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Post by BrokenSword on Jul 21, 2008 7:39:23 GMT -6
Gordie,
Fascinating stuff about the feet.
I wonder if it’s possible that these feet simply washed down naturally from the foot hills? Have the RCMP boys scouted up the rivers to check that out?
Regarding, the one running shoe found on the beach, but above the high tide line. Did you say it was thought to be a fake and contained non-human tissue? Yes. I recall it now, ‘...latest find was a hoax [nice hoax!!]. The foot was in fact an animal paw [species not named]...’ was the post.
IF it was not a hoax, and the ‘species not named’ was in fact, the legendary Big Foot, the running shoe that contained it might well explain how Big Foot has easily evaded and outrun every attempt to capture it! Tell me. Was the running shoe in that incident, unusually large?
I know you will want to run right down to the nearest RCMP post and relay my theories. PM me for my telephone number, as they will no doubt want to consult with me immediately.
M(aster sleuth)
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Post by biggordie on Jul 21, 2008 13:23:24 GMT -6
M[ost Wanted]:
They should be arriving soon. The RCMP/GRC, that is. I gave them your Email address and, being the high-tech wizards that they are, it took them about three seconds to determine your address.
They HAD sent a crew up one of the creeks, but this being B.C. and all, they found gold at every bend, and the entire local complement has resigned and headed for the hills. Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, as we call him/her up here, was considered a prime suspect in the feets deal, being well-known as a head and torso eater. Nobody considered for a minute that he/she might have been a victim, since the only natural predators which threaten the Sasquatch are King Kong and the Dragon Emperor [besides which, the shoe was only a size 9, and everyone knows Sasquie wears a 19 EEE].
Wait!! who's that coming up your front walk!?!?!? And with the dreaded Writ Of Assistance in hand!!!!!
Off through the hail....................
Gordie
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Post by biggordie on Jan 18, 2009 9:56:44 GMT -6
I HAVE NOW MADE THE DECISION TO CANCEL BIG GORDIE'S BIG JAUNT.
And I can hear the groans of disappointment from clear across the Atlantic and this country. Don't despair, all my English, Scottish and Irish friends, I will re-schedule for 2011. So if you owe me a beer or two, you are not yet off the hook.
I learned a lesson from the recent downturn in the global economy - one cannot REASONABLY predict what is going to happen in terms of travel costs and etc. Here are some examples.
My travel consultants were part of a very large chain of agencies. A week after deciding upon my travel dates with one of the agents there, I went back to make the bookings - only to find the doors locked and an "out of business" sign taped to the front window.
Despite my chosen airline having received less than stellar reviews for customer service, I checked on-line for their latest prices, thinking that the great reduction in fuel costs might have caused them to reduce, or eliminate, their fuel surcharge [as many airlines have done] - only to find that they had not only retained the surcharge in full, but had increased the base fare by a couple of hundred dollars [this for a paid-in-advance-by eight months booking].
I was getting a little sick of these "only to finds," so I rechecked the tour price with the tour company [who advertised with great fanfare that once you booked your tour, you locked in the cost, regardless of any future currency fluctuations]. I'm not sure whether they based their brochure prices on the British Pound/US Dollar ratio, the Euro/Canadian Dollar ratio, or Chipper Jones' Slugging Average, but whatever it was, it had gone up, or possibly down, resulting in a corresponding INCREASE in the price. When I pointed out to the Friendly Customer Service Tour Advisor that the economies of the world were in the dumpster, and that raising the prices might result in fewer travelers, she smugly replied that should a tour date not fill up, they would simply cancel it, and that I could then either re-schedule for another date, or take a credit for another tour, whatever. Which is pretty much what I told her, too. As if.
Then there is the matter of the falling Canadian Dollar. Although it has risen microscopically against the Pound, it has fallen against the Euro, and when I recomputed my food, side-trips and "optional excursions" costs. I found that they, too, had risen considerably.
So, rather than cave in to all of these changes, I decided to cancel my plans for Great Britain by moonlight, and Ireland in the mists. Instead. I will betake myself to the more familiar climes of Las Vegas and Sinaloa [or Cozumel]. If I get stranded, my family will enjoy coming to my rescue.
Britain and Ireland will have to wait for a couple of years, but the 2010 trip to the LBH - BIG GORDIE'S BIGGER JAUNT - will go ahead as planned. For details of this trip, and an "opportunity of a lifetime" you can turn to the thread so titled.
Gordie
Sorry, guys.........................
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Post by lew on Jan 18, 2009 11:44:14 GMT -6
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Post by biggordie on Jan 18, 2009 20:13:15 GMT -6
Neato, Larry. Never heard this song before; but I do remember 1982, which in many respects was similar to 2008/9, at least here in BC. The housing market fell apart, and all those who had bought on the rising tide, intending to flip, found themselves unable to pay their mortgages, which now exceeded their house values. One of our friends lost everything trying to get rich, including part of their parents retirement fund.
I worked for a company which cut salaries twice - the first time by 10% but not taking one to below 30K, which cost me 800 dollars; the second time about two months later, another 10% with no bottom, which took me down to 27K, so I shook hands all around, said KMA to the head honcho, and eased on down the road. Two weeks later, I had a new job, from which I retired 9 years later [I had to go back to work part time in 1996.
So I had it relatively easy during that recession, same as I do now during this one, and I hope I live to see the next one. I obviously have no head for finances, but I think the shake-out will be over this summer, and the rebuilding will begin toward a stronger World.
Take care, and kindest regards,
Gordie
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Post by montea on Jan 20, 2009 21:10:33 GMT -6
There's always Texas, Liendo Pantation where GAC and Libbie stayed, likewise the Blind Asylum in Austin, and shoe-throwing at W contests in Dallas.
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Post by biggordie on Jan 20, 2009 22:58:05 GMT -6
Monte:
2009 is Vegas and Mexico, and 2010 is the BIGGER JAUNT to LBH. Maybe I can shake out a side of Austin in there somewhere.
Gordie
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Post by runaheap on Jan 21, 2009 8:48:26 GMT -6
Monte:
I just viewed my Mutual Fund account and I believe a trip to Dallas to take part in the shoe flinging at "W" (sock and awww contest) might be strongly considered. I feal certain that my broker invested with Mr. Madoff (Or is it Made off) and am Lobbying strongly for the American Judicial system to bring back "Horsewhipping" as a form of punishment. I need a job and will volunteer for the position. If the economy picks up I would love to be at LBH in 2010.
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Post by biggordie on Jan 21, 2009 10:53:35 GMT -6
runaheap:
I do hope that things pick up for you, if you really do need a job, and if you get to the point where you might see yourself going to LBH in 2010, check out my thread about the 2010 LBH trip being planned. It's on the Around the Campfire board. You might be able to jump in.
Good luck,
Gordie
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Post by montea on Feb 7, 2009 9:46:08 GMT -6
All will be welcome, particularly if shoes containing feet washed down from the foothills of Canada, or elsewhere, can be included among those hurled. The authorities will thus be distracted while we beat feet in retreat.
While browsing at a local HEB (a Texas-based grocery store) I happened on a birthday card with a photo of "W" on the cover. Inside was the message "What's a birthday party without a clown?" I immediately purchased it as an artifact of national sentiment, long overdue. MA
“There is no such thing as a conservative hero.”
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Post by Diane Merkel on Feb 7, 2009 11:32:55 GMT -6
I prefer the card I bought ten years ago. It has pictures of Bill and Monica with the caption, "What's an intern without a cigar?"
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Post by Dark Cloud on Feb 7, 2009 13:07:48 GMT -6
Yeah. Nothing more disgusting than heterosexual sex between consenting adults outside the confines of holy marriage. Who could ever imagine young women flinging themselves at powerful men? Or men, with their famous self control, succumbing? And at work! Spontaneity in Sex is as un-American as truth before sending soldiers to war.
Sorrowfully, here in Colorado another guy (and important in McCain's recent campaign) has just been nailed for pedophilia, unlike any other church-going, family values type - say, Congressmen with male interns or prostitutes - or others with the happiness of their satisfying sex lives etched on their kind faces, under henna haired perfection, always willing to live and let live lest someone wonder about them as well, and start thinking willing obesity, religious sanctimony, and unfullfilling sex lives are somehow related. Like science and 10,000 years of history seems to prove.
The commie librul media will make a big deal of this, maybe even tabulate the sex scandals by administration, and again fail to give coverage to the Clinton or Democrat scandals which we never read about. If people knew Clinton had affairs, he wouldn't retain higher approval ratings than anyone but Obama at present. If only the media had looked into that! Oh, wait......
Or, worse, maybe America will grow up about sex and cast off the fairy tales of 'love forever' and drop kick the revolting wedding industry into the trash where it belongs. It's the unheralded wedding anniversary industry, where actual success and happiness is celebrated, that deserves bailout, peer approval, and gifts. First lust idiocy with its terrible record of success? Not so much, no.
Not that I have an opinion on this or anything.
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Post by biggordie on Feb 7, 2009 15:48:07 GMT -6
If you ever form one, RL, don't hesitate to let us know - and no mincing of words.
Gordie
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Post by Dark Cloud on Feb 7, 2009 16:20:51 GMT -6
Therapist team T5 thinks my self esteem is progressing to the point where a held opinion might, eventually, be possible. The other six teams are less certain, but then they have far more dead and wounded than 5, which is all women.
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