April 20th

“So who's getting excited. Anybody have any special trips for the day. I know I'm going to be hiking up Mt. Colden in the Adirondacks for the day.”

“Okay, I'll bite. What's significant about April 20th?”

“

it's a holiday celebrating the sacrifice of all those least-fittest brain cells to the gods ;-)

Tarpy and i are going to Boston that day, coincidentally! it's a business trip for him. i'm soooo excited, i love that city! :-)”

“I'm taking a test that day. Hopefully it doesn't take too many brain cells to pass.”

“"least-fittest"? apparently some of the better ones have been taken too, LOL!”

“.....and so goes the 420 report...













Back to you Clem.....”

“Ever been to Bob's Berserko Lounge?”

“whassat?”

“About thirty years ago, in the era of Cheech and Chong, they were four crazy guys who made stoned-out humor records.

"What are records, Grandpa?"

"Well honey, those are kinda like CD's, but they are twelve inches in diameter."

"What's a diameter?"

"Uh, Uh, Uh......"

I'm sure there is information about Firesign Theater on the internet.

Their alblums are available on CD or in used record bins.

"Nick Danger, Third Eye", was one of the episodes.”

“My ru8gby club, the Ormstown Saracens are hosting a pre-season tournament on the 20th and for the first time we shall enter a women's side. I am very proud of this and am the founding coach.

After ten years of coaching girls' high school rugby and the same for the English high school in the neigbouring village, we have the players and the organisational people to make it hapen.

Tell me, dharmboho, how are you going to do Colden. Up from Lake Colden (tough) or around the back by Lake Arnold? We got blown off the summit dome of Algonquin by a sudden snow squall and extremely high winds. Luckily, we were still in sight of the trees and got back down. If we'd been on the summit, we'd have had to bivouac - perhaps for the night. Conditions were slushy down below, but we used crampons and ice axes from the falls. After having a few beers at the Cottage in Placid, we had to follow a string of cars behind the snow plough.

Anyway, have a good one,

Doug”

“Sorry, this happened Monday.”

“kleetn's squirrel is rarin' and ready to go!

”

“Connotative Use/Meaning

420 is a phreak's (and not just a hippie's) favorite number for a variety of reasons, or maybe for no reason at all, but colloquially the number says pot -- "let's smoke pot", or "someone's smoking pot", or "gee, i really like pot", or "time to smoke pot", either by time (4:20 a.m. or p.m.), date (April 20th), or otherwise (e.g. State Route 420). April 20th at 4:20 is marked by annual events in Mount Tamalpais, CA (an informal gathering); Marin Conty, CA (the 420 Hemp Fest); Ann Arbor, MI (the Hash Bash); and Washington, D.C. (buildup towards the July 4th Smoke-In).

Original Source(s)

Conventional wisdom: The most common tale is that 420 is the police radio code criminal code (and therefore the police "call") in certain part(s) of California (e.g. in Los Angeles or San Francisco) for having spotted someone consuming cannabis publicly, i.e. "pot smoking in progress"; that local cannabis users picked up on the code and began celebrating the number temporally (esp. 4:20 a.m., 4:20 p.m., and April 20); that the number became nationally popularized in the late 1980s and, more ferverently, in the early- to mid-1990s; and is colloquially applied to a variety of relaxed and/or inspired contexts, including not only pot consumption but also a "good time" more generally (in contrast to the drug war surrounding).”

“What time is is now???”

“The time please?”

“HIGH in the mountains....Joyce Kilmer/Slickrock ECT
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“to be miller time. hell, its 4:20 whenever I want it to be...as long as its after 5:00 m-f.”

“Happy Easter all!





Happy 4/20 all!





Anybody have any good times today?”

“I was hiking!

8)”

“I went for a walk by the river with a friend :D (he's helping me train and stay motivated for the PCT)”

“We had a really nice 13 mile hike along Seneca Creek in Maryland. Lots of wildflowers (violets, spring beauty, trout lilies, plus dogwood trees in bloom), a couple of animal sightings (deer and what may have been a fisher), lots of birds, and just some nice easy trail along a rushing creek. A good day.”