The Bar... Volume#2

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:12 am

MisaBlue wrote: It is old monastery, which was burned out (the roof collapsed) and they reconstruct it in deep communism..architect decided to make this unusual roof (at that time), but he had to proof why to communist bureaucrats...so he made up the story that this two peaks (can I say that about the shape?) are actually the symbol of two Russian spacecrafts heading toward the Moon and space, as the sign of how developed Soviet Union is...and they ate it... :D

I love it when stuff gets snuck in under the radar like that.

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:07 pm

Quickies obscene???? Vaguely or otherwise, "It ain't necessarily so."

Misa, we'll talk about Prague when we see you in SF enroute to the Burn We have St Mary's church that I think is beautiful with a wonderful roofline.

Cheers

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:18 pm

I'm sometimes all about the vague and sometimes all about the downright obscene.

It seems Santa has passed out on the couch after drinking all the gin.

at least he had company

trystanthegypsy · Post by **trystanthegypsy** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:13 pm

I really need a drink. working for myself is awful-

"get to work on those business cards!"
"aww, I don't want to"
"oh, ok then, lets go have a drink."

Also everyone should check out the band Florence and the Machine. I dont care what kind of music you already like, everyone should have a listen. it's just interesting!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:49 pm

magicmarty wrote:Quickies obscene???? Vaguely or otherwise, "It ain't necessarily so."

Misa, we'll talk about Prague when we see you in SF enroute to the Burn We have St Mary's church that I think is beautiful with a wonderful roofline.

Cheers

Quickie is nothing!

while I work on making this little electronic hoohaa do my bidding

sounds pretty down and dirty to me.

Misa--that Saint Mary's is known as Our Lady of the Washing Machine.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:12 pm

And to all who wished Die Wunderkoosche Happy Birthday, she says (and I quote):

It's been long enough since I was over there on anything resembling a regular basis that I've been logged out of the site.... Do please convey my thanks back to everyone, with an extra earscritch for the Frenchpuss.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:18 pm

ygmir wrote:Hi Elorrum........yeah, I'll be taking 97 starting at Weed.........

Sput:
My plan is to get to Packwood, WA, tomorrow evening...........I'm not taking the fastest route, which, usually is only 12 or so hours.
But, I've not taken this route up there, and, it might be nice to see some new scenery........

97, wow, that used to be the way to go to WA in the 50's 60's. My mother mentioned it to me when I told her I took 97 to visit my friend in Weed, Big Springs Road off of 97 ( I usually say Shasta) Her back porch has a huge giant Mountain behind it... HUGE. We love you Mt. Shasta!

well, anyway, I tried a new recipe tonight and it came out pretty good. Thai red chicken curry.

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:38 pm

that looks incredibly yummy elorrum .... what goes well with it? i'm thinking beer.....

our lady of the washing machine is more beautiful inside than out, methinks. but it's interesting, either way.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:46 pm

or Thai iced tea.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:50 pm

Thai tea?

I sense a tongue twister coming.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:07 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:
MisaBlue wrote: It is old monastery, which was burned out (the roof collapsed) and they reconstruct it in deep communism..architect decided to make this unusual roof (at that time), but he had to proof why to communist bureaucrats...so he made up the story that this two peaks (can I say that about the shape?) are actually the symbol of two Russian spacecrafts heading toward the Moon and space, as the sign of how developed Soviet Union is...and they ate it...
I love it when stuff gets snuck in under the radar like that.

The stained glass in the mississippi capitol dome is full of pagan images

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:07 pm

I kinda like Our Lady of the Washing Machine. And yes, it is really beautiful on the inside. The roof seems to float above the floor of the cathedral. Methinks it is a rather remarkable building IMHO.

Elorrum you done it again. The Thai Curry looks wonderful and beer does go well with that.

Dang, do miss that old YGMIR. He sure is one good old host. Hope he is having a good time!

Nite All, Morning Misa

MisaBlue · Post by **MisaBlue** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:51 am

Morning Marty! Good morning people! And yes, do hope Yggy is having good time...we should keep the Bar running until he comes back

It is nice day, sunny, but not hot...wish you the same

Lets have breakfast outside today...

and coffee...

I am very excited about visiting SF. Why is it called Our Lady of the Washing Machine? There must be some story behind that name for sure. I love churches, even thou I never go inside (if ordinance/ritual goes on).

Elorrum, that is tasty looking soup...I take a bit for lunch...and Little Flower, I grab one of the Chang Beer (it is exactly the one I was drinking in Thailand all the time

)

Gyre there is pretty funny mixture of paganism and Christian religion we have here and people dont even notice that. We are burning witches and drowning the winter...guys beat girls with wicker stick on Easter...on the other hand Christmas presents are brought to us by Baby Jesus and nobody think it is odd, even when Czechs dont follow religion...

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:04 am

There is a certain amount of pagan ritual integrated into society here, but I'm pretty sure nobody knows about the Earth Mother depicted up there on her throne.
The lack of familiarity with the details is one reason no one has taken a lot of notice.

A subversive artist?
Chance models?
The symbology seems very precise.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:20 am

theCryptofishist wrote:And to all who wished Die Wunderkoosche Happy Birthday, she says (and I quote):
It's been long enough since I was over there on anything resembling a regular basis that I've been logged out of the site.... Do please convey my thanks back to everyone, with an extra earscritch for the Frenchpuss.

Extra ear scritches?!? Nice...

(rummages through the cooler for stray beer)

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:23 am

gyre wrote:There is a certain amount of pagan ritual integrated into society here, but I'm pretty sure nobody knows about the Earth Mother depicted up there on her throne.
The lack of familiarity with the details is one reason no one has taken a lot of notice.

A subversive artist?
Chance models?
The symbology seems very precise.

On a related note, this is an interesting site.

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:39 am

Wanders in and sees that Misa made a wonderful breakfast so I'd better get the coffee going since YGMIR is not here to do it. Perhaps he'll join us from wherever he is right now and have a cup.

Gyre, you're intellect is so grand to behold! Misa, the washing machine reference is that some feel that the structure of St Mary's looks like a giant washing machine agitator. You will be able to judge for yourself.

Tilly Tyler tipped a tin of tnted Thai Tea. Tounge Twister, Gyre???

Warm and sunny today

Have a great day everyone

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:48 am

Whoops, my tongue got twisted and twisted my spelling of tongue

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:57 am

G'mornin gang...

wow what a practice last night, my wrists have poi' itis!

heheheeee

The Controlled Burn Compression FAF July 24th,2010 3pm-11pm...Reno old mapes plaza 1st and Virginia if anyones in the neighborhood its gonna be HUGE this yr!

So many awesome fire groups coming to play from all over the world even....weeeee!

Might be the last one we do...as the City of Reno is upping the rental fee's and insurance fee's ...and since this is a free show...thats HARD!

So just in case....dont miss it!

So for the next 3.5 weeks our rehearsals have gone from 2 hours to more like 4 hours 2x's a week...upping to 3 days a week probably 2 weeks prior to show!

And everyone knows you dont wanna Miss Dave Kings super soaker liquid shooter....in City limits we're only allowed to go 30-35ft? ....on playa he does over 100 ft!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:04 am

MisaBlue wrote:Why is it called Our Lady of the Washing Machine? There must be some story behind that name for sure. I love churches, even thou I never go inside (if ordinance/ritual goes on).

I love little wooden sheep at my (virtual) breakfast table.

We are such image snobs in San Francisco. There's a new cathedral in Oakland that's getting called The Church of Christ the Vagina.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:06 am

Do you see sex organs everywhere you look?

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:17 am

Heres looking at you kid.

MisaBlue · Post by **MisaBlue** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:40 am

Fishy that is hard one

It reminds me of one happening in student dormitory here few years ago...

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:12 pm

Marty, you won't get far in life with sarcasm!

The worst tongue twister I ever heard was one Cybill Shepherd used warming up.
Can't remember it, but seems it was potentially trouble if you got it wrong.
Very tough.
I could barely do it slow.
She zipped through it several times, very impressive.
I think it had a lot of Ms in it.

I remember the old one-

"I'm not a pheasant plucker. I'm a pheasant plucker's mate."

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:19 pm

LeChatNoir wrote: On a related note, this is an interesting site.

That is a good site.

When you look at some early christian practices, the connections are very clear.
Things like ritual magic and drug use in worship, for instance.

I saw a church in Rome with steps so worn you could barely stay upright using them.
They say it has been in continuous use for over 3500 years.
I did a little math, and then asked them what it used to be used for.
They pretended not to know.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:39 pm

They might not have knownâ€¦ likely nobody ever told them and they never thought it was ok to ask.

Cathedrals were designed with built in calendars that used the sun to map the important holy days. Using slots or windows in the wall in conjunction with the North-South-East-West orientation of the building, the sun would trace a year-long figure eight passing over specific dates marked in the floor. This in an age when the church publicly professed that the earth was flat. Thereâ€™s a book called The Sun In The Church that documents this in more detail that I ever could.

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:40 pm

Hey, Gyre, no sarcasm intended, really genuine admiration.

I dare not try that tongue twister in mixed company ... or maybe why not

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:57 pm

Well, I am humbled by the praise then.
Not really deserved though.

I seem to remember the phrase 'other plucker' from her exercise.
Now I'm really curious.

Found this-

I'm not the fig plucker,
Nor the fig plucker's son,
but I'll pluck your figs
till the fig plucker comes.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:05 pm

Say this quickly.

Å lapala po mostÄ›, rozprostovlasatÄ›la se.

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:21 pm

gyre wrote:Say this quickly.

Å lapala po mostÄ›, rozprostovlasatÄ›la se.

She walked on the bridge and her hair went all loose and flying.