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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Let's try to find out! Forgot to mention that this is where I dropped my jaw the first time We use Google and type 'meaning cahuamos'. ![]() ![]() |
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adriverhoef
Master Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Apr 3, 2009 Post Count: 2169 Status: Offline Project Badges: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
You are cordially invited to decide what our badge for the Cahuamos trek will show: This isn't a difficult choice, it's definitely going to be:3. A giant turtle ![]() ![]() Existen muchas razones por las que la población de tortugas 🐢 marinas está en peligro de extinción, pero la más destacable es el ser humano 🤷🏽♂️. (There are many reasons why the marine turtle population is in danger of extinction, but the most remarkable is the human being 🤷🏽♂️.) ![]() [Edit 1 times, last edit by adriverhoef at Mar 31, 2018 11:20:28 AM] |
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acpartsman
Veteran Cruncher Martinsville VA, USA Joined: May 6, 2007 Post Count: 943 Status: Offline Project Badges: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
With the modest contribution of yodap and little mermaid the Cahuamos results graph did this: Pretty cool ![]() ![]() Great work LM. He'll probably have a stroke Monday when he sees our contribution. ![]()
One drop raises the sea.
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Thank you for a fast and unequivocal decision
![]() I'm sure your suggestion will play very well with the chairman and the members of the Badge Review Committee ![]() I have a feeling you can do nothing wrong there, adriverhoef. Once, during our memorable top40.nl trek, I asked what this Chairman thought of you, and he gave this overwhelming and - again - unequivocal answer: ![]() |
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Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Great work LM. Thank you. I'm so proud ![]() ![]() He'll probably have a stroke Monday when he sees our contribution. ![]() ![]() |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Good Afternoon Base Campers!
Are you ready to take off? Bags packed? Charged power banks? OK! Fasten your seatbelts. Your welcoming committee will be yodap, tanner2, and little mermaid waving with ![]() the UN flag. We are international. ![]() New York, USA, Minnesota, USA, and Denmark, so far. Today we had this exhilarating visit from our former captain, captain adriverhoef of team top40.nl and crusher of containers – 40 feet oceangoing ones – who had put his Speurneus to work. That’s Sniffer Dog in Dutch. Speurneus is a registered trade mark, I noticed. Anyway, Speurneus sniffed his way all through the internet, nothing left unsniffed, and concluded that Cahuamos had to mean EITHER a large mug of beer (preferably Mexican) OR a giant turtle. I humbly suggest there could be a spelling mistake and so it could something quite different. This performance was so exceptionel that I decided it is worth a Rosie. If I’m not mistaken, adriverhoef was awarded one some time ago for all his very valuable and very different contributions to this Forum – not least with his IT insight, but with his music and a finely tweaked sense of humor as well, so the Rosie will be - for Speurneus. For the first time a dog gets a Rosie. The speech will be a short one, because Speurneus understands no English as opposed to Louloup, stefada’s handsome Belgian dog, who on his part doesn’t know how to sniff the internet. Yet. Speurneus, I pin this Rosie onto your collar because you have sniffed so well, still sniffs, and hopefully will pull your master out for future sniffing, when you next sense your services are needed. Thank you, Speurneus. ![]() adriverhoef decided our badge should be a giant turtle. The Badge Review Committee, however, has not given the green light yet, but still wants to hear captain cjslman’s interpretation of Cahuamos I really look forward to seeing as many of ’the usual suspects’ again as possible, and if Base Camping should attract new crunchers, I should be ever so pleased. My directions are sketchy to say the least. Those wanting to camp should go to Alameda Central Park and look for a Rastafari orangutan with a huge fruit bowl in a quiet corner. Those who want a solid roof over their heads will come over to me at Hotel Historico Centro, and we'll see what happens. ![]() Everybody should put Cahuamos into their GPSs. ♥ See you later ♥ Au Revoir ♥ Auf Wiedersehen ♥ |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Little Mermaid.
En fait, Louloup est passé par la SPA (Société Protectrice des Animaux, une sorte de refuge national en France). Mais en plus, la personne qui l'en a sorti n'arrivait pas à s'en occuper. Et celle a qui il a été confié ensuite, c'était encore pire, qu'il avait une chienne dominante avec qui ça le faisait pas du tout (Elle l'a d'ailleurs mordu peu de temps après que je l'ai récupéré, et il a du avoir 6 points de suture). Et en France, il y a une règle, qui dit que si un chien va à la SPA pour la seconde fois, il faut le piquer (euthanasie). Alors. comme je le connaissais déjà un peu, j'ai décidé d'essayer. Et ça n'a pas été facile tous les jours, qu'au départ, il avait peur de tout, même des mouches ! Et la première chose que j'ai du lui apprendre, c'est de pas manger les cailloux ... Heureusement, les choses se sont arrangées, mais encore aujourd'hui, on travail pour qu'il soit plus posé. C'est que ça demande beaucoup de temps, et d'attention ... (Mais il me le rend au moins mille fois tous les jours ![]() Et quand tu nous rendra visite, je te laisse parler avec lui sans aucun soucis ! Je suis sûr que même en Danois, il pourrait te comprendre. Que pour tout dire, je lui parle en Français, en Anglais, en Allemand, en Espagnol, en Italien, et en Breton. Juste quelques mots (que je connais), mais il les comprend tous. Si tu lui dis "ici", "here" ou "Komme", il viendra. --------- In fact, Louloup went through the SPA (Society for the Protection of Animals, a sort of national refuge in France). But besides, the person who took it out did not manage to take care of it. And the one to whom he was later entrusted, it was even worse, that he had a dominant dog with whom it did not at all (She bit him soon after I got it back , and he must have had 6 stitches). And in France, there is a rule, which says that if a dog goes to the SPA for the second time, it must be stung (euthanasia). So. as I already knew a little, I decided to try. And it was not easy every day, that at first, he was afraid of everything, even flies! And the first thing I had to teach him was not to eat the pebbles ... Fortunately, things have settled, but even today, we work to make it more posed. It is that it takes a lot of time, and attention ... (But it makes me at least a thousand times every day) And when you visit us, I let you talk with him without any worries! I'm sure even in Danish he could understand you. That, to tell the truth, I speak to him in French, in English, in German, in Spanish, in Italian, and in Breton. Just a few words (which I know), but he understands them all. If you tell him "ici," "here," or "Komme," he will come. ![]() |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
It’s horrible what people do to animals. It it very understandable that Louloup must have lost any confidence in human beings, and that it has been a work of patience to make him calm and trusting again. It must be very confusing to go from being maltreated to being loved and taken care of in all repects. Just look at his bed!
You yourself, stefada must be a special person with the brains and emotions to establish this friendship with Louloup! That is certainly not something everybody can do. In addition to seeing all the beautiful scenery in your town and area, I can get to speak any language with Louloup. No other travel agency can offer that! ![]() C'est horrible ce que les gens font aux animaux. Il est très compréhensible que Louloup ait perdu toute confiance dans les êtres humains, et que cela ait été un travail de patience pour le rendre calme et confiant à nouveau. Il doit être très déroutant de passer d'être maltraité à être aimé et pris en charge dans tous les cas. Regarde juste son lit! Vous-même, stefada doit être une personne spéciale avec les cerveaux et les émotions pour établir cette amitié avec Louloup. Ce n'est certainement pas quelque chose que tout le monde peut faire. En plus de voir tous les beaux paysages de votre ville et de votre région, je peux parler n'importe quelle langue avec Louloup! Aucune autre agence de voyage ne peut offrir cela! ![]() |
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Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
The crew just got bigger - and more international
![]() We have a crew member from the Lone Star State who goes Base Camping for the first time. Welcome, Doneske ![]() Being the neighbor of Mexico you have saved on travel time - which will not be the case on your next trek if you find Base Camping is for you. The next trek will go to Maine, and I just realized it wasn't the best of timing, as we'll probably land in the middle of the black fly season. ![]() Have you been to Mexico before, Doneske? If so, is there something in particular you would recommend we should visit? <My planning is lacking - I need all the help I can get> ![]() |
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Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Little Mermaid
Il m'a fallu trois mois, juste, pour qu'il n'ai plus peur de moi ... C'est un très long travail, qui n'est pas encore terminé. Mais chaque jour, on avance. Et, je crois, que les photos 'parlent'. Et tu m'as 'démasqué', je suis quelqu'un de très sensible. Pas pour rien que j'étais Sapeur Pompier Volontaire à 17 ans, et qu'au bout de 5 ans, j'ai arrêté, que c'était trop. Le plus gros regret de ma vie, ne pas avoir la force signer pour faire 5 ans de plus ... (Je ne souhaite à personne, de devoir 'ramasser' un mort) Louloup, c'est pas pareil, c'est à la vie à la mort. Que quand je l'ai récupéré, j'allais pas bien. On s'est sauvé l'un et l'autre .... Le printemps arrive, les prochaines photos, ça devrait être freebee ou natation ! Il faut bien que je lui donne des cours d'aéronautique et d’hydraulique ... ---------- It took me three months, just so he was not afraid of me ... It's a very long job, which is not over yet. But every day, we advance. And, I believe, the photos 'talk'. And you've 'unmasked' me, I'm a very sensitive person. Not for nothing that I was Firefighter Volunteer at 17, and that after 5 years, I stopped, that it was too much. The biggest regret of my life, do not have the strength to sign to do 5 years more ... (I do not wish anyone to have to 'pick up' a dead person) Louloup, it's not the same, it's life to death. That when I got it back, I was not doing well. We escaped each other .... Spring is coming, the next pictures, it should be freebee or swimming! I must give him courses in aeronautics and hydraulics ... ![]() |
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