The Dude Laying Down Wisdom

bigdano711 · Yesterday, 07:42 AM

Jeff Bridges narrates "Living In The Future's Past", a documentary that is free and is worth the hour and 20 minutes of your time.

At 1:19:35 he shares a quote that you might recognize. ;-)

bigdano711 · Today, 06:11 AM

What, no deep thinkers around here? We live in such a precarious moment, we need to talk about this shit. I see reason for great hope. At the same time these evil forces are at their strongest, we have a candidate like RFK Jr. show up. THEE candidate we've been looking for our whole lives. A SOLID third choice. This is it, guys.

Meanwhile, energy prices soar and at the same time, we have documented proof of accessing the zero point energy field. We have a guy who built an ICE engine that runs on hydrogen gas and makes the wonderful WHOMPEM sound, shooting water vapor out of the exhaust.

I should mention the quote. I found it roughly 15 to 20 years ago. It rocked me. I had it in my original FB account as my favorite quote. Now, I love The Dude, especially in the remake of True Grit. I was clean and sober when I watched The Big Lebowski with some clean and sober friends. Actually, we were a bowling team as well, so the movie was poignant. It wasn't much longer after finding the quote that I found myself divorced, wrecked, a shell of a man. Then I was walking to work one day and I saw what had become of us. I got off BART at the Montgomery Street station in downtown San Francisco and headed topside like I did every day of the week. The usual throng collected on the street corner, waiting for the light to change. Because I've never liked crowds, I jay-walked across a one-way street, walked up a bit, then jay-walked across the other. I had the timing of the traffic lights down. As I was crossing that 2nd street, I happened to look down at the throng, right at the moment the light changed, and watched that throng surge into the street like some kind of ant colony. I was shook, all the way to the core. I remember stopping mid-stride and standing there, watching it happen, jaw hanging down to my 2nd chin. I suddenly realized that I was part of it and by being part of it, I was condoning it. The next realization was that I had to quit, right now, walk away and NEVER come back.

Now, all these years later, ol' Jeff makes a documentary and features that VERY quote at the end. I was/am/will forever be ROCKED by that. Miracles abound.

bigdano711 · Today, 06:22 AM

"I just came in...
To see what condition my condition was in."

Thumper · Today, 06:24 AM

Energy is cheap in the US. We pay less for energy than almost anywhere in the aner! Food too. My wife is from Spain, grandma from France, brother in Australia. They spend more than twice as much for fuel in those places, food too. Of course, they spend a lot less on military, so we pay for it ! Just in different ways.

bigdano711 · Today, 07:12 AM

Ask your wife if she knows a coastal town called Ayala. That's my last name. I can't prove it, yet, but I believe I am a descendant of Juan Manuel de Ayala, the man responsible for discovering San Francisco Bay. Yeah, SF belongs to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Ayala

Oh man, the food in this country is so bad. 90% processed crap. If you listen to RFK Jr. talk about it, you can see he's telling the truth. He spent his whole career going after huge corporations and WINNING.

It IS possible to find SOME decent stuff, mostly at farmer's markets. It's time to start growing my own. I want to get a chicken coop going, too.

Yesterday, 07:42 AM	#1
bigdano711 Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Big Piney, WY Posts: 506	The Dude Laying Down Wisdom Jeff Bridges narrates "Living In The Future's Past", a documentary that is free and is worth the hour and 20 minutes of your time. At 1:19:35 he shares a quote that you might recognize. ;-) __________________ 2023 Hawk 250 from XPRO off of Amazon MOUNTAIN MAN RC + MOTO on YouTube "If there were more bloody noses, there would be less wars." - Hagbard Celine "Someday, after mastering the waves, the winds, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Today, 06:11 AM	#2
bigdano711 Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Big Piney, WY Posts: 506	What, no deep thinkers around here? We live in such a precarious moment, we need to talk about this shit. I see reason for great hope. At the same time these evil forces are at their strongest, we have a candidate like RFK Jr. show up. THEE candidate we've been looking for our whole lives. A SOLID third choice. This is it, guys. Meanwhile, energy prices soar and at the same time, we have documented proof of accessing the zero point energy field. We have a guy who built an ICE engine that runs on hydrogen gas and makes the wonderful WHOMPEM sound, shooting water vapor out of the exhaust. I should mention the quote. I found it roughly 15 to 20 years ago. It rocked me. I had it in my original FB account as my favorite quote. Now, I love The Dude, especially in the remake of True Grit. I was clean and sober when I watched The Big Lebowski with some clean and sober friends. Actually, we were a bowling team as well, so the movie was poignant. It wasn't much longer after finding the quote that I found myself divorced, wrecked, a shell of a man. Then I was walking to work one day and I saw what had become of us. I got off BART at the Montgomery Street station in downtown San Francisco and headed topside like I did every day of the week. The usual throng collected on the street corner, waiting for the light to change. Because I've never liked crowds, I jay-walked across a one-way street, walked up a bit, then jay-walked across the other. I had the timing of the traffic lights down. As I was crossing that 2nd street, I happened to look down at the throng, right at the moment the light changed, and watched that throng surge into the street like some kind of ant colony. I was shook, all the way to the core. I remember stopping mid-stride and standing there, watching it happen, jaw hanging down to my 2nd chin. I suddenly realized that I was part of it and by being part of it, I was condoning it. The next realization was that I had to quit, right now, walk away and NEVER come back. Now, all these years later, ol' Jeff makes a documentary and features that VERY quote at the end. I was/am/will forever be ROCKED by that. Miracles abound. __________________ 2023 Hawk 250 from XPRO off of Amazon MOUNTAIN MAN RC + MOTO on YouTube "If there were more bloody noses, there would be less wars." - Hagbard Celine "Someday, after mastering the waves, the winds, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Today, 06:22 AM	#3
bigdano711 Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Big Piney, WY Posts: 506	"I just came in... To see what condition my condition was in." __________________ 2023 Hawk 250 from XPRO off of Amazon MOUNTAIN MAN RC + MOTO on YouTube "If there were more bloody noses, there would be less wars." - Hagbard Celine "Someday, after mastering the waves, the winds, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Today, 06:24 AM	#4
Thumper Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Kansas City Posts: 2,530	Energy is cheap in the US. We pay less for energy than almost anywhere in the aner! Food too. My wife is from Spain, grandma from France, brother in Australia. They spend more than twice as much for fuel in those places, food too. Of course, they spend a lot less on military, so we pay for it ! Just in different ways. __________________ -2022 5 speed Templar X Orange, OEM 51T rear sprocket, 14T front sprocket -NOS 2020 KTM 250SX (2-stroke motocross), less than 10 hours on it
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Today, 07:12 AM	#5
bigdano711 Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Big Piney, WY Posts: 506	Ask your wife if she knows a coastal town called Ayala. That's my last name. I can't prove it, yet, but I believe I am a descendant of Juan Manuel de Ayala, the man responsible for discovering San Francisco Bay. Yeah, SF belongs to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Ayala Oh man, the food in this country is so bad. 90% processed crap. If you listen to RFK Jr. talk about it, you can see he's telling the truth. He spent his whole career going after huge corporations and WINNING. It IS possible to find SOME decent stuff, mostly at farmer's markets. It's time to start growing my own. I want to get a chicken coop going, too. __________________ 2023 Hawk 250 from XPRO off of Amazon MOUNTAIN MAN RC + MOTO on YouTube "If there were more bloody noses, there would be less wars." - Hagbard Celine "Someday, after mastering the waves, the winds, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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