Well, yesterday’s Hash turned out to be almost as boring as the stuff I post here at LTG. I guess you could call it an urban trail seeing as how we never left the pavement. To be fair, it was an excellent rainy day hike. Except it didn’t rain. There was lots of grousing both during and after the Hash about the lack of any challenge–it was just 5.5 kilometers of level ground street walking. A couple of guys said “fuck this” halfway through and took a path up into the mountains. I was a little tempted but opted to stay the course out of respect for the Hare. Honestly, the worst part for me was that almost all of yesterday’s trail was exactly what I had walked that morning. And it was boring the first time!
On the bright side, Pubic Head and I will be the Hares next week. We will be reprising the trail that got washed away last month. And compared to what we did yesterday our walk will seem challenging and fun. At least I hope so!
SBH3 Run #1361. We started in Alta Vista (at the right) and walked across Barretto’s city streets, avoiding that perfectly nice mountain you see in the middle…Waiting outside Johansson’s to get the show on the road, as it were…And we are On-On! 37 Hashers at yesterday’s event.On the mean streets of my subdivision, Alta Vista.Of course, walking through my neighborhood is what I do every day with the dogs, so nothing to get excited about. I’d say half the time the Hash will pass through Alta Vista on the way to or from one of the mountain trails. So I was really surprised yesterday when we just did a big loop and came back into Barretto.The best view of the day…The rest of the walk was pretty much like this…Bush Diver (in yellow) and Vienna Sausage (in red) veered off shortly thereafter to find their own trail in the mountain.Passed by my favorite eatery, Sin-n-Bull. One nice thing about the day was we ordered our after-Hash meals from here for delivery to our On-Home at Hot Zone. The final kilometer was walking down the National Highway which is always a real treat. Not!But I made it back to Hot Zone safe and sound…Sit-n-Bull sends over a couple of waitresses with menus. They take our orders, call them in, and our food is delivered right to where we are seated. I had the Salisbury steak with cole slaw and baked beans. Quite tasty!For our dining entertainment we got to watch the ice being delivered.Slot Licker and H.I.V. celebrated birthdays and in the Hash tradition we made them a cake. On their head!The Hares, Goes with a Dickhead and Bum Burglar, take their seat on the ice while receiving feedback from the Kennel on their Shitty Trail.The obligatory photo of “gash” on ice…And we welcomed and deflowered a Hash virgin.
And that’s about it. Oh, and we drank us some beers too.
Next week’s Hash will be much better. I can personally guarantee it. Unless it rains.
Melody: The Mickey Mouse Club Lyrics: S-H-I, T-T-Y T-R-A-I-L Shitty trail (It sucked!) Shitty trail (Totally fucked!) I’d rather sit here And drink my beer Than run your shitty trail
S-H-I, T-T-Y T-R-A-I-L
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Sounds as if you did a Kevin-style trail, then: pretty much level, and mostly/totally on asphalt. May your next trail be more entertaining!
I take it there is a lesson in your comment. Comma after trail, then colon, followed by the supporting statement to your first point. Or am I reading too much into it? 🙂
Yeah, I was only writing a self-deprecating comment about the wussiness of flat trails. But, sure, if we want to get technical: the colon means “list or explanation to follow,” and the word “then” often takes a comma before it:
All right, then.
First do X, then do Y.
(etc.)
Examples of the colon preceding an explanation:
She knew what she was doing: twenty years of hard fighting had made her an expert.
My thirst for blood is infinite: I am Dracula.
So when the colon precedes a list, it’s like saying “to wit,” and when the colon precedes an explanation, it’s like saying “for” or “because.”
The colon is often optional and can be replaced by a semicolon in compound sentences (i.e., sentences with two independent clauses), but there will be a change in nuance:
Koreans are a tough people: they’ve endured many foreign occupations. (2nd clause explains the first)
(or) Koreans are a tough people; they’ve endured many foreign occupations. (2nd clause = one related idea merely following another)
Hot Zone don’t serve food themselves or are they happy to accept people eating outside food based on the money they make on the beer?
Kevin, so it seems, against all odds, that I was mostly correct in my assessment. It is often said ’tis better to be lucky than good; and it is good to be lucky as well! I appreciate the lesson!
Thirsty, you are correct that Hot Zone does not serve food (just some bar snacks like jerky). They make money on alcohol of course, but that also have arguably the best lineup of dancing girls in town. 🙂
Sounds as if you did a Kevin-style trail, then: pretty much level, and mostly/totally on asphalt. May your next trail be more entertaining!
I take it there is a lesson in your comment. Comma after trail, then colon, followed by the supporting statement to your first point. Or am I reading too much into it? 🙂
Yeah, I was only writing a self-deprecating comment about the wussiness of flat trails. But, sure, if we want to get technical: the colon means “list or explanation to follow,” and the word “then” often takes a comma before it:
All right, then.
First do X, then do Y.
(etc.)
Examples of the colon preceding an explanation:
She knew what she was doing: twenty years of hard fighting had made her an expert.
My thirst for blood is infinite: I am Dracula.
So when the colon precedes a list, it’s like saying “to wit,” and when the colon precedes an explanation, it’s like saying “for” or “because.”
The colon is often optional and can be replaced by a semicolon in compound sentences (i.e., sentences with two independent clauses), but there will be a change in nuance:
Koreans are a tough people: they’ve endured many foreign occupations. (2nd clause explains the first)
(or) Koreans are a tough people; they’ve endured many foreign occupations. (2nd clause = one related idea merely following another)
Hot Zone don’t serve food themselves or are they happy to accept people eating outside food based on the money they make on the beer?
Kevin, so it seems, against all odds, that I was mostly correct in my assessment. It is often said ’tis better to be lucky than good; and it is good to be lucky as well! I appreciate the lesson!
Thirsty, you are correct that Hot Zone does not serve food (just some bar snacks like jerky). They make money on alcohol of course, but that also have arguably the best lineup of dancing girls in town. 🙂