A poke in the nose | Long Time Gone

Better than a poke in the eye I guess though. Anyway, near the end of today’s hike, I got distracted, turned my head for a moment, then turned back just in time to step full-throttle into a low hanging branch. Hurt like a dickens but not much damage.

***Bled for awhile but didn’t seem to impact my overall handsomeness much.***

That is just about all I did today was hike.

***Took the boys out for a walk first of course…***

I headed out to the rendevous point on Rizal Extension by going over the mountain instead of taking the streets. A house under construction in my neighborhood featured these guys manually hoisting a cement mixer up to the roof. Pretty impressive feat!

***Heading out of Alta Vista. A nice day for a hike!***

***Our meetup was at Barretto High School. This mural on the wall was interesting because I wasn’t sure how to take its meaning. Was the boy literally dreaming of getting new shoes?***

***We did the big mountain today, starting with these stairs. It’s always an ass-kicker and today was no exception.***

***The thatch grass has bloomed and blossomed to new heights…***

10K all together. We walked the ridgeline all the way out to the “German’s house” then turned around and headed back. It’s called the German’s house because some German guy lives there at least part-time. It is without a doubt as far out as you can get and as high up as it goes. It is nearly total isolation. The house is behind a wall and I’ve never seen it close up. It is visible sometimes from Barretto so it must be pretty damn big. There is a dirt road up from Olongapo you could drive if you have a 4×4. Maybe not during rainy season though. Today I saw a couple of downed trees that would make passage difficult. I personally could not live that way. Too far from the beer joints!

***Looking out from near the German’s place…***

Simon went home and Jim and I went to Cheap Charlies for some rehydration. Then the skies opened up and the rain poured down. I tried to wait it out but had a delivery coming to the house. Wound up taking a trike home.

Found a vendor on Facebook selling what is purported to be USDA ribeyes. I gave up trying to tenderize the Aussie beef available in these parts. Going to grill them up on Sunday and see how they turn out. Pricey though…this pack of 4 was $30. You might say the steaks are high.

I might have something of more substance to say soon. Hey, it could happen!

2 thoughts on “A poke in the nose”

Kevin Kim on 18/September/2020 at 10:33 pm said:

Sorry to hear about the nose, but…

“That is just about all I did today was hike.”

Please explain this. Is this the grammatical version of a pushmi-pullyu?

I’m yanking your chain, of course. I understand the meaning even if the grammar has radically mutated. Suggested repairs:

That’s just about it today. All I did was hike.
That is just about all I did today: hike.
That is just about all I did today—hike.
John McCrarey on 19/September/2020 at 7:25 am said:

“Is this the grammatical version of a pushmi-pullyu?”

That’s about the best excuse I can come up with. Makes me cringe too. Honestly, I was in a hurry and dashed this post out with even less care and thought than usual. I *think* the “That is” was going to be a different sentence altogether and for whatever reason, my addled brain decided to go with the “just about all I did today was hike” part. If I could go back in time, I would just delete the “that is”. I won’t fix it now though because that would make these comments (which are probably more interesting than the post) irrelevant.

First my nose, now this. What a day!

2 thoughts on “A poke in the nose”

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