I am following your saga on the Between the Bars blog which I have just discovered today. Your description of "Janus" is poignant. Although so many of those old gods have long since been forgotten and are myths in or minds and stories, there's a lot of symbolism. I can feel the light of God in your words, which is much needed. I meditate frequently on Ecclesiastes and remember that all is a chasing after the wind, which comforts me in an odd way.
Reck , Stumbled upon this by accident . Loved reading about the history of and your adventures with H.R.P. Brought back many memories of my own . Not sure that you would remember or not but I'm one former "heads" from VTA. Our crews crossed paths a few times in the mid to late 80s . Not sure how it started or ended though . I'm sure you or yours were shagging sure of the local "Lasses" at the time and lead us all partying together and hitting up gigs . Not sure what my handle was in those days ( pollock , spanky ) idk and doesn't really matter . Some names you may recall chopper , Frankenstein , mouse creeper ect . Also around that time was the two skins from Texas , danny boy and Jeff I think . I know you remember batgirl since her name popped up in your writing . I remember you Animal , J Gore , Sep , Cameron ect . Spent a lil time on the blvd and a lil more drinking off the blvd . Also remember the rock shop and gigs at the anti club in those days . Best of times and worst of times . It's all a bit fuzzy now . Paroled from Corcoran in 98 and went civilian . Currently living in the south doing the family thing . Still catch a show from time to time and still love cranking up the old school sounds that take me back . Anyhow , just wanted to thank you for writing about our scene in the 80s . Would love to read more if you decide to put it out there . Sometimes I scour the web for stories of punk crews back in the day . The kids today will never understand . Maybe they are lucky ? I hope you get some serious action on your writ soon . That's no place for our kind or any kind for that matter . Stay strong and don't let the badtards get you down . They are only pathetic boot lickers who's only authority is a punk ass piece of tin they called a badge and their only power comes out the end of a gun . State sponsored cowards .
Hi Librado! I hope this finds you well, it was great to get a response. Don't worry about not responding before, sometimes we lose track of things and it's not our fault. I am quite forgetful myself. I find it really interesting to hear what you have to say about your experiences in prison, I hear about conditions in prisons on TV or in news articles but to have actual knowledge of that experience just enforces it. I hope you have the space you need, I know I value my personal space and that must be difficult in prison. Especially an overcrowded prison. Obviously in the time we live, there's such an emphasis on money and economics which must definitely impact on your experiences within prison. Money is king, people are expendable. I'm not an American, I'm actually British so I only have a vague understanding of Californian legalities and prison systems. I am very interested though so now I have some direction, maybe I can do some reading to try and increase what I know.
Once again, I hope this finds you well. I admire you spirit and your acceptance of your situation. Sometimes the only power we have is to be ourselves, so hold on to that power. JRowan
I've transcribed your (very short) Twitter Users post. I hope it works.
You asked in a note what was stopping me from contacting you directly. I'm fairly new to all of this, and I prefer to remain anonymous. If that's a problem please let me know.
Regarding building out of steel vs. aluminium, I'm definitely no metal expert, and some real research will be required before beginning to build, but from what I can find, aluminium is lighter and therefore more material can be used to match steel's weight to build a stronger structure. But aluminium has a lower yield point, and therefore steel structures can be built with less strength in mind, since it may get beat up, but will not fail catastrophically.
But I am not an engineer, nor a metal expert, and I'm not sure I even got this summary correct. :-)
But the good news for your friend is that motorcycle frames have been built with steel, aluminium (wikipedia sites: Honda VFR750, Yamaha YZF-R1), carbon fibre, titanium, magnesium, and composites, so it is possible.
All Americans, age 20–29: 1.776 m (5 ft 10 in) All Americans, age 20+: 1.763 m (5 ft 9.5 in) Black Americans, age 20–39: 1.780 m (5 ft 10 in) Mexican Americans, age 20–39: 1.706 m (5 ft 7 in) White Americans, age 20–39: 1.789 m (5 ft 10.5 in)
And since I'm on the page, might as well include female data:
All Americans, age 20–29: 1.632 m (5 ft 4.5 in) All Americans, age 20+: 1.622 m (5 ft 4 in) Black Americans, age 20–39: 1.632 m (5 ft 4.5 in) Mexican Americans, age 20–39: 1.587 m (5 ft 2.5 in) White Americans, age 20–39: 1.648 m (5 ft 5 in)
Shoot, I didn't respond to this? I wrote you letters and so may have forgotten to get the response on this one. For those of you following, I visited Bill on his Birthday as well. Was hoping they had cheesecake in the vending machines there but they were out. So, we have to all work on getting him some cheesecake, take note!
Good to see you are making so much progress my friend. Yes, this information is very practical in life and we can all use it to help each other. The photos we took on your Birthday were great and I hope you post them.
You are the hidden sage and bring light to those who listen.
RSS
I am following your saga on the Between the Bars blog which I have just discovered today. Your description of "Janus" is poignant. Although so many of those old gods have long since been forgotten and are myths in or minds and stories, there's a lot of symbolism. I can feel the light of God in your words, which is much needed. I meditate frequently on Ecclesiastes and remember that all is a chasing after the wind, which comforts me in an odd way.
-Ashby
In liberty and respect , Woz
I hope this finds you well, it was great to get a response. Don't worry about not responding before, sometimes we lose track of things and it's not our fault. I am quite forgetful myself.
I find it really interesting to hear what you have to say about your experiences in prison, I hear about conditions in prisons on TV or in news articles but to have actual knowledge of that experience just enforces it. I hope you have the space you need, I know I value my personal space and that must be difficult in prison. Especially an overcrowded prison. Obviously in the time we live, there's such an emphasis on money and economics which must definitely impact on your experiences within prison. Money is king, people are expendable.
I'm not an American, I'm actually British so I only have a vague understanding of Californian legalities and prison systems. I am very interested though so now I have some direction, maybe I can do some reading to try and increase what I know.
Once again, I hope this finds you well. I admire you spirit and your acceptance of your situation. Sometimes the only power we have is to be ourselves, so hold on to that power.
JRowan
I've transcribed your post titled 'Petition Mass Media Attention.'
Take care,
Lavender
I've transcribed your (very short) Twitter Users post. I hope it works.
You asked in a note what was stopping me from contacting you directly. I'm fairly new to all of this, and I prefer to remain anonymous. If that's a problem please let me know.
With kind regards
Lavender
Thanks.
But I am not an engineer, nor a metal expert, and I'm not sure I even got this summary correct. :-)
But the good news for your friend is that motorcycle frames have been built with steel, aluminium (wikipedia sites: Honda VFR750, Yamaha YZF-R1), carbon fibre, titanium, magnesium, and composites, so it is possible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Average_height_around_the_world
All Americans, age 20–29: 1.776 m (5 ft 10 in)
All Americans, age 20+: 1.763 m (5 ft 9.5 in)
Black Americans, age 20–39: 1.780 m (5 ft 10 in)
Mexican Americans, age 20–39: 1.706 m (5 ft 7 in)
White Americans, age 20–39: 1.789 m (5 ft 10.5 in)
And since I'm on the page, might as well include female data:
All Americans, age 20–29: 1.632 m (5 ft 4.5 in)
All Americans, age 20+: 1.622 m (5 ft 4 in)
Black Americans, age 20–39: 1.632 m (5 ft 4.5 in)
Mexican Americans, age 20–39: 1.587 m (5 ft 2.5 in)
White Americans, age 20–39: 1.648 m (5 ft 5 in)
Good to see you are making so much progress my friend. Yes, this information is very practical in life and we can all use it to help each other. The photos we took on your Birthday were great and I hope you post them.
You are the hidden sage and bring light to those who listen.
All my best bro,
Joe R.