Is Anybody Going To Pamplona Today?

July 07, 2018, 07:09 AM

V-Tail

July 7 -- Feast of San Fermin.

The annual Running of the Bulls.

When I worked in Spain I was told that the Spanish Army Hospital in Pamplona was recognized as the world's best trauma unit for puncture wounds. They get a lot of practice.

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July 07, 2018, 10:06 AM

Rey HRH

My pilgrimage is always to the annual running of the gerbils in Pasadena. It took me a couple of years to learn the best tactic is to run backwards to better protect your vulnerable spot and their favorite entryway.

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

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July 07, 2018, 10:54 AM

220-9er

quote:
Originally posted by oddball:
Running of the Bulls = Playing in the Freeway

I think some rocket scientists are doing that in Chicago today.

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July 07, 2018, 03:22 PM

Gustofer

As a young man, that was on my bucket list of things to do. I was chased by a lot of bulls as a kid, and always felt confident that I'd fair well. Unfortunately, I never got around to it.

Now that I can't run anymore, I'd still love to go just to experience it. I'd sit on a balcony, sipping whiskey, smoking a cigar, and doing my best Hemingway impression, while the carnage went on below me.

Good times.

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July 07, 2018, 03:37 PM

mike28w

quote:
Originally posted by Gustofer:

Now that I can't run anymore, I'd still love to go just to experience it. I'd sit on a balcony, sipping whiskey, smoking a cigar, and doing my best Hemingway impression, while the carnage went on below me.

They'd probably just put you to work !!

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July 06, 2020, 06:29 PM

PHPaul

Well, I did The Running of The Errands.

20 miles in one direction to get a hydraulic hose made and their machine was on the fritz.

20 miles back and 15 miles in the other direction to the only other place in the area that makes hoses. Fortunately, they were able to handle it. $65 and a half a tank of gas later, I have the hose I needed.

Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.

July 06, 2020, 07:19 PM

Shifferbrains

quote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH:
My pilgrimage is always to the annual running of the gerbils in Pasadena. It took me a couple of years to learn the best tactic is to run backwards to better protect your vulnerable spot and their favorite entryway.

Richard Gere the MC?

July 06, 2020, 11:39 PM

corsair

There had to be a couple of genius' way back when this festival started, that for a few weeks a year, that Basque town would rake-in some serious tourism dollars in both food, alcohol, accommodations and hospital visitations.