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Conference hydra::dejavu

Title:	Psychic Phenomena
Notice:	Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:	JARETH::PAINTER

Created:	Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:	Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2143
Total number of notes:	41773

1013.0. "Hardy Old Dub." by USWAV1::CHAPLAIN () Tue Mar 28 1989 06:09

    The following is from the memory of an increasingly preoccupied
    and occasionally befuddled mind, so forgive the unusual number of
    question marks.
    
       A number of years ago I heard (read?) a news story concerning
    two(?) men, properly equipped, who were climbing what I believe to 
    have been Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Given that this mountain
    is the highest peak in Africa (more than 19,000'), the climbers 
    were appropriately attired with alpine parkas, scaling boots, etc.
    As I remember the story, these two men made the summit and were
    on their way down when they passed an old(?) man dressed in nothing
    more than the typical cloth wrap and sandals who apparently was
    on his way UP the icy mountainside. They stopped and exchanged words
    and the climbers warned the old man that if he continued climbing
    the mountain, dressed as he was, he wouldn't get far or he would
    die in his attempt to reach the summit. As I remember, he waved
    them off, and when they asked his name, he stated something to the
    effect that very soon they, and the rest of the world, will know
    who he is. (???)
       I was just curious to know if anyone else has heard of this story,
    and whether or not an unidentified corpse has been found on Mount
    Kilimanjaro. :^)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1013.1	another one...	USACSB::CBROWN	whats wrong with this picture?	`Tue Mar 28 1989 08:51`	6
	Little old man.... climbing a mountain? obviously another incarnation of Aleister. Craig ;-)
1013.2	Slight topic digression	CLUE::PAINTER	Wage Peace	`Tue Mar 28 1989 19:02`	8
	Hi Craig, >whats wrong with this picture? Obviously you're using the wrong channel. (;^) Cindy
1013.3	I WISH IT WAS THAT EASY	USACSB::CBROWN	Looking for a personal name..	`Wed Mar 29 1989 01:56`	14
	Cindy, > Obviously you're using the wrong channel. (;^) I thought so at first also... But then considered it could be wrong Freq. (UHF,VHF,?). Comming in via Amplitude Mod. and I am trying to work w/ Freq. mod. .... I perhaps have a dish which would mean I have thousands of stations to search through...... and the one I'm looking for is scrambled... or some jerk attached a multiplexer to my rig! and didn't tell me. Well I guess thats what you can expect if your working without a net. ;-) Craig
1013.4	Kilimanjaro	UTROP1::RUEDISUELI		`Thu Mar 30 1989 04:20`	8
	When did they move the Mount Kilimanjaro?? Last time I climbed it, it was still sitting/standing in Kenya! Caroline
1013.5	Tanzania	USWAV1::CHAPLAIN		`Thu Mar 30 1989 06:45`	4
	Tanzania. Very close to the Kenyan border, but still Tanzania. Unless the border has changed in the last three years, which certainly is possible.
1013.6	Crowley?	HPSTEK::BEST	Unseen...and yet...ignored.	`Thu Mar 30 1989 18:46`	8
	re: .1 Just out of curiosity, could you explain that statement about Aliester? Aliester who? Guy
1013.7		GENRAL::DANIEL		`Thu Mar 30 1989 19:08`	1
	Crowley. I hope that says it all...
1013.8		USACSB::CBROWN	in the evening...	`Fri Mar 31 1989 01:53`	2
	;-)
1013.9	High Altitude Crowley?	HPSTEK::BEST	Unseen...and yet...ignored.	`Fri Mar 31 1989 09:27`	10
	Actually I was wondering what the story would be concering Crowley on a mountain... Isn't that what was implied? Guy
1013.10	Why Crowley?.... because it's there!	USACSB::CBROWN	in the evening...	`Sat Apr 01 1989 02:37`	6
	RE: last one > Isn't that what was implied? n m u t i b err...not quite Aleister had a hobby of Mo ain Cl ing. (And he was rather good at it for a little twerp.) ;-)
1013.11	What I've seen at Kilimanjaro	DRCS::ABEYA	Ines ABEYA @GEO - BACK FOR A WHILE	`Tue Apr 18 1989 13:18`	35
	The last time I climbed Kilimanjaro, it was in Tanzania... So, there are 2 possibilities: either from time to time it moves to the other side of the border... or the border goes accross it (pretty close to the top) and therefore you can access it from either side ! Re: the original question: The sight of a man equipped with sandals wouldn't surprise me too much in that area (you can actually climb pretty close to the top without encountering snow, and there are no technical difficulties - you walk on a path all the time - no real climbing, but a few steep places at the top. What surprised me more (but not to the point to ask here) was what we saw coming (or rather running) down: as we were already pretty low, in the forest area, we crossed a group of people on their way up, dressed up as if they were going for a concert at the Scala of Milano (i.e. evening dresses for the ladies and smokings for the men !!), and in the group was a guy wearing a smoking, carried by 4 natives on one of those chairs that were used in the ol' days they had no cars !!! We never new what they were doing there (and how far they would get like that) - maybe a movie team or a bet ? As we were running down , for some reason we didn't stop to find out - somehow we couldn't believe our eyes either ! Some of us thought they had dreamt the scene - but a collective dream is that possible ?? Ines ABEYA @GEO
1013.12	Sometimes things just ain't so strange.	NEXUS::MORGAN	All Hail Informatia!	`Tue Apr 18 1989 13:44`	20
	Reply to .11, Abeya, That's not suprizing either. Pikes Peak is 14,110 feet high. When Zebulon Pike saw it he said no man would climb the peak which reaches up 8,000 feet from Colorado Springs. Not 100 years later there were paths up the mountain and later a dirt road. Today we have a narrow guage rail train and an almost paved road to the top. Last time I hiked Barr trail I was PASSED by a man and woman of middle age walking in non-trail shoes. He was in tennis and she was in leather lofers. They went to the top, some 13 miles up, carrying plastic bags of food. I talked to them for a minite or so. They were going to hitch down. You see the strangest things when you don't got your camera...
1013.13	Seems to be strictly in Tanzania.	CADSYS::COOPER	Topher Cooper	`Tue Apr 18 1989 18:35`	5
	The American Heritage Dictionary -- not the last word on anything, but a statement of the conventional orthodox answer to questions -- says that Kilimanjaro "is in NE Tanzania near the border with Kenya." Topher
1013.14	Coffee by the same name	CLUE::PAINTER	Nothing is written.	`Thu Apr 20 1989 13:47`	9
	If you're interested, the coffee company I purchase my beans from offers a coffee called Tanzanian Kilimanjaro. I tried it once and it was OK, but I prefer Celebes Kalosi. (;^) Cindy
1013.15	good brew	NRADM::COLLETON		`Thu Apr 20 1989 17:12`	2
	.14 Bet it wasn't picked by Juan Valdes ;^)
1013.16	Brahman Valdez	BTO::BEST_G	A Lerxst in Wonderland	`Thu Apr 20 1989 17:23`	7
	re: .15 Well, maybe the Hardy Ol' Dub picked it... :-) Guy
1013.17	did he work for folgers?	NRADM::COLLETON		`Thu Apr 20 1989 17:31`	2
	.16 you could be right if it was mountain grown! :^)
1013.18	Good to the last pun	CLUE::PAINTER	Nothing is written.	`Fri Apr 21 1989 21:23`	8
	Re.17 mountain groan! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! (;^)
1013.19	top this one!	NRADM::COLLETON		`Sat Apr 22 1989 00:03`	3
	re.17 you certainly ground that one. your puns should be more filtered out! :))
1013.20	(-;	BTO::BEST_G	A Lerxst in Wonderland	`Mon Apr 24 1989 10:41`	10
	Pretty punny, I must say! ;-) Guy
1013.21	De Laffinated?? 8)>>	CIMNET::PIERSON	Milwaukee Road Track Inspector	`Mon Apr 24 1989 20:48`	1

1013.22	It's a heavenly conference.	CLUE::PAINTER	Nothing is written.	`Wed Apr 26 1989 12:55`	4
	This note topic is certainly "Chock Full Of Puns". Cindy
1013.23		BTO::BEST_G	A Lerxst in Wonderland	`Wed Apr 26 1989 16:56`	7
	I don't know about you but I'm "filled to the rim, with this brim." (Yeah, it's corny, but I figured we're sinking low anyway) Guy
1013.24	Mountain Groans	CIMNET::PIERSON	Milwaukee Road Track Inspector	`Fri Apr 28 1989 13:27`	1
	Are we discussing Corn or Coffee??
1013.25	Coffee Squeezins'	ELMAGO::AWILLETO	Beat those heathen drums...	`Fri Apr 28 1989 14:41`	10
	What strength/proof do you prefer: the Arnold Swartz.../100 the Rambo.../90 the Joe Piscopo/70 the George Will/10
1013.26	coffee laffs urn'd	NRADM::COLLETON		`Mon May 01 1989 19:06`	4
	Boy, you guys really "urn'd" those laffs! (especialy the de-laffenated title) still "chuck"ling over that one.
1013.27	back to the story...	CURIE::BERMAN		`Fri May 05 1989 13:57`	8
	but what happened to the little old man climbing the mountain who said that the world would soon know who he was? To say that this note digressed is an understatement! P.S. In the pun category, my vote goes to the person who noted that the coffee was mountain grown! I "perked" up at that one!
1013.28	draggin' it thru the mud	BTO::BEST_G	A Lerxst in Wonderland	`Fri May 05 1989 15:00`	7
	re: .27 The world now knows that that was Juan Valdez. :-) Guy
1013.29	There is no such thing as digression	AIRPRT::PAINTER	Free at last!	`Tue May 09 1989 19:40`	8
	Re.27 (Berman) On my 'mountain groan' pun... Yippie - I got a vote! Hee...hee...hee... Cindy Valdez (in a past life)
1013.30	the puns of Navarone	NRADM::COLLETON	magicians do it with their hands!	`Wed May 10 1989 18:32`	7
	Hi Cindy, I didn't think my original mountain grown pun could have been topped but you have reached a new "peak" on my mountain. to Ray L.: sorry ray I couldn't resist stealing your tag line for my reply. Bill-
1013.31	Major oops!	AIRPRT::PAINTER	Off to see the Wizard.	`Wed May 10 1989 19:43`	13
	Re.30 (Colleton) Hi Bill, Oh dear, you're right - it was you - I was mistaken and will humbly step down - please accept an apology from this most unworthy one. Methinks you have been raised to the highest peak of coffee consciousness now. Master blend even. Cindy
1013.32	Bump... 'n Grind!	ELMAGO::AWILLETO	Beat those heathen drums...	`Thu May 11 1989 11:56`	7
	In the notes about things that "go bump in the night", we can find a topic of beverage that will keep us alert (be alert - we need more lerts) -- with levity of brevity of every grind. Please be kind, for to rhyme in prose is a pose I suppose would be verbose -- if ye be friends or foes, keep on your toes and check your drip-machine's hose.
1013.33	what's brewing?	MISERY::WARD_FR	Going HOME--as an Adventurer	`Thu May 11 1989 12:26`	6
	re: .32 "drip-machine's hose"?? Is this about coffee or sex? Frederick
1013.34	Rewind FAST!	DNEAST::CHRISTENSENL		`Thu May 11 1989 17:52`	5
	a machine is a machine is a machine ...by any other name it still plays the same old tapes L.
1013.35		MEDIUM::CONNELLY	Desperately seeking snoozin'	`Fri May 12 1989 22:58`	8
	re: .33 > "drip-machine's hose"?? Is this about coffee or sex? > > Frederick don't worry, either way you can get shots for it ;-)
1013.36	A Brew-master's Wet Dream...	ELMAGO::AWILLETO	Beat those heathen drums...	`Mon May 15 1989 11:58`	17
	Coffee or Sex, the eternal question, This I ponder, tho' I'm urged from my throbbin bastion... Wake up, dear -- it's time to get brrrrewing! My beans are so ripe, to your grinder I'm cooing! Pump that fluid through my waiting basket, fill up my pot -- it's so hot! -- I can't mask it! Take a sip, don't burn your lip, add some cream, what a dream... **** Whiffs of "Breakfast Blend" reach my nose, Thank goodness I checked my drip-machine's hose!
1013.37	poet's pause...	ELMAGO::AWILLETO	Beat those heathen drums...	`Mon May 15 1989 14:53`	4
	Forgive me, but it's Monday morning and I'd yet to have my second cup. tony w.
1013.38		NRADM::COLLETON	magicians do it with their hands!	`Mon May 15 1989 20:29`	3
	.37 Yeah I know what you mean I can't do anything till I had my first cup of butts and smoked my first coffee!
1013.39	Back from 3 weeks only to enter the conf on this note?!?!?	AIRPRT::PAINTER	Back from OZ, and the Wizard said...	`Tue Jun 06 1989 16:42`	8
	Re.36 (AWILLETO) on Coffee Dreaming I salute thee, O Poet! As they used to say on Hee Haw...SA-lute! Cindy (back from the land of OZ and catching up) - (;^)