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> The Oisboid adventure started Wednesday night when the Warwagon blew
> the water pump.
These things are SUPPOSED to happen right before a car trip...Like the
garbage disposal breaking down right before a party
As for the following story about the crystal lady...
LO very L...
But she is par for the course in Mt. Shasta...That is where my old friend
Cathy lived for a year. Just after her three years that she claimed that she
was an alien abductee...
I am NOT kidding....
> > . They
> had accidently knocked a flake off some pyrite on the quartz. She
> calle dthem over and asked them to sit down - she had something
> important to tell them. They sat down and waited with wide eyes for
> her words of wisdom:
>
> [I'm not making the following up]
>
> "Kids, this rock is alive like you and me. It has a consciousness.."
>
> (WHAT THE F...!!!)
>
> "And it shares the same atoms and molecules that ties all living
> things together..."
>
> (DAMN NUT CAAAAAAAASE!!!!!)
>
> "And so when you knocked off the flake you should be careful and
> apologize...
>
> (GRENADE LAUNCHER!!!!)
>
> To which my kids looked at her and replied in their own way:
>
> "It's a rock!"
>
> And off they went. But it didn't end there. No, I was looking at a
> slice of quartz wrapped in a mesh of wire hanging from the ceiling.
> The lady came to me.
>
> "Do you know what that's for?"
>
> "No!" (Please, tell me - my headache hasn't reached full migraine.)
>
> "When you meditate it helps you focus your energy. You can open or
> close the mesh on either side and keep out bad energy."
>
> (And you're still here because...)
>
> And it got better. Ryan touched what looked like the handle of a
> lightsaber when this guy who worked there came tearing over to ask
> that Ryan not touch the item. (Yes, he wore Birkenstocks - good
> guess).
>
> And why should Ryan not touch the lightsaber, what was it?
>
> "It's a $180 device for light therapy. The quartz crystal on the end
> gives off therapeutic energy and you can insert these colored
> slides..."
>
> (And I can insert the effing $5 flashlight with the effing $3 chunk
> of quartz in your ass and see how therapeutic that is...)
>
> I am tolerant - dammit! Really, but this was beyond rational.
>
> Back to the trip. Yreka - wonderful quaint.
>
> Saturday. Drove to Salem and visited Clem. Jason and Ryan tormented
> the heck out of her cats. Apparently they're still traumatized. Ana
> made us a nice lasagna dinner.
>
> Sunday. Left Salem and spent the day at the Portland Zoo and nearby
> Children's museum. Fun - kid's zonked out. Parents not far behind.
>
> Monday. Left Portland and went to the nearby Clark County Fair. Not
> as big as LA County but more manageable and a lot of fun. Not that I
> noticed but there seemed to be many...er...healthy looking farm
> girls. Debbie kept muttering something about wanting a horse.
>
> After a long tiring, hot day at fair we headed gnorph...umm...north
> towards Seattle but made it as far as Tacoma where I'm in a Holiday
> Inn Express writing this. 5 Days without Internet has been tortuous!
>
> Tomorrow is Seattle and Whidbey Island where we meet Debbie's friend
> and we start our long trip home via the coast. Until the next free
> computer connection...
>
> --Ozzy
>
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Received on 2003-08-06 00:56:28