned, she instructed Dad to turn the horse out in the pasture and not look at him for, I think, two weeks. Dad figured he could at least follow the rules, so if the horse came up around him while he was in the field, he would look the other way and walk off. <br /><br />After two weeks, the horse's withers were completely healed -- no sign of the "fistulo" at all. Dad would always end the story by saying, "I guess my faith wasn't too strong. I took him and traded him without ever putting him back in the harness."mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33998510145289476732011-10-27T17:05:53.925-07:002011-10-27T17:05:53.925-07:00Fast forward a couple of months and I'm giving...Fast forward a couple of months and I'm giving their mother a ride over the ridge to the general store that will extend her some credit until the checks arrive. On the trip over we were engaged in small talk, she mentioned that she didn't like the Virginia death penalty laws because she was concerned for her boys. She also mentioned that Steven's ex-girlfriend got sick with "the cancers." <br /><br />Very odd.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607964922479543670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16244066100341409082011-10-27T16:53:37.353-07:002011-10-27T16:53:37.353-07:00Where was I? So Steven and his two brothers appea...Where was I? So Steven and his two brothers appear out of the shadows.<br />So I say, "Oh, Hi guys". Now that I think about it, it may have been the fireworks we were setting off that attracted them. (I really miss the Tennessee fireworks). So we continue on with the fire prodding, jokes, singing, fireworks when Steven kneels next to the fire. He then, I believe, holds up a stick or something and says, "This stick (or whatever) represents somethingortheother." and tosses it into the fire. Then he pulls out a small plastic baggie containing a raccoon foot and says "This raccoon foot represents somethingortheother." and tosses that into the fire. My guess is that it was from the same raccoon he was snacking on a month or two before. Then he pulls out another small baggie and sprinkles a substance onto the flames. He says, "This is sugar and this represents somethingoranother."<br /><br />We were all staring in silence when<br />Steven gets up and says, "Well I just put a curse on my girlfriend." That was a buzzkill, to say the least. I'm standing next to my witch friend and say quietly, "Can he do that?" My friend says, "Yes but not to worry, I grounded the spell." What a relief!<br /><br />But there's more to the story...John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607964922479543670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39109181041261470302011-10-27T16:32:17.895-07:002011-10-27T16:32:17.895-07:00I figured, and yet it seems as though "immumi...I figured, and yet it seems as though "immuminated" ought to be a word...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32780103637209200902011-10-27T16:30:30.638-07:002011-10-27T16:30:30.638-07:00Crap! I mean illuminated faces...Crap! I mean illuminated faces...John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607964922479543670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1781688577830378152011-10-27T16:28:04.676-07:002011-10-27T16:28:04.676-07:00Ok, well, so Steven is chewing on something like a...Ok, well, so Steven is chewing on something like a chicken leg and I don't know why I would ask him outright but it turned out in our exchange of pleasantries that he was snacking on some raccoon and he asked me if I wanted some. I politely declined and he headed on down the road.<br /><br />Fast forward a few months and we are having a small bonfire in the bottomland next to the dirt road and creek that ran in front of the house. It was a small party of, maybe eight of us. Two of them were contract programmers we were working with and befriended that had come up from Research Triangle in NC. One of them was a practicing witch. You may know the type, long hair, very intelligent, programmer, D&D, witchcraft. Nice guy, and I'm not being sarcastic. So, we are hanging around the bonfire, singing songs, telling jokes, playing with the fire when out of the shadows appear the immuminated faces of Steven and his two brothers....John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607964922479543670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55799639881112280012011-10-27T16:22:20.354-07:002011-10-27T16:22:20.354-07:00Oh, fine: ✌ ✌
Best I can do - my symbol library d...Oh, fine: ✌ ✌<br /><br />Best I can do - my symbol library doesn't carry jazz hands...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74914045360711116942011-10-27T15:40:55.529-07:002011-10-27T15:40:55.529-07:00:D
Please do! I meant to say, I liked the other ri...:D<br />Please do! I meant to say, I liked the other ring-tale as well.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88062833085130472722011-10-27T15:38:33.153-07:002011-10-27T15:38:33.153-07:00I do have another true story involving Appalachian...I do have another true story involving Appalachian hill folk and a raccoon. But instead of putting one over on the revenuers, magic is involved. <br /><br />It starts like this. Twenty years ago when our family lived on a mountain farm west of Bristol TN/VA, on the Virginia side, Our neighbor Steven was walking down the dirt road in front of our house chewing on something. Steven was one of three teenage boys who lived next door. Imagine your worst Appalacian hill folk nightmare and that would proabably accurately describe those particular neighbors. (I'm thinking that may have been one reason we got the farm so cheap) <br /><br />I'll continue if I get an "up twinkles."John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607964922479543670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17674101460133443882011-10-27T15:23:55.103-07:002011-10-27T15:23:55.103-07:00@julie. Oh, that's sweet. It's the Weste...@julie. Oh, that's sweet. It's the Western Civilization Lab course they didn't take in college.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607964922479543670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54721864687318031102011-10-27T14:56:46.280-07:002011-10-27T14:56:46.280-07:00Today's schadenfreude.
One can only hope the ...<a href="http://ace.mu.nu/archives/323115.php" rel="nofollow">Today's schadenfreude</a>.<br /><br />One can only hope the experience will have a beneficial impact on at least a few of the folks there.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16861494996835349672011-10-27T13:55:57.259-07:002011-10-27T13:55:57.259-07:00Anybody have a good story?Anybody have a good story?Open Trenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354412002318534131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27423747826739135722011-10-27T11:47:59.138-07:002011-10-27T11:47:59.138-07:00@mushroom.
The raccoon points north. Repeat, the ...@mushroom.<br /><br />The raccoon points north. Repeat, the RACCOON POINTS NORTH!John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607964922479543670noreply@blogger.com