Mystic
We're all born mad
That's just what they're called. Gate keepers also.
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Bill Ferris
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Other members have posted only pics of themselves wearing "younger persons clothes" from many yrs. ago on this thread, Edwin.
I suspect for internet identity security concerns !
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Mystic
We're all born mad
Not yet. Gimme -- ahem -- time.I was wondering if ... he (is) incarcerated?
epifanatic
acoustically suspended
Our first grandchild. Amelia Rose, born November 28th.
epifanatic
acoustically suspended
It's hard to believe, but she has me completely wrapped around her tiny finger.She is gorgeous Epi. Congrats.
Mystic
We're all born mad
These are two of the six we have staffed across three buildings. The fella on the left (looking at photo) is from the desert region of Samburu. The young guy on the right is from the highlands of Samburu. Both are Maasai moran (warriors), as are the other four. (photo taken this morning around 10:30 am Nairobi Time)
Um, I don't recognize the mzungu standing between the Maasai.
Mystic
We're all born mad
They can do that, especially little girls to grandpas. Yep.It's hard to believe, but she has me completely wrapped around her tiny finger.
Congrats brother . . . she's absolutely beautiful!
Mystic
We're all born mad
Dang, bro, y'all was cherubic.
Do you recall the make / model / year of that guitar?
Bicyclist
Super Member
Yamaha fg75?
Chad Michael
Dissonant Rhino
Chad Michael
Dissonant Rhino
The above photo is about 10 years old. Me, sitting next to one of my all - time favorite speakers, the JBL SR4732.
One minute, they can be as delicate as a flower. The next, they can get 'piss your pants' loud and still sound good doing it!!!!!
One minute, they can be as delicate as a flower. The next, they can get 'piss your pants' loud and still sound good doing it!!!!!
Mystic
We're all born mad
Yesterday was New (to me -- it is an artifact of some age) SAEE [sA-ee] Day in Nairobi.
The saee is a beaded band one wears at wrist, forearm, upper arm, and various parts of one's legs. While often assumed to be a Maasai ornament in traditional Maasai lands of Narok and Mara (mostly in Tanzania now), the saee is worn as well by the Samburu in their region well-north of Nairobi and the Mount Kenya plateau. The particular style of saee I donned -- for forever, as once placed it is never to be removed -- is @ my left wrist. I'll probably get another, for my right wrist, but custom-made by Samburu Maasai who operate a sort of All Things Samburu Maasai kiosk business in the (slum) community Kariokor. We'll walk to this kiosk on Friday or Saturday. I'd take a video except my mere presence will cause a huge stir and to be video-ing the experience would only add greater fervor to the excitement, so... ain't gonna do that.
Anyway, let's get on to a couple of New Saee Day photos.
The saee is a beaded band one wears at wrist, forearm, upper arm, and various parts of one's legs. While often assumed to be a Maasai ornament in traditional Maasai lands of Narok and Mara (mostly in Tanzania now), the saee is worn as well by the Samburu in their region well-north of Nairobi and the Mount Kenya plateau. The particular style of saee I donned -- for forever, as once placed it is never to be removed -- is @ my left wrist. I'll probably get another, for my right wrist, but custom-made by Samburu Maasai who operate a sort of All Things Samburu Maasai kiosk business in the (slum) community Kariokor. We'll walk to this kiosk on Friday or Saturday. I'd take a video except my mere presence will cause a huge stir and to be video-ing the experience would only add greater fervor to the excitement, so... ain't gonna do that.
Anyway, let's get on to a couple of New Saee Day photos.
Mystic
We're all born mad
New Saee Day -- Photo 2 : Apaiya (that is I) with Lalesheli (my brother -- he's married so not a moran / son) ...
Oh, and I am wearing also the military police "lightweight" boots I grabbed @ summer of 2025 while working for a spell at Rammstein (U.S.) Air Base in Krautland. They'll never replace by beloved fullyleather + steel reinforced toe cap and heel Paratrooper pair (GI to me @ spring 1979) but those weigh ~ 2.5 lbs per boot ... that gets tiresome, y'know, for every-day strolling about. Greatfor working out is though, they add ~ 5 lbs to my body-weight so such movements as pull-ups are more effective.
Oh, and I am wearing also the military police "lightweight" boots I grabbed @ summer of 2025 while working for a spell at Rammstein (U.S.) Air Base in Krautland. They'll never replace by beloved fullyleather + steel reinforced toe cap and heel Paratrooper pair (GI to me @ spring 1979) but those weigh ~ 2.5 lbs per boot ... that gets tiresome, y'know, for every-day strolling about. Greatfor working out is though, they add ~ 5 lbs to my body-weight so such movements as pull-ups are more effective.
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