See, for example, this on David Icke: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/David_Icke

Thinks Dick Cheney is a lizard man.
Which would make Liz Cheney a lizard lady.
Works for me.

not a big fan of mint but ice cream yes.

zeno should i have a comma after mint?

and should i have put one after zeno?

yes after both, i think lol

go to OOT grammar thread to be sure

definitely when addressing a person either to start or end a sentence

Zeno, should i?

Should i, Zeno?

https://www.google.com/search?q=wood...Wj4u-8-FwfA6M:

woodstock 1969

https://www.youtube.com/embed/MmwTdABys84


country joe

close to half a million people came thru the fences and crashed woodstock.
at some point they opened it up and made it free instead of the 18 dollars for the weekend admission.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/AqZceAQSJvc

santana woodstock 1969

for schlitzy and dave. aint none of those freaks nowadays compare with those guys

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...pZbFu4iK0n0Xqm

<3

i love the original woodstock and that generation

the John Sebastian performance, crosby stills and nash, the who

so many great performances. Ten Years After

So my GF and I had a great trip to Washington last week. We started with two days in Bellingham, close to the Canada border, where we stayed with her aunt and went to a family reunion picnic:



Her uncle restored a 1928 Dodge Speedster (I think that's what it's called)



So this is where it gets weird:

Maile had told me her great-grandfather was an amazing wood carver, and there was this 8-foot snake he had made in 1941 that used to hang in her grandparents' house, and when they died, she didn't know what had happened to it. She wanted the snake.

Well, when we were at the family picnic, they told her the cousin who had the snake had died and that there was an estate sale the next day at his old farm. No one wanted the snake and tried to dissuade Maile from getting it (it has bad juju). But Maile was undeterred. The next day, we drove to the farm and found that the snake was selling for $3,000.

Maile was crushed. Apparently, her great-grandfather was thought of as a local folk art dude, and his work was now worth something.

Being the good boyfriend that I am, I haggled the price of the snake down to $750, mostly by saying things like, "Dude, it's her great-grandfather's snake. He made it. It should stay in the family, right?"

And so Maile got the snake!

However, it's 8-feet freaking long. We had a rental car - a Subaru Outback that we had been upgraded to because they were out of mid-sizes. Somehow, we fit the whole damn snake into the car!




If we hadn't been upgraded to this car, there's no way we'd have been able to take the snake. And we just happened to be in Washington the weekend of the estate sale. Weird.

Anyway, we drove around the state with this damn snake touching both the front and back windshields for a few days until we stashed it in a storage facility in Seattle. We will drive back up and bring it back sometime in the next few months!

Anyway, from Bellingham we went to Port Angeles, and saw whales and walked through the Art Forest, as suggested by Ray Zee.









The art in the woods was really cool and creepy, because you never knew when you were gonna stumble across something. Very Blair Witch lol.

We also drove to the top of some mountain for the view, but it was all fogged in. Still pretty cool.




The whales were awesome. I didn't get any photos because I was too busy being excited. We also saw seals and porpoises and sea lions and eagles.





The morning on the boat was really misty and cold, but then it burned off and it was glorious. So much fun. It was about a 5 hour trip.

We then took a ferry to Seattle for the last day, but stopped at a cool lavender farm first. Family members are getting lots of lavender-type gifts in the coming months!






In Seattle, we went into the cool public library, and one of the levels looked like this:



Last night we spent dining on the water.




*****

Great trip....loved driving all over. Beautiful part of the country.

Oh, and we went into a cannabis store to get some CBD oil or something for Maile's aunt, who has arthritis. I got me some gummy edibles. I liked them. A lot.

Nice pics! Looks like you got some good weather for that part of the country, don't usually see any blue sky I lived up that way in the late 70's for a few years and when the weather is good it's one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.

Yeah, Maile said July/August is great up there...the other months not so much lol

cool trip report dom. so much to see up there and great places to eat. i guess you didnt get into the park or there would be pics of hurricane ridge or something.

if you drive up next time consider going up 101 from northern cal through oregon. longer trip but worth the extra days. more spectacular things even there. zeno can help you with southern oregon and i can with farther north.

September might be the best month of all. those 3 months get the least rain but may, june, and october are also not too rainy and very beautiful.

No, we only dipped our toes in the park, and drove to the top of some mountain, which was cool - vert Twin Peaks vibe there. But we didn't really have the time for a huge hike. We were going to try to visit the Staircase (?) and see some giant tree log, or something, but we ran out of time.

The Art Forest Walk is really cool....I loved it almost as much as the whales, so thanks, Ray!

Too Much Fun; Great trip report. Been in that area many times ever since childhood because we had relatives all over the Seattle area. And later my best college buddy moved there and worked for Boeing. Traffic is now a bit much but overall still a great place to visit.

That snake story is the best. And that is one good looking snake.

You should stick a comma any damn place you please; is, my, opinion.

Bertrand Russell once related that he once was advised to put a comma every two words, or so.


That could, if possible, used correctly, be sound, or not.

Just because it was mentioned, sort of:

The Chief Defect of Henry King
Was chewing little bits of String.
At last he swallowed some which tied
Itself in ugly Knots inside.

Physicians of the Utmost Fame
Were called at once; but when they came
They answered, as they took their Fees,
"There is no Cure for this Disease.

"Henry will very soon be dead.''
His Parents stood about his Bed
Lamenting his Untimely Death,
When Henry, with his Latest Breath,

Cried, "Oh, my Friends, be warned by me,
That Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, and Tea
Are all the Human Frame requires...''
With that, the Wretched Child expires.


Hilaire Belloc


[Another "Just Because" inspired by John Cole]

i see you hit desception pass. that bridge is great to drive over and walk out on and look.
ive camped at the park across the bay there and its one of my favorites.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ss_bridge2.jpg

yeah, we stopped and took photos at Deception Pass.

Zeno, I guess we didn't get too many photos of the snake, only what you see. The whole thing is amazing.