The Bar... Volume#2

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:52 am

SLC = Salt lake city
E-11 = Element-11, Utah's regional burn
O-Town = Ogden, UT, crossroads of the west.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:55 am

Thanks for clueing me in, Ranger Genius.

I've always found Utah to be a very unwelcoming state because as I drive on I 80 almost all the exits say "No Services". But I'm sure the people are fine, I just keep rolling on through because I'm afraid to get stuck somewhere with no fuel.

Then I pull off just before Wendover and get a meal at the Raceway Diner at exit #4.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:21 am

There are a lot of towns called "No services" and "Ranch exit" round these parts.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:25 am

For a stranger traveling through, it seems so inhospitable. I usually get fuel just south of SLC at one of the travel plazas. I think it's exit 99 then I head on through.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:26 am

Putting on the coffee for breakfast and some snackies:

And bacon too.

And you guys can cook this one up later:

Chat with you later.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:39 am

Good morning and thanks for the bacon Deb.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:54 am

hey, coffee, thanks Deb............

What's a "snakebite" drink?

I just came through SLC on my way back from CO..........I have good memories there, so, I like it...........I had and have friends there, and, dated a hot stripper there for a while.........nice...........staying at her house with all her friends was always a treat when I went there.........

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:05 am

anti-depressants are for pussies, deb....

tell your The Rapist to go fuck him/her self....And i don't mean that in a Bull-shit Scientologist way either.

why do humans always feel the need to feel good?

what a load of Horse-Puckey, and see what it got you?

now you look like One Eyed Dick.

if that isn't proof enough of your foibles, i dont know what is...

throw the goddamn pills away and have a smoke instead....

you know, the GOOD stuff.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:10 am

*waiting by the t.v. for live sky cam coverage of people on minibikes riding east*.............

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:24 am

oh, you mean the Air Force and their live "predator" cam?

thing is, you're not prey if you hear them coming.

insert big bellowing "Guffaw" right fucking *here*...

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ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:31 am

"some do pray, when they hear them coming........."

Or, Ron Jeremy's girlfriend..........

I was more thinking of the reports from:

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:39 am

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:40 am

well, they wont be on "TV" they'll be on YouTube.

oh wait, youtube is the new boobtube i suppose.

(shouts out to the boobybar!...)

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EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:41 am

ygmir wrote:"some do pray, when they hear them coming........."

Or, Ron Jeremy's girlfriend..........

I was more thinking of the reports from:

"Mr. Wizard......Mr. wizard....

I don't think we are in Kansas anymore.
Look at all those wierd people down there in that desert...some are naked.. and dancing .. .. Look at all the strange lights and auto-mobiles"

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:43 am

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Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:43 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Barbara

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:45 am

Hey someone call me?

Howdy ya'll back in the saddle again...

Had a ruff start of the day yesterday.....had to bang head against wall for a minute...or eight!

All better now...

Comes back to that poem upon which some christian person wrote...

Regardless of anyone's spiritual back ground its still VERY well written:

Gawd grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All better now, the picked scab will heal and the road pushes forward!

Now get outside and build something damnit!

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:51 am

can i get a "what-what"?

so the big question is what does the sound of e-playa exploding make?

i guess we'll find out, won't we...

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:01 am

ygmir wrote:that is very prescient advice, Gyre:

in my business (making tombstones), I hear over and over again how folks wished they had advocated for themselves, or loved ones, and, asked for another opinion.......

Sometimes, it's clear cut and, yes, you're just better, and, move on.
somtimes, you get lucky.

sometimes, you don't.......

I hear about "you don't" a lot........

we are all fortunate you got treated and are here to lend you wit and wisdom to the eplaya family.

I hope the same for all.

(wow, am I philosophical today?)

Ok, ok.. i forgot you were in the tombstone business, so I am sure Yagmir knows this story, but do the rest of you..

Ask a guy in the tombstone businesss if he ever gets depressed and he'll tell ya, sure he does it can get "really depressing sometimes..

then someone dies and I feel better."

(you don't think he is trying to drum up any business HERE do ya?)

ps.. pinemom..thoughts with ya..keep us posted.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:15 am

yeah, no, I'd not try to drum up business here.....no worries......

you clever devil you........

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:19 am

Thanx Wedeliver...Im doing really good!

I do need to call the "other" doctor to sort out all the er tests and give me a straight answer to "what exactly" I had happen to me?

But Im feeling really good with a side of headaches?

Checking things off the LISTS helps my personal moral for sure!

Ok...Now...gotta get my day planned out...or at least guidelined yeah?

Ya'll have a great one! ~Muah~

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:00 am

Box Burner wrote:Hi Ranger. Aren't you behind the Zion curtain close to AntiM? I'm in SLC.

Sorry about the arm. that sucks. Are you going to the burn?

Close to Anti M? Close to Anti M!? I could throw a shoe into his tent from mine. And no, we don't camp with Zion, too noisy. We camp in Hushville. And Genius IS one of the set-up campmates. Not me, that's fer sure.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:33 am

ygmir wrote:well, shows you what I know about whiskey........thanks for the clarity.

yeah, you really gotta watch the docs........they mean well, but, you really have to be your own advocate.........they bury their mistakes..........(crude joke, I know)

so, for you and PM:

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PM, ygmir was offering us a transfusion last night! Your blood is too thick and mine is so thin its running out my ear and my eye! So I proposed we mix it half and half!

Hopefully you're feeling better. Headaches are not a good sign after your little episode. Lots of people who have TIA have a real stroke within 3 months. Take care of yourself.

We all get to sign Ranger Genius' PINK cast! Someone might have to help him with set up though.

Ygmir, that tombstone story from wedeliver reminds me that I need to talk to you about a hunk of granite for my leatherwork. 12x12 and about 3/4" or 1" thick, polished one side. That's what I need to have for carving leather on. My piece cracked and I need a new one.

Simon, if you're bringing the good stuff to the playa, maybe we'll try out your theory. Pills I'm taking are not to make me happy but to keep from sinking too deep. I might be ready to come off them but don't want to risk it before I get home from the burn. Too many reminders of Caleb there.

Hope you enjoy your cross country scooter run!

Snowah Zark · Post by **Snowah Zark** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:54 am

actually deb, i NEVER carry with....that's just asking for trouble.

i am, after all, not stupid.

i do have my ways, of course, and will be amply supplied with the good stuff when i arrive.

which i will, of course share with my friends.

i will keep y'all posted on my meanderings via Boobtube, and hopefully not attract too much attention as i do my imitation of johnny burning seed, spreading little fires as i go...

ps. Deb....be not afraid of the depths....it is often where you will find the purest, cleanest, coldest water.

just remember to come up for AIR.

without the edges, the middle gets very very boring, and artists would have nothing to do.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:55 am

Forgot to answer your question about snake bite drinks, ygmir

It's Yukon Jack (another Canadian whiskey) with a bit of lime juice. Kinda smarts like a snake bite too but that is a smoooth whiskey.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:56 pm

Deb Prothero wrote:Forgot to answer your question about snake bite drinks, ygmir

It's Yukon Jack (another Canadian whiskey) with a bit of lime juice. Kinda smarts like a snake bite too but that is a smoooth whiskey.

sounds good, Deb.
years ago, I came up with a drink, I call "the borders", Yukon Jack and tequila............yum........

the granite you want sounds pretty thin, are you hitting it very hard?

seems the ones I've made for others tend to be 2" or more.....but, I don't know anything about carving leather........just wearing, and, sometimes chewing, it.........grin............

yeah Snowah, carrying with can get you a vacation via the "round house"................as you may well know............

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:26 pm

ygmir wrote:
sounds good, Deb.
years ago, I came up with a drink, I call "the borders", Yukon Jack and tequila............yum........

My god, man. You must have an iron gut!

the granite you want sounds pretty thin, are you hitting it very hard?

depends on who I'm mad at.

seems the ones I've made for others tend to be 2" or more.....but, I don't know anything about carving leather........just wearing, and, sometimes chewing, it.........grin............

maybe that's why mine broke. I just measured it and the thickness was 1". It had lasted for over 15 years. If you have access to thicker granite, I'd be happy to get a piece from you. Send a PM with the price. I'd be happy to pay for your trouble.

yeah Snowah, carrying with can get you a vacation via the "round house"................as you may well know............

I'm so naive I wouldn't know even where to find anything to carry! Besides I have enough border troubles. They don't like the food I bring!

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:08 pm

i would like to make a toast.

today, after 44 years on this earth, i made peace.

I made piece with my father for a mistake i made many years ago, he said he never blamed me anyway.

i made peace with my mother, someone i did not talk to for YEARS.

i made atonement and apologies to old friends and enemies, new friends, new family, old ghosts that have been haunting me for years.

some say you cannot look back.

others say you must always remember.

i say you can do both.

never forget where you come from and where you have been and who you have known.

but in the same very deep breath, do not let these things way you down.

let them go, and keep them close....a paradox it seems...it's not.

this very simple wisdom is available right here, right now, for very very free.

make peace with yourself, find your passion, your calling, and take that motherfucking ball and run with it.....run like your life depends on it, because, in essence it does.

a black sun, where all disappears, a white sun from which everything comes, and a red sun, that beats within.

i am going to make it from the roc to the Rock and back...

and when i return, i will begin again....a new business venture with old friends and new, blood family and my extended family whom i love equally.

the best of both worlds is to skate blindfolded, across the razor's edge, and never worry about falling.

thank you e-playans for allowing me to spill my guts, live, for all to see....

burning man is quite cathartic, isn't it.

i burn every day, from now on...

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:18 pm

i almost forgot...

anyone can have anything they prefer...

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:55 pm

*grabs bottle of fine cognac*

pours two shots, slides one to Simon:

A toast, friend:

may the peace you found, be the piece you sought............

*edit for a better word*

The Bar... Volume#2

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Ka-BOOM!

a toast!