Who wants to sing with Tom Jones?

“Well not really sing with Tom Jones but we can sure as heck climb him. Im talking about hiking Tom Jones Mt in Harriman State Park upstate NY.
I know Corp Nasty and myself want to do it.
I was thinking in Jan. There is a very nice Leanto on top of the summit. Ive never done a winter hike and this would be great if it snowed for us. Who knows, mother nature may do it for us.
So any Northeastern People want to go and sing on Tom Jones MT.
come on it's unusual you want to loved by anyone....
all together”

“Last time I went out in 10-degree weather was the last time I'll go out in 10-degree weather.

Not to mention the fact I'll still be rehabbing in January.”

“Is there a Wayne Newton Mountain too?”

“Do you leave your knickers behind on the mountain?”

“gear slut please try to make this trip, I would love to meet you!!
geobeet, im just warming up the trsil for you!”

“Well get that trsil warm for April, unless it warms up in March.”

“Too early to tell, but since it's practically in my backyard, there's a pretty good chance I'd be able to make this trip.”

“Wrong side of the country.”

“to bad! get your butt over on our side of the world and we will show you some pretty nice mountains!”

“I believe that Wayne Newton Mountain is right next to Mount Tony Bennett.”

“If there's a Ricky Martin Mountain, forget it... I'm not going.”

“what if I tell you there is a Brittny Spears Mt
would that rock youre world?”

“I want to hike Jimmy Durante Knob or Jackie Gleason Massif.

Rudy Valley is dull and boring; nothing to say about that!

Time to say goodnight Geobeet.

Okay, g'night.”

“What we do to poor Maple's threads!”

“Goodnight Geobeet.
your one rocken dude!”

“Time to call it a night....
"Danke schoen, darling, danke schoen,
Thank you for all the joy and pain"”

“Tom Jones Mtn.? Sounds sounds like a really short trip, LOL

Funny you should mention Jackie Gleason. I knew a guy whose father was the head electrician on his show back in the 60s. By Some Strange Coincedence, Tom Jones was touring and doing his TV show at that time. His only real necessities were his 'TOM' letters and his troup of dancers, and he taped his show using Jackie Gleason's facilities and people when he came through Miami Beach.

Which brings me to the point of this post. You see 'climbing Tom Jones' would be a REALLY short trip because he's barely 5 feet tall. To make him appear taller, he had a troup of midget dancers in the 4 1/2 foot range. I think those 'giant' letters spelling 'T-O-M' were only 7 or 8 feet tall.

They had to set up the cameras practically On The Floor to shoot UP at him to make him look taller and all the cameramen were mad as hell because it was killing their backs.

What this has to do with hiking, I dunno.....

LOL”

“I might be up for that hike. January is a tough month, though. I won't be able to commit very far ahead of time. I'll keep an eye on this thread, if the hike happens I would love to join you if life permits. :)”

“(Hope nobody minds that I undegredated this thread for a minute...)”

“;^ )”

“I think that this would be a good trip, MapleLeaf. I have never been to Harriman.”

“Here are a couple of pics from my first solo backpacking trip to Tm Jones Mt.

Tom Jones Mt”

“Great Lyndy :0
I really would like to hike with you again!

We dont have to do it in Jan, it can be in Dec. Im good with either month.”

“you're wrong, Tilt...making your way through Tom Jones is an extremely long and arduous process. it gets mighty boring and mind-blowingly confusing. even though he's seduced by his mother, who isn't really his mother, i wouldn't recommend this book.

LOL! but for real. good pics, Mapleleaf...”

“thanks, that was my first backpacking trip which I went solo.
right after 9/11”

“Yes, Fielding was such a nut!

The movie was funny as hell, tho'... the 1963 version (Best Picture, aHem) with Albert Finney.”

“yeah. a real nut. i do believe i narrowly avoided the movie...but if you say it's funny, i believe you!”

“What I'd like to see is a Mungo Jerry Mountain


ch ch ch, ... uhhh!”

“I believe the technical term for that particular time signature is "a hitch in your get-along"


which reminds me... I got a copy of "Canned Heet's Greatest Hits" and somebody Stole the dang CD before I could even make a tape!

<GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR>”

“Tom Jones shelter, this reminds me of one time when couple of friends and I were on a winter hike in Harriman (This is probably back in the late 70’s) and we had planned to spend the night in the Tom Jones Shelter, but when we arrived at the shelter late in the day there was this shabbily dressed old man in the shelter and he did not look happy to see us. He had a fire going and some stuff lying around, but things just didn’t feel right he looked more like someone who was homeless then a backpacker, so we decided to move on a few more miles to the Black Rocks shelter (I think that’s the name of it) and spend the night there. The next morning while we were having breakfast a couple of park rangers stopped by our shelter and we told them about the old man we had seen at the other shelter. They said Oh that’s so and so (I don’t remember what they called him). They said he lives here. He just wanders around the park staying in different shelters.

I guess there’s no real point to this story except that reading this thread made me think of him. Maybe he was Brians father.”

“Must Hike, that is kind of sad and creepy at the same time.”

“It happens. They had a group of hippy kids moving from shelter to shelter in Shenandoah NP in the early 70s. I ran into them on Old Rag. They stayed the max number of nights and moved on. They were very accommodating, friendly, and sharing.”

“Creepy and sad that’s exactly what it was.”

“and what is the diff with us and them?
are we not homelss while hiking?
are we not hungry while hiking/
are we not....
oh forget about it.

scary story and yet I do think it was Brians father..”

“Maple this is still along way off but let me know what dates you decide.

I’m on vacation from 12/21 – 1/1 and will be looking to head out some where in between all the holiday commitments, probably somewhere in PA. I can’t wait I need some time off bad!”

“thats what would be good if eveyone posts when they are ava. i was just looking at my calendar this morning. I think Dec might be a good time but like I said its would be easier if everyone posts there days.”

“I don't know yet what part of the holidays I'm in NJ and what part might be spent elsewhere. I might be visiting relatives in Atlanta for a few days.”

“Make it a weekend, and I'll be there- Chances are I'll be working through all the holidays, Xmas and New Year's, eves and days. Make it a weekend though, and I might just take a day off to make a three day weekend. I deserve one, dammit.”

“Tom's panty tanty
October 25 2002


Tom Jones says he's insulted when women throw their underwear at him - but only if they haven't been wearing them.

Jones is fed up with women bringing extra pairs of panties in plastic bags to his concerts to throw at him, saying that when the tradition began in the '60s, "the whole thing was authentic."

"Nowadays they bring along a plastic bag with their underwear in it," Jones tells German magazine Bunte.

"It has nothing to do with enthusiasm anymore. I actually take it as an insult.

"I give it my all onstage because I want to fill the crowd with enthusiasm - but that which comes from the heart and not out of a plastic bag."


http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/25/1035504872522.html”

“It will be on a weekend!! but maybe with the Friday or a Monday off.

then I guess we will have to leave our extra panties @ home.
~Danmit~”

“D a n m i t ?

LOLOL”

“Tilt, why are you in the shadows? :-)”

“ok here is my happenings for the month of Nov and Dec

Nov 10th, 17th, 24th
Dec 1st, 8th, 15th
then going away the 22nd -25th.

So if you can find room in this for a trip to Tom Jones, please let me know.
These are the dates that I need to be at the Aquarium for training.
So I may either not go on the trip or if you guys can do it on Dec 20th-22nd please let me know.
Or if Jan is better for anyone.

Sorry about being too busy.”

“Hey Maple, did you hear about the new pirate movie?”

“Am I going to be sorry for saying NO?”

“It's rated ARRRRRR!”

“~GROAN~


:
that was alot better then the ones I heard on the car ride home form Bear Mt,

now those were BAD”

“do tell....”

“lets see, there were alot of your momma jokes and dead babie jokes and lets just say my daughter told alot of dirty jokes and got away with it (just this once)
all in all it was fun.”