Sunday, July 28, 2019

PhD*Son is one of the 70 who qualified to do this!

They're going to run up Vermont's highest mountain, then run down it. Should be warming through the 70's to about mid 80's, with thunderstorms arriving in the afternoon. However, the race is run 6:30am to 1:30pm, so they should be okay.  Well, except for those places in the course where to fall could mean serious injury or death.  Yeah, moms just love when their kids do things like this. Ha!


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  1. He might be too big for you to flog--but have you given it a try? [grin]

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    1. Don’t tempt me! 🤣

      He is generally more capable than I fear. And he has always been adventurous. But it’s one thing to push your body by running a marathon, another to live near polar bears for a month for the sake of research, and quite another to place your body over precipices just for the challenge of it...!

      Silly boy!

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    2. BTW, the words “serious injury or death” are not mine, but came from the event description...!!

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    3. Hey, at least the expected thunderstorms will now hold off until after the event. As I’ve been on a mountain in a thunderstorm, I am much relieved...!

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    4. I hope the current weather prediction is accurate.

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    5. The Kid did it! Up and down Mount Mansfield is a trek that would take the average seasoned hiker about 4 hours. In this race they reach the summit twice, once from each side of the mountain. He did it all in under 3 hours...!

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    6. "As I’ve been on a mountain in a thunderstorm, I am much relieved...!" I sort of know what you mean. A thunderstorm hit shortly after I started down the trail from the top of Bridal Veil Falls in Yosemite. I understand that those who decided to wait it out on top had an exciting time.

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  2. Jailed Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, taken to hospital with “allergy.”

    Alexei Navalny: Jailed Russian opposition head develops 'allergy' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49144327

    Hmmm, he’s never had an allergy before.

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  3. Did you know that the person who did the voice of Minnie Mouse and the person who did the voice of Mickey Mouse actually married?

    Russi Taylor: Minnie Mouse voice actress dies aged 75 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49141873

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  4. Baltimore Sun rips Dear Leader a new one. [Click] ZOT!

    GOP Retirements Keep Coming [Click]

    The story behind Candyland [Click] I don’t recall that I ever played the game, but I sure do remember the polio epidemic.

    Talks held in Vienna to salvage Iran nuclear deal [Click] I certainly hope they can work around Trump’s sanctions, although that would mean a further erosion of US strategic influence.

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    1. The Baltimore Sun editorial puts me in mind of Vermin Supreme. [Click]

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    2. Come to think of it, might Vermin Supreme have a cause of action against Trump AND the Baltimore Sun for giving vermin a bad name?

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  5. The song I would play for trump instead of "Hail to the Chief"

    Nowhere Man
    The Beatles
    He's a real nowhere man
    Sitting in his nowhere land
    Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
    Doesn't have a point of view
    Knows not where he's going to
    Isn't he a bit like you and me?
    Nowhere man please listen
    You don't know what you're missing
    Nowhere man, the world is at your command
    He's as blind as he can be
    Just sees what he wants to see
    Nowhere man, can you see me at all

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    1. Howzabout Mr. Block? Or maybe it should be (with a few emendations) the theme song of the Republican Party?

      Song: Mister Block
      Lyrics: Joe Hill

      Music: To the tune of, "It Looks to Me Like a Big Time Tonight"
      Year: 1913
      Country: USA


      Please give me your attention, I'll introduce to you
      A man that is a credit to "Our Red, White and Blue";
      His head is made of lumber, and solid as a rock;
      He is a common worker and his name is Mr. Block.
      And Block he thinks he may
      Be President some day.

      (CHORUS:)
      Oh, Mr. Block, you were born by mistake,
      You take the cake,
      You make me ache.
      Tie on a rock to your block and then jump in the lake,
      Kindly do that for Liberty's sake.

      Yes, Mr. Block is lucky; he found a job, by gee!
      The sharks got seven dollars, for job and fare and fee.
      They shipped him to a desert and dumped him with his truck,
      But when he tried to find his job, he sure was out of luck.
      He shouted, "That's too raw, I'll fix them with the law."

      (CHORUS)

      Block hiked back to the city, but wasn't doing well.
      He said, I'll join the union, the great A. F. of L."
      He got a job next morning, got fired in the night,
      He said, "I'll see Sam Gompers and he'll fix that foreman right."
      Sam Gompers said, "You see,
      You've got our sympathy."

      (CHORUS)

      Election day he shouted, "A Socialist for Mayor!"
      The "comrade" got elected, he happy was for fair,
      But after the election he got an awful shock.
      A great big socialistic Bull did rap him on the block.
      And Comrade Block did sob,
      "I helped him to his job."

      (CHORUS)

      Poor Block, he died one evening, I'm very glad to state;
      He climbed the golden ladder up to the pearly gate.
      He said, "Oh, Mr. Peter, one word I'd like to tell,
      I'd like to meet the Astorbilts and John D. Rockefell."
      Old Pete said, "Is that so?
      You'll meet them down below."

      (CHORUS)

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