The Train's Lounge Car

hedonist

badbrains said:

hedonist said:

We had a small quake here just a bit ago - 3.5 (pffft - I spit on ye!).

Poor kitties though - it justifiably freaked them out, and now they're allies behind the bed.

Of course, the news is milking it for all it's worth.

That wasn't an earthquake Hedonist. My cousin had major gas issues in Elysian Park. And when did LA start reporting any earthquakes under 5.0? LA has become a bunch of pussies and hipsters! Haha

Ha! You're right though, there were people calling in to the news just to say it was uneventful and no damage.

brianlux

Feeling a little self-indulgent whining coming on. My beloved Replacements are playing in S.F. tonight, a mere few hours away and I won't be there. Glad I at least saw Paul Westerberg in the city in '05

Enjoy your youth- make it count!

kce8

Good evening loungers, I am thinking about little gambsy... no news?

rgambs

No news, scheduled for induction on Thursday

kce8

Thank you! How is your wife feeling today?

rgambs

She is feeking like a Kiwi. The bird, not the fruit.
We had some delicious Saganaki and Gyros for lunch and now she is ready to explode lol

whispering hands

Your poor wife, Gambs!! I mean that in the nicest way. I have no children, so I have no
Idea how that goes, save for the basics we learn from being around pregnant women. Speaking of good birth stories... Here's how my
Younger brother came into the world... My younger sister, was born at home and it was an 18 hour ordeal.. ( mind you this is my step mom, my birth mother, they tied her tubes after I was born.. Didn't ask, just did it., which was good, she didn't handle the two kids she had very well!!). So we have Julia.. And she's only 14 ms at this point, and now my
Step mom is two months away from delivering David. Oh by the way.. She'd only JUST the month before, discovered she was even pregnant. ( she'd maintained her cycle regularly, so she never suspected it). So we're all at Church, it's Dec 20th. ( us kids were in child care, playing.) apparently, she stood up to sing with everyone, and her water broke.. My poor dad freaks out.. She's calm and cool as a cucumber! They start to rush her out the door, and get her into the car. David was like I'm coming out world!!! And before they could even get my step mom into the car, David's little head popped out!! So, to keep from hurting him via her walking, she just laid down on a blanket in the parking lot of our church back then, and pushed him out. Just as they get him wrapped up, the paramedics arrive.. When they brought him home from the hospital on Christmas Eve, they sent him home in a giant stocking!! To this day. He still has that stocking!! Lol

eddiec

badbrains said:

No kids here but have a younger sister who's 20 years younger then me. Here's her story. Dads away at work conference in different state. Moms 7 months pregnant. My dumb 20 year old ass decides to go out with the boys. This was 96, NYC is 20 mins away. Come stumbling home 4AM and moms not looking good. Hospital was like 1 1/2 miles away so I say lets go. Shit faced in the hospital tripping on "e" was a fucken weird experience. Dr says she's gonna induce labor and asks where's my dad? I said "doc, I forgot why I'm even here?" The look that dr gave me was priceless. Seeing my sister after she was born 2 months early while on "e", she def looked like a fucken alien too. Now she's a pain in the ass normal 18 year old teenager. And we all know what else happened in 96, Randall's fucken island. Was a pretty good year, from what I remember.

'Doc, I forgot why I'm even here' is a great line.

rr165892

Any of you crazy kids seen the Reese Witherspoon movie "Wild"?
It's very good and she is phenom in it.Highly recommend it.It was heavily nominated this year.Laura Dern is also in it and very good.

rgambs

rr165892 said:

Any of you crazy kids seen the Reese Witherspoon movie "Wild"?
It's very good and she is phenom in it.Highly recommend it.It was heavily nominated this year.Laura Dern is also in it and very good.

Yeah we saw it, it was pretty good! PCT is a dream of ours, we want to do the Triple Crown some day. AT, PCT, and CDT, almost 10,000 miles.

rr165892

Ok Gambs your in the 24 cone of the storm.How you dealing?

hedonist

I brought my beloved Soup cd with me today and listened to New Life this morning in honor of the new-gambo (c'mon already, JCV!).

Also have to share this simple but lovely experience I just had.

On the elevator going down to my car, it stops a couple floors down and a man gets on, sporting a ukelele. With a smile, asks "any requests?" I was just...floored (in the best way).

He starts strumming away, same lovely smile. I was almost in tears at this unexpected and beautiful treat.

Squeezed his arm, thanked him, and told him he made my day.

I also suggested he check out Ed's uke stuff

rgambs

Tomorrow at 8 it starts, but with induction it often takes many hours!
I have been playing video games and jogging dogs and trying to enjoy the things I will have to break from for a bit.

Soup is a helluva album!
"I can't tell you
how many ways that I've sat,
And viewed my life today,
but I can tell you
I don't think that I can find easier way."

brianlux

rr165892 said:

Any of you crazy kids seen the Reese Witherspoon movie "Wild"?
It's very good and she is phenom in it.Highly recommend it.It was heavily nominated this year.Laura Dern is also in it and very good.

Definitely wanting to see this one, rr. And glad to see Laura Dern is in it- always liked here work (and her folk's too, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd).

g under p

I had a first time thing happen to me this evening while cycling. In all the years of cycling I've run across deer, dogs, mean dogs, a gator, wild hog, even ducks flying 10 ft to my side but never what I almost rode over today. It was a green 4 ft iguana, all I could yell out was Wooooo!. Those animals are fast like a squirrel, just more beautiful.

Peace

hedonist

Whoa, g! I can only imagine seeing that. So cool looking, and resilient.

And much as I love squirrels, I too would be woo-ing full-speed at seeing a FOUR FOOT REPTILE.

g under p

hedonist said:

Whoa, g! I can only imagine seeing that. So cool looking, and resilient.

And much as I love squirrels, I too would be woo-ing full-speed at seeing a FOUR FOOT REPTILE.

Hedonist it was surreal but I was so excited to be out riding in our park Okeeheelee here in West a Palm Beach. Almost as surreal as the morning I came back from the gym a couple years ago. As I'm turning into my then 400 ft driveway I saw something in the corner of my eye. It then ran unto the driveway my mouth dropped as I was looking at a panther, yes a damn Panther. These animals are beautiful so different when not in a zoo, maybe they should NEVER be in a zoo.

Peace

hedonist

g under p said:

hedonist said:

Whoa, g! I can only imagine seeing that. So cool looking, and resilient.

And much as I love squirrels, I too would be woo-ing full-speed at seeing a FOUR FOOT REPTILE.

Hedonist it was surreal but I was so excited to be out riding in our park Okeeheelee here in West a Palm Beach. Almost as surreal as the morning I came back from the gym a couple years ago. As I'm turning into my then 400 ft driveway I saw something in the corner of my eye. It then ran unto the driveway my mouth dropped as I was looking at a panther, yes a damn Panther. These animals are beautiful so different when not in a zoo, maybe they should NEVER be in a zoo.

Peace

Those gorgeous cats are up there with my favorites. And in your driveway!

I have mixed feelings on the zoo front; I want these species to be helped, conserved - but if at the risk/expense of the individual animal?

Also, maybe attributable to this new "Purple Willie" strain I just picked up, but it took awhile for my mind to process "Okeeheelee"

g under p

hedonist said:

g under p said:

hedonist said:

Whoa, g! I can only imagine seeing that. So cool looking, and resilient.

And much as I love squirrels, I too would be woo-ing full-speed at seeing a FOUR FOOT REPTILE.

Hedonist it was surreal but I was so excited to be out riding in our park Okeeheelee here in West a Palm Beach. Almost as surreal as the morning I came back from the gym a couple years ago. As I'm turning into my then 400 ft driveway I saw something in the corner of my eye. It then ran unto the driveway my mouth dropped as I was looking at a panther, yes a damn Panther. These animals are beautiful so different when not in a zoo, maybe they should NEVER be in a zoo.

Peace

Those gorgeous cats are up there with my favorites. And in your driveway!

I have mixed feelings on the zoo front; I want these species to be helped, conserved - but if at the risk/expense of the individual animal?

Also, maybe attributable to this new "Purple Willie" strain I just picked up, but it took awhile for my mind to process "Okeeheelee"

Im torn as well because here in Florida far too many are killed by drivers who speed in areas where they thrive. I think that panther I saw was a teenager he/she looked a bit skinny and appeared to not be full grown. It took off scampered behind the shed and into a cypress hammock never to be seen again.

Here's more on panthers killed in FL, a record 30 were killed in 2014...

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article4857063.html

Peace

rgambs

5:20 AM and we are preparing to go to the hospital ffor induction... Dr Gambs is not happy, she read to much on the internet about why NOT to be induced and is wishing she had refused. Cest la vie I guess.
It will be a long ordeal but sometime today or tomorrow we will be parents yikes!