New and Experienced Climbers Over 50 #28

Todd Berlier wrote:

I 100% support that dipshit running for president as he'll get the, "Im a republican but can't support Trump," vote.

It goes both ways honestly,  lots of people are on the Biden fence as well. Luckily presidents aren't as powerful as people think they are. We need a legitimate 3rd party and Kennedy is not going to cut it...

Well, when Russ is quiet, I start to worry.  Minor things like presidential candidates aside, perhaps we should all be working on getting more structured water into our lives.    I was just browsing through the full explanation for Analemma water, which I actually have but never fully used. I think it could help some of the grumpy people on this thread and I’m planning to use some in my garden this year to make my green beans grow straight and tall.

Before you eye-roll, I am surprised how many double blind peer reviewed studies there are on the health benefits of structured water.  It may explain why many of us are drawn to large bodies of natural water – – or in my case any river. Bare feet in the dirt, body in the water, and everything is magically OK.

What is everyone out planting? It’s time to get “back to the Garden”.    

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BTW—- I noticed Jeremy is wearing TC’s and he is hanging on just fine.  

I've got to admit, Lori, you have persuaded me to drink analenema water exclusively. 

Guess I didn't read the eye-rolling warning soon enough.

Lori Milaswrote: I was just browsing through the full explanation for Analemma 

Sounds like a porn adaptation of the Jane Austen novel.

Colden Darkwrote:

Sounds like a porn adaptation of the Jane Austen novel.

That would be “Anna Karenina”-Leo Tolstoy   

Jay Goodwinwrote:

I've got to admit, Lori, you have persuaded me to drink analenema water exclusively. 

Now you’re being sensible, Jay!  Don’t listen to what the others say.

But seriously, maybe a decade ago I started to become aware of Water – – not just the obvious health benefits, but even the spiritual qualities. My doctor brought up “structured water” and recommended a book which had methods for returning water to its best state. The premise being that Water is information and that the state of water impacts your body. So I did plenty of my own eye rolling, but kept coming back to the subject. But how do you return water that has been deionized, fluoridated , chlorinated, even stripped by reverse osmosis, and then put in plastic bottles and shipped where it could sit for a year or more into anything remotely natural?  Here in Joshua Tree our water comes from an aquifer which unfortunately has a lot of pesticide runoff as well as a lot of organic uranium and arsenic so straight out of the faucet isn’t the best idea.

But the idea is to get as close as possible to that crisp water that has run over stones in a fast flowing river or out of a deep organic well in a pristine place like Fiji.

I’ve been thinking about Colden’s ice and snow… or Nick’s bountiful water and ice.  That comes close. 

One of the double blind studies that caught my attention with an Analemma was with plants grown with and without structured water. The structured water plants won hands-down.

Anyway, I was mainly thinking of Russ whose chakras seem to get out of alignment so easily. I’m sure this is the solution.  

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It’s such a gorgeous day here. It’s cold and more wind than I expected but I just feel peaceful. 

Colden, no porn here! Noooooo…. 

Lori Milaswrote:  I was just browsing through the full explanation for Analemma water, 

Have any of you seen the SNL skit where they are playing Jeopardy and Norm Macdonald is supposed top be Burt Reynolds?  On that note, I'll take "Anal Emma" for $500 Alex.

Oh, and for the record, that anal water dealio is a scam.  

Russ Wallingwrote: Oh, and for the record, that anal water dealio is a scam.  

B-b-but...its full spectrum, supercharged AND coherent.  Ha ha.

Was in NW Spain a bunch of years ago climbing.  Ran into an older American who'd married a local girl.  He was psyched because he felt like he'd located a spring that produced natural "structured" water.  I'd never heard of it.  Crazy stuff.  Its, like, the fourth phase, man.  Fountain of youth?  Didn't appear so...

That’s not a category.  

philip bonewrote:

That’s not a category.  

lol

Speaking of purified water...

Do you know when floridation began? 1946. How does that correspond with your post war commie conspiracy?

Randywrote:

Speaking of purified water...

Do you know when floridation began? 1946. How does that correspond with your post war commie conspiracy?

P.O.E. 

edit: lol. Check my avatar!

Who was Sterling Hayden ?

Wow , sounds like the best advice on how to live I have ever read.  Forget about drinking magic water and instead commit to a real adventure.  One without a certain outcome.  One where failure is not an option but a near certainty for much of the time, only with success snatched from the jaws of defeat at the last moment.  Isn't this what we all dreamed of when we were growing up and disallusioned?!  Isn't this WHY we became climbers?

I enjoyed this book also (many years ago). Was he blacklisted? Or just shunned for non-conformity? 

If I'm not climbing, nothing better than untracked powder turns with Sheree!

I’m bringing this up here cause we’re probably mostly old people who’ve not used TikTok before. I haven’t anyway.

170M Americans use it, but USA Congress decided to ban it.

I watched an hour or more of content, and didn’t see anything that warranted security concerns. Watched people giving away Chick Fil A sandwiches, money, a model dressed as a hockey goalie that sort of thing. Fun. But that’s all.

These seem really innocuous and harmless no matter who owns the data.

Please explain why any government would need to ban this app, anyone?

Li Huwrote:

I’m bringing this up here cause we’re probably mostly old people who’ve not used TikTok before. I haven’t anyway.

170M Americans use it, but USA Congress decided to ban it.

I watched an hour or more of content, and didn’t see anything that warranted security concerns. Watched people giving away Chick Fil A sandwiches, money, a model dressed as a hockey goalie that sort of thing. Fun. But that’s all.

These seem really innocuous and harmless no matter who owns the data.

Please explain why any government would need to ban this app, anyone?

I don’t agree with the attempts to ban it or force a sale, but the concern is not so much the content people are watching, rather that all of the data harvested from users is going to a company controlled by the CCP. They don’t seem to have any concerns about American tech companies collecting the same data.

Li Huwrote:

I’m bringing this up here cause we’re probably mostly old people who’ve not used TikTok before. I haven’t anyway.

170M Americans use it, but USA Congress decided to ban it.

I watched an hour or more of content, and didn’t see anything that warranted security concerns. Watched people giving away Chick Fil A sandwiches, money, a model dressed as a hockey goalie that sort of thing. Fun. But that’s all.

These seem really innocuous and harmless no matter who owns the data.

Please explain why any government would need to ban this app, anyone?

In addition to the CCP possibly being able to access the data of a large number of Americans, concern is over who controls the Tik Tok algorithm responsible for content delivery. There are fears the algorithm could be tweaked by the Chinese gov’t to “weaponize” content to influence elections, the invasion of Taiwan, etc. 

From what I read, talk of “banning” TikTok is an attempt to force the sale to an American entity, or ensure all TikTok data is stored in the US and inaccessible to the CCP, plus that the US has control of the algorithm, such that Beijing cannot manipulate it.

Do a search for TikTok Project Texas.