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04 Oct 00 - 05:02 PM (#312186) Subject: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: wysiwyg Hear ye, hear ye, my MudSisters and MudBrothers! Hear ye, lurkers and shirkers! Hear ye, MudCousins, one and all! IT'S COME! Yes!! the time to go over the wall! YEAH! If you were to get up RIGHT NOW and walk away from whatever you are doing, and throw over the traces so to speak, and make for the hills, where would you go, and what would you do there, and what chaos would you happily leave behind? ME??? Oh! Well I have three weeks to go, about, before winding up this Red Cross gig as chapter manager. I'd... go up to Camp, our Adirondack slice of green heaven, and HOLE UP! Then I'd go into town, a few days later, for supplies. And to use the library computer to invite you all up there too. With snuggliest blankets and clothing-- it's cold up there right now! We'd have campfires and cookouts and tunes and stories, much snogging, great sleep, lots of laughs, and back home? Why the catbox would overflow, and the Red Cross would go to hell without me that much sooner. And at church they'd have to lead their own singing, and it's high time. OK!!! Make your break--- are you with me? Oh I can't wait to see all your plans! Maybe I'll tag along! Anyone for bank robbery? ~S~
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04 Oct 00 - 05:06 PM (#312192) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: MMario Many a day when I pull out of the parking lot a work I have been tempted to just keep on driving....Trouble is, the money would run out sooner or later (much sooner in my case usually) and then what? |
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04 Oct 00 - 05:09 PM (#312197) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Mbo I can't, I have a Photo crit tomorrow. |
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04 Oct 00 - 05:16 PM (#312211) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: mousethief Wherever my sweet lady is, is castle and palace to me. But if I could take her with me, we'd probably go to Greece, or Russia, or Alaska, in that order.
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04 Oct 00 - 05:20 PM (#312217) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Kim C I would go to a spa high up in the mountains with Sven to give me a back rub and some cute houseboy to feed me grapes while I recline in a hot tub full of bubbles. Pass the champagne. |
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04 Oct 00 - 05:21 PM (#312219) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Matt Woodbury/Mimosa I'm going camping in central Tennessee all next week. Play in the woods with the faeries! Mimosa |
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04 Oct 00 - 05:21 PM (#312220) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: wysiwyg No no no, MMario and Mbo, that will NOT DO. Come on. IF you could, THEN where, what, huh???? Come on! ~S~ |
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04 Oct 00 - 05:24 PM (#312224) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: SINSULL Alaska. There is a glacier outside Juneau with my name on it. I went there by helicopter and landed near a small lake/melted ice. Barren, serene, clean, cold. At least once a week I sit back and ask why don't I sell this damn apartment, turn everything into cash and go hide on my glacier? Someday.... Thanks for the break, Praise. I needed that. |
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04 Oct 00 - 05:26 PM (#312228) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: wysiwyg Look, there's Hardiman over there by the fire, next to the dutch oven stewing up a heavenly dinner, and he's smoking his pipe! ~S~ |
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04 Oct 00 - 05:27 PM (#312230) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: sophocleese Can't do it this weekend Praise. Its Canadian Thanksgiving and family has come up for a visit. What I would really like to escape though is an apartment that reproaches me hourly for its disgustingly untidy state. Where the hell is my magic wand? |
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04 Oct 00 - 05:33 PM (#312232) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: MK I'd like to go to Paradise Island, Bahamas ALONE, take a guitar with me and my golf clubs. Lie on the beach, smoke the local reefer, drink Heinies, do a bit of gambling at night, golf in the mornings, beach in the afternoon, and guitar practising in between these activities. I figure about 3 consecutive weeks would do it. Funny I was just thinking about this today, so your thread is sort of timely, Praise. Anyway, I cannot get away but this would be my dream vacation. I will make this a reality within the next year. (Perhaps do the reefer prior to hitting the beach so the Bahamian Police on bicycles don't nail me. They live for that. *BG*) |
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04 Oct 00 - 05:50 PM (#312249) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Greyeyes There's a pub called the Boot Inn, in a small village in South Wiltshire. The landlord has pulled my pint before I reach the bar, and refills it without being asked as soon as it's empty. I have friends there, they seem pleased to see me. I don't have to work tomorrow so I can drink with them, chat a bit, have a laugh. After we've quaffed a few and the landlord has locked the door they might ask me to sing the odd song. Once, a few years ago, three of us sang the most amazing version of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" anyone in the Boot had ever heard. Sadly we were all three drunk as skunks, and have never been able to remember how we did it, tho' we've tried many times to recapture the effect. So that's my great escape, the Boot Inn, Tisbury, a pub like no other. |
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04 Oct 00 - 05:56 PM (#312255) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Rick Fielding Guess I'd return to a place I've been before and REALLY enjoyed. South of France...no worries...no responsibilities....guitar and a backpack... (drank wine in those days)....long walks....friendly ladies....funky little hotel.....ahhh, bliss. The fact that I was 19 helped! Rick |
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04 Oct 00 - 06:01 PM (#312259) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: wysiwyg Yeah?? Yeah??? Then what?? And what chaos left behind? huh?? More!! More!!! ~S~ PS, Greyeyes, I can tell already yer among yer own kind now! |
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04 Oct 00 - 07:07 PM (#312326) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: bbelle Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. The air is soft and warm and feels like lotion washing over your skin. During the day, I would walk on the beach, pick up shells, do a bit of snorkeling, eat jelly coconut and fresh grouper, nap all afternoon. At night, I would visit French Leave or Potlatch, drink LaPhroig, argue economics and politics with the expats, play a few tunes, maybe get friendly and neck with the resident poet laureate. Then I would sleep in an open cabana, the hibiscus and lush vegetation creating a musty, heady scent. The year was 1967 and I, too, was 19. There was magic attached to being 19. moonjen |
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04 Oct 00 - 07:22 PM (#312337) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: wysiwyg Soph, here's your wand: ! ~S~ |
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04 Oct 00 - 07:45 PM (#312353) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Mbo When can I come? Try a year & a half. Maybe. |
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04 Oct 00 - 08:19 PM (#312378) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: wysiwyg Mbo! It's a PRETEND going over the wall!!!!! To get a break NOW! ~S~ |
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04 Oct 00 - 08:32 PM (#312384) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Mbo Jump over? HA! I've got to go build my barricade! Saint-Merry, you say? HA! Mine will be BIGGER, Faubourg be damned! 6 stories high! Then I can sit behind it and play MY music and don't have to listen to anyone's nasty remarks about it! "I can hear a hundred million reasons to build a barricade..." |
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04 Oct 00 - 08:37 PM (#312386) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Naemanson But You don't understand. If it only cost a nickel to go around the world I couldn't afford to get out of sight! But I guess I would leave this tangled web of run down house, too much work, not enough money, and go back to the camp on Duck Lake. I would be able to hike again and would spend my days wandering the woods and canoeing (not kayaking if you please!) down through the thoroughfare into Junior Lake and on into Scraggly looking for Dennison Portage into Sysladobsis Lake. Evenings would be spent by a campfire listening to the loons calling and watching the stars. And, through the magic of fantasy, I would be able to check into the Mudcat periodically.
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04 Oct 00 - 08:45 PM (#312395) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Troll The places I would want to go now exist only in memory. But the town of Ramsey on the Isle of Man comes as close as anywhere I've been so far. troll |
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04 Oct 00 - 09:01 PM (#312402) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Bill D I'd get in my BIG van and drive all over the US collecting weird wood...especially Texas, Arizona and Florida...and when I was done, I'd go to Australia and do it there.....
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04 Oct 00 - 09:04 PM (#312405) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Bill D ...and then I'd go to Belgium and try ALL their beers! |
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04 Oct 00 - 09:07 PM (#312407) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Ebbie Since I'm already where I want to be and we have no road to drive out by anyway, I would invite you all to join us at a camp at 28-mile. There are dozens of unheated cabins all connected by damp paths winding among big trees. Inside each cabin are 6 platforms just waiting for your bedrolls. The main lodge is set in a grassy sward perfect for pitching tents, volleyball and badminton nets and picnic tables. Inside the lodge, it is toasty from the overgrown barrel stove and the heat coming from the steamy kitchen. There are couches and deep chairs throughout the LARGE living room, next to lots and lots of round tables that will be set up on edge when the dancing starts. Not far away- maybe 500 feet is the Winter Cabin, with an oldfashioned stove and beds to accommodate 23, and unlimited bed-on-the-floor spots. Every few cabins there is an outhouse but there is also a heated bathhouse with flush gasp toilets. This is a rain forest,it is true, but we will arrange for one of our periods of blue skies and mellow glancing light every day and star lit nights, perhaps with northern lights undulating overhead, should anyone wish it. We will sing and play as late as we wish indoors and out and get up as early or as late as we can justify to ourselves. This is a wilderness, folks, so do be aware of meeting the odd bear ambling down a path. One rule: Do Not SURPRISE a Bear. Oh, yes- and we can stay as long as we like. Ebbie |
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04 Oct 00 - 09:09 PM (#312411) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Naemanson Ah, Ebbie, to be able to hike that far again is my favorite fantasy. |
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04 Oct 00 - 09:14 PM (#312413) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Mbo And then I'll pull out my guitar and play my favorite new Radiohead song "How To Disappear Completely". |
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04 Oct 00 - 09:19 PM (#312422) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Troll Mbo...Please do. *BG* troll |
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04 Oct 00 - 09:30 PM (#312426) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: MMario okay Praise - here it is - road trip, major road trip, hitting a ren-faire every weekend and folk sessions in between |
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04 Oct 00 - 09:46 PM (#312439) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Helen A town called Broken Hill, near the centre of Australia. Lovely people, amazing red desert sands, distant horizons visible in every direction, lots of art galleries and artistic people. When I was in the middle of my recent work-related trauma I was very upset after coming home from work one day. I couldn't switch off my brain, and it was all too overwhelming for me so I jumped in my car and headed off to go to Broken Hill. I had very little money in my bank account and the prospect of no more if I didn't keep going to work (the site of my distress) but I was just going to drive for 24 hours to get to this town where I feel so much at home. Luckily the idea wore off after about half an hour of driving and I detoured to my favourite local spot near the river and just sat there in the peaceful cool of a dusky early evening and calmed down enough to drive back home. I still want to go back there and spend a chunk of time enjoying it, but by the time I do get there I will (hopefully) more able to enjoy it. By the way, if you saw the movie Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the scene where the drag queen walks down the main street of an outback town in the dress made of thongs (flip-flops? rubber, open shoes) was filmed in Broken Hill. Helen |
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05 Oct 00 - 09:43 AM (#312696) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: sophocleese Okay, thanks for the magic wand Praise. The housework still isn't done, but I'm not worrying about it. Where would I escape to? The 4 days I spent this summer camping in two provincial parks with my family. Very few things to keep track of so its easier to pack up and walk away. Hiking through woods and along water-edges. Watching the kids climb every boulder on the beach. Discovering neat plants, fish skeletons and tiny frogs. Feeling underused muscles waking up and taking notice. |
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05 Oct 00 - 09:54 AM (#312702) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: MMario and as of tomorrow morning I am off to Cape Cod for a five day weekend. Ren-faire, beaches, lobster, clams, lobster, lobster, dancing camels, lobster, the scent of the ocean on the breeze, lobster, visit to a glass factory where they blow glass by hand, lobster, Wenches, pub sings and lobster.
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05 Oct 00 - 12:33 PM (#312831) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Lin in Kansas MMario, tell the truth--whattaya think of lobster? Praise, thanks for the break--given my druthers, I would leave housework, bills, demanding grown-up children, demanding furry children, etc., etc., behind and spend another couple of weeks at Winfield, listening, playing music, and sleeping any time I felt like it. Heaven! Gives me a grin just thinking about it... Lin |
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05 Oct 00 - 03:33 PM (#312969) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: wysiwyg Good job all, especially MMario. I love lobster how you lobster keep having to lobster come back to lobster say more lobster. It kinda lobster got stuck lobster in your lobster head, didn't lobster it? Helen! Helen Helen Helen!!!!! YES!!!! I HAVE seen Priscilla Queen of the Desert!!!!! Just this summer with another Mudcatter family! Helen... don't you think we need a thread to see who has seen it, especially outside of Oz? It does have music in it.... ~S~ |
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05 Oct 00 - 03:51 PM (#312983) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: SINSULL Helen, I wandered into Broken Hill many years ago. I wanted to see an opal mine and my "expert" travel agent who had been to Australia in WWII knew the perfect place. Flew my first Fokker and have amazing pictures of the mines from the air. It was a little the worse for wear but scenic and friendly. I had no money than but roamed the art museums which were actually people's homes undisturbed. People were at best surprised to see an American tourist turn up in their midsts. I didn't recognize it in "Priscilla..." Thank you! |
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05 Oct 00 - 03:53 PM (#312986) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Naemanson Thread Creep! Lobster? Did someone say lobster? I'll tell you what. You eat the lobster and I'll have the ear of corn and the biscuit they give you with it. I have gotten to the point where I eat it once a year just to say I've eaten it but I don't go out of my way for it. Now mussels are a different story. I will never understand why anyone would want to eat bait. I have tried mussels prepared using just about every recipe and it still comes out tasting like lobster bait. Clams are good and scallops are the best. End of thread creep. What was this thread about? Oh yeah, dream places. Back on track - Dawn in the stern of my grandfather's lobster boat, the Pot Luck. Filling bait stringers while balancing against the swell. Swapping lies with my cousin. Laughing at the ragbaggers (sailboats) and at what the other fishermen are saying on their CB radios. Hearing the rumble of the engine. Watching for the buoys as they dance on the water. Crushing the spider crabs and throwing them out for the seagulls to fight over. Standing clear of the line as the pot goes back into the sea for another two days. Catching a whiff of the diesel exhaust and feeling slightly seasick. Feeling the land seem to move under my feet after a day of balancing on a moveing deck. Relaxing in my bed after a full day's work knowing that I've earned this night's rest. |
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05 Oct 00 - 08:00 PM (#313144) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Sorcha I'm a comin, and you wouldn't believe the chaos I'm leavin behind..........I don't even care if the cabin has water, heat or food. I'll fetch, chop, and create. These people don't even know how to rinse a dish, let alone reconcile a checkbook or pay the bills.........see me tomorrow........FOCK EM ALL!!!! Esp. lawyers and liars. |
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05 Oct 00 - 08:54 PM (#313180) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Little Neophyte Well I am kind of like Ebbie, I'm where I want to be. But you know, Ebbie's place sounds right up my alley to go visit sometime. Can I bring my banjo and my Starbucks Ebbie? Is cocktail hour acceptable on the premises? Can I take a hot shower once in a while? Do you see the northern lights around this time of year? I don't mind the bears and I don't mind chores. Can you send me a map so I can find your place? Thanks, Little Neo |
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06 Oct 00 - 01:01 PM (#313569) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: wysiwyg YEAH, Sorcha, FOCKEM! FOCKEM ALL and START WITH THE TALL! ~S~ |
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06 Oct 00 - 01:07 PM (#313578) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Naemanson Ouch, Praise, I am tall! |
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06 Oct 00 - 01:08 PM (#313581) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Naemanson Or was that meant in a kindly fashion, i.e., the real meaning of the word? |
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06 Oct 00 - 04:58 PM (#313745) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: wysiwyg Well, Naemanson dear, um, I would never purposely give offense to you... or other tall friends... or tall enemies, crap! I forgot about them! Be nice to them too... no, love them does not always mean be nice.... [fockem] could be loving them, ha ha.... it is sort of meant to apply to those who act tall in a political sense, but who have pretty small spirits... um, well, it's rude said that way too, I was being rude to SOME group, probably thosepesky earth people again! Oh you. Now see what you did. Don't make me come over there. You still owe me a photo too. You know what I mean. Gimme. Now if Sorcha wants to take it differently that's not up to me! Oh lookie lookie, I think I went over the wall right here in the thread. Oh well. That's what it's for. Now on Monday Hardi and I will arrive at a clergy & spouses conference, which is supposed to be a chance to have gone over the wall, but once I am there, what if I want to go over the wall FROM there???? I think I will just leave my mind at Mudcat. Doesn't Max have a MINDPARK feature built in yet? ~S~ |
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06 Oct 00 - 05:08 PM (#313754) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Naemanson Praise, I sent some photos to Pene Azul but he hasn't put them up yet. If you want you own personal mailing I'll need your email address. Send me a PM and I will forward requested photos. |
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06 Oct 00 - 05:30 PM (#313764) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: wysiwyg Is this the *event*photo we discussed on the |
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06 Oct 00 - 05:53 PM (#313775) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: wysiwyg ....never mind! secret! |
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07 Oct 00 - 05:18 PM (#314280) Subject: RE: StressBuster: Going Over the Wall NOW! From: Little Hawk Well, I would like to go to Cuba again, but it'll have to wait for a bit. |