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Post by Jazz on Sept 5, 2010 21:09:06 GMT
Fantastic ! This looks like so much fun...the costumes and paper mache heads are beautiful! I think I need to come to New Orleans, (have only been once for a week and loved it). The young woman with the flag on her skirt...great photo...each photo could be in our 'portrait ' thread.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2010 1:59:01 GMT
Thanks Jazz. It truly is one of the highlights of my summer and being off the beaten path,it is local color at it's finest. There were an estimated 4.000 plus revelers out that night,actually, a poor turnout largely due to the inclement weather all day. I get to see people I haven't seen in a really long time,one can move around,drop in on people's homes (there are dozens of open house buffets ans small parties),and then go out dancing after the parade at one or two of the local music clubs. I like to go out to my balcony and listen to the brass bands playing in the street and watch the numerous fireworks people let off,kick my feet up and relax after marching. (For some reason all night long,I kept running into the young woman with the British flag skirt,all I could think of was Tillystar,she reminded me of her,and I've only seen pictures. ) I do hope you come back and visit our fair city Jazz!!
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 6, 2010 15:26:40 GMT
Thanks Jazz. It truly is one of the highlights of my summer and being off the beaten path,it is local color at it's finest. There were an estimated 4.000 plus revelers out that night,actually, a poor turnout largely due to the inclement weather all day. I get to see people I haven't seen in a really long time,one can move around,drop in on people's homes (there are dozens of open house buffets ans small parties),and then go out dancing after the parade at one or two of the local music clubs. I like to go out to my balcony and listen to the brass bands playing in the street and watch the numerous fireworks people let off,kick my feet up and relax after marching. (For some reason all night long,I kept running into the young woman with the British flag skirt,all I could think of was Tillystar,she reminded me of her,and I've only seen pictures. ) I do hope you come back and visit our fair city Jazz!! She is rather dishy........... ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2010 15:48:01 GMT
Yesterday up on the Mississippi River levee while on my bike ride,I spied my old friend on the riverbank below. I hadn't seen this gentleman in some time,his name is Roosevelt,and that's a big Catfish he's holding!! He keeps 3 fishing poles going at the same time. It's a joy to watch,especially when he gets 2 hits,sometimes 3 at the same time!!!
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 6, 2010 15:55:05 GMT
He needs a big freezer then.....................
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Post by imec on Sept 6, 2010 16:12:34 GMT
Wow! That is a big fat catfish!! They also catch those in the Red River (the one that runs behind my house).
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 6, 2010 16:54:58 GMT
Damn! How is he holding that thing up?!
I have to tell you those pictures blindsided me with tear-inducing nostalgia. Thanks, I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2010 18:19:46 GMT
I'm not sure if I have eaten catfish. I know that we would beat the brains out of the nasty little white and grey ones that would gobble anything on a fishhook when I was little. If you threw them back alive, they would be back on your hook in two minutes.
I just saw your photos of mid-summer Mardi Gras, casimira, and they are fantastic -- but I am completely opposed to the concept of such an event. If they want to call it something else, fine.
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Post by Jazz on Sept 9, 2010 18:40:01 GMT
... I just saw your photos of mid-summer Mardi Gras, casimira, and they are fantastic -- but I am completely opposed to the concept of such an event. If they want to call it something else, fine. I don't understand.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2010 18:49:02 GMT
How about calling it "Christmas in September"? Mardi Gras is a specific event at a specific time of year on the calendar. It should absolutely not be used as a generic name for any dress-up-in-funny-costumes festival. I am probably in the minority for holding this view.
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Post by hwinpp on Sept 10, 2010 8:27:33 GMT
I'm with ya, old traditionalist that I am.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2010 16:00:04 GMT
How about calling it "Christmas in September"? Mardi Gras is a specific event at a specific time of year on the calendar. It should absolutely not be used as a generic name for any dress-up-in-funny-costumes festival. I am probably in the minority for holding this view. I am in agree ment with you on this...but,not as vehemntly as my husband is...jeez,he almost refuses to participate even though he is one of the founders of the Krewe,a triumvere,as it were... Basically,this splintering off celebration came about 25 some odd years ago from a group of bored and restless barflies,looking for some reason to get crazy one night at summer's end.Who came up with Mardi Gras...well,she is dead and gone...I remember who it was now...actually,there is a paper mache head of her somewhere in the Krewe's den.... and she rollls through the streets with us now.... It has gotten so big,that to change the name would be superfluous at this point....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2010 11:10:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2010 5:03:31 GMT
I feel that I am supposed to be looking at the person playing the saxophone, but I can't tear my eyes away from the concept that printing "Sgt. David Gonzales, USMC" on a hot dog wagon is a selling point. What is even odder to me than the undertext of (probably) Iraq veteran = patriotism = fighting terrorism = eating a hot dog weakens Al Qaeda, is just displaying one's name in such a way. In France, it is almost impossible to pry someone's name out of them without a specific reason, and except in American chain establishments, you will absolutely never see any service employee wearing a name tag with even their first name on it.
It's amazing how certain relatively similar cultures can differ so radically on little points like that.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 30, 2010 3:57:51 GMT
Here's a bit of local color to which I was subjected yesterday ~~ Since I was downtown, I decided to go to the Benito Juárez market to look for a new wallet. I walked the short block down from the main square, then turned right, brought up short by what appeared to be a large bundle on the sidewalk a few steps in front of me. I looked closer >> a moment's pause here for my brain to catch up to the retinal image << Yow! I was staring right at an adult scrotum and anus! I whipped into the ice cream shop on the corner & asked if the police or a social agency could be called. The women there were quite blase & said that yes, they could be called but that they'd do nothing. Oh well. I proceeded to the market by crossing the street directly & not making the right turn. When I got to the last leather stall, the shopkeeper impressed me as a solid, practical person so I told him about the guy on the sidewalk. Even before I finished, he'd pulled out his cell phone & started dialing. He said the poor soul was crazy. By the time I left the market, the sidewalk guy was sitting up, wearing a poncho and with his nether regions covered. I told Charlie about it later & she said, "Oh, he's always there. He never wears pants."
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Post by Kimby on Dec 5, 2010 1:16:23 GMT
Wasn't sure which thread to put this in. Medical marijuana storefronts are popping up all over Missoula. All you need is a doctor's note saying you have pain or trouble sleeping or a bad appetite, and you can buy pure bud for your personal use, totally legit. You can also raise six plants of your own, if you'd prefer.
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Post by Kimby on Dec 5, 2010 1:18:08 GMT
This is the other thing we buy and sell lots of in Montana, also totally legal:
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 5, 2010 3:32:58 GMT
Great pictures, Kimby! It wasn't until I looked at the first one again that I noticed what's behind the caduceus in Big Sky Health. ;D
Got another good chuckle from the clock on the wall in the 2nd picture -- the clock on the right.
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Post by Kimby on Dec 5, 2010 3:46:42 GMT
Got another good chuckle from the clock on the wall in the 2nd picture -- the clock on the right. Clock? You must have a magnifying glass.
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Post by rikita on Dec 5, 2010 10:43:48 GMT
i find the local traffic fascinating (and scary). this motorbike is comparably empty for here - usually you see families of four on bikes the same size (the bigger child in front of the dad, the smaller ones on the mother's arm, who always sits side ways). passing an elephant in a car is already interesting - but mr. r. tells me it is even more impressive if you pass it when you sit on a motor bike.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2010 11:18:35 GMT
Just one flick of a leg can probably do considerable damage, even to a car.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2010 19:52:23 GMT
Riky, I've observed the same thing. A whole family on a motorbike, baby and all. It makes me cringe to see it in a way. Just the thought of what an accident would do to them all...
I'm hoping to get to ride an elephant when I go to India next year! Seeing as I'll be there for nearly 3 months I should get a chance methinks.
Are you still in Kerela? It's all so green there. Just lovely.
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Post by rikita on Dec 6, 2010 14:53:01 GMT
yes, still in kerala, i don't think i will have time to visit any other states... hope i get a chance to ride an elephant though! recently i was even wondering if i could find out what it costs to rent an elephant for a day, and have all kids at school ride it... though not sure that would work, as the elephants in this area here are not really tourist-elephants, but working elephants (this is not a touristy area), so i am not sure they'd be safe on a school ground, like, don't know how they react to about 80 kids running around.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2010 15:19:58 GMT
I hope you get the chance on that elephant, Riky! And take a pic of it to show us. I can just imagine 80 kids trying to take turns on riding such a large animal. There might be a way to hire one for a couple of hours. Make sure it's a stable one though, used to giving rides to people.
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Post by rikita on Dec 6, 2010 15:48:23 GMT
yeah if i do that i'd also say that it is for a school, so i need one that is good with children... but maybe it is too expensive anyway. i will see, i will speak to the teachers about it first...
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Post by Kimby on Dec 22, 2010 16:10:25 GMT
Local color in Montana in the autumn. Also a huge selection of camouflage clothing: They even have snow camo for rabbit hunting.... BTW, this is not a "hunting store", just a normal Montana sporting goods store. (I also posted these on Color!, but as the last posts on a page, I'm fairly certain no one has seen them.)
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 22, 2010 16:44:30 GMT
I love that the hunters wear one set of clothing in order to blend in with their surroundings, then top it with something to keep the other hunters from accidentally shooting them.
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Post by Kimby on Dec 22, 2010 17:48:56 GMT
Well, archery hunters tend to go for camouflage, since they have to sneak up on their prey, whereas the rifle hunters with their exceedingly long lethal range are required by law in some states to wear a certain amount of blaze orange.
(Wise recreationists who are out during the 6 week long rifle season also wear blaze orange. And avoid wearing white, as an overeager hunter might mistake it for the white-tail deer's namesake and shoot you!)
Interestingly, most prey animals don't see in color, so blaze orange doesn't stand out to them like it does to other hunters. In fact, red and green appear almost exactly the same in black and white, and there is a strain of colorblindness that can't tell the difference between red and green. I used to wonder why deer turned reddish orange in the spring and summer, making them so conspicuous against the bright green meadows. But a B&W sighted creature wouldn't see them at all....
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 22, 2010 21:43:04 GMT
(Wise recreationists who are out during the 6 week long rifle season also wear blaze orange. And avoid wearing white, as an overeager hunter might mistake it for the white-tail deer's namesake and shoot you!) There was a court case involving that very thing. I think this was in Michigan. During deer season, a woman went into her back yard to take laundry off the line. She was wearing white gloves and was shot and killed. Her husband sued, but it was deemed a no-fault case, as "she should have known better" than to go out in those gloves!
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Post by Kimby on Dec 23, 2010 16:05:55 GMT
There was a similar case in Wisconsin, or maybe that was the same one you refer to. I had not heard the outcome of the case. Sad.
Forgot to mention that camo is available in blaze orange as well, since colorblind animals can't see the color. Yesterday I saw a guy on a bike wearing orange camo. No photo, I was behind the wheel.
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