Topic: 2004 Pre-Soak- Year of the Unknown

[Buzz]

Thanks for the update , Jed. Glad the trapezoid is improviing. Tried acupuncture?  Bladder and gallbladder meridians run up paraspinal areas both sides, over to the area of the traps and back to the posterior neck, over the top of head to forehead and all over the teomples too. A good pulse diagnostician can improve your Ch'i with some needling.

Let me needle you about the planned meeting at Sea Tac: what day do you plan to arrive, and what time? What day do you plan to depart PT, and what time? I must make reservations, and coordinate  overnites (or not) with friends. I gotta hear from you ASAP to get on this. This is my best shot at getting to/from PT and I may just pass on stopping on Bainbridge--I see them in September anyway!

Slack, how are you getting to PT again? When?

Peter, if all else fails, I may want to take you up on a ride, like from Bainbridge Island or Sea Tac. I'll get the beer...

Andrew: working on Depot Blues some. I just really dig Son House--such power and intensity in the playing and singing, yet technique is simple. I would have loved to have sat at his knee and gotten into his head and style... would also like to have hung out with Hubert Sumlin and his crowd...Great job, Uncle Bud,  putting it on the mpeg for me. Sorry the hands are acting up...makes me appreciate the time you took to do that recording even more. Thanks again... BTW, have you tried acupuncture? Stretching the fingers and wrists?

Love the site, Slack, and Claudia digs the new dude playing the the guitar with the notes flying off at the header! Coool!
Miller
PS: How can I put a picture of my favorite hero by my byline? Even if it's a similar one to anyone else's, he's still my hero!

[uncle bud]

Miller -

Jed and I are meeting at SeaTac on Friday sometime around lunch probably. We can meet you too as far as I know, then all head to PT. We'd head back on Sunday, anytime is fine with me (though not the crack of dawn if possible). Remember for booking your return it takes a bit longer to get out of the Fort on the Sunday because Jed and I usually do the last rounds of the houses, return all the keys to Centrum, return the rental car, say bye to Peter and Joan etc etc. So don't book an early flight.

[jed]

Doc Cyote,

Din't mean to keep you in the dark re: travel plans.? The strain confirmed them, though.

Yeah, I got los needles.? Breakdown and repair history: Friday noon- traps choked.? Stretched.? 5:30pm: medicinal elixirs neat.? 6:30pm: massage-Swedish with some acupressure (best I could get on short notice).? 7:30-10pm: more medicine, topped with Patrone.? Sunday: light swim.? Monday:? acupuncture (the fat needles) + a shiatsu beating. Pain begot gain.? Swim light Wednesday + best massage in a year (this guy has healing hands and elbows) put my left brain on vacation for about a day.? Thursday: Swim light.? Friday: acupuncture (back to thin needles) + shiatsu? - the therapist started working on my feet and recounted my various organic weaknesses - who knew?? I'm drinking more water.

Gee, all this geezer talk - I'd upload some pix of my old knee surgery, but the scars are gone...

On your online image, you should be able to choose it from a list in your profile.? After logging in to the site, choose the "Profile" bottom on the top right, then "Forum Profile Settings" and go from there.

Dunno if we have to head straight for PT on Friday.? Any thought of a possible rendezvous?? Can we pick you up on an atoll or something?? What are the logistics?

Let's talk,
Jed

PS - On the Sunday return, I've been booking mid-afternoon flights (3:30-4:30) - the last year or two, SeaTac required a 90-minute lead time before departure.? Leaving PT at 11:30 gets us there around 2pm (just in time for a 3:30 flight), so keep that in mind.

[Buzz]

Andrew and Jed:
1. Shaping up plans. Thanks for the feedback. Will plan to arrive near noon on Fri, plan to depart Sea-Tac near 4 on next Sun. The same times I have usually flown, sounds fine to me. Will plan to meet you 2 at the airport, and stick together, will pass on staying with friends for a nite then trying to meet you  on Bainbridge Island--compressing too much, in too little time on both ends won't work--and get together with  you from the start: Then a bite of lunch, and we can drive to PT, and settle in.

2. Want Pho for lunch? We could go to Pho Bat near downtown Seattle, then wait in line for the Bainbridge ferry, and head to PT north on Bainbridge. Alternative route: South from Sea-Tac around to Tacoma, across Narrows bridge up Kitsap peninsula to PT. Have no idea where to lunch in that direction. Times to PT nearly same in either direction, though waiting for a ferry in Sea can take an extra hour--bring a book.

3.Renting a car from Sea-Tac? Do Andrew and I chip in $25 for each direction? Or do we split the fees 3 ways, or what?

4. What instruments are you taking? How many? Thinking of my wood acoustic--plays so smoothly--and Yellow Lady Mando. Gotta check out my MD recorder, see if I can work it correctly this time   so I actually get some classes on discs!

5. Jed: Enough Patron, acupuncture, and deep massage and the traps will certainly dissolve, my good fellow. Not to worry. 

I am getting pumped...
Miller

[jed]

So we'll leave SeaTac (either for the Rent-a-Wreck place, or with a car from a local vendor).

If we do the ferry, Pho sounds fine.  There are a few adequate troughs on the southern route, but I haven't done the boat trip, which might be fun - unless something requires my putative presence earlier at PT <-- this is unlikely, as we've got celphones plus plenty of time to coordinate arrivals.

As far as waiting goes, I'll have a guitar and maybe some other stuff with me - who's bringing the tip jar?

Cheers,
Jed

[Bill Roggensack]

Jed sez:

> I haven't done the boat trip, which might be fun

Sure you have - four years ago. It was a beautiful sunny day. You drove the Taurus, and I regaled you with stories en route (trying to keep you awake). We were both dog tired from a couple of back-to-back all-nighters, and were quite relieved to get to PT without incident. Surely you remember the clam chowder we had on the ferry?

I'll already be in PT, so bell me when you get to the Fort. You have my number.

Tip: Don't use a spitoon for your tip jar. Some people still chew tobacky.

[jed]

The all-nighters blend together in a gauzy haze...  You're joking about the chowder, yes?  Everyone knows I'm a strict carnivore!

Will you be needing any house access when you get to PT?  I can probably arrange a key for you.

Re: tip jars - that's why the Egyptians invented glass.

Cheers,
Jed

PS - Speaking of Ben Franklin, check out the armonica, which he kept in the blue(s) room:  http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfranklin_inventions.htm

[Bill Roggensack]

Happy Independence Day to all you yankee doodle dandies!

Re: clam chowder - no joke. And it was delicious too - lots of onion and bacon. You must have really been zonked to let mollusk remains slip down your gullet without protest.

Re: house access - yes. I am planning to hang out at the Fort from Friday onward (as you will have probably figured out from the $$ that dropped into your PayPal account earlier today). My wife - with 90 year old Granny in tow - will be staying elsewhere in PT until Sunday AM, so as to better meet the special needs of her geriatric charge. I am planning to split my time between the full-time and Weenie 'families'.

Re: Ben Franklin - what was the connection? The key (without kite)? Thanks for the link - I did not know he played the 'arp. And duets with the 'arpsichord. There was no mention of pentatonic scales or diminished chords, although he was probably well versed in the symbology of the pentagram. I watched a two-part bio-epic that PBS ran on Ben's life a year or so ago. He had accomplished enough in the first ten minutes of the program to make me feel like an utter failure. And all of this without a laptop, Windoze ExPee, a PDA, or a cell phone.

[jed]

Obviously, you entered more data in your PDA than I - it is evidence of my midday fatigue that I could have failed to record the menu, as good chowder is an uncommon and welcome event.  I do have a hazy picture of the mess hall/concession area (or was that on the Catalina Express?).

We'll have to hook you up with keys as needed.  Should be pretty easy.

Ben not only played the 'arp, he invented it - his proudest creation (the entire colonial gummit notwithstanding- it is no exaggeration to claim that his word was held in highest esteem with more than just a huge percentage of colonial and continental females).  Credit (or blame) Google for the connection - something about glass and spitoons - and maybe music.  As far as celphones go - Ben would certainly have been the first Gangsta d'amour!

Cheers,
Jed

[Lwoodblues]

  To those arriving Saturday at Sea-Tac. I will drive up there and pick up the earliest arrival (not before 10am)
and drive that person to Port Townsend. If that person wants to kick in 5 or 10 bucks for gas, that's cool. I can only take 1 person though. E-mail me at lwoodblues@wamail.net. Earliest arrival after 10am wins!
  Steve

[Sudsbury]

Hey there Frontpage + other Canuck Weenies,
FP: Do I gather from your postings that you're driving down 'en famille' with wife, granny, and don't need ride?  Let me know.
Other Weeniecanucks: I'll be coming in to Vanc. airport 4:00pm pre-soak Friday, will rent car and drive down.  Anybody needing ride, speak up!
Jed: Any guidance on which bed for Friday night?
Sudbury

[swampman]

Yo Weenies,

Is anyone driving to PT on Mondayl.  I am arriving in Seattle at 12:30pm and need a ride up to PT

Swampman

[Slack]

Yo Swampy,

If you cannot find a ride, you might want to check the on the Blues Bus - if I recall correctly, I believe it leaves SeaTac at 1pm... but call Centrum to make sure.

slack 

[jed]

Sud

Friday is the Bricks.  More info to come in a big email...

Cheers,
Jed