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Mexitron
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Posts: 3397
Registered: 9-21-2003
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Mood: Happy!
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Thanks David for all your great work!
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BornFisher
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DK---- AKA as the Baja Nomad Navigator
Thanks for all the 411!!!
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frizkie
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Posts: 293
Registered: 9-29-2003
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada & El Chorro, Baja Sur
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Put my vote down for David too.
He has been of great help to me over the years on here .. like over ten years!!!
David you're the BEST!!!! Thanks for being you..  
Barb
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sanquintinsince73
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
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The modern day Christopher Columbus....someone should make him a little hat.
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toneart
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Posts: 4901
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Yes, DavidK indeed shares a great deal of Baja history and his passion shows through. Thank you, David!
I still reserve the right to stand confusted though. 
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David K
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Posts: 65284
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Thanks... and I will drink to being 'confusted'!
Maybe that is a new word to be used when you like a David K Baja trip or history post, but wish he would not go political!
Viva Baja Nomads!
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Thanks... and I will drink to being 'confusted'!
Maybe that is a new word to be used when you like a David K Baja trip or history post, but wish he would not go political!
Viva Baja Nomads! |
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gnukid
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DK is going to have to head south of GN to be Magellan... doncha think?
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Barry A.
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Posts: 10007
Registered: 11-30-2003
Location: Redding, Northern CA
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| Quote: | Originally posted by gnukid
DK is going to have to head south of GN to be Magellan... doncha think? |
-----wait until DK retires-----he will get there then---------and you can be sure of getttin great info & maps from him when he does.
I second the nomination of David as official "Magellan de Baja", even if he is confusted.
Barry
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DanO
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Posts: 1923
Registered: 8-26-2003
Location: Not far from the Pacific
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Marc
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
a clapping hand.
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The Sound of One Hand
What is the Sound of the Single Hand? When you clap together both hands a sharp sound is heard; when you raise the one hand there is neither sound nor
smell. Is this the High Heaven of which Confucius speaks? Or is it the essentials of what Yamamba describes in these words: "The echo of the
completely empty valley bears tidings heard from the soundless sound?" This is something that can by no means be heard with the ear. If conceptions
and discriminations are not mixed within it and it is quite apart from seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing, and if, while walking, standing,
sitting, and reclining, you proceed straightforwardly without interruption in the study of this koan, you will suddenly pluck out the karmic root of
birth and death and break down the cave of ignorance. Thus you will attain to a peace in which the phoenix has left the golden net and the crane has
been set free of the basket. At this time the basis of mind, consciousness, and emotion is suddenly shattered; the realm of illusion with its endless
sinking in the cycle of birth and death is overturned. The treasure accumulation of the Three Bodies and the Four Wisdoms is taken away, and the
miraculous realms of the Six Supernatural Powers and Three Insights is transcended. |
Huh? Ah...ya right on bro. |
Welp, either Dennis has achieved total enlightenment through the judicious combination of his various meds and whatever's washing them down (and if
so, he's right in the sweet spot, baby), or . . . he's just confuciusted. The post in question references Confucianism, Hinduism and Yamamba, which
is either a mythological Japanese mountain hag or "a sub-culture in Japan for young girls who wear overly bright citrus or fluorescent clothing, 10
inch platform shoes, bleach their hair to gray/white/yellow/or somewhere between, have an extraordinary tan, wear inverted panda style make-up ie
white lip-stick and eye make-up, and spend their days talking loudly on their overly accessorized mobile phones." Images here:
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2006/10/30/japanese-mountain-ha...
Either way, it's scary, but I don't have a clue what it has to do with enlightenment. Or to DavidK or Magellan, for that matter. Dennis, care to
come down from the mountain and elaborate?
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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bacquito
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Yes David K thanks for sharing your experiences and helping me post photos on Baja Nomad.
bacquito
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ncampion
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Posts: 1238
Registered: 4-15-2006
Location: Loreto
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Another YEAH vote for David. Not only does he inspire my love for Baja, but he keeps my spelling honest.
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Keri
Super Nomad
Posts: 1393
Registered: 10-31-2002
Location: La Mision, Baja Norte
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Mood: muy contento
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Got my vote and Thanks David for being a friend,k
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mtgoat666
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Registered: 9-16-2006
Location: San Diego
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
DavidK for Magellan of Nomad |
perhaps he is a tomtom or a garmin
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GregN
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David. Thanks for keeping the history alive. If I wrote another Baja book I'd put your name in that one too.
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gnukid
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by gnukid
DK is going to have to head south of GN to be Magellan... doncha think? |
-----wait until DK retires-----he will get there then---------and you can be sure of getttin great info & maps from him when he does.
I second the nomination of David as official "Magellan de Baja", even if he is confusted.
Barry |
Yes you are right, David for confusted Magellan. 'Cause getting lost is the fun part. jaja
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vgabndo
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Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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I don't know about David, and I doubt I have anything to worry about, but if anyone compared me to either Columbus or Magellan I would be thoroughly
insulted.
Christopher C, upon arriving in what would later be the Dominican Republic immediately set about enslaving the native people to make them dig for gold
for him and the Christians who sent him. A bold man on an evil mission.
Magellan in 1521 arrived in what would later become the Philippine Islands. He was under orders from the Catholic king of Spain to bring those people
under the rule of the king and to submit to the Christian god. When the victims, who had their own culture and religion, refused to submit, Magellan
set upon them with the full might of his war ships, muskets, swords, pikes, and armor. The citizens rose up with their sharpened bamboo sticks and
killed Magellan for his despicable arrogance.
I thoroughly respect DK's knowledge of the portions of Baja he has explored. I would hope he would eschew any connection with Ferdinand Magellan.
It is interesting to note Magellan's conflicted mind set. While being willing to kill people for not embracing the Bible, he is also quoted as having
noticed one of the most damning pieces of evidence for the invalidity of the same book.
To paraphrase..."The church tells me that the earth is flat, I believe it is round, I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I believe the shadow more
than I believe the church."
[Edited on 10-13-2010 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Barry A.
Select Nomad
Posts: 10007
Registered: 11-30-2003
Location: Redding, Northern CA
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Mood: optimistic
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
I don't know about David, and I doubt I have anything to worry about, but if anyone compared me to either Columbus or Magellan I would be thoroughly
insulted.
Christopher C, upon arriving in what would later be the Dominican Republic immediately set about enslaving the native people to make them dig for gold
for him and the Christians who sent him. A bold man on an evil mission.
Magellan in 1521 arrived in what would later become the Philippine Islands. He was under orders from the Catholic king of Spain to bring those people
under the rule of the king and to submit to the Christian god. When the victims, who had their own culture and religion, refused to submit, Magellan
set upon them with the full might of his war ships, muskets, swords, pikes, and armor. The citizens rose up with their sharpened bamboo sticks and
killed Magellan for his despicable arrogance.
I thoroughly respect DK's knowledge of the portions of Baja he has explored. I would hope he would eschew any connection with Ferdinand Magellan.
It is interesting to note Magellan's conflicted mind set. While being willing to kill people for not embracing the Bible, he is also quoted as having
noticed one of the most damning pieces of evidence for the invalidity of the same book.
To paraphrase..."The church tells me that the earth is flat, I believe it is round, I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I believe the shadow more
than I believe the church."
[Edited on 10-13-2010 by vgabndo] |
Good grief----what a macabre comment in a thread that celebrates a man's contribution to his fellow Nomads. (sigh)
Barry
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sanquintinsince73
Super Nomad
Posts: 1495
Registered: 6-8-2010
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
I don't know about David, and I doubt I have anything to worry about, but if anyone compared me to either Columbus or Magellan I would be thoroughly
insulted.
Christopher C, upon arriving in what would later be the Dominican Republic immediately set about enslaving the native people to make them dig for gold
for him and the Christians who sent him. A bold man on an evil mission.
Magellan in 1521 arrived in what would later become the Philippine Islands. He was under orders from the Catholic king of Spain to bring those people
under the rule of the king and to submit to the Christian god. When the victims, who had their own culture and religion, refused to submit, Magellan
set upon them with the full might of his war ships, muskets, swords, pikes, and armor. The citizens rose up with their sharpened bamboo sticks and
killed Magellan for his despicable arrogance.
I thoroughly respect DK's knowledge of the portions of Baja he has explored. I would hope he would eschew any connection with Ferdinand Magellan.
It is interesting to note Magellan's conflicted mind set. While being willing to kill people for not embracing the Bible, he is also quoted as having
noticed one of the most damning pieces of evidence for the invalidity of the same book.
To paraphrase..."The church tells me that the earth is flat, I believe it is round, I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I believe the shadow more
than I believe the church."
[Edited on 10-13-2010 by vgabndo] |
Sin comentarios.....
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 65284
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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So much for 'peace love and fish tacos'... ? Not sure if you are bashing me or Gypsy Jan... I cannot understand even why you would think it was a
negative connection!
I am honored that Gypsy Jan has honored me in the way she did....
Magellan was one of the great explorers and the first to prove one could sail around the world (even if he didn't make it back).
Columbus discovered the New World for Spain, even though he thought he was in the region of India or the East Indies... They were explorers, and if
not them, then someone else... But they are the ones recognized for importat things.
As for the King's orders, well he was the boss and signed their paychecks... Would we have ever known of them if they refused the King's orders???
Nope, they would be dead and forgotten. The natives of America were no less violent and aggressive to each other... it was a tough world back then.
I can assure you I take no guns into new lands, nor want to dominate other cultures and have no religious zeal to convert anyone... my church is
within me, as is my God.
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